On 08/01/2015 10:48, Helen via wrote: > HI, > > > He was born as Ralph CAMPBELL in 1863 at Willington DUR, son of William > CAMPBELL a coal miner and his wife Mary Ann nee RICHARDSON. > > 1n 1881 he is living under the name MARTIN, as his mother had been in a > relationship with Fergus O'Connor MARTIN (born Shildon 1843). They did > not marry, and Fergus is with his brother 's family in 1881. > > > > > I have Ralph as CAMPBELL documented from his marriage in 1897 to > Catharine JOHNSTON through the 1901 and 1911 censuses. > > Hi, Further to this topic, I have now found that Ralph enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, on 15 April 1886, as Ralph MARTIN aka CAMPBELL service no. 8124 . He was involved in the aftermath of the 3rd Anglo Burmese war, served briefly as a bugler, and according to his Chelsea Pension records received the India Campaign Medal with 2 clasps for Burma 1887-9 and 1889-92. He appears in the medal roll WO100/73 as CAMPBELL R Pte . He was discharged from the army on 11 April 1898. He was in India between 1889 to 1894. So if you have lost a man in 1891 perhaps he joined up too! -- Helen Oram