Hi Heather Me too:-) Nothing much in Great Britain apart from garrison duty and the ever present troubles in Ireland, but plenty of activity in the new colonies such as NZ, Canada, several outbreaks of hostility in China with the Opium Wars etc, the North West Frontier region and the sub-contininent of India and Burma: troops garrisoned in most of the colonies including those which were thought to be fairly peaceful like Oz etc with the major event for the Army of this period probably being the Crimean War 1854-6. But during all of this period, right through to the end of the Century, there was always constant garrison duty along the South Coast of England and the Channel Isles where large forts were being built in the event of hostilities breaking out with the French. Later known, I believe as Gladstone's Follies, one of which I have the pleasure to view from the front of my home ie the Verne Citadel at Portland. There is an excellent Time Line at for some of these events, written by a school teacher, at: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/19century.htm and another at: http://www.headley1.demon.co.uk/histdate/ Regards Paul Portland On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:36:03 -0700, you wrote: >Please excuse my ignorance, my history took a whisk about the world--French, >English, Russian American and Canadian history, so I really cannot remember >if there was a war in England between 1830 and 1870? A relative says that >A gr.gr.gr grandad was a private soldier at that era. Can someone help? >Heather >Canada > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== >If your relative was a mariner why not have a look at: >http://www.mariners-l.freeserve.co.uk/ > > For 19th Century Newspaper Extracts see: http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/pbtyc/News_Extracts/News_Extracts_Index.html

You shouldn't forget Southern Africa during this period, where there was a series of "Kaffir Wars" on the border of Cape Colony particularly in the region of the Kei River in the Eastern Cape. Many of the forts around Portsmouth face inland and were built to protect Portsmouth, the premier naval base, from attack in the event of the Napoleon getting ashore further up the coast. At the time of the Crimean War, the Victorian Goldfields had made Melbourne the richest port in the Empire. This lead to the fortification of Port Philip Bay to protect Melbourne from a potential attack by the Russian Pacific Fleet. Cheers David Perth, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Benyon" <pbtyc@netscapeonline.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:41 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] What war was around in 1835? > Hi Heather > > Me too:-) Nothing much in Great Britain apart from garrison duty and > the ever present troubles in Ireland, but plenty of activity in the new > colonies such as NZ, Canada, several outbreaks of hostility in China > with the Opium Wars etc, the North West Frontier region and the > sub-contininent of India and Burma: troops garrisoned in most of the > colonies including those which were thought to be fairly peaceful like > Oz etc with the major event for the Army of this period probably being > the Crimean War 1854-6. > > But during all of this period, right through to the end of the Century, > there was always constant garrison duty along the South Coast of England > and the Channel Isles where large forts were being built in the event of > hostilities breaking out with the French. Later known, I believe as > Gladstone's Follies, one of which I have the pleasure to view from the > front of my home ie the Verne Citadel at Portland.