Hi list, After watching last nights Who Do You Think You Are it got me wondering if my late Mum in Law's Grandfather was a 'desserter'. I have been unable to find him on the 1871/1881 Census. There also appears to be a change of his names! From Martin Brown to John Clarke. His eldest child was born1880/1881 but I have been unable to find her birth. He also appeared to live as a married man but I think I have found the correct marriage in 1923 when he was 77. He died two years later. Were there any War's 1861/1881 that he may have desserted from? Any suggestions please. Regards, Jenny.