Hi Roger, further to Paul's reply - my grandfather(1870-1921)'s army records are a mine of information, with details of two previous wives before my grandmother, his children (my mother never knew that she had step brothers), his date and place of birth, but no mention of who his parents were. Regards, Jill >From: Paul Benyon <pbtyc@netscapeonline.co.uk> >Reply-To: pbtyc@netscapeonline.co.uk >To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WSX] Information required to obtain personnel records from >PRO for military service >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:02:17 +0000 > >On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:33:26 +1000, you wrote: > > >Hello Everyone, > > Could one of our military experts advise if >knowing a person was in the Royal Artillery during the 1870's > >to about 1891 would be enough to obtain a copy of the personnel/service >records from the PRO at all? > > > >The person we are looking for is John Walter SHIRLEY who was a corporal >and he managed to dodge the 1881 census and then was not at > >home in the 1891 census at Saltash, Cornwall where his family lived. > > > >We need to find the army records as we have been unable to find the >marriage in the GRO indexes under any variation of the name for > >himself or his wife. We need to find either the marriage certificate or >obtain the amry records to find out who the parents were for > >these two. > > > >Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, as I am fast running out of >ideas. > > > >Regards > >Roger Shirley > >Cairns, Australia > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.