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Some bits and pieces to add to this thread.
I've been researching Breakeys, and have found various bits about this Corbett/Breakey family. The various messages on the now archived but still useful Rootsweb message boards indicated that James Corbett had (not British Army) but local militia connections, and also to the Madden estate in/around Hilton and Carnroe in the Clones/Currin areas of western Monaghn. The Griffiths Valuation of around 1856 has the following - too late I know but it might suggest this is the area of origin for your James: Carnroe townland primarily owned by John Madden and with the following Corbetts, Robert, 15 acres, Samuel 14 acres and James 30 acres.  Also in the same townland is a John Tuite who is recorded to have married a Breakey.
If the family were CoI then there are some early records for At Andrrews, church Scotshouse, ? Currin parish? but I'm not sure where thesr records are located and what they cover. If you've done DNA this might also throw up possible new avenues!
Good hunting.

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More about reliability of sources than the apecific topic. Wikitree tends to be more reliable that eg Ancestry, as you have to have at least 1 source of evidence to enter a profile, and other people can and do make/suggest chnages if it look like it doesn't"stack up" Find a Grave is variable - it's the boigraphy details and sometimes inter-linking of grave memorials to other family members that can be dodgy. I've taken to suggesting bio details where I know those to be accurate to memorials with no bios or changing those which I know are in accurate.

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Likewise I find the various dates for the disbanding of the Africa Corps/Royal African Corps, confusing. I'm tryng to find out more about a Matthew Dancey (or variant spellings, Dancy, mis-spellings Daney, Dency etc). So far, I've got he enlisted (? 58th Regiment?) in 1819, in Cavan, Ireland, aged 21, a labourer from Co Monaghan. He would have been a private, He is listed in the WO 25/440 series (image no 61 on the National Archives website). There is a note on that, that he served in the East or West Indies from 1820-1822.
It appears (but I can't check as I've nos subscription) that Ancestry now have these records, and that there is a following "page" ?image that gives he was transferred to the Royal African Corps 1823. If this is correct, then where would the unit have been stationed from 1823? I know there are few records of the unit. There is some reference to the African Corps receiving some replacement troops from the 60th Regiment, so I'm wondering if in fact Matthew was originally enlisted in the 60th rather than 58th. Following the African Corps disbanding, is it possible the remainder of the "ordinary" men were sent to the West Indies?
Any help much appreciated
Roz

A Matthew Dancey, of ?Crosserlough, Co Cavan Ireland enlisted in 1819 in Cavan aged 21 (apparently) He was a labourer. The record of this is on Ancestry, and they have indexed it as enlisting in the 58th Regiment.  The image is from the WO 25/440 series (image 4 of that series from the National Archives). But I'm not even sure if he was enlisted in the 58th - the enlisting officer was a Lieut Thornton. (On the same page, there is also enlisted a Pocerage Dancey fron Monaghan who joined 1822 aged 18 and he did join 58th Regiment).
 On the enlistment list it's note that Matthew apparently served from 1820-1822 in either the East or West Indies. I'm trying to find any other records/documents that may show if he was killed in service, or settled in the place of his discharge, or any further service. Any help much appreciated

Thank you
Roz