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I have done a search on both Ancestry and Find my Past and saw that entry, but i wasnt sure it was him as the Army reference above had him as a QMS and i was told that a Colour sgt was a backwards step which made me doubt this is him...  was i told wrong?

Rex, thanks so much for that insight.  It seems now I should focus my search on the 11th Regiment of Foot and their depots.

One other piece of puzzling info I have is a fantastic reference from 1856. (I will try to attach).  What is puzzling is that it states he is now in the 18th regiment and is in Malta.  Are the 18th regiment connected with the 11th? If so does this sound like a place the 11th regiment would have been in 1856. 
Children born both before and after 1856 still state that he is in the 11th foot.

I believe the book 'Honour The Light Brigade' by Lumis and Wynn has info on men known to have ridden in the charge in the Crimea War in 1854.
If any kind soul has a copy of this book, would they mind looking up William Palmer who i believe was in the 11th Hussars during that time.

Many thanks
Carolyn

Clearly I must have missed something!
I am trying to find my Great Great Grandfather war records.  His name is William Palmer born Birmingham in 1828 (according to census and marriage certificate)  He married Ann Lydia Smith in 1850 and was a Wood turner when his first son Joseph was born in Birmingham in 1851.  When his next three children were born, he had joined the Armed forces and was serving with the 11th Regiment of Foot.
The children being: William b. 1854 Birmingham; Sarah Jane b. 1857 Buttevent, Cork, Ireland and Martha Harriet Palmer b. 1859 in Aldershot UK.
I have Sarah Janes birth certificate and it states that William Palmer was a Sergeant.

The family is nowhere to be found on the 1861 Census so perhaps they were living abroad.  They may already be living in the West Indies as their next son Harold Taylor was born in 1864 in Demerara, British Guiana.
Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the British Army, but is it usual for soldiers to swap regiments as William is now serving in the 1st West Indian Regiment.

I have no trace of him after 1868 when their last child Harriet L Palmer was born in Aston, Warwickshire. (but not in Armed Forced Births) 
William must have died somewhere between 1868/9 and 1871 as his wife Ann Lydia is registered as a widow on the 1871 Census.
There is no record of his death on the UK BDM but there is only one William Palmer who died during this time in Malta on the Army Chaplin’s returns but have no confirmation that this is him.

Getting back to my query.... after doing numerous searches on Find My past, National Archives web site and random Google searches on the 11thFoot and 1st West Indian regiments, i can’t seem to find any war records on him???
Clearly I must have missed something!