9th Regiment of Foot 1810 - 1820

[Finder]

on my family, research was a pain due to mis-spelling the family name, anyways, I found a Jacob Harle in 1841 census, born at Somerset 1796 so aged 45, wifes name Sarah aged 50 born at Somerset, & son John, living at Milton, Kewstroke, is this a possible match?

not found any military yet, though in 1841 states this fellow as being agricultural labourer

James

[t mo]

hi chris
we need an expert on this i think for that era to find out wether that reg was involved at waterloo only if they were on there way to spain and waterloo was 1814 they were either involved or were part of a reserve rearguard force it sounds like, i,m guessing at this i,m no expert thats for sure but have a keen interest in the period , i,ve looked at the waterloo medal roll and neither are on it not under horle -hurl -hurle or hall , question can anyone imagine what a somerset accent would have sounded like 200hundred years ago only they could be there but taking into account that most working class folk back then could neither read nor write and so most names were written down phonetically they could be right in front of us but we,d never know it , as james has said in the last post we,ve all i,m sure been there at some stage in our searches .
trevor

[crubeo]

Found this today through the Mormon Family History Library in Los Angeles.  The can order these micro-fiches for me.  I'll let you all know what I find.



Soldiers documents : service documents of soldiers, containing particulars of age, birthplace and trade or occupation on enlistment, a record of service, including any decorations and the reason for discharge to pension, 1760-1872

v. 302   9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Abbott-Blatchley 1760-1854        FHL    Film   864821    
v. 303    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Blevins-Coe 1760-1854                FHL    Film    864822    
v. 304    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Coffee-Dyre-Dyke 1760-1854        FHL    Film   864823    
v. 305    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Evendon-Easman-Gordon 1760-1854     FHL    Film   864824    
v. 306    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Hornby-Gorman-Ives 1760-1854     FHL   Film    864825    
v. 307    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Jackman-Lyons 1760-1854        FHL    Film   864826    
v. 308    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: McAuliffe-Neal 1760-1854        FHL    Film   864827    
v. 309   9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Norris-Needham-Quinn 1760-1854     FHL    Film   864828    
v. 310    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Reeves-Rackett- Southgate 1760-1854   FHL    Film    876859    

v. 311-312    9th Rgmnt. of Foot: Spackman-Young 1760-1854     FHL   Film    876860

[t mo]

wow chris that was a great find i,ve never seen the like before , so did you find the site online or what only i,ve never heard of the los angeles library i thought all there stuff came from salt lake city . seems like we,ve got an expert on this already . i think you,ve been holding out on us  .
and yes let us know what you find out  and keep an eye out for waterloo to see if that reg was there or i,d be interested as to where in spain they were any way
good luck and fingers crossed on a result
trevor

[crubeo]

Those Mormons are incredible.  The Library here in LA is just a branch of the main one in Salt Lake.  I'll let you know -

http://www.lafhl.org/

[neil1821]

Neither the 1st or 2nd Btn of the 9th Foot were at Waterloo sadly.

1st Btn
1809 Walcheren
1810-14 Spain/France (Peninsular War)
1814-15 North America (Canadian Frontier)
1815-18 France
1818-19 England
1819-26 West Indies

2nd Btn
1809-13 Gibraltar/Spain/Minorca (Peninsular War)
1813-15 England
1815 disbanded

I know he served in Canada around 1814-1816.

His wife Sarah wrote a letter from Canterbury 1813 saying Jacob was with his brother James on route to Spain with 2nd Battalion-9th Reg. of Foot.

Both these snippets suggest 1st Btn to me rather than 2nd

[t mo]

thanks from me neil for that , so would the reg been used then just to fill a gap left by other regs that had gone on to waterloo i mean is there any details any where as to where they were in spain or just the basics that you,ve posted

[t mo]

hi chris
thanks for posting the site details thats most kind of you i,ve had a quick look down the home page they have an awful lot of stuff on there thats for sure i hope it,s as easy for us over the big pond to access as it is for you .

thanks again
trevor

[crubeo]

Thanks Neil.  I should have a copy of that 1813 letter next week.  Anyone know where I can see what his uniform may have looked like?