I have re-subscribed after quite a long absence but am trying to find information on my uncle, ROBERT HENRY ARMSTRONG. I don't know where he was born but as his father was in the R.I.C. in Donegal at the time I am starting off here. He was not the first born as it was usual for the mother to return to where she was brought up to have her first child. When my uncle was old enough (again I don't know the age) I have been led to believe he joined the British Army for, I think, 3 years and a big part of that time he was serving in Scotland. Could some kind person point me in the right direction to try and find his birth details. All I know is that he was born in 1895 and he died in Wandsworth, London, in 1938 having joined the Metropolitan Police when he left the Army. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dorothy. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/05
Dear Dorothy Re your uncle and his RIC father - put "Postman Bill" into the Google search engine. Click on "Book: Postman Bill" and then "Contents" Choose the chapter "Early Reid History" and read the account of Sergeant Patrick Charles Reid. Note that RIC recruits never served in the county they came from, were not allowed to marry until 7 years in the force and were then transferred out of their wife's county. Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" At 15:52 18/01/05, you wrote: >I have re-subscribed after quite a long absence but am trying to find >information on my uncle, ROBERT HENRY ARMSTRONG. I don't know where he was >born but as his father was in the R.I.C. in Donegal at the time I am >starting off here. He was not the first born as it was usual for the >mother to return to where she was brought up to have her first child. >When my uncle was old enough (again I don't know the age) I have been led to >believe he joined the British Army for, I think, 3 years and a big part of >that time he was serving in Scotland. > >Could some kind person point me in the right direction to try and find his >birth details. All I know is that he was born in 1895 and he died in >Wandsworth, London, in 1938 having joined the Metropolitan Police when he >left the Army. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Dorothy. > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/05 > > >==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== >If you have a Donegal website, we can post your URL here so relatives and >researchers of your surnames can find you. >Contact Admin: [email protected] > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 17/01/05 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 17/01/05