James Robert Parmiter - Dorsetshire regiment?

[David Seymour]

I am trying to establish the regiment which James Robert Parmiter served with and to discover the date of James' death - as his wife, Annie, is the only parent mentioned on the CWGC database entry for their son Hugh Norman Trevick Parmiter, whose story I am investigating. Two of her children were born in Egypt between 1891 and 1893, three in India between 1896 and 1898 and one in Dorchester in 1901. This latter suggests that James was in the Dorsetshire Regt. He is not at home in the 1901 census.

Many thanks for any help you can give.

With best wishes,
David

[peter nicholl]

Hi David
The reason that he was not at home in 1901 is that he was a Sergeant in the Dorset Regiment attending the School of Musketry in Kent. If you have access to the 1911 census you will find that he had retired to near Salisbury.
Peter

[Richard1955]

The service record for James Robert Parmiter is WO97 / 5651 / 179
at the National Archives or you can view it on Find My Past.

[Richard1955]

James Arthur G. Parmiter birth and death 1889 Cairo.
The records can be found GRO Army death indices or Find My Past

[Richard1955]

Sorry, can't find the death.
Perhaps you will find it on Wimbourne parish records.

[David Seymour]

Peter and Richard,
Thank you very much for your helpful replies.
With best wishes,
David