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    1. RE: [OEL] military matters
    2. Roy

    3. Good Evening Sandra - LQM is probable Lieutenant Quarter Master whilst RIA could be Royal Irish Academy? Minimum ages in those days I don't think were a consideration, powder monkeys were usually young boys and in the army they were usually drummers or runners. I may well be wrong and there may well have been a minimum age, some were taken on board as mascots whilst many were orphans and runaways who expanded their ages a bit anyway! Kind Regards June & Roy (SANHS Member No 1066) http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Lovegrove [mailto:sandra@lovegrove.org.uk] Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:19 AM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OEL] military matters This is not very old English, but it is a puzzle, so : does anyone have a clue as to what military rank/occupation might have been signified in 1900 by the abbreviation L.Q.M. (in a ship's passenger list Bombay-London)? Also, any idea what RIA might stand for (after the surname)? Also (a little older) does anyone know if soldiers had to be a minimum age for recruitment in 1841?(Marine private aged 15 found in Chatham Barracks) SANDRA LOVEGROVE Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times. Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on http://www.lovegrove.org.uk ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH

    05/30/2004 11:17:18
    1. RE: [OEL] military matters
    2. Charles.Russell

    3. I would have thought that R.I.A. would have stood for Royal Indian Artillery given that this was a ship going to London from Bombay Charles -----Original Message----- From: Roy [mailto:roy.cox@btinternet.com] Sent: 30 May 2004 17:17 To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [OEL] military matters Good Evening Sandra - LQM is probable Lieutenant Quarter Master whilst RIA could be Royal Irish Academy? Minimum ages in those days I don't think were a consideration, powder monkeys were usually young boys and in the army they were usually drummers or runners. I may well be wrong and there may well have been a minimum age, some were taken on board as mascots whilst many were orphans and runaways who expanded their ages a bit anyway! Kind Regards June & Roy (SANHS Member No 1066) http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Lovegrove [mailto:sandra@lovegrove.org.uk] Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:19 AM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OEL] military matters This is not very old English, but it is a puzzle, so : does anyone have a clue as to what military rank/occupation might have been signified in 1900 by the abbreviation L.Q.M. (in a ship's passenger list Bombay-London)? Also, any idea what RIA might stand for (after the surname)? Also (a little older) does anyone know if soldiers had to be a minimum age for recruitment in 1841?(Marine private aged 15 found in Chatham Barracks) SANDRA LOVEGROVE Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times. Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on http://www.lovegrove.org.uk ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== SEARCHABLE archives for OLD-ENGLISH: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=OLD-ENGLISH

    05/31/2004 04:06:47