----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hawgood" <david@hawgood.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:46 PM Subject: [SoG] Re: Army Quartermasters c. 1800 | he was listed in the 10th Regiment of | Foot 1805-1811 there were two quartermasters and two adjutants, Two battalions? | and for a time he is a lieutenant with neither of those functions (in fact he is | never listed as a Captain - that rank comes from family information). Not sure about the practice at that time but certainly more recently officers assumed a courtesy rank one above their actual one on retirement. | And I found that the Commissariat | officers are in the Army List, and looking after 1811 he does not appear. Remember that many Commissariat officer rose through the ranks - so looking in WO 31 can be especially fruitful. Chris Watts