Army service records - findmypast

[kiterunner]

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/news/basr-kilmainham

The new records include:
Royal Hospital, Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents 1760-1887 (WO121)
Royal Hospital, Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents, foreign regiments 1816-1817 (WO122)
War Office: Imperial Yeomanry, soldiers' documents, South African War 1899-1902 (WO128)
Royal Hospital, Chelsea: documents of soldiers awarded deferred pensions 1838-1896 (WO131)
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham: pensioners' discharge documents 1783-1822 (WO119)


Let us know what you find!

[kiterunner]

A lot of these records only have an initial rather than first name and may not show year of birth, something to bear in mind when searching.

[Guinevere]

Found 10 pages on this chap.

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=214336&postcount=25

[JayG]

Thanks for posting this Kate. Just found my 2 x great grandfather in the WO121 series & now know his enlistment & discharge dates. Hopefully having those might lead to more records for him.

[Asa]

Very chuffed to have discounted one of two John Puseys of Uffington, Berks as my ancestor thanks to these records. Alas, the one I've discounted was the one with a baptism but at least I know:-)

Have also found a brother of my great x3 grandfather who was in the army between the 1861 and 1871 census when he turns up as a warden at HMP Pentonville so it's good to fill the missing years in.