Hi Martin Search the archives online at the address I provided -- McClees is not too common a surname and his number and rank should enable you to pinpoint him. I haven't used the archives website myself for several years, but as far as I know it's a free service. Maureen On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:30 PM, <Martin.忽帕@nohere.net> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:50:10 +0200, Maureen Brady <roamingg@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Hi Martin > >Visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and search under the military records. > My > >own gggrandfather was in the 45th regiment, headquarters in Nottingham, > >which told me that all military records are centralised at Kew. If you > can't > >get to London yourself, you'll need to appoint a private researcher to > find > >and copy the records for you -- I did this myself several years ago, had a > >computer crash since then so unfortunately lost the email address of the > >fellow I used. I think the website does list a few names though. > > > >You could also Google "57th West Middlesex Regiment Crimea" for background > >on the regiment itself -- about 3,460 sites came up. > >Good luck > > Thank you ver much Maureen > I wouldn't be able to get to london > Would you know if there is anyway that I could verify my info before > appointing a researcher? > -- > Regards > Martin > ©¿©¬ > > > > >On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:11 PM, <Martin.??@nohere.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> Apparently my gg-gradfather served with the 57th regiment around > >> 1854/55 gaining 2 silver medals in the crimean war with 3 bars > >> Sebastopol, Inkermann and Balaklava > >> He was corporal no. 1418 James McClees > >> > >> Anyone know how to find the 57th reg, archives site please? > >> -- > >> Martin > >> ©¿©¬ > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> GENIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >