Hi Margaret The Chelsea pension records vary enormously from 2 pages to many (most early ones are 2 pages, post 1850 4 or more) A better description would be the service records for those eligible for an Army pension For Christopher there are 4 pages, and 6 for Vincent There is a basic description on attestation, notes of previous service (usually in the militia) any scars, marks height etc Then service and any penalties, courts martial etc and in both cases notes on convictions Christopher was in much longer than Vincent and served in South Africa amongst other places Vincent was discharged for offences committed before enlistment, but while in the Army was convicted of using threatening language and damaging public property Personally I would want all the pages, unfortunately findmypast do not allow look ups as such If you have an LDS near enough they may have access to FMP Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 22/07/2012 16:37, Margaret Cambridge wrote: > Hi Nivard, > What kind of information do the Chelsea Pension Records include? I have a > Christopher, b 1875 Dublin who was in the East Yorkshire Regiment & Vincent > POOLE b 1881 born Dublin > in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. I believe both men spent time behind bars. > Both men were also involved with the IRA. > Would the records give reasons for and periods of incarceration? > > I see their names on FMP and wonder if it would be worth the cost to > purchase the record. > > Thank you, > > Marg

Thank you Nivard. I'll get their records to see what these bad boys may have been up to. Marg >From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada