Hi Sharon Have you tried searching the Catalogue of the National Archives in Kew where lots of old military records are stored? http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp It lists many John WHITAKER and John WHITTAKERs, though I think they are earlier than yours (but may be of interest anyway). There are also downloadable guides to researching your Military Ancestors on that site. Good luck Janet C >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ENG-YKS-BRADFORD] Military Records for John Whitaker >Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:21:55 +0000 > >Good day, I have recently discovered that my ancestor, JOHN WHITAKER (b. >1838 in Bradford) served in the military. He appears in the 1871 census in >Aldershot (I'm told a military base) and his children were born in Ireland >and wife in Canada. Would anyone know how to access military records so >that I can confirm this? Thank you. Sharon Pollard (USA) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message