Irene A good result. The regimental history repeats the story of the march down the Champs Élysées so you an have confidence in that piece of information too. Their marches around England we in aid of the Civil Power, helping to quell unrest and riots, I think the Chartist Riots but haven't checked dates. Then as you know off to Ireland and then Canada. Best regards Blair On 11 Feb 2012, at 08:00, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler (Irene Marlborough) > 2. Re: Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler (Peter Goodey) > 3. Re: Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler (Mike flaherty) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:53:08 -0600 > From: "Irene Marlborough" <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOG-UK] Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello All but especially Chris & Blair: > > My hired researcher has concluded his work at TNA and now I have full details of the military career of Joseph BOY / BYE / BUY. There's nothing that Chris didn't already find but now I have photos of the documents which allows me to glean a few extra details. > > So Joseph was born in Wantage, Berkshire on 16 Oct 1786 and baptised 6 months later. He enlisted at Newbury in 1804. He served in the Peninsula War arriving home (Chatham) in 1814 but leaving almost immediately for Flanders. He fought at the Battle of Waterloo and afterwards was in Paris on the Champs Elysees! At least that's what the muster roll says. > > He stayed in France mostly at Therouanne and a camp near St Omar until late 1818 when the regiment returned to England. Joseph was stationed at Chester which must be where he met his bride Elizabeth ANDREW(S). In early 1819 he is at Weedon Barracks in Northamptonshire. I'm not sure how this works out but he is accounted for at Weedon every day of the quarter ending 24 Jun 1819 even though I know he was in Chester getting married on Jun 21. > > Later that year the regiment moves to Lichfield and by the 2nd quarter of 1820, they are at Hull until leaving for Dublin in the spring of 1821. Here I was delighted to find out that he certainly could be the father of Ann BOY baptised in October 1821. Joseph was noted as being on furlough from 25 Nov 1820 until 5 Jan 1821. That was a relief because I was beginning to think that he'd had no opportunity to father this child. > > The regiment stayed in Ireland until the spring of 1823 and then left for New Brunswick. Joseph died at Miramichi, NB on 20 May 1826. The casualty return just says that he died. Most likely would be of some illness. I'm thinking that even an accidental death would be noted as such and killed in action would definitely be stated. > > The fiche copy of his enlistment details is difficult to read but says that his term was unlimited. I suppose this is a euphemism for a life sentence. Was it possible for such lifetime soldiers to get a discharge? Perhaps for family reasons, sickness, disability etc. > > Anyway, I just thought I'd let you all know how things had gone. I'm busy reading about all the places where the regiment spent time. > > If anyone is interested seeing any of the images, just let me know off-list. > > Thanks to all, > Irene > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:21 +0000 > From: Peter Goodey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 08:53 -0600, Irene Marlborough wrote: >> Was it possible for such lifetime soldiers to get a discharge? > > Unfit for further service would be a typical reason. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:57:25 +0100 > From: Mike flaherty <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Joseph BOY - drummer & bugler > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Great to watch your progress with Joseph who has captured the imagination (& affection) of many on this list. > Thank you for the update - a good romp! > Best regards > > Sent from my iPad >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOG-UK list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SOG-UK mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOG-UK Digest, Vol 7, Issue 21 > *************************************