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George Shaw

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Vena

Vena Report 24 Jun 2015 20:28

Hi I. Looking for more information on George Shaw
Waterloo medal roll 1815
Private 1st battalion 79th regiment

We've been tryin to find if he is the George Shaw we are looking for in our family history
If it's the right one he was born in Ilkeston derbyshire.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 24 Jun 2015 20:42

Is this the record you found? :-

First name(s) George
Last name Shaw
Year 1815
Rank Private
Regiment 1st. BATTN. 79th REGIMENT OF FOOT
Sub unit Captain P. Innes's Company No.5.
Record set Waterloo Medal Roll 1815

If so there is no image and no other details given.

Kath. x

Vena

Vena Report 24 Jun 2015 20:52

Is there any way of finding out where he enlisted ??

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 24 Jun 2015 21:35

I found this by Googling. If your George Shaw came from Derbyshire it seems unlikely that he is the same one.

Chronology
1st Raising

1757 raised as 64th Regiment of Foot on 14 November at Colchester by Colonel William Draper
1758 became 79th Regiment of Foot
1763 disbanded at the end of the Seven Years War

2nd Raising

1778 raised as 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) served as marines
1784 disbanded at Liverpool

3rd Raising

1793 raised in Scotland for Irish Establishment as 79th (Highland-Cameron Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
1804 renamed the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)
1873 renamed the 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
1881 became The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1961 combined with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders
1994 amalgamated with the Gordon Highlanders to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland becoming The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 24 Jun 2015 21:47

When was your George Shaw born, Vena?

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 24 Jun 2015 21:59

Previous thread:

http://www.genesreunited.co.za/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1324984

Vena

Vena Report 24 Jun 2015 22:16

George Shaw was born in Ilkeston 1778

greyghost

greyghost Report 24 Jun 2015 22:23

Shaw or Straw??

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1352604?page=1

Vena

Vena Report 24 Jun 2015 22:34

Shaw