I have three men on my husband's maternal side with the same name - William Thomas Asher Day.
I first of all want to get some information on the earliest of these, my husband's great grandfather, born in St. Marylebone in 1847 to William and Elizabeth Day.
I have all source information from his Baptism to his Death in 1918; all the censuses in between, and his marriage in Chatham, Kent in 1874, where his Occupation is shown as Sapper, Royal Engineers.
What I need help with is finding out about him as a Sapper from his time at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, Kent.
The 1871 Census shows him there in the Barracks at the School. I have looked on the Royal Engineers website to see if there is an archive of soldiers' details, with no luck. I really would like to find out when he signed on and when he was discharged.
Having read many of the postings on this site, I know there are some great sleuths out there! Any ideas?
Angela
I first of all want to get some information on the earliest of these, my husband's great grandfather, born in St. Marylebone in 1847 to William and Elizabeth Day.
I have all source information from his Baptism to his Death in 1918; all the censuses in between, and his marriage in Chatham, Kent in 1874, where his Occupation is shown as Sapper, Royal Engineers.
What I need help with is finding out about him as a Sapper from his time at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, Kent.
The 1871 Census shows him there in the Barracks at the School. I have looked on the Royal Engineers website to see if there is an archive of soldiers' details, with no luck. I really would like to find out when he signed on and when he was discharged.
Having read many of the postings on this site, I know there are some great sleuths out there! Any ideas?
Angela
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