Military Reference help Please

[terrysfamily]

This is for someone at The Barracks, Northgate Canterbury in 1881

under the heading Occupation/Disability is;

2 Mr Sergt F C R H A

The No. 2 is actually a part of the entry, not added by me.

Terry

[Nicolina]

I believe that Mr Sergt could be Master Sergteant and the initials at the end are for * * Royal Horse Artillery. I suppose F C could be something like Field Company

[terrysfamily]

Thank you very much Nicolina, thats very helpful.

Thank you again

Terry

[Mutley]

Please can you give us the reference Terry, or a least something to enable us to take a look.

Anything here?
http://www.
machadoink.com/Canterbury%20Barracks.htm

[terrysfamily]

Census + census ref. crown copyright c/o TNA

RG11 Piece: 960 Folio: 107 Page: 45
Reg. District: + Sub District: Canterbury

Parish: Canterbury St Mary Northgate
Address: The Barracks, Northgate Canterbury, Canterbury St Mary Northgate, Kent

LAPPER, John Husband Head Married M 32 1849 2 Mr Sergt F C R H A Gloucester, Gloucestershire
LAPPER, Henrietta Wife Married F 18 1863 With Husband
LAPPER, Henrietta Ethel Daughter Single F 1 1880 With Parents Canterbury, Kent

Good luck, there's about 1,500 people on that census.

Terry

[malcolm99]

2 Mr Sergt F C R H A

Terry, his army record is on FMP Chrelsea Pensioners -well worth having a look at.

The 2 is actually a Q (remember that's how it used to be written?). His rank is Battery Quarter Master Sergeant.

He eventually became Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant which is about as high as you can get if you weren't an officer.

[terrysfamily]

Thank you very much for that Malcolm. I will take a look at it later in the week. Although I did download my great grandfathers army record from around the same time and didn't understand most of it. (well the bit's I could actually read that is)

Thank you again

Terry

[Colin Rowledge]

I am glad that Malcolm99 came on board. What he says confirms much of what my late father had told me about his service in W.W. 2 and an older 'brother' who served in W.W.1.

The 2 F.C could well stand for a 2nd Field Commendation that had not been approved at the time of the census.

I can now leave and finish cooking dinner.