Military Presence in St Budeaux

[Caryl Gill]

I've found a gent. surname Pett who's occupation is 'Assistant Commisary General Ordinance D': St Budeaux. (1881)

Has anyone any idea of Regiment which regiment would have been in the area. By 1891 he was down as a Retired Lieutenant Colonel.

I've posted this here because it's after the Crimean War but before the Boer War.

Would welcome any help I can get with this.

Thanks in anticipation

[Geoffers]

I've found a gent. surname Pett who's occupation is 'Assistant Commisary General Ordinance D': St Budeaux. (1881)
Has anyone any idea of Regiment which regiment would have been in the area. By 1891 he was down as a Retired Lieutenant Colonel.
Would welcome any help I can get with this.

Your simplest and best bet would be to try a large library and look in the reference section for The 'Army List'. County Records Offices, Local Studies Libraries, County Libraries all usually carry a partial run of this series of books which have been produced annually since 1754.

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[Caryl Gill]

Hi Geoffers,

Thanks for the info, I've got him sorted, According to the Army Lists he wasn't a Lieutenant Colonel, but as Assistant Commisary General Ordinance, he had a rank equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. He was in the 1882 Army lists.

Thanks again

Caryl