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My uncle was removed from the battlefront for medical reasons during 1st world war.  He ended up
in 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Craigleith, Scotland, which was a military hospital. On 7th Mar. 1918 he was declared not fit for discharge. On 24th April, 1918 he was discharged from the army due to heart disease.  I don't know if he was also discharged from the hospital at that time or if he died there.   The 2nd Scottish Hospital is , of course, no longer a military hospital and is now known under another name. Is there likely to be any hospital records of that time still around? I can find no trace of him returning home to England or of his death.

Thank you all for your replies.  I do have records of the transcripts for all Mark Joseph Makepeace's children which gives their birth dates as well as their christening dates but not where they were born. Although some census' have them as being b. in North Shields (where they were christened), some have Newcastle.  I also have records of his wife's christening which was at All Saints Newcastle and, as MJM is listed as 'native of St. John's Newcastle' in one of his children's christening records, I tend to assume all the family were b. in Newcastle. (ignoring the Minorca reference, as I think it would be a waste of time pursuing that route, even though there is a possibility he was born there).  This one, I think, will be delegated to my 'brick wall' file.

The ancestors of my husband and I came from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham and Wales but, strangely, almost all branches appeared to have ended up in Liverpool, Lancashire.
The last generation appear to be the first to travel further afield, with many going to Australia producing many cousins I have never met. My husband and I brought our two children to Canada, starting a Canadian family, so future researchers will have a more complicated time than I am having.

My great grandfather, John Grimster (b. 1839 in Somerset) was in the army and in 1871 was stationed at Verne Citadel Barracks, Portland, Dorset.
He was posted to India and had 3 children who were born there. He was back in
England by 1880.
His Medal Rolls Index Card shows:-
Royal Field Artillery  (Regtl. No. 87049)
and Royal Engineers, Cpl.  (Regtl. No. 37037)
Under 'Victory', I can't quite decipher, but looks like
'Roll'  RE/101 'Page' 3073

How can I find his Regiment, as I would like to know where in India and when he was posted as I am trying to trace his marriage and his children's births. I don't know his wife's maiden name although she was b. in Ireland.  I have the dates of birth of their children in India but no other information.