"Your Military History: Like Father Like Son" Topic

"In 1809, a 5ft 5in tall, brown-haired Irishman called John Rowland enlisted in the 95th Regiment of Foot, already by then a sharpshooting Rifle Regiment, distinguished from the mass of line regiments by their Baker Rifles. At 33 years old, John was no youngster, and it would seem that he had seen military service with the British Crown before. Like many of his countrymen, John, who hailed from St Ann's Dublin, had made his life one of service in the British Army.

John was a shoemaker, a job indispensible to any foot regiment, where men would be marching for days at a time, covering hundreds of miles on campaign.

In March 1810, by which time John was a private in the 3rd Battalion of the 95th Foot – and presumably while training in the light infantry barracks at Shornecliffe outside Folkestone – John met and married Mary Witten at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul at nearby Saltwood. Their son Richard Rowland was born in Saltwood that same year…"
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That, gentlemen, is what history is all about. Humanity is pretty cool

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)

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