Chattam Barracks

[josey]

Thanks MaxD, thinking perhaps of 87th & searching for birthplace & parents of Philip Murray said to have been born in Senzy or Penzy - not yet identified - near Chatham in Feb 1814 [see name interests]. A long standing brick wall with which I have bored rootschatters for some years!! Using your advice, seems 87th were in Orthez & Toulouse about that time but Philip was from [Killeen, Borrisokane] Tipperary where I have read 87th were raised. Both Philip & his son enlisted in the 87th so I wondered if Philip's father did too. His father may have been in transit at Chatham for some Napoleonic destination when Philip was born, so many regiments in the frame. Probably means that his father was sergeant or above for his wife to have been with the regiment.

[hanes teulu]

MaxD,
Thanks for correcting my error - it is "Provisional Battalion", not Regiment. The Naval & Military Gazette, 3 July 1841, carries a report explaining the low numbers parading at a military review at Chatham Garrison resulted from "800 of the Provisional Battalion embarking for Hong Kong that morning".

[hanes teulu]

FindMyPast has a number of Army records for a William Carroll of the 49th.

[xX.M.J.L.X.x]

Hi everyone,
I'm not sure how old this thread as I'm still learning how to use this site, so apologies in advance if I do something wrong.
I was just wondering how one would start finding out about a relative who was stationed at the Chatham Barracks all the way back in 1837 and probably a bit of time prior to that?
Im honestly running out places to look and would really appreciate any points or hints please!

[NSWP]

I am sure the Royal Engineers Depot was at Chatham as well. I recollect visiting the RE Museum in that area, many years ago.

[tamlen]

There were a lot more than Royal Marines stationed in Chatham where there wer a number of different barracks.  In 1841it was the depot of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 28th, 33rd and another 13 Regiments of Foot.  There would have been small numbers of men from all of those there.

MaxD

I know it's been a while since the above response was posted, but I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm trying to find a reliable online source showing the locations of the 33rd Regiment of Foot between 1826-1845. I've sniffed around at links on other RootsChat threads about the 33rd, but haven't found anything other than a rough sketch or links that are broken. Thanks!

[Andy J2022]

Hi tamlen,
I can't provide details for the early part of the period you asked about but for the majority of the time the Regiment was overseas.
Date        Year        Station                      Depot
30 Apr     1836        Dublin                         -
Jan          1837            Embarked for Gibraltar
1 Apr        1837       Gibraltar                   Birr
31 Mar      1838       Gibraltar                   Carrick on Shannon
2 Nov       1839        Gibraltar                   Tynemouth
29 Aug      1840       Gibraltar                   Chatham
2 Oct         1841       Barbados                 Chatham
1 Jan         1842       Barbados                 Chatham
1 Jan         1843       Berbice                   Waterford
30 Mar       1844      New Brunswick        Buttevant
20 Nov       1845      New Brunswick        Clomel
28 Feb       1846      New Brunswick        Clomel

Afternote. Berbice is in Guyana

[Andy J2022]

I assume you've already found these two web pages: http://www.dwr.org.uk/history/1787-1899/  and http://www.dwr.org.uk/the_regiment/brief-history/

[Andy J2022]

I can add a few more locations for the 33rd Foot for the early years. Note that when a regiment is in the UK (including Ireland) there is no need for a separate depot.
1821             Armagh
1 July 1830   Jamaica          Depot Burnley
1 July 1832   Portsmouth
23 Mar 1833 Weedon
24 Jan 1834  Weedon
14 Mar 1835  Haydock Lodge