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Hi Sophie/Neil

1123 Corporal Gavin Scott, 2nd Battalion 25th Regt KOB, was discharged on 17 January 1882 at Fermoy. He enlisted in Londonderry, and this was also his intended place of residence. It does not give his date of enlistment nor his parish of birth, or occupation. He was given a £1 2s 11d travel warrant (as far as Belfast only) and £1 advancement on his pension.

I tracked him over a few Muster and Pay Lists:

= April to June 1877 – a Private based in Shorncliffe (Kent) then Aldershot – 10 days furlough (1 to 10 May 1877)


= July to Sept 1877 – Private – Aldershot

= Oct 1877 to March 1878 – Private – Aldershot – good conduct pay increased from 2d to 3d – furlough 1 Dec ’77 to 14 Jan ‘78

= April to Sept 1878 – Private – Aldershot then Plymouth

= Oct 1878 to March 1879 – Private – Plymouth then Devonport – 46 days furlough (15 Dec ’78 to 31 Jan ’79)

= April to Sep 1880 – Devonport – promoted to L/Cpl 31 May – 4d GC pay from 28 August – promoted to Corporal 17 Sept 1880.

= Oct 1880 to March 1881 – Corporal - Devonport then Fermoy (from Dec 1880)

= April to Sep 1881 – Corporal – Devonport – Corporal’s pay increased from 1s 4d to 1s 8d per day on 1st July 1881. He would have also received his 4d a day GC pay. A note says “ This NCO draws pay at 1s 9d a day under provision of Rl Wt (Royal Warrant?) 25 June 1881” It also has ‘Band’ written in red ink. This is the only reference to him being in the band.

I will try and find his enlistment sometime.


Ken

Hi there, I'm new - sorry for dragging up an old thread but I have been trawling the internet trying to find some information on an ancestor who, to my surprise, was also a bandsman in the 2/25th in 1879!

He must have known the above Gavin Scott!

I am desperate to track his military history as I'm hoping for some clues about his birth etc. but I am very inexperienced when it comes to military history - to be frank it baffles me!

My ancestor was William John Connell (probably known, and possibly recorded, as 'John').  He was born about  1855 in Athlone, Ireland.  Was a bandsman in the 2/25th in Devonport, August 1879.  Married in Plymouth also in 1879.  Then Carisbrooke, 1881; Woolwich 1891; and Cowley 1901.  I don't know if military records can help me, but it would be fascinating to find out more about him.

If anyone can help me I'd be so grateful.