Muster Roll - 2nd Dragoon Guards - upto 1794

[DaveDave]

Please can someone help me?

I'm trying to find out if an ancestor of mine was enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards upto 1794.

If he was, then how can I find his details, especially his date and place of birth?  I was hoping his details will be held on his regimental muster roll or other book.

Any help would be very much appreciated.
Dave

[Redroger]

Check with the National Archives Kew to see whether the attestation forms for this regiment have survived. It is also worthwhile checking to see whether he leftg the army on a pension, the associated form gives his place and year of birth, but not unfortunately the names of his parents, for that you need the attestation form, if it has survived.

[DaveDave]

Thanks - will check it out.

He didn't leave the Army, he enlisted in the Fife Fencibles when it was formed in 1794 by Col James Durham of Largo.  I believe he may've transferred from another Army regiment and that's why I'm exploring the possibility that he came with James Durham from the 2nd Dragoon Guards when he raised the Fife Fencibles.  See info below...

Any other suggestions or assistance is very welcome as I've been searching for a years!

Of this family was General James Durham of Largo, born January 14, 1754, who served in the army no less than seventy years, having entered as a cornet in the second dragoon guards, June 22, 1769. On the 21st of September 1794 he received the brevet of major; and, having raised the Fifeshire Fencibles, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of that corps, October 23, 1794

[Redroger]

As you may know there are some Militia Muster Rolls at the National Archive, but there is no birth information on them, just age at enlistment and date of discharge (or death).
Hope you do resolve things quickly as I've been searching for my 2XGGF of the same era Somerset Militia 1794 for 14 years, and though I have made some progress am still looking!