to which regiment does this refer too?.....

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:35 pm

Hello
not sure if i am posting this in the right place

but can i have your suggestions as to which regiment
this entry refers to on the back of a marriage cert i have .

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-557

any suggestions gratefully received
kind regards maggie

Gallery URL added - AndrewP

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:08 pm

Thanks Andrew

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:16 pm

Hello
can no one hazzard a guess

maggie

Post by **Tracey** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:44 pm

Hello Maggie

I have just had a look and i cant make out a regiment. I can only read the obvious. Have you tried searching for this man on www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ? if you strike lucky it may shed some light if no one else can dechiper it

Tracey

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:03 pm

2 So(uth) La(ancashire)

David

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:22 pm

Hello Tracey
thankyou for your reply
yes i have tried looking on there without any joy i'm afraid
i was hopefull too given that the surname is a bit of a strange one
the surname being EID which is Norwegian .
thanks once again
kind regards maggie

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:28 pm

Hello David
thankyou south Lancashire regiment Hmn....
the mystery deepens he was Irish .
will have to go googling now for the south Lancashire Regiment
kind regards maggie

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:03 am

maggie wrote:Hello David
thankyou south Lancashire regiment Hmn....
the mystery deepens he was Irish .
will have to go googling now for the south Lancashire Regiment
kind regards maggie

http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/082-1.htm

No great mystery, - regiments were permitted to recruit all over the country back then.

David

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:08 am

Hello David
thankyou for your reply
the" mystery deepens" was me thinking out aloud

yes i knew recruitment was from far&wide
Thanks once again & Have a wonderfull trip and a safe return

kind regards maggie

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:02 am

Hi Maggie and David,
I also suspect it is the 2nd South Lancashire..
The 2nd Battalion were stationed in Natal (Kwa-Zulu Natal) between 1884 and 1887.

Your letter is dated 13/4/86.....There is "P.M. Burg" above the date
I think this may be Pietermaritzburg in South Africa
http://pmb-midlands.kzn.org.za/pmb-midlands/7.xml

Jim