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Category Archives: British Army
Echoes of the Old New Year’s Day
As I’m sure many of you realise, the start of the New Year in England was usually taken as 25 March (“Lady Day”), until Great Britain adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, when the official date was moved to 1 … Continue reading
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A Cruel & Unusual Punishment?
Just writing up the military career of Private 292, Joseph Bateman, of 6th Dragoon Guards (born 6 May 1808, Haslington), a cousin of my three-greats grandfather James Newton. He appeared for the first time in the Regimental Defaulters Book on … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th Dragoon Guards, Haslington, Joseph Bateman
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