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the Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Pedigree
Last Edited: 8 Nov 2020

Military Service

  • Military Service*: The Royal Scots Fusiliers James Neave tailor, militia on 8 October 1885 at Ayr, Scotland, , British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription
    First name(s) James
    Last name Neave
    Birth year -
    Birth parish Forfar
    Birth town Forfar
    Birth county Forfarshire (Angus)
    Birth country Scotland
    Service number 1850
    Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers - 21st Foot
    Year 1885
    Attestation date 08 Oct 1885
    Attestation service number 1850
    Attestation corps Royal Scots Fusiliers
    Discharge corps Royal Scots Fusiliers
    Document type Attestation
    Series WO 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army service records 1760-1913
    Archive The National Archives
    Archive reference WO 97
    Box 3543
    Box record number 15
    Record set British Army Service Records
    Category Military, armed forces & conflict
    Subcategory Regimental & service records
    Collections from Great Britain
    Transcriptions © brightsolid online publishing ltd
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    Short Attestation of no 1267 James Neave, corps Royal Scots Fusiliers, joined at Ayr, on 9th October 1885; James Neave, born Forfar, Forfar, British subject aged 20 years 0 months, trade or calling tailor, apprenticed at Forfar to Mr W Dick for 5 years; not resided out of father's house for three years etc, not married, not sentenced to penal servitude, not discharged from Her Majesty's Forces, not belonging to or served in Her Majesty's Army, not served in Marines, not belonging to or served in Militia or Militia reserve, not served in Royal Navy, not belonging to the Volunteers or Naval Alltillery Volunteers or Royal aval Reserve Forces, has truely stated the whole if any of previous sevice, not rejected as unfit for Her Majesty's Service, willing to be vaccinated or revaccinated, willing to enlist for general service infantry, received a notice and understand its meaning, given notice by John Blyth of Angus Rifles, willing to serve for term of twelve years etc ...
    signed James Neave, signed Andrew H Whitson witness
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    Description of James Neave on enlistment; age apparently 20 years, physically equivalent to 'above 19', height 5 feet 4 inches, weight 123 ilbs, chest 34 inches, complexion sallow, eyes hazel, hair brown, religious denomination Presbyterian, distinctive marks scar right side of mouth, left side of nose and left cheek, obscure tattooing left forearm.1
  • Military Service*: The Royal Scots Fusiliers Albert George Paton town clerk in 1919 on marriage to Elizabeth Philp Kinnear described as depute town clerk and regimental quartermaster sergeant 4th Battallion Royal Scots Fusiliers.2
  • Military Service*: Alexander McRae Fraser served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 8 May 1939 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , 3130891 Royal Scots Fusiliers.3

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription, URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo97%2f3543%2f115526 [Feb 2016].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory marriage 1919 Dundee St Andrew ref 282/ 3, image held [Oct 2020].
  3. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;, DLM [April 2017].