3rd Foot Guards

[ElizaBuzzard]

Just to give you an idea,I got home from TNA yesterday and the soldiers that I found in the 1st Foot Guards do not show  up on the Napoleonic search resources.Which is the case with your chap.
This to me shows that it  is worth a hands on search at TNA.
So please be patient and hopefully in the next few weeks,I will have an answer.
It does take a long time to search,about 5 hours for one year of records,but I will give it my best shot,as it is something I love doing.
Lawrence.
PS Portsoken (mispelling) is a street that i used to drive through every day,sadly,all modern city buildings these days.It is just East of Fenchurch Street station,near the Minories,and im guessing a pretty rough place in its day.

[clare]

Thank you so much again for the time it is costing you to do this,
so was mine in the 1st foot  and not the 3rd foot

 I would love one day to be able to visit these places,  but it must have been hair raising at times for them  to live in the poorer parts of London,  but then maybe they knew no different,   wonder what they would think of our way of life
 Have a good day
                              Jenny

[ElizaBuzzard]

He enlisted at the age of 24 in Skewsby Yorkshire...Surname spelt Suggett.
Invalided out of the army in May 1814,due to accidental injury of leg.He would have served in Spain against the forces of Napoleon.
He is described as 5ft 5inches,black hair and hazle eyes,with a brown complexion.
If you write to the Archivist for the Scots Guards at Birdcage  Walk,giving these details,they should be able to give you more info.
also,bare with me,i will find out what i can,over the nxt few months
atb Lawrence

[ElizaBuzzard]

I believe he may be buried at the Royal Hospital Chelsea,in 1842.

Poss born Skewsby,Yorkshire 1775.

[clare]

Thank you so much, that is a great  find for him
  very much appreciated

[ElizaBuzzard]

You need to go to the National archives.What do you need to know ,maybe i can help
Lawrence

[Grothenwell]

Sorry to but in on this post but rather than start my own 

I've got the following from "Find my Past" website:

Regimental Index 1806

First Name(s):Benjamin
Last Name:Whistance
Rank:Private
Enlistment Year:1805
Enlistment Month:Jan
Enlistment Day:25
Regiment:3rd Foot Guards
WO25/:876

Can anyone tell me where I might find any more information on Benjamin Whistance, he may be an ancestor of mine.

Thank you

Edit

Someone has given me the following information, and as "my" Benjamin would have been about 40 in 1805, it is more likely that this is the Benjamin above:

FindMyPast has an Army Service Record for a Benjamin Whistance, born Shrewsbury, aged 22 at date of attestation on 20 July 1815 - giving estimated date of birth of 1793. There are 9 images available

[km1971]

The records on Findmypast are for Benjamin Whistance, born Asson, Shropshire, served 64th Regiment 1815 to 1831. Age on discharge: 37

There are no records for the Benjamin on the 1806 index, serving in the 3rd Foot Guards. The records on FindMyPast came from the National Archives who got them from the departments looking after army pensions. So they only kept the service records of men awarded a pension.

However it is worth contacting the Scots Guards Archives as they may have kept a copy.

Ken

[Grothenwell]

Hi Ken,

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

From what you say it is not the same Benjamin as he'd have only been 11 in 1805; so perhaps the latter is "my" Benjamin. I'll try contacting the Scots Guards Archives as you suggest.

Cheers