british regiments in Trichinopoly , british india

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does any member know what regiments served at Trichinopoly during the period 1880 to 1936 ?

thanks

[Fatboy Ken]

Hiya faughs,

I thought this was a wind up !!

BUT ???
I just put into my search engine "British military in Trichinopoly" and this came up, I hope it helps ???

http://www.britishempire.co.uk/force...trypre1857.htm

Good luck

Ken

PS I do not know what you are looking for, so am unable to help in any great detail buddy

"PLEASE SEE POST No. 3 BELOW"

[Fatboy Ken]

Hiya faughs,

I thought this was a wind up !!

BUT ???
I just put into my search engine "British military in Trichinopoly" and this came up, I hope it helps ???

http://www.britishempire.co.uk/force...trypre1857.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichin...ras_Presidency)

If you google the name listed above, you will see where the district is, then "Madras/Bengal" Regts will show up, you will have to look into British Regts to go further into this.

Good luck

Ken

PS I do not know what you are looking for, so am unable to help in any great detail buddy

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hi ken ;

i am researching my families military history , well trying to ! my great uncle who served in the west yorkshire regt / pwo

any more help would be much appreciated

lionel

[Pretani]

Lionel,

The 1911 Census shows a Private John William Hornby, born 1886, serving in India with 2nd Bn Dorset Regt.

Mike

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cheers mike


lionel

[Pretani]

Lionel,

PM sent.

Mike