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Title: 34th foot 1872
Post by: shela on Monday 25 August 14 15:16 BST (UK)
hello, could you please tell me if  the 34th  and the 1/8th foot where in  Ireland 1872 .thank you
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: hanes teulu on Monday 25 August 14 15:29 BST (UK)
Freemans's Journal
ARMY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

"The following are the headquarter stations of the regiments stationed in Ireland 1st Sep 1872 - Infantry -...; 34th Foot with 96th Depot attached, Curragh camp ....."
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: hanes teulu on Monday 25 August 14 15:39 BST (UK)
Stations of the British Army, 7 Feb 1872

1st Battalion 8th Foot, Bengal with 2nd Battalion
34th Foot, Newry
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: Victor Harvey on Monday 25 August 14 15:41 BST (UK)
Hi,
The 34th Regiment of Foot records are held at the Border Regiment & King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum.
www.kingsownbordermuseum.btik.com
Victor
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: shela on Monday 25 August 14 16:41 BST (UK)
Thank you all so much,
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: km1971 on Monday 25 August 14 16:45 BST (UK)
The 34th Foot moved from Newry to Curragh Camp in July 1872.

Ken
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: shela on Monday 25 August 14 17:29 BST (UK)
Where would they have gone after being there.
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: hanes teulu on Monday 25 August 14 18:19 BST (UK)
September 28th 1875 - 34th Foot embarked for India (Ferozepore). The 34th were replaced at Cork by the 1st Battalion, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: km1971 on Monday 25 August 14 18:52 BST (UK)
At the start of 1872 the 1st Battalion  8th Foot had three companies in Neemuch with five companies (including Headquarters) in Nusseerabad. The Neemuch companies re-joined Headquarters and on the 30th January the whole battalion of 25 officers and 770 men marched to Agra arriving on 28th February. On 3rd and 4th of March in half-battalion wings they travelled by train to Cawnpore. A cholera outbreak from 8th May to the end of June caused the death of 16 men and one women, even though the battalion had moved to nearby villages to escape the worst of the outbreak.

They remained in Cawnpore until 24th October 1873.

What is your interest in the 8th Foot?

Ken
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: km1971 on Monday 25 August 14 19:29 BST (UK)
Quote from: hanes teulu on Monday 25 August 14 18:19 BST (UK)
September 28th 1875 - 34th Foot embarked for India (Ferozepore)...

...Having left Curragh in July 1873 for Dublin, then (in June 1874) to Kilkenny, until moving to Cork on 4th June 1875.

You have to take care with these 'station locations'. The named place is where the CO was. Often the battalion would be spread in detachments of one or more companies far and wide. Most barracks could not accommodate a whole battalion. It was also desirable to show the flag over a wide area to help keep law and order. The police forces of the time being quite small.

Ken
Title: Re: 34th foot 1872
Post by: shela on Monday 25 August 14 21:43 BST (UK)
I know so little about the arm forces, so I do thank you all for all your help.