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Title: Royal Veterans Battalion
Post by: kicksfour on Wednesday 29 December 10 21:29 GMT (UK)

Hi, there doesn't seem to be much info available on the web about this Battalion.

Did the Veterans have a service record?

Any ideas on where to look?

The Soldier I'm after is William Fordyce of the 4th Royal Veterans.  He would have been stationed in Hull, Ireland and Ayr (this is where his children are born from c1818 to c1826). Other than that I know nothing!

Would be grateful of a stab in the right direction!

Thanks, Iain

Title: Re: Royal Veterans Battalion
Post by: t mo on Thursday 30 December 10 09:49 GMT (UK)

hello iain
i,ve just had alook at the pension records for your william and unfortunately no records show for any fordyces at all , and yes i,ve seen veterans records for others when doing lookups in these records so they do exist , hopefully an expert will pick up on this to help out
best wishes and happy new year to you and yours
trevor