Where 31st Regiment could be in 1851! *COMPLETED - thank you Penholder*

[blodwen]

Hallo Everyone,

As usual, I am trying to trace the steps of on Benjamin John Jury b. 1821 in Kent.

On two of his children's birth certs. his occupation is: Private  31st Regiment, and all  5 of his children have been born in various towns around theSouth of England.

The first son, Benjamin John was born around 1850 (no birth ref.), d. 1855 in Plumstead, Kent.

I would dearly love to know where the Regiment might have been around 1850.

Thanks for any hint,

Viv

[Woody32]

http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/31st/1851_1853.html

[blodwen]

Wow, thanks Woody32,

now I have to look for a birth in Ireland, me thinks.

At least I have a starting point.

Do you think that his wife could have been with him ?

Viv

[blodwen]

Another quick question:

Were the 31st Regiment ever in Newfoundland?

I suspect I will find the answer on the website you mentioned.  Will look

Viv

[ShaunJ]

Just looking at 1849-1851: the 31st was in Athlone 1849 and early 1850, then posted to Dublin by April 1850, and from there to Enniskillen in mid-1851.

[blodwen]

Hallo ShaunJ,

thanks for the information -  have noted that and will look around.

Viv

[blodwen]

Please ignore that last question of mine - Newfoundland does not come into question now 


Thanks

[scrimnet]

Can I just say that you would get a better response from the Guru's on here if this was posted in the general Armed Forces board!

We don't tend to look on "Resources" as we have most of them at home

I have taken the liberty of asking the Mods to move it over to help you out...

In the meantime...

Here they are from 1839 onwards

  1839 Afghanistan 
  1840 India 
  1845 Sikh war 
  1846 England 
  1848 Ireland 
  1853 Ionian Islands 
  1855 Crimea 
  1856 Gozo 
  1857 Malta 
  1857 Gibraltar 
  1858 Cape Colony 
  1858 India 
  1860 China (Opium war) 
  1860 China (Taiping rebellion)   
  1863 England 
  1866 Ireland 
  1867 Malta 
  1872 Gibraltar 
  1876 England 
  1880 Ireland


And I am also presuming that you know that the 31st were The Huntingdonshires originally...

[blodwen]

Hallo Scrimnet,

that is really kind of you - shows that I have no idea about this theme 

And yes, I had seen that they were The Huntingdonshires, but it still did not help me much 

As I have no army record for him I am at a loss .....  And all his children were born in various places in each Census   


I am trying to trace his movements ....

Viv