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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: casalguidi on Saturday 15 February 25 21:36 GMT (UK)
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I have an ancestor, William Gates pte 1750 (previous no. 55919?) b1817 Stanford Rivers, Essex who enlisted into the 20th foot 1838 Chelmsford and spent some years in Bermuda before transferring to the Royal Canadian Rifles in 1851.
I am looking for information on James Playle of the 20th foot who supposedly married a Fanny Frances Gillespie and had a daughter born in Bermuda 1844.
There are lots of dna matches to descendants of these Playles so I am looking to confirm some information about this James Playle in the military. It is an uncommon surname but does appear in the Stanford Rivers area. I can’t see any discharge document, is there anything else I can check does anybody know please?