The answer to this may require some digging. As I am sure you know this was a busy time for soldiers and the country must have been swarming with them. Soldier could mean regular army or local militia, either way they may have been moving around quite frequently. Unless it says that he was stationed in Kelso you need to keep an open mind - Kelso was walking distance for a fit young man. You might have better luck finding his regiment in London, altho I understand men did transfer, including rejoining as regulars after service in the militia. Judy ---------- >From: S & A Liddle <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-ROX] Soldiers in Kelso 1809 >Date: 10, Wed Sep, 2003, 6:32 am > > Do any listers know if soldiers were stationed in Kelso around 1809. I have a > soldier, James Kelly, who married a local in 1809 in Kelso. For the next 12 years > he was at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, London. The surname doesn't > seem to be common in Kelso at the time so I assume he was not a local. > > Simon > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > Please send all your messages via the list so that we can all benefit from > your knowledge and hopefully add to it. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >