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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Purple Badger on Friday 10 May 24 13:44 BST (UK)
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Hi Everyone,
FamilySearch has thrown up a record that suggest my husbands ancestor died in the Napoleonic Wars.
Name Robert Gilliver
Birthplace Oversyl
Death Date 1813
Military Rank Soldier
Event Type Military Service
Event Place France
Series Number ADM 103/632
Affiliate Publication Title Register of Deaths for British POWs 1794-1815
Affiliate Name The National Archives
Prison Name Cambrai
Ship Name Coldstream Guards
War Napoleonic Wars
Our Robert Gilliver was born c1779 in Overseal/Netherseal Derbyshire. In have found on ancestry a muster roll showing a Robert Gilliver joined in 1797 and was taken prisoner in 1812 so the putting together the dates, ages, places it look like it could be the same person.
I don't have a Find My Past subscription to view this record. Is there a way to pay as you go to read this record? Can anybody tell me what level of detail the record is likely to contain? I don't want to waste limited resources if it doesn't tell me any more than the index information.
Many Thanks,
Sarah
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The record on FindMyPast is a single line entry in a log. Looks to me like all of the information is in the transcript.
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The only additional information is that the date of death is 24 February 1813. Two versions available on FindMyPast.
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Napoleonic War Records 1775 - 1817
First name(s) Robert
Last name Gilliver
Enlistment year 1797
Enlistment month Oct
Enlistment day 30
Rank Private
Regiment 2nd Foot Guards
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Thank you so much for the information :)