Help finding 1861 soldier record

[sewingfooi]

There is a Charles Bailey, born in Monmouth,  on the 1861 census listed as private in the Army at South Barracks & Calvary, Walmer, Kent.  I see no reference of a regiment number - is it just the calvary? I would like to find his military record. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Dorothy

[M.T.H]

Hi Dorothy,

If you have access to the 1861 census,try working backwards from the entry for Charles as the officers of the regiment were usually listed first and it might give an indication of the regiment he was in.It's gotta be worth a try.

Regards,Mick

[sewingfooi]

Thank you for the tip. I just paged through all 30 pages and even the officers are listed as just "in the army".  Just my luck I guess. Thanks again.
Dorothy

[jorose]

If you can post some of the names of the officers, that might help - sometimes it's much easier to track down officers than other ranks.  They might be in the Army List or the Times, for example.  Particularly if any of the officers have unusual names!

Also, if he had any children born while he was still in the army, their birth records (possibly on the overseas index) might show his regiment.

[M.T.H]

The barracks at Walmer were the North, South and East barracks and the South barracks were definately Cavalry barracks,so that does narrow the search down a bit.A bit of head scratching is needed,I'll see if I can find anything else.

There is a pic of the South barracks here,not a lot of other info there though!

http://www.cavalrybarracks.com/index.html

Regards,Mick

[sewingfooi]

Thanks Jorose! OK here goes-
Corporals Saul Higham, Joseph Dunkuley, Edward Gough, Amos Markes, James Pentener.
Captains Baker Russell, Francis Attye (Altye?).
Lieutenants Edward Wynne Griffith, Vincent Upton Larsworthy(?), Henry Flood, Henry Waring.
Sergeants Thomas Brown, Edward Lovlock, George Orr.
Appreciate your help so much!!
Dorothy

[M.T.H]

Hi Dorothy,

Quite a list you have there,the officers,as jorose rightly said,will be easier to find.Were they all serving in the 1860's?

Mick

[sewingfooi]

They are all listed on the 61 with Charles Bailey.
Dorothy

[M.T.H]

There was a Captain Baker Creed Russell of the 13th Hussars (Cavalry) listed in the 1876 army list,we might be getting closer!

I'll keep looking,

Mick