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Old 23-02-2012, 10:18 AM
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Default Old Soldiers

"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"...

I've come across a number of ex army and navy veterans recorded in the census returns for our area but didn't record them. I'm talking about Victorian/Edwardian and earlier period here - or men who served pre-1914 (WW1).
The local aristocracy (for want of a better word) - Cooks and Widdringtons for instance, etc produced a number of officers who serve in the British Army but there are many rank and file too that served during the expansion of the Empire.
If you know of any who served, or stumble across any in the census returns etc please feel free to jot the name and source down here and I'll see if I can find any more information. Hopefully these can be consolidated into a list in the future.
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Old 23-02-2012, 11:10 AM
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Default Sergeant John Rogerson

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1817: Discharged 'worn out' from the of the "2nd Royal Regiment, Veterans' Battalion", aged 48: Sergeant John Rogerson, who was born in the Parish of Warkworth, near the town of Warkworth.

He lost an eye and was wounded in the hand at Toulouse France 10th April 1814.

he served from 1785, initally with the 46th Foot (2/12/1785-10/10/1788), then the British Fencibles (1794 - 1797) and the 79th Foot (20/11/1797-2/10/1815)

I wonder if he made it back to Warkworth?

[Source: British Army Service Records 1760-1915 National Archives WO97 / 1119 / 293]
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Old 24-02-2012, 11:04 AM
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Default Private Richard Thompson, Sappers and Miners

Private Richard Thompson, 6th Company 1st Battalion Sappers and Miners, was dicharged unfit for active service due to a diseased knee, on the 1st January 1813 after serving 3 years 6 months.

His trade was a Miner, aged 25, 5' 5¾'' tall, dark hair, blue eyes, born in the parish of Warkworth.



[Source: British Army Service Records 1760-1915 National Archives WO97 / 1266 / 55]
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