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Of course, being put on the spot I can't re-find it...but, I will ask my father what it said. I do remember that he served as Gunner until he was discharged and then was a Sergeant with the Militia...

Sorry,I didn't know his son was a playwright. I'm very limited on my knowledge of this line; and only recently discovered John's name & information.

Thanks for the information. I've found this record on fold3.

Robert

I'd tried to look at the archives after finding the census references on ancestry. But I was unsure which direction to look. The archivists at Chelsea with the pensioners' records directed me to the...

I've been working to find out information on my three greats grandfather John Whitbread and his service in the Royal Artillery. I have found him in the 1851 Census in the Royal Artillery Barracks. By...