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History Forum / General / British History / November 2004Royal Lancashire Volunteers 1809
I am trying to find any information on the 26th Regiment of the Royal Lancashire volunteers. A relative of mine served with them and I have a letter he wrote, I think just before he embarked from Portsmouth on June 26th 1809 and I am trying to find out where they were going and what they were going to do? Any information or help, either specific or just pointing me in the right direction, would be very welcome. >I am trying to find any information on the 26th Regiment of the Royal > Lancashire volunteers. A relative of mine served with them and I have a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Any information or help, either specific or just pointing me in the right > direction, would be very welcome. Are you sure you have the name of the regiment correct? There was certainly a militia regiment known as the Royal Lancashire Volunteers, but not, as far as I know, was there a 26th Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Volunteers. Militia regiments did not serve overseas, but the regular army 26th Regiment of Foot was part of the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition in 1809. Perhaps your relative transferred from the militia to the regular army ( a common practice) and took part in the Walcheren expedition. Could that make sense judging by what is in your relative's letter? -- cheers, David Read > >I am trying to find any information on the 26th Regiment of the Royal > > Lancashire volunteers. A relative of mine served with them and I have a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > David Read Thanks Dave for your prompt reply. Taking a second look at the letter he signs himself Joseph Chadderton 26th regiment and I was assuming the Royal Lancashire Volunteers because the letter came to me in a mess tin and in the tin were some personel belongings, the letter, a handkerchief and a belt buckle and the buckle is inscribed RLV [Royal Lancashire Volunteers]. So you may well be correct and I could have put two and two together and came up five. If he was part of the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition in 1809 as you suggest, and did not return then that could explain why the personel belongings have remained together in the mess tin, assuming his widow only recieved his belongings and he did not come home himself. Thanks again Dave at least now I have another avenue to follow. Regards Dave Chadderton "Dave Chadderton" <davechad@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message news:41953a63$0$8116>> -- > Thanks Dave for your prompt reply. Taking a second look at the letter he > signs himself Joseph Chadderton 26th regiment and I was assuming the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks again Dave at least now I have another avenue to follow. You're welcome. There is another possibility. A weaver by the name of James Chadderton joined the Royal Lancashire Volunteers on 22 July 1779 at the age of 35 and was discharged on 6 December the same year. Joseph Chadderton may have been the only member of your family to have joined the RLV, or may himself not have joined them at all. Perhaps some or all of the artefacts you have were not Joseph's personal belongings but those of another member of the RLV who was quite probably someone else in your family, perhaps James Chadderton himself. Maybe James is Joseph's father or grandfather. http://www.gmcro.co.uk/sources/militia/milframes.htm http://www.gmcro.co.uk/sources/index.htm Also, get in touch with Cameronians Museum to try to find out more from their achives concerning the 26th Foot.(Cameronians). http://tinyurl.com/5yzjf -- cheers, David Read Correction. Joseph Chadderton may *not* have been the only member of your family to have joined the RLV, or may himself not have joined them at all. -- cheers, David Read > I am trying to find any information on the 26th Regiment of the Royal > Lancashire volunteers. A relative of mine served with them and I have [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Any information or help, either specific or just pointing me in the > right direction, would be very welcome. http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/mvcxeng.htm gives a list by County of Militias and Volunteers. No such outfit as the one you name, but some with similar names. http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/bargxrefn.htm lists Regiments numerically - no 26th resembling what you quote. You perhaps need to double check the name. But a regiment leaving England in 1809 was very likely going to the Iberian Peninsular, unless it was for garrison duties in, say, the West Indies.  SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > I am trying to find any information on the 26th Regiment of the Royal > Lancashire volunteers. A relative of mine served with them and I have a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Any information or help, either specific or just pointing me in the right > direction, would be very welcome. Try contacting Forrest Anderson. He's very knowledgeable and will be able to point you in the right direction. His email address is: <forrest@military-researcher.com> You'll probably find soc.genealogy.britain newsgroup useful as well. Queries regarding relatives who served in various branches of the services regularly come up. > Any information or help, either specific or just pointing me in the > right direction, would be very welcome. This would fit the dates for the Walcheren Expedition, which took Flushing in August 1809, the other possibility is Portugal. Unfortunately I only have general accounts of either, with no detailed unit information. Ken Young kenney@cix.co.uk Maternity is a matter of fact Paternity is a matter of opinion |
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