Hello List Diana said: Some of my military relatives are proving to be a bit confusing. In 1808 Stephen PARISH was a Matross (?) in Captain Taylor's Company 2nd Battalion in Trichinopoly according to his son's baptism - N/ 2/3/264. Stephen arrived in 1800 aged 23 according to the 1808 muster roll. James RICHARDSON No. 1930 (Stephen's son in law) was a Gunner in the Right Wing Carnatic European Veterans Battalion (Muster Roll 1824) he arrived in 1808 aged 34. A Matross was a private in the Artillery, an early term that was replaced by the word Gunner. Assuming that the muster rolls are for the East India Company Madras Army, then this company would be part of the Madras Artillery. There is a FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Madras Artillery" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Madras_Artillery with a link to the Madras European Foot Artillery where I suspect Captain Taylor's Regiment belongs. The FIBIS Database called "A List Of The Officers Who Have Served In The Madras Artillery" gives the following record for a Captain Robert Taylor who seems to be a Captain at the right period: First Names Robert Surname Taylor Corps Artillery Presidency Madras Captain May 11, 1806 Regarding the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion refer this archived India List thread http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-04/1177314048 which refers to a link in Cathy Day's site. This site is now archived and the link is http://web.archive.org/web/20040407165055/members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/bull .htm or http://tinyurl.com/3y467ss The relevant wording is: William BULL joined the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion, a unit of the Madras Army - i.e. part of the East India Company, not the British Army. This battalion had been formed in 1811 out of European invalids. That is, European men who had been soldiers in the British Army in India but were now too old or infirm to perform the duties of an active soldier. The battalion was mainly involved in garrison work, that is, guarding the garrison of East India Company units to free up the young and fit men for active duty. William BULL joined the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion on 26th February, 1819 and received a splendid new red uniform with grey facings and silver lace. He left the service for a pension on 31st December of the following year and died in Madras less than six months later. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)