Hi All
Whilst grave-hunting on a trip last week, I came across the headstone of a family member who I'd "lost" after 1891. Turns out this was because he died... what puzzled me was that he died in Glasgow but was buried in his home village in South Wales. His headstone revealed he was in the army (I think), but I'm a bit lost as to what the rank means...
The inscription reads:
"Frederick Morley Padfield
Col. Sergt. S.W.B.
...
who died at Glasgow
March 2nd 1897
aged 29 years"
I imagine that SWB would be South Wales Borderers, but I can't work out his rank - was he a colonel or a sergeant? Can you be both???
Not quite sure what he would have been doing in Glasgow either - does anyone have any ideas?
Whilst grave-hunting on a trip last week, I came across the headstone of a family member who I'd "lost" after 1891. Turns out this was because he died... what puzzled me was that he died in Glasgow but was buried in his home village in South Wales. His headstone revealed he was in the army (I think), but I'm a bit lost as to what the rank means...
The inscription reads:
"Frederick Morley Padfield
Col. Sergt. S.W.B.
...
who died at Glasgow
March 2nd 1897
aged 29 years"
I imagine that SWB would be South Wales Borderers, but I can't work out his rank - was he a colonel or a sergeant? Can you be both???
Not quite sure what he would have been doing in Glasgow either - does anyone have any ideas?
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