Reading Army Records Help Please

[mandyweller]

Hi,
That is amazing thank you so much for the links they are really interesting I have done loads of searches and haven't found anything that good.... guess I have much to learn

I got the Shrophire Light infantry bit from the first page of his enlistment question 10 asks if recruit is already a member of army etc & he has answered Yes of Shropshire L I (which I have guessed to mean light Infantry ? ) Then question 16 asks if he recieved a n0tice & who gave it the answer is yes & what looks like seargent Major ? cant read it of Shropshire L I

I wondered if he was transferring as he is noted as being 22 years old but there are no other references to anything before that I have been able to find anywhere yet

Any tips of Info would be really great as I am now facinated to find out more about where he served


Thanks again

[km1971]

Hi

No he was not transferred. They would have carried on with his SLI papers. The best clue is if they give any SLI details - rank and number - on page 3. I was hoping they gave his battalion.

It sounds as if the SLI bit could be the Militia - part-time soldiers. If you cannot get to Kew you will have to wait for Findmypast to put the Militia Attestation Papers online by the end of 2011. Militia forms of that period do not give next of kin, but they give the name and address of his last employer, which you do not get in Regular paper's, plus his address which you may not have, if different from his NoK's.

Ken