death cert occupation query

[kylejustin]

peter ford died 20 aug 1905, leeds. occupation given as: army pensioner, depot bde ra. what does this mean?

[Ozzie Gert]

I would say bde could be brigade, sorry can`t help with the ra ra bit, but could it be a place, where was he stationed ?

[Caroline]

peter ford died 20 aug 1905, leeds. occupation given as: army pensioner, depot bde ra. what does this mean?

Only guessing, but "ra" could be Royal Artillery?

[Durham Lady]

It could be Brigade or Bombadier, and most probably is Royal Artillery. A Bombadier is the rank a soldier is when he first joins the RA.

[kylejustin]

he was in the royal artillery. so depot brigade royal artillery? im so dense. what does depot mean? and brigade would be identifying his unit?

[Christine in Herts]

Depot usually means a base of some kind - where you can store ("deposit") things.

Christine

[littlemoo]

I found this mentioned in the following website :-

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=WO_22/275_PENSION_RETURNS_-_NEW_SOUTH_WALES_1876_-_1880

Royal Artillery – Depot Brigade

I think Depot is the name of this Brigade (regiment)
On the web page are other Royal Artillery regiments e.g 8th Brigade

Clare

[kylejustin]

thanx little moo, but those are the new south wales archives. my man was english.

[naomiatt]

Hi - perhaps he was stationed in Australia at some stage?..
there are various Brigade Depots...e.g 4th Brigade Depot Richmond, 33 Brigade Depot....
This may be useful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...lery_regiments
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery

[littlemoo]

One of my ancestors joined the Australian Army as he was over there with his friends

Clare