royal engineer

[km1971]

From about 1860 they enlisted in periods of ten years. A man received a pension after two periods of service. After re-engaging for a second ten he also received a penny a day extra pay on his one shilling/1s 1d a day as a Private/Sapper.

In the musters they list the man in order of rank. Within each rank they list the re-engaged men first.

Ken

[brucecullen]

Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. My email has been down for two days and also the ISP was having issues as well. Seems to be working as of now.

Was not a lot of money. so they usually signed up for 10 years. I need to find out when he enlisted and where he was living at that time. The only confirmed information was that he married Ellen Coleman at Camden Fort in May of 1872. I see the locals in Cork are trying to clean up the old fort somewhat of a tourist attraction I guess. Need to catch up on email and then do some research. 

Thanks for everything Ken

Kindest Regards,
Bruce