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Armed Forces / Re: Corps of Armourer-Sergeants
« on: Sunday 02 August 09 13:35 BST (UK) »
I'll stay tuned. In the meantime, I will see whether I can find anything in the research library of the Canadian War Museum.
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Armed Forces / Re: Corps of Armourer-Sergeants
« on: Saturday 18 July 09 21:39 BST (UK) »
Thank-you for the update. I would be interested to hear if you do eventually learn anything from the RLC Museum. By the way, I too have ancestors who were in the gun trade in Birmingham - surname Reeves. My 3x great grandfather and three of his sons were described in the census as 'gun finishers'. One of the sons - my 2x GGF - came to Canada as a civilian armourer in the British garrison in 1844. He was eventually replaced by the GGF from the Corps of Armourers.
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Armed Forces / Re: Corps of Armourer-Sergeants
« on: Friday 17 July 09 21:30 BST (UK) »
Have you had any success in finding more information about the Corps of Armourer-Sergeants? Like you, I haven't found much in the way of background information apart from the formation of the Corps in 1858. My GGF enlisted in the Corps in London (Westminster) in 1861 and was deployed to the West Indies and then Canada, where he was eventually discharged in 1884. I would be interested to know whether recruits would normally have been qualified in their trade (e.g., gunsmith) at the time of enlistment.
Another question relates to a written request from my GGF to his adjutant for assignment to the "Birmingham small arms Factory" [sic]. I am wondering whether there was some sort of formal arrangement between the Corps and BSA.
M. Duke
Another question relates to a written request from my GGF to his adjutant for assignment to the "Birmingham small arms Factory" [sic]. I am wondering whether there was some sort of formal arrangement between the Corps and BSA.
M. Duke
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