Hello Maurice, thank you very much for this, James was my G G Grandfather, stuck on his parents names for ages now and to why they were in CapeTown at his birth, is it possible to obtain birth certificate for him anywhere? would love the army images please. best wishes, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Sheppard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] BILLINGS > Hi Shirley, > > The Army Service Records list a James BILLINGS, born Cape Town in 1820, > who > joined the 38th Regiment of Foot on 24 August 1834 and attained the rank > of > Colour Serjeant by the time of his discharge on 17 January 1860. He died > on > 4 August 1901 at the age of 80 years and 7 months and is buried at > Brompton > Cemetery. > > If you think that he is your man, I can send you the images of his Army > record offlist. > > Regards, > > Maurice Sheppard at The LONGMORE Pages > http://www.msheppard.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TXN" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:15 AM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] BILLINGS > > >> British not Betish, my mistake :-) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "TXN" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:27 AM >> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] BILLINGS >> >> >>> Hello, is there a lister who could possibly help with the parents and >>> family >>> of James Billings born Cape Town, 1820 or 1822. >>> There seems to be a military connection with the family so maybe he was >>> born >>> to a Betish couple stationed there? Thanks very much, Shirley. NZ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message