James St.Clair - Edinburgh

[Ian Newman <books1@iinet.net.au>]

G'day cousins all,

Website: http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/

Searching for keywords "ST.CLAIR" and "EDINBURGH" brought
up the following result from the P.R.O. (Public Records Office,
UK) online catalogue of documents held:

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Item details for WO 121/71/43:

JAMES ST CLAIR Born EDINBURGH, Midlothian Served in 7th
Dragoons; East Lothian Fencibles; Lancashire Fencibles; Glasgow
Volunteers; South Lennox Yeomanry Cavalry Discharged aged 66
after 26 years of service
1804


Place of deposit:     Public Record Office, Kew
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Explanation of abreviations used
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WO: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces,
    Judge Advocate General, and related bodies

WO 121: Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners

WO 121/71: 1804 Feb.-June

Records of the Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals
1702-1980

I hope this is someone's relative!

Cheers,

Ian Newman
Perth, Western Australia
(- with both St.Clair and Sinclair great-great-grandparents)
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