Genealogy Chat

I have actually been to my Bermuda (on an ancestor hunt-lucky me, although I didnt find what I wanted.) Didnt see any sign of a garrison whilst there apart from near the naval dockyard. Just out of interest if anyone needs a look up I do have a book of the 19th century church registers of Bermuda which list all BMD from 1826-1913. Marilyn

Thank you Sarah and Snowdrops...I have found a site with a street map and located Middle Road in Devonshire.......and together with the bnt site you mention I have the region of the barracks...........thanks again.....its marvelous what you can find out if you ask cheers Colin

There is a bit about Prospect here: http://bermuda-online.org/seedevon.htm and here: http://www.bnt.bm/Places_to_Visit/garrison_cemetery.htm 'Garrison Cemetery in Devonshire was the cemetery for the British Army in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Prospect Barracks housed the British garrison.' There is a link to maps of Bermuda National Trust properties - it says the Garrison Cemetery is number 17 on the map.

Thank you Sarah and Kathleen.............been to the site and it is quite interesting..........a pity that there are no maps showing where Prospect Barracks where......

Thanks for the replies........I never knew my father had served in Bermuda until I received a copy of his army papers recently...... Yes Paul, he was in Bermuda in 1934 age 20 and was often in trouble being out of bounds and drinking in places that were out of bounds......places mention are Prospect,Moasca? Tiberias.....he was often in trouble and some time after he returned to Britain he was AWOL for 14 days for which he was punished, had he not been AWOL I would not be here today.

There's a reference to Prospect Garrison, Bermuda. British troops paved and repaired the original military (now a civilian) road from Fort Prospect in Pembroke Parish to the Royal Naval Dockyard in the west and the garrison town of St. George's in the east - and erected the rifle range at what used to be the British Army training camp on the Old Military South Road - now the South Road - in Warwick Parish. There was even a British Army Garrison school in Bermuda until 1953. 1934 to 1935 Wing, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment was stationed in Bermuda - is that when your father was there?

Apparently there wasn't an army barracks, and they were stationed in temporary accomodation around the town of St. George. I found this on Google:- http://bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm Kath. x

Maybe these sites can help: http://bermuda-online.org/forts.htm (with a map showing the location of the forts) http://bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm (with info on the different units stationed in Bermuda) http://bermuda-online.org/britishmilitarygravesbda.htm

My father was with the Manchester Regt. in Bermuda and I have been on Google Earth.....clear picture but I can not see any sign of where an army camp would have been.........anyone know Bermuda ?