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Armed Forces / Re: 10th Hussars
« on: Monday 11 January 10 12:59 GMT (UK) »
Hello,
I have just registered on this site and found this thread.
I have been tracing an ancestor who shows on the 1861 Census as being a private in 10th Hussars, Pocklethorpe, Norwich. I am unable to find him on the 1871 Census.
I have three questions I would appreciate help with:
a. Could a soldier (Private) have taken his family with him when he went abroad?
b. The majority of people living around my, Barrack Street, ancestor appear to have no connection with the Army at all. In the Hansard for 4 June 1866 it was stated that "it was intended to give up the barracks at Norwich as the troops formerly quartered in them could be accommodated in the new barracks at Colchester. If this was the case why were non military personnel living in the barracks.
c. Could someone point me in the direction of an on-line map of the barracks in circa 1860?
Thanks
Graham
I have just registered on this site and found this thread.
I have been tracing an ancestor who shows on the 1861 Census as being a private in 10th Hussars, Pocklethorpe, Norwich. I am unable to find him on the 1871 Census.
I have three questions I would appreciate help with:
a. Could a soldier (Private) have taken his family with him when he went abroad?
b. The majority of people living around my, Barrack Street, ancestor appear to have no connection with the Army at all. In the Hansard for 4 June 1866 it was stated that "it was intended to give up the barracks at Norwich as the troops formerly quartered in them could be accommodated in the new barracks at Colchester. If this was the case why were non military personnel living in the barracks.
c. Could someone point me in the direction of an on-line map of the barracks in circa 1860?
Thanks
Graham