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Armed Forces / Re: Army Enlistment 1799 - Age Discrepancy Query.
« on: Saturday 28 March 20 16:45 GMT (UK)  »
'Growing lads' over 16 and under 18 were allowed to enlist if they were shorter that the minimum height standard required for recruits over 18, so I expect some shrewd recruiting sergeant got them to lie about their age so that he could join up.

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Armed Forces / Re: New Romney Light Dragoons c1796
« on: Saturday 28 March 20 16:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,

It's possible that when the New Romney Fencibles were disbanded in 1800 that your ancestor decided to stay on in the army and join the 28th Light Dragoons (which was later disbanded in 1802). As a sergeant, he'd probably built a military career, and he may have been sought after by the 28th LD.

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Armed Forces / Re: 21st Light Dragoons?
« on: Saturday 28 March 20 16:14 GMT (UK)  »
Quick service record of the 21st Light Dragoons:

Ireland from 1803 to 10 April 1804
England: arrived: April 1804; departed at Portsmouth: 16 May 1806
Cape of Good Hope: arrived: 6 August 1806; departed 27 August 1806
2 troops went to South America: arrived at Monte Video 16 January 1807; departed 28 July 1807
2 troops returned to Cape of Good Hope on 5 September 1807
The regiment left for Bengal on 18 and 19 July 1817 and arrived thre on 10 Sept 1817
Departed for England in October and November 1819; arrived at Gravesend on 13 April and 31 May.
Disbanded at Chatham in May and June 1820

(This is all from WO 380/2 in the National Archives).
You can find out if any officer was actually with the regiment through WO 17:
Before 1813: WO 17/48 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C600925
After 1813 it would need going through each year's box to find the 21st Light Dragoons https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C89834



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