David Marshall wrote: > On 08/12/2014 10:49, Anne Chambers wrote: >> David Marshall wrote: >> >>> >>> My thanks to all who made suggestions. I am a little surprised that >>> "lacemaker" would have been considered >>> more prestigious than "Corporal in the Grenadier Guards" but maybe he >>> just considered his military service a >>> temporary episode in his life - he bought himself out and returned to >>> lacemaking a couple of years later. >>> >>> David >>> >> A temporary aberration perhaps ? How long was he in the Army; had there >> been any Army recruiting operations in the vicinity when he joined up ? >> Did he sign up for xxx years and then have to wait until he could leave? >> > He enlisted in his home town of Nottingham in January 1877 for 12 years and purchased his release for £9 in > July 1885. I have not yet found out why the wedding was in Clewer. > > David > Have you found the bride in a previous census in England ? -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com