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Hello,

Please could someone search the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 for William Aldous. I can see there are a couple of results but I'm looking for one at the end of the 1850's/early 1860's who was either a private or a corporal.

Thank you ever so much,
Elissa

Name: Willm Aldous
Campaign or Service: Crimean War
Service Date: 1854-1855
Service Location: Crimea
Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
Regimental Number: 3932

Is this the man?

British Army Service Records 1760-1915
First name(s): William

Last name: ALDOUS

Calculated year of birth: 1834

Parish of birth: Sproghton

Town of birth: Ipswich

County of birth: Suffolk

Age at attestation: 18 years

Attestation date: 24 March 1852

Attestation corps:

Attestation soldier number:

Discharge rank: Private

Discharge corps: Coldstream Guards

Discharge soldier number: 3932

The National Archives reference: WO97 / 1372 / 4

UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
about Wm Aldous Name: Wm Aldous
Campaign or Service: Crimean War
Service Date: 1854-1855
Service Location: Crimea
Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
about Wm Aldous Name: Wm Aldous
Campaign or Service: Crimean War
Service Date: 1854-1855
Service Location: Crimea
Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

There are 3 records that I can see.

There are images attached to these if you have access to Ancestry

Andy

I'm not certain he's one of those. I believe he was born 1837 in Colchester, Essex, although dates could be a few years out. I think he joined the army sometime after 1856.

How do you know it was after 1856?

He married in 1856 and his occupation was a baker journeyman. He had a son born in early 1857 and then his occupation was a ag lab. Sometime between then and the 1861 census I believe he joined the army, or maybe even the militia.

1851?

Name: William Aldous
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Relation: Inmate
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: Colchester St Botolph
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: Colchester Union Workhouse
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 1
Piece: 1781
Folio: 107
Page Number: 9

Yes that's him. I have all the info on him up until 1857, but after that I don't know. In 1861 his wife says she is a widow, so I presume he died but can't find record of his death or burial in COlhester.

So you do not have him on any census with his wife? how do you know you are searching for the correct man

jax

No but I have his marriage certificate and his son's birth certificate which confims he is the right man.

Does it have an age for him on this marriage cert? he seems to have two different occupations and why do you think he joined the army?

jax

Yes and it matches that from the workhouse, as does his father's name and profession. His brothers in the workhouse also help to conclude it's him.The two occupations are definitely him, as his wife and son's details match.

I'm looking into the military because his son said on two marriage certificates that his father was in the army and an army corporal. This may be hearsay but as he was specific enough to say corporal I thought it was worth looking up.

If his wife was supposed to be widowed by 1861 the son would probably not know his father and could say what ever he want on his marriage certs.I cannot see any others that were in the army though around that time I'm affraid

No he probably never did, but I wondered why he would have come up with that story, especially twice. The most intruiging thing is when William died, I can't find a record either in the UK or in the army unfortunately.

He could of left the country ?

jax

Hello
what was his wife's name ?

That's a possiblity, but the passenger lists are so incomplete for that time I wouldn't know where to start. I suppose I could search foreign censuses to see if he turns up.

Lydia barron was his wife.

Lydia remarries in 1869

Name: Lydia Aldous
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1869
Registration district: Colchester
Inferred County: Essex
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 405 (click to see others on page)

There are quite a few deaths for William Aldous between 1856 and 1861 have you ruled them all out? he could have died out of colchester... suffolk is not far