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#'''[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.  
#'''[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.  
#'''Army Lists and Commission Registers:'''  Charles Dalton compiled the commissions of officers from 1661 to 1714.  
#'''Gentleman's Magazine & Index, 1731-1850:'''  Lists many officers' commissions; indexes are at the back of each volume (FHL Book 942 B2gm index).  
#'''[[Gentlemans_Magazine|Gentleman's Magazine & Index]], 1731-1850:'''  Lists many officers' commissions; indexes are at the back of each volume (FHL 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.  
#'''[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.  
#[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.  
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#'''Muster Master Generals' Index of Casualties (officers'):''' 1797-1817; W.O. 25, pieces 1196-1358  
#'''Muster Master Generals' Index of Casualties (officers'):''' 1797-1817; W.O. 25, pieces 1196-1358  
#'''Regimental Registers of Pensioners:'''  Royal Chelsea Hospital 1717-1857, W.O. 120.  
#'''Regimental Registers of Pensioners:'''  Royal Chelsea Hospital 1717-1857, W.O. 120.  
#'''Other biographical sources''' (see [[England_Biography]])  
#'''Other biographical sources''' (see [[England Biography]])


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Revision as of 12:36, 1 June 2015

RECORDS FOR FINDING OFFICERS' REGIMENT NAME OR NUMBER

  1. Census records 1841-1911
  2. 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)
  3. Homes Sources:  especially medals & awards, discharge papers, pension papers, journals, obituaries, old letters
  4. 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.
  5. Army Lists and Commission Registers:  Charles Dalton compiled the commissions of officers from 1661 to 1714.
  6. Gentleman's Magazine & Index, 1731-1850:  Lists many officers' commissions; indexes are at the back of each volume (FHL Book 942 B2gm index).
  7. Applications for Pensions for Widows and Children 1755-1908:  (Foreign Regiments included); W.O. 42, pieces 1-51.
  8. Militia Attestation Returns:  whole military (attachments), 1806-1915; W.O. 96, pieces #1-1522.
  9. Regimental Registers of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials of soldiers and their families, 1761-1924: (FHL has birth indexes ohnly)
  10. Chaplain Returns of births, marriages, deaths and burials of soldiers and their families, 1796-1880:  FRC, London (FHL has indexes and records)
  11. Services of Officers on Full Pay:  1828 W.O. 25, pieces #749-779; alphabetical (FHL Book 942 M2sp)
  12. Services of Officers on Full & Half Pay:  1829, W.O. 25, pieces #780-807; alphabetical
  13. Returns of Retired Officers' Services on Half Pay: 1847, W.O. 25, pieces #808-823; indexed (FHL Book 942 M23be)
  14. Registers, Various: Service Returns -- #1 Service Noncommissioned Officers: 1806 (June), W.O. 25, piece #871-1120; indexed.
  15. Registers, Various:  Service Returns -- #3 Discharges (of Noncommissioned Officers): 1783-1810, W.O. 25, pieces #1121-1131; indexed.
  16. Muster Master Generals' Index of Casualties (officers'): 1797-1817; W.O. 25, pieces 1196-1358
  17. Regimental Registers of Pensioners:  Royal Chelsea Hospital 1717-1857, W.O. 120.
  18. Other biographical sources (see England Biography)

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