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Cork / Re: Regiments in New Barracks, Fermoy,County Cork,1885.
« on: Wednesday 21 October 09 15:54 BST (UK) »
My great grandfather, John Condon, enlisted in the 46th Regiment of Foot at Clonmel in Jan 1859. The Regiment at the time were serving in India.
I have learned from the DCLI (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Museum that ' regiments serving overseas left a small party behind to drum up recruits. These recruits were then despatched to “Depot Battalions”. There were in 1859 twenty-three of these establishments, nine of which were exclusively dedicated to train recruits for drafting to regiments in India. These included the 19th Battalion at Fermoy. Assuming that a recruit would be sent to the nearest depot battalion, John Condon is likely to have carried out his recruit training at Fermoy'.
Does anyone have any more info on this and are there likely to be any records existing of recruits undergoing training at Fermoy?
I have learned from the DCLI (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Museum that ' regiments serving overseas left a small party behind to drum up recruits. These recruits were then despatched to “Depot Battalions”. There were in 1859 twenty-three of these establishments, nine of which were exclusively dedicated to train recruits for drafting to regiments in India. These included the 19th Battalion at Fermoy. Assuming that a recruit would be sent to the nearest depot battalion, John Condon is likely to have carried out his recruit training at Fermoy'.
Does anyone have any more info on this and are there likely to be any records existing of recruits undergoing training at Fermoy?