Hello everyone!
I am struggling with a couple of inconsistancies in my research. My GGG-grandfather was listed on his daughter's marriege cert. as Staff Sgt Major, RA.
His name was Alexander McMinn. I have a service record (discharge papers) for same, that states he was off to reside in Woolwich. I found him in Woolwich in 1881, as a "Customs House Officer (CS)" in Woolwich Arsenal.
Could there be a connection? Someone told me that there were civillian positions that had army rank???
Can someone please shoot me in the head, and put me out of my misery???
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04-10-2008, 11:24 PM #1MhilsdenGuest
Customs Officer in Royal Artillery??!!
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05-10-2008, 6:33 AM #2
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05-10-2008, 9:47 AM #4MhilsdenGuest
The confusion arises, and I apologise for not being clear at all, is that his daughter married in 1886. He was discharged in 1876, and he was discharged as a Corporal, RA. Yet on the marriege cert, it says he was a Staff Sgt Major, RA.
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05-10-2008, 10:42 AM #5GeoffersGuestOriginally Posted by Mhilsden
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05-10-2008, 10:54 AM #6MhilsdenGuest
hee, that thought had occurred to me! Thanks, it's nice to know I'm not entirely mad!
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05-10-2008, 10:59 AM #7Neil
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05-10-2008, 11:07 AM #8MhilsdenGuest
Hi Neil. Yes, another possibility I suppose. But the same man, is listed as a Customs Officer in Woolwich in 1881 census.
I was told by an army researcher that sometimes civillians would work in the army, and have a rank as well. I was really wondering if this was possible.
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