Completed 90th Regiment - help please

[tecumsah]

I have just discovered to my surprise on the death certificate of my great, great grandfather - born 1832, died 1893 - that he was an army pensioner (90th Regiment).

I was just wondering if anybody could give me some guidance as to what exactly the 90th Regiment was and where, if it is possible, I might be able to get hold of my great, great grandfather's service record.

[neil1821]

If you have a name to give us, we may be able to give you some specific info.

90th Regt were the 90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Light Infantry. After 1881 they became the 2nd Bn Cameronians (Scotch Rifles), but you'd be looking before then.

[tecumsah]

Thanks for your reply, Neil.
My great, great grandfather's name was George Fogden and he was a Londoner - that wouldn't have stopped him joining a Scottish regiment, would it?
Nobody in my family knew anything about George being in the army - he was living in London in 1851 according to the census, married in 1857 and was living in Marylebone in 1861 so it would appear that if he was in the army it must have been in that six-year window between 1851 and 1857 - but that's only guesswork of course.
I'd be very grateful for any help you can give me.

[John Young]

1851 - 1854 the 90th were in Ireland.

1854 - 1856 serving in the Crimea.

1857 - U.K. then ordered to India in the wake of the Mutiny.

Isandlwana

[neil1821]

George Fogden served with them in the Crimea, but isn't on the roll for the Mutiny.
So he probably left c.1856

Fits pretty well with your dates 

[gortonboy]

there is also a 90th regiment of foot ,,yorkshire volunteers.....

[neil1821]

there is also a 90th regiment of foot ,,yorkshire volunteers.....

Not at the right time though, mate.
They were a previous incarnation of the 90th Regt, pre-1784

[tecumsah]

Thanks so much Neil and everybody else who has responded. Is there any way I can find out about George's service – for instance when he joined up, what action if any he saw in the Crimea and when, and maybe why, he left the army?

[tecumsah]

Just one other thing if you don't mind - does the fact that my great, great grandfather had an army pension indicate that he was invalided out of the service or were all soldiers at that time able to claim a pension?