Suffolk Regiment 12th Foot

[Dai_B]

A while since I posted here. I have a question. I have an ancestor whose husband served in the !12th foot. Actually the Duke of Norfolk's regiment at the time. I am trying to find out what sort of stipend if any she received while her husband was  away. He was in the siege of Gibraltar and gone at least 5 years. does anyone have any idea what wives received in these circumstances, if anything.
Dai

[coppernob]

Have you contacted the Suffolk Regiment Museum ?. If you google, you will come up with web site & contacts. All the best  C  ps Worth a visit if you can get there.

[Dai_B]

Thanks for the tip - I have googled them and bookmarked the site. It looks like their archives on individual soldiers, pay etc. are with the Suffolk Records Office. I will try contacting the museum. Visiting is a bit difficult for me as I live here in Wisconsin  USA but I will make a point of looking it up when next in the UK.  We usually spend some days in Suffolk when we are over there.
Thanks again for the heads up.

Dai

[coppernob]

You are welcome, nice to be able to help. The Suffolk Records Office have a lot of info & you can e-mail them AND get a reply which is more than can be said of the Ipswich branch !!

A lot of what the records office has, has been through the hands of the museum & you can always e-mail them too.

My father was in the Suffolk Reg 2nd batt & as I live close by I visited the museum & some of the 'old boys' volunteer there & one of them knew my Dad which was great as I lost my Dad 25yrs ago.

If when you next come to England the museum is not open to the public ( which is only about 3 times a month) e-mail them to let them know of your visit & they will arrange for someone to be therefor you, the same with the records office in that if you tell them what you are looking for they will have the records ready for you if possible.

C