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Royal Warwickshire regiment.
« on: Sunday 19 October 08 10:31 BST (UK) »
 I have a  great grandfather born in 1847 in Stockport or Edgeley, Cheshire, who has proved very difficult to track down in census records until 1891 when he finally appears in Radford Semele Warwickshire and is recorded as a  soldier formerly in the 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment and a volunteer marker.  Oral family history has it that he was in India and survived cholera. I would estimated he left the army between 1881 and 1883 as he married in Warwickshire in 1884.
I have tried various searches , contacted the Warwickshire Regiment museum, etc, etc but am getting nowhere.
   Any suggestions gratefully recieved
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Re: Royal Warwickshire regiment.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 19 October 08 14:54 BST (UK) »


Can you tell us his name Richard ??  :)
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Re: Royal Warwickshire regiment.
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 19 October 08 15:58 BST (UK) »
Really didn't have my thinking hat on , was so busy thinking of getting info on what a Volunteer Marker was  and possible places to get info on the Royal Warwickshires.
  His name was John Barratt( beware Barrett spellings in census records). Going by his marriage certificate he was the son of Samuel Barratt.
 Now I think i have Samuel with wife Mary in 1841( Ref HO 107/113/17 and with siblings Ann, James, Alice , Martha and John in 1851.( Ref HO 107/2156)
 However no sign of Samuel, John or Mary by 1861.
 Ann, James and Alice appear to be alone in Stockport  Ref RG9/2981 in 1861
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