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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	15 Feb 2018 11:27
	Thank you It isn't mine my John was a shoemaker and possibly discharged abt 1815 as on his daughters birth in 1816 he was a shoemaker not a soldier Thank you for looking
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5,278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	15 Feb 2018 11:11
	FMP British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription First name(s) John Last name McAllpin Birth year 1785 Birth parish St Ninians Birth town Stirling Birth county Stirlingshire Birth country Scotland Service number - Rank PRIVATE Regiment 75th Regt Of Foot Year 1807 Attestation date 24 Aug 1807 Attestation age years 22 Discharge corps 75th Regt Of Foot Document type Discharge Period of service: from 24th August 1807 to 29th November 1826 Enlisted at Edinburgh Description: 5' 7 1/2", brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion- a weaver by trade
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	15 Feb 2018 11:06
	Hi Has anyone got membership to Fold3 Chelsea Pensioners I've found a Private John McAlpine enlisted age 22 discharge age 45 date of birth abt 1785 enlisted 1807 discharged 1826 he was in the 75th foot reg This was on ancestry He possibly isn't my John but I have to try I was wondering if the record would tell me any more about him