William Armstrong b1852 Ireland but British soldier

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ARMSTRONG, SUSAN  HANNAH     LUSCOMB 
GRO Reference: 1889  S Quarter in SHARDLOW  Volume 07B  Page 457

1891 census


ARMSTRONG, GEORGE  ROBERT     LUSCOMBE 
GRO Reference: 1894  S Quarter in PLYMOUTH  Volume 05B  Page 256

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[heywood]

Army records form 1868 to discharge in 1889:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F2211%2F111%2F001&parentid=GBM%2FWO97%2F2211%2F11123

He was in Malta at the time of the 1871 census

And in Ireland presumably  in 1861

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Quote from opening post:

 Her father William Armstrong, a soldier/bugler born in Ireland, had married her mother Emily Luscombe in Plymouth in 1878 and there were two brothers (CHILDREN)on the 1881 census when William was in Chatham.
ARMSTRONG, -       LUSCOMBE 
GRO Reference: 1879  M Quarter in FARNHAM  Volume 02A  Page 100

ARMSTRONG, ROBERT  JOSEPH     LUSCAMB 
GRO Reference: 1881  M Quarter in MEDWAY  Volume 02A  Page 564

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added--death of wife Emily

Deaths Mar 1900   
Armstrong    Emily    aged 44    Plymouth    5b   236

[ShaunJ]

Per the army records, the two sons born before Emily were:

William Francis, 2 March 1879
Christopher John, 1 March 1883


Robert Joseph not listed - perhaps he did not survive

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Per the army records, the two sons born before Emily were:

William Francis, 2 March 1879
Christopher John, 1 March 1883


Robert Joseph not listed - perhaps he did not survive

Deaths Dec 1881   (
ARMSTRONG    Robert George    0    Shardlow    7b   265

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William Francis, 2 March 1879-should be somewhere in 1891. He appears in 1911 census, marries 1917, 1921 census, 1939 war register(dob .6.1879) and dies 1947.

ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM  FRANCIS     agd 68 
GRO Reference: 1947  M Quarter in ISLINGTON  Volume 05C  Page 1346

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[overlandermatt]

Army records from 1868 to discharge in 1889:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F2211%2F111%2F001&parentid=GBM%2FWO97%2F2211%2F11123

He was in Malta at the time of the 1871 census

Thanks for sharing that Shaun. I will need a FindMyPast subscription to look at that - currently just have Ancestry. The wrong one when the time comes!

[overlandermatt]

Thank you all for uncovering the details here. I had wondered whether he followed daughter Emily to Canada but seemingly he died shortly before or after they emigrated...

I am interested in the army details. I have had a few relatives in Plymouth who married soldiers, presumably as the unit passed through the city at some stage. What is unclear in this case is the unit - I couldn't really find anything about a 3rd Derbyshire Battalion in the 1880s and the 52nd Regiment in 1878 at the time of the marriage. I need to renew the FindMyPast subscription...   

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Info only, Sarah Hannah and Christopher appear together in 1911 and 1921 census together, Christopher also 1939 war register. Christopher died 1945.

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