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Title: first regiment of foot guard
Post by: wobble on Sunday 12 March 06 14:22 GMT (UK)

can anyone shed any light on this regiment for me?  an ancestor of mine served in this regiment and was in Spain at the time of his daughter's birth in about 1810-12,he was from Hart, Co Durham, his name William Kelly, this is all I know about him and would like to know a little more, but am unable to trace his birth etc, though have found him on later censuses living with his daughter

Title: Re: first regiment of foot guard
Post by: M.T.H on Sunday 12 March 06 14:41 GMT (UK)

Hi Wobble,

Have a look here for some information about the history of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.

http://tinyurl.com/nly8j

Regards,Mick ;)

Title: Re: first regiment of foot guard
Post by: wobble on Sunday 12 March 06 18:23 GMT (UK)

thanks, that was helpful, I now want to know more, such as when he joined etc. do youthink there are still records available?

Title: Re: first regiment of foot guard
Post by: M.T.H on Sunday 12 March 06 20:23 GMT (UK)

Have a read of this page,just scroll down to Enlisted Men's Service Records and it'll give you a good idea of the type of records that were kept by the army,most of which can be found at the National Archives in Kew.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/BritMilRecs.html

Regards,Mick ;)

Title: Re: first regiment of foot guard
Post by: manmack on Monday 13 March 06 14:10 GMT (UK)

he was fighting in the peninsular war against bony,looks like he took his family on campaign with him,mack