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Offline Jeff Guyett

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Regiments in Gilbraltar in 1834
« on: Friday 13 October 23 18:40 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know which Regiments where stationed /visited Gibraltar in 1834 ,or where to find this info?
GUYETT, GUYATT, OAKLEY, BIRD, MILLWARD, Hancey, SHORTLAND, GLASS, Hewitt, Fabian, OAKLEY, LINSELL, Stone. JEFFERY, SAUNDERS, DEWEY

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Re: Regiments in Gilbraltar in 1834
« Reply #1 on: Friday 13 October 23 18:59 BST (UK) »
I would look at the newspapers.

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Re: Regiments in Gilbraltar in 1834
« Reply #2 on: Friday 13 October 23 19:04 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know which Regiments where stationed /visited Gibraltar in 1834 ,or where to find this info?
Agree with previous poster - as an example
The Cork Constitution, 25 Aug 1834

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Re: Regiments in Gilbraltar in 1834
« Reply #3 on: Friday 13 October 23 19:40 BST (UK) »
Elements of the Royal Artillery would certainly have been there. For infantry and cavalry regiments, search the 1834 newspapers for "Stations of the British Army".
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Re: Regiments in Gilbraltar in 1834
« Reply #4 on: Friday 13 October 23 20:22 BST (UK) »
Some ships taking regiments and drafts of individuals to and from India, the Cape or elsewhere in the Mediterranean will usually have called in at Gibraltar en route to take on fresh water, rations and deliver mail etc, but they won't be listed in the Stations of the British Army that Shaun mentioned. You may be able to deduce/guess which they are by looking at the dates units moved to and from these places, but that won't give you precise dates.
This was before the electric telegraph had been invented so ship reporting was haphazard. The shipping news carried by some newspapers might also give details of arrivals  to and departures from the UK of complete units, but the drafts (often as few as 20 men) probably won't get mentioned.