Weeley 1812-13 Joseph Bothroyd

[MUSKETBALL]

Hi Arny.
I have some info on the regiments at the barracks in the early years.From the north I have noted the following. 8th The Kings Regiment 1st Bat Liverpool Regiment(no dates) 14th The West Yorkshire Regiment (no dates) Durham Militia 8 company's (arrived May 1st 1806) and 19th Foot 1st Bat Yorkshire North Riding Regiment (no dates).
I am not a Weeley Wooper as I do not live there.When I was much younger I had some Weeley mates,their greeting was always the same "Wooper boy how you doing"I doubt you will hear it in the village today as there are not many old village people left.
Regards

[arny]

Hi MB, Well I can eliminate the 14th, I found their regimental history online at wing-ops.org. They marched from Harwich to "Warley" in Essex & spent June/July there under canvas. A little bit more for you. I'll have a look at the others you posted, but do you have an arrival date for the 59th please?

[MUSKETBALL]

Hi Arny.
Sorry I don't have an exact date for the 59th arriving.
Found the following in my notes today it may be of interest North Yorks Militia in the Tendring Hundred from 0ct 1797 as part of the "Corps De Reserve".
Another line you could take is to look into the camp at Little Holland, several regiments were there from 1806 on,I have seen references to as many as  4,000 troops under canvas .I have yet to research this camp so can't help you further.
Before the barracks were constructed troops were under canvas all over the Tendring Hundred from around 1793 till the barracks were built in 1804.
You could also try Bradfield parish registers there are several military burials there for the period you are interested in.You could look into all the local militia units from your area to see if they were in the district.
There were a couple of occasions when the barracks were evacuated to Harwich following an outbreak of Cholera and Opthalmia so it might be worth checking the registers for the parish of St Nicholas at Harwich.
Regards MB

[arny]

Thanks MB, I'll have a look at Bradfield & Harwich. I found several at Dovercourt when I was looking for something else. Have you read "Martello Towers & the defence of N.E.Essex" by Kenneth Walker 1938, there's a copy at Essex Uni, only 14 pages but there may be a few new things for you. It was originally in the Essex Review. Amazon had a copy but it was sold.

Best, A

[Lookin2]

Musketball

I have been trying to find info. on Thomas Brown, Royal Waggon Train Regt. and see that Nov. 1807, April, 1808 they (The Royal Waggon Train)were there at Weeley Barracks. Do you have any info on that Regt.?  Lookin2

 

[MUSKETBALL]

Hi Looking2.
Sorry no,the info that I have to date is about the same as yourself,now I know you are looking I will keep you up to speed If I come across anything.
Good luck
MB

[Lookin2]

Musketball

Thanks, I would appreciate that.  Lookin2

[findem]

Hi Arny,

Regarding wooper, that was a common greeting around where I lived pre 1950 in the northern area of Chelmford, used it myself.

As for Aupa, I served in Gibraltar 1955 - 57 where the local girls as well as the Spanish girls working there spoke Spanish.  Like others I was told it meant beautiful/gorgeous, so we wouldn't have suspected we were calling out "come on", we were really taken in and no one ever told us the true meaning of the word.