Royal Engineers and Photography

[PhotoFamily]

I'm looking for information about Royal Engineers' records of early photographers. I believe my ancestor was a photographer for the REs at sometime in his service (~1850-1865). He was a Corporal, but his later CDVs are labeled "Late Photographer to His Majesty's Government".

Are there any surviving records of who was trained in photography, and where they served?

[Janet]

See if you can find the army records first through FMP or TNA to see what is written about his photographic career in the RE's. I have one who was a gymnast in the army and I found a few things on his army career appertaining to his gymnast qualifications. Ancestry do also have army records but these are much later First w War Records. FMP have the early records.

Janet

[Jill on the A272]

The Royal Engineers Museum and Library is in Kent, they might be able to help

http://www.remuseum.org.uk/index.htm