Genealogy Chat

Pat, Do not worry about the 'a foot' mistake there are a lot of serving soldiers who do not fully understand these names. I believe that 'a foot' soldier derives from the old English 54th or 23rd of the foot ie infantry. also you will hear corporal o th horse meaning corporal of the horse which is a rank.there is also lance sergeant which in pay terms means the same as a corporal i believe only the gaurds have this rank Millitary funnies eh! Tony

I think its all down to the Drill Sargt. They were all ways shouting out Eft RIGHT EFT RIGHT the men forgot thay had Left feet and thought they only had a right foot and a EFT one.

Pat When you come to 'right' up your Family History, there has got to be a title here somewhere. 'The story of a Regiment, or How I put my foot in it!' 'Best Foot Forward.' Go on have a good laugh. We have. I like Peter's joke below. Janet

The 54th foot requierd the nick name The Popinjays in the 1700 and 1800s becuse of the green facing on there uniforms. Befor that they were called The Flamers owing to the burning of 12 privateers at New London in 1781

Ok I am still laughing with embarrasment at this stage. Thanks Mate, will remember you, too. Gerri..... Sent the image to distant cousins, who had a laugh at my expense, this image was checked by hubby, me and 17year old son, I am the only one that needs glasses to read, so I thought everyone got Right instead of Regt!!! Ok I own up it is regt which is short for Regiment, but hey I am able to stand up and say I made a mistake, a genuine mistake. I also thank all who helped me, Keith, Tony & Janet thank you for your help and time. Ok I like a laugh even if it is at my expense, so if anyone see's foot and what may look like right on a census form, remember this thread it probably isn't right lol. OK Gerri I did it, don't forget I have the power lol. With apologies, excuse my mate, she's been dragged out the door. Thank you once again. Pat x

She dared me lol

“Serving in 54 Right Foot”...... Try looking in 'serving in 54 Left foots' LOLOL Gerri xx

Waiting for Pat to get fed up with waiting.....then I will reply....maybe ;o)

Nudging this for me mate who knows more than I do. Here you go me mate, behave or I will delete I got the power lol night X Pat x

All the Foot Regiments were known as Regiment of Foot. Does it actually say right foot or an abbreviation of Regiment like Regt which could look like right? I see you found it on the 1871 census so the right bit could be mistranscribed from regt. meaning regiment, if you see what I mean! Janet

Is it not a shortened version of Regiment of foot. Regards Tony

Hi Keith Thank you very much. Thought it was really strange myself 'Right' foot LOL.. I will have a look see what I can find, I had tried different webistes but I am useless with Military stuff, so I thought I would post here for help. Thank you once again. Pat x

The 54th (The West Norfolk) Regiment don't know what his left foot was though. Try www(.)regiments(.)org/regiments/ will tell you a bit about them. Keith

HI, Can anyone help in pointing me to a website that would explain what this is: “Serving in 54 Right Foot” on 1871 census. The father was a Chelsea Pensioner and the above description is of his 23 year old son. Any help suggestions gratefully received. Thanks in advance. Pat x

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