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From: "Jeanette Lee" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-MILITARY] 82nd FOOT REGIMENT
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:04:51 +0900
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Hi Mike and Tony,
I have been following this thread with interest as I have quite a few Irish
men from various counties who enlisted in the British Army in Ireland in the
early part of the 19 century all in different regiments. I was under the
impression that all the regiments recruited in Ireland when they numbers
were a bit down and not necessarily when they were stationed there.
Regiments were known by number from 1751 previous to being attached by a
County and Royalty (I can not remember the date when they did that).
regards
Jeanette Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Shingleton" <>
To: "Tony Weeks" <>; <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-MILITARY] 82nd FOOT REGIMENT


> Tony Weeks wrote:
>> I've recently found my ggg grandfathers service record at the National
>> Archives. He was attested to the 82nd Foot Regiment in 1819 ages 16 in
>> Rochester, Kent. He was born in Mallow, Cork and I was led to believe the
>> regiment was based in Ireland, how come he had to go to Rochester to join
>> up? Also - his records show he served abroad for 12 years, 2 in Gibraltar
>> and 10 somewhere illegible. Can anyone help with where this might be? He
>> served 26 years altogether with the regiment but I haven't been able to
>> trace their movements.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated
>>
>> Rosie
>
> Rosie
>
> The 82nd Foot was in Ireland from 1816-1819 and from the latter year to
> 1831 it was in Mauritius. I wonder if the latter is the place you are
> looking for?
>
> As to the question of the place of attestation some clue might emerge
> from the Muster Rolls. It would be interesting to see where in Ireland
> they were based in 1819 and also confirm (as I would assume) that their
> depot was in Rochester in Kent that year.
>
> If his discharge papers don't show where he served throughout his career
> there are other ways to establish this information.
>
> Out of curiousity - what was his name?
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mike Shingleton
>
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