JAMES - Elmore - 2nd Dragoon Guards (General)

by MPGriffiths , Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 18:30 (3961 days ago) @ fozzy

There is an old message of Rootschat - re: James HYETT from Huntley born 1773

1793-1814 - who served in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bay) - as a Sergeant - same troop as your Joseph JAMES and the same year enlisting i.e.1793

The contributor found the military information on James Hyett from the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards website

http://www.qdg.org.uk

'James Hyett enlisted as a Private in 1793. On the muster roll he was first sent with the Queens Bays to Flanders which I understand is the Flanders Campaign where they fought against the French revolutionary forces.

After this the Queens Bays on James' records and on the QDG website seem to show no more fighting actions. The next report of battle by QDG is Waterloo. From 1807 there was the Peninsular War but the Queens Bays were not included in the fight against Napoleon.

…..

Prior to this James and the Queens Bays were stationed in Ireland from Mar 1803 to quell the rebellion and riots led by Robert Emmet. The Queens Bays were in Ireland for nearly three years.

In 1811 James was transferred to the 11th Veterans until he was discharged in 1814 on disbandment of the 11th Veterans etc etc.'

1851 Census Huntley

Common

James HYETT 78 - Pensioner, born Glos. Huntley
Susan HYETT - 74 - born Norfolk, N.K. (nee LADLE - Public Members Tree Ancestry)