Indian Placenames on a 1880's Military record

[janetaubman]

Can anyone help me work out what these places are. I have had a look at the Wiki place list as I am sure they should be there, but no luck so far.

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[Valmay]

I don ‘t think the top two are places in India. Here is what I can make out:

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Ahmedabad
ditto
Quetta
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If you check the history of the regiment you should be able to see where the regiment was posted on those dates.

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

[janetaubman]

Sorry the first two are Aldershot and Gibraltar, I left them in as the third line said landed in India.

Thanks for the hint about looking at the regiment Wikipedia says

The 2nd King’s had been on the Indian subcontinent since 1877 and had fought in the Second Afghan War. The Third Burmese War punctuated the battalion’s overseas service in the 1880s. Intent on deposing Upper Burma’s King Thibaw and imposing imperial rule, Britain issued an ultimatum consisting of demands that were rejected as anticipated. The invasion began in November 1885 in the form of the Burma Field Force, which progressed up the Irrawaddy River via transports, enabling the rapid capture of frontier forts and the capital Mandalay. After the capital’s seizure, the battalion provided an escort that oversaw the exile of Thibaw. A guerrilla campaign against the British followed the completion of Upper Burma’s annexation on 1 January 1886, lasting for at least five years. For more than a year, the King’s operated in small groups pursuing guerrillas in the Burmese jungle. Casualties numbered 12 officers and 256 men by the time the battalion had returned to India.

So it’s possible the places are in what is now Myanmar rather than India.

[Valmay]

A good place to check for what information is available for different regiments if the FIBIS wiki. Link is under Research Ancestors in the above menu. Here is the page for your ancestors regiment https://wiki.fibis.org/w/8th_Regiment_of_Foot

There you find links to all the websites and books etc to help you find further information,

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

[janetaubman]

Typically my ancestor, is out there between 1884 and 1886 where there is no specific references for where the regiment are

[Sean Kelly]

Hi Jane

First one is Aldershot in the UK – a commonly used depot. Can’t work out the second, but definitely not in India.

I’d say the third in Ahmednagar, the district where Bombay is and where they apparently landed in India.

Quetta, of course, is near the Pakistan/Afghan border, which matches your excerpt.

I think the next places are all in the same area – the dates are close together so it is unlikely they went far.

There’s a place called Harnai some 60km East of Quetta – that’s probably the next one.

Even closer is Ziarat, likely the last one.

I can’t find the other two, but based on the dates they were all in that Quetta area.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Sean

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