Foot Guards Detachment, North Camp Aldershot

[pnewman]

Hello,

yes I have him on the 1871 census as a licensed victualler.  He was a valet until at least 1864 (according to one son's birth certificate), and became a publican around 1868 (according to another son's baptism record).  He was born in 1834, so he may well have been able to complete his 21 years service.  However, he died in 1874 of acute rheumatism, which was quite young.  Not sure if that suggests he suffered from something in the Army?

it doesn't appear that he drew a pension (again, no information from findmypast or ancestry).

Many thanks,

Philip

[pnewman]

They would only have kept his service record if he earned a pension. Then it was after two times ten year enlistments. Or a temporary one if he was invalided out. Have you found him in a later census?

I will check the records of the men around him.

Ken

Hello again,

apologies for leaving it so late.  I've had another look at the people around Robert Berry in the 1861 census, and tried to find service records for them, but it was inconclusive to me which guards they were in.  I was wondering whether you had more luck than me in trying to identify the guards detachment for Robert Berry?

Thanks,
Phil