Hiya everyone, I know this is probably the wrong list to be posting this on but I will post in the hope of being shown the list I need. I have the birth cert of my great granddad (1870), it states that his father Joseph Mansfield DRAYCOTT was in the 51st regiment of foot. I can't find him anywhere in the 1871 census although I can find the child and mother. Please could anyone direct me to where I could find out more information about this regiment and if they would have been posted abroad around this time. Thank you in advance for any help and advice. Kind regards, Karen ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk
Hello kaz, This is a useful website, The 51st Foot has a page here: http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051-757.htm Details of the whereabouts of the 1st Battalion can be found here: http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/051-1.htm You will see that they were in Ireland in 1871. Hope this helps Mike Shingleton Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 3:48:54 PM, you wrote: > Hiya everyone, I know this is probably the wrong list to be posting > this on but I will post in the hope of being shown the list I need. > I have the birth cert of my great granddad (1870), it states that > his father Joseph Mansfield DRAYCOTT was in the 51st regiment of > foot. I can't find him anywhere in the 1871 census although I can find the child and mother. > Please could anyone direct me to where I could find out more > information about this regiment and if they would have been posted abroad around this time. > Thank you in advance for any help and advice. > Kind regards, Karen > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find > out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Best regards, Mike mailto:shinglma_64@btopenworld.com