Meakins - 86th Regiment - Pensioner in 1871

[t mo]

hello pat
and welcome to rootschat 
i,ve done a look up on FindMyPast for the pension record of your william and the only record for the 86th of foot is for a
wm mekins born worcester 1897 , he wasn,t a col sgt on this record but a hospital sgt now if this is your rellie there are 13 pages in the record although 2 are blank pages !! i,ve downloaded them just in case , and although there are 11 pages  ( having not bothered downloading the blanks ) the actual amount of info is no more than you,d get on a usual record of 4 pages .
hope this makes some sort of sense to you
best wishes
trevor

[Elizabeth Virginia]

Thanks, all, for the Meakins' information.  I have been away from research due to a series of family crises (births, marriages, deaths, elderly parent, etc.).  Good thing I am retired with lots of "free" time.    I will do some digging and see where this takes me.   

[t mo]

hello pat
i don,t know wether to say congrats or sympathise but sorry to hear of your loss i can imagine how you feel , will wait to see if we can help further
best wishes
trevor

[johnxyz]

If you're fairly new to this, you might find The National Archive catalogue a bit of a struggle. The record found by jorose has the reference  WO 97 / 955 / 97. It seems to be the only relevant pension record and matches your born 1806 Worcestershire.

I'm therefore puzzled by the 1897 quoted by t mo. Does that FindMyPast record give his service dates, and are they consistent with 1897?

[t mo]

hi all just gone back on a check of the record i posted and realised the date of 1897 should read 1807 sorry for any confusion .
trevor