Thank you David, your idea of finding the senior officer worked after a fashion, the penny dropped once I realised that each battalion's senior officer signed the schedules at the end of the men under his command (this was in the margin right at the bottom of the relevant page). Anyway it would seem that my man was in the Rifle Brigade. Regards Colin -----Original Message----- From: DAVID PARKER [mailto:parker3250@rogers.com] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:07 AM To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Cc: colin.harris4@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [Ham] Winchester Garrison 1861 I can give you two Colin; 1. 47th North Hampshire Regiment 2. 7th Depot Battalion Rifle Brigade When you searched the 1861, did you go back through the previous pages until you reached the senior officer? His regiment is usually named, and it is usually safe to assume that your relative would be in the same regiment. Secondments were not too common in those days. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Harris" <colin.harris4@btinternet.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: [Ham] Winchester Garrison 1861 > Compliments of the Season to everyone, > > Does anyone know which regiment's) were based in Winchester in 1861? > > I have found my Gt. Grandfather's brother Andrew GURDLER, together > with his wife > Eliza (nee HEDGES) and son Henry, listed in the garrison schedules for > the 1861 > census and would be interested in discovering his regiment (Ancestry > do not seem > to provide this information). > > Andrew is something of an enigma as he seems to have later left his > wife in > England and travelled to Australia in 1874, where he, apparently, > changed his > name to Richard Andrew GURDLER and married for a second time whilst > his first > wife was still alive and well back in England, the only explanation I > can think > of for this is that he set off with the intention of bringing his > family out > later on but changed his mind when he became involved with his second wife, whom > he did not marry until 2 years after their first child was born. > > Regards > > Colin Harris > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: 29/12/2005 > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > If all our ancestors were in a tree what a BIG tree -house that would > be! > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: 29/12/2005