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Armed Forces / Re: Lookup offer for crimea casualty list and indian mutiny
« on: Friday 16 January 09 15:57 GMT (UK) »
Hello Philip:
Thank you for the very long reply, and the information contained therein, which I already had gleaned from Ancestry UK over the past 10 days or so.
My gut feeling is that my Goodburn Mason was a relative of WHG Mason, but I have not been able to make a solid connection to prove it beyond a resonable doubt.
The medal, that I own, is the one you describe above, which I purchased from Abredeen, and it is officially impressed, as were all Crimea medals to those who died as the result of wounds or illnesses. Other recipients either had their medals privately engraved or done at the Regiment level, each Regiment having distinct styles.
The web has many sites that list Crimea casualties, either alphabetically of by Regiment, and I cannot find my man listed, even on ship returning to the U.K. Queries on several British medal related forums has brough me no better results.
I have checked the censues for 1841, 1851 & 1861, also with no success. As he enlisted in 1847 and died in 1854-55, he would have missed both the '51 &, of course, the '61 censuses.
I have come to realize over the years that there are many 'holes' in the records, either by submission or omission, and have therefore resigned myself to the fact that I may not be able to go any further with Goodburn Mason.
One other thought has occured to me, and that is that he is related to another mason family, and that the Goodburn was possibly his mother's maiden name.
I have a Queen's Sudan medal to a chap named Hazell. His real name turns out to be Lane, but after being imprisoned for 84 days for false enlistment both the army and he agreed to use the name of Hazell on all futher paperwork and medals.
I sincerely thank you for your time, and appreciate your effort.
Marty
Thank you for the very long reply, and the information contained therein, which I already had gleaned from Ancestry UK over the past 10 days or so.
My gut feeling is that my Goodburn Mason was a relative of WHG Mason, but I have not been able to make a solid connection to prove it beyond a resonable doubt.
The medal, that I own, is the one you describe above, which I purchased from Abredeen, and it is officially impressed, as were all Crimea medals to those who died as the result of wounds or illnesses. Other recipients either had their medals privately engraved or done at the Regiment level, each Regiment having distinct styles.
The web has many sites that list Crimea casualties, either alphabetically of by Regiment, and I cannot find my man listed, even on ship returning to the U.K. Queries on several British medal related forums has brough me no better results.
I have checked the censues for 1841, 1851 & 1861, also with no success. As he enlisted in 1847 and died in 1854-55, he would have missed both the '51 &, of course, the '61 censuses.
I have come to realize over the years that there are many 'holes' in the records, either by submission or omission, and have therefore resigned myself to the fact that I may not be able to go any further with Goodburn Mason.
One other thought has occured to me, and that is that he is related to another mason family, and that the Goodburn was possibly his mother's maiden name.
I have a Queen's Sudan medal to a chap named Hazell. His real name turns out to be Lane, but after being imprisoned for 84 days for false enlistment both the army and he agreed to use the name of Hazell on all futher paperwork and medals.
I sincerely thank you for your time, and appreciate your effort.
Marty