3rd Regiment of Footguard

[JFK]

Hi
Is there anyone who can give me some guidance on how I can find any info on my 4 x gt Grandfather Jeremiah Wilson? (c1772 Rickmansworth)  He was according to the 1851 census a Chelsea Pensioner and on his death certificate of 1853 (aged 77) a soldier in the 3rd Regiment of Footguard.  I have tried looking at the Archives web site but cannot find any mention of him or of this regiment. 
Can anyone identify the regiment for me please and advise where I may be able to find out more about him and his Chelsea Pension?
Any help really would be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.

[Meliora]

Hello JFK,

I believe the 3rd Regiment of Footguards is the Coldstream Guards, 

Try this google site for info

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=3rd+Regiment+of+Footguards&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

Try this site for info on the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

http://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/admissions.asp

Good luck

Meliora

[JFK]

Hi
Many thanks for your prompt reply.  It will give me something to do tonight.
Regards
Jan

[pamdragon]

Hi,

The 3rd Regiments of Foot Guards is the Scots Guards.

1713 they were the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards after coming on to the English estabishment.

1831 they became the Scots Fusilier Guards.

1877 they became the Scots Guards, which they still are.


pamdragon

[JFK]

Hi Pamdragon
Many thanks for your reply.  This gives me somewhere else to look.
Regards
Jfk

[Valda]

The National Archives do not hold the records of the Foot Guards (Coldstream, Grenadier, Irish, Scots or Welsh). They are held at the Guards Regimental Headquarters.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=2820

Regards

Valda

[JFK]

Hi Valda
Thanks for that.  Seems I've spent hours looking in the wrong place !!
Regards
JFK