> Hello List > > John, it appears the Royal Volunteers was called the 85th Regiment of Foot > http://www.shropshireregimentalmuseum.co.uk/regimental-history/shropshire-light-infantry/85th-regiment/ or http://tinyurl.com/ptx5ag9 . Perhaps the Shropshire Regimental Museum may be able to help you in some way. > > There is also a catalogue entry for a record at the National Archives Kew > WO 17/206. 1759 Dec to 1762 Dec: Colonel Craufurd's Regiment of Royal Volunteers; colonel: John Craufurd. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C601083 > > I once saw a TV documentary about an officer, probably in a time before the 1750s. Before he could take up his duties as an officer, he was responsible for recruiting the men who were to serve under him, and as I (vaguely) recall, this took quite a period of time, perhaps a year. Even if Lt Stewart was not directly responsible for recruiting, the reciting processor a new company may have taken a period of time. > > If you look on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army, there is an external link called "The system of purchase and sale of commissions in the British Army and the campaign for its abolition 1660 - 1871" by Anthony Peter Charles Bruce. which is an online PhD Thesis, which may answer your question about the purchased commission > > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/British_Army#Other > > Cheers > Maureen > > On 04/06/2015, at 10:37 PM, John A.Thomas via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> I am working on Lt James Stewart who was inducted into the Royal Volunteers >> and later joined the Bombay Army and was killed on 04 Jan 1779 at Karla >> Bombay Presidency fighting the Maharratas in the First Anglo Maharrata >> War…………………………….. >> John A. Thomas >> >> >> >> >