What regiment did my ancestor serve in- Officers?: Difference between revisions

#'''[http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths]''' (for England & Wales from 1837; for Scotland from 1855; for Ireland from 1864 with Protestant marriages from 1845)  

#'''Homes Sources:''' especially medals & awards, discharge papers, pension papers, journals, obituaries, old letters  

#'''[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Collection/Display?uri=C14273- Army Lists:]''' monthly, annual and the more recent quarterly or half-yearly lists - contain the name, rank, regiment, year of commission to any particular rank of officer. See W.O. 64, 65 & 66.  

#'''Army Lists and Commission Registers:''' Charles Dalton compiled the commissions of officers from 1661 to 1714.  

#'''[[Gentlemans_Magazine|Gentleman's Magazine & Index]], 1731-1850:''' Lists many officers' commissions; indexes are at the back of each volume (FS Library Book 942 B2gm index).  

#'''[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Collection/Display?uri=C14251- Applications for Pensions for Widows and Children 1755-1908:]''' (Foreign Regiments included); W.O. 42, pieces 1-51.  

#[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=WO+96&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= '''Militia Attestation Returns:''' ] whole military (attachments), 1806-1915; W.O. 96, pieces #1-1522.  

#'''{{FSC|732111|item|disp=Regimental Registers of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials of soldiers and their families, 1761-1924:}}''' (FS Library has birth indexes ohnly)  

#'''{{FSC|720239|item|disp=Chaplain Returns of births, marriages, deaths and burials of soldiers and their families, 1796-1880:}} '''FRC, London (FS Library has indexes and records)  

#[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/records/C77305-returns-of-officers-services.-collection?iaid=C77305&parentiaid=C14234&currentpage=5&totalpages=16&parentgridpage=5&pagelink=1 '''Services of Officers on Full Pay:''' ] 1828 W.O. 25, pieces #749-779; alphabetical (FS Library Book 942 M2sp)  

#'''[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/records/C77305-returns-of-officers-services.-collection?iaid=C77305&parentiaid=C14234&currentpage=2&totalpages=16&parentgridpage=2&next=True Services of Officers on Full & Half Pay:]''' 1829, W.O. 25, pieces #780-807; alphabetical  

#'''[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/records/C77305-returns-of-officers-services.-collection?iaid=C77305&parentiaid=C14234&currentpage=4&totalpages=16&parentgridpage=4&pagelink=5 Returns of Retired Officers' Services on Half Pay:]''' 1847, W.O. 25, pieces #808-823; indexed (FS Library Book 942 M23be)  

#'''Registers, Various: Service Returns -- #3 Discharges (of Noncommissioned Officers):''' 1783-1810, W.O. 25, pieces #1121-1131; indexed.  

#'''Regimental Registers of Pensioners:''' Royal Chelsea Hospital 1717-1857, W.O. 120.