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Offline Rosaleen

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CBRA
« on: Wednesday 27 September 06 19:33 BST (UK) »
Please can any inform me of what CBRA stands for as it appears on the 1861 my gt.gt. grandfather Thomas Wright  b 1828 Ireland.
Unfortunately I am unable to trace him on the 1851 nor the 1841 census.

On the 1871 census he appears at being a Liet. East Middlesex Militia.

On the 1881 census he appears as a Retired Captain 1st Middlesex Militia.

Thanks - any help would be appreciated

Rosaleen

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Re: CBRA
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 27 September 06 22:12 BST (UK) »
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/61566.html
- here he is in context, right? Thomas Wright, 33, gunner, C.B.R.A

Address is Pendennis Castle, and the head of household is listed as Lieut (C. B. Royal Artillery).  C Battery maybe? (Someone who knows more about the RA should probably answer this one.  ???)

At any rate, I would suggest that he's in the RA at this point, clearly some time between 1861 and 1871   he left and joined up with the Militia.

Was his full name Thomas Burslem Wright?
The Times, Tuesday, Mar 07, 1876; pg. 9; Issue 28570; col F
- her Majesty the Queen held a Levee at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon.
(list of other royals, those guarding and attending upon the queen)
(description of the dress of the Queen and Princess Beatrice)
(lists of those attending the diplomatic circle, being mostly various ambassadors or ministers)
(lists of those in the general circle, being government officials or in impressive sounding military posts like 'First Naval Lord of the Admirality')
Then follows a list of those presented to the Queen, which include:
Captain T. Burslem Wright, Royal East Middlesex Militia, by Major Dyson-Laurie, 34th regiment.
(and followed by the names of others present).
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Re: CBRA
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 27 September 06 22:32 BST (UK) »
CBRA could be coastal battery,royal artillery,was pendennis castle on the coast,mack
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Re: CBRA
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 27 September 06 22:37 BST (UK) »
You've got it, mack!  Pendennis Castle is part of the old coastal defences, and apparently was a RA barracks for years.  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.296/chosenImageId/4 - there's a beautiful aerial photo here, I have quite a few Falmouth relatives so I'm having fun digging up information about this place!
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Re: CBRA
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 28 September 06 18:02 BST (UK) »
Hello.

Thank you so much for that information regarding Thomas B Wright - where did you find it all?   I am over the moon, been researching for ages but always came to a dead end irish descendants are hard to trace.  You were correct in saying about Pendennis Castle and then on the 1871 census Thomas and his wife moved to Surrey and was in the Militia.   
Can you suggest ways I can find out more i.e. get a copy of the extract from The Times, I may then be able to trace his army career through the National Archives - but at present unable to find neither his date of birth or date of marriage or date of death.   All I know is that his son, Alfred Wright, was born abt 1847 at St. Georges Middlesex - another birth certificate I am unable to obtain.
Thank you again for all the information you have given me.
I am now going to look at the aerial photograph.
Rosaleen
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