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1. Family History Guide
Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office - Extensive research guide for family history researchers.
[View More...]2. Family and Estate Guide
Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office - Family and Estate research guide.
[View More...]3. Regimental Timeline
Regimental timelines from formation of the four regiments of foot (49, 62, 66 and 99) to 1914. If you want to know what a regiment was doing during your ancestor's service, this feature will provide more down to earth information than in the formal, published regimental histories.
[View More...]4. Militia Directory
The service records of the Militia soldiers between 1881 and 1908 On 1st July 1881 the numbered infantry regiments of foot of the British army were paired off to form county regiments, with a regimental depot formed within the county as a permanent base for the new regiment. No longer would the depot roam around the British Isles, which included the whole of Ireland, until partition. The 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment and 66th (Berkshire) Regiment amalgamated to form, respectively, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Berkshire Regiment, with its depot at Brock Barracks, Reading. In 1885, following the Battle of Tofrek in the Sudan, the Berkshire Regiment was granted the title 'Royal'. The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment and the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment amalgamated to form, respectively, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment, with its depot at Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes. The previous county militia of Berkshire and Wiltshire formed a 3rd (Militia) Battalion in each regiment. These 3rd Battalions were a good source of recruiting material for the Army and the Navy. The 3rd Battalion was based at the regimental depot. Its soldiers were required to carry out annual training. Some were embodied, or called up for full time employment, as happened for many at the time of the Boer War (1899-1902). When the requirement for full time employment passed, the soldier was disembodied. In 1908, under the Haldene reforms, the 3rd (Militia) Battalions became part of the Special Reserve.
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