The Regimental Archive of the
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)
Search for soldiers who served in the Regiment
At the moment, the database covers the periods 1786-1817, 1872-1887 and 1914-1916. It includes nearly 7000 names.The information for 1786-1817 and for 1872-1887 is taken from the two Enlistment Registers which cover these periods. The Registers record a lot of information about those enlisting, including date and place of enlistment, as well as age, occupation and height. The early register also gives place of birth and a detailed physical description, while the later one gives address at the time of enlisting and records (for part of the period) whether the new recruit can read and write.
The information for 1914-1916 is taken from a Regimental Roll, which contains very little detail, so you will find only limited information on the database for this period – usually only surname, initials, rank and Regimental number.
A note on place names: to make the database as useful as possible to researchers, spellings of place names recorded in the Registers have been modernised where appropriate and where possible. In some cases, it has not been possible to identify the place recorded in the Register, and in these cases the name has been transcribed exactly as written.
Advanced search: surname=Probert;
Your search found 6 record(s)Probert, T, Regimental number:8209 |
Age at enlistment: 32 |
Record of service: Served in First World War |
Probert, WIlliam |
Date of attestation: 1807-12-29 Place of attestation: Hay Attested by: Ballotted |
Place of birth: Hay Breconshire Age at enlistment: 24 years 20 days Occupation: Wheel wright |
Height at enlistment: 5 feet 6½ inches Physical description: Complexion sallow; eyes hazel; hair brown; face oval |
Record of service: Discharged 28/12/1812 at Bristol, time expired |
Notes: Height at 24 years 5 feet 6½ inches |
Probert, William |
Date of attestation: 1808-12-04 Place of attestation: Monmouth Attested by: Principle |
Place of birth: Skenfrith Monmouthshire Age at enlistment: 21 years 23 days Occupation: Labourer |
Height at enlistment: 5 feet 4 inches Physical description: Complexion fair; eyes blue; hair light; face round |
Notes: Height at 24 years 5 feet 5½ inches |
Probert, John, Regimental number:6285 |
Date of attestation: 1876-02-22 Place of attestation: Pontypool |
Age at enlistment: 20 years Occupation: Collier Address: At Mr Thomas Jones near the Rising Sun, Garndiffaith, near Pontypool |
Height at enlistment: 5 feet 6½ inches |
Notes: Can read and write |
Probert, John, Regimental number:9007 |
Date of attestation: 1886-04-05 Place of attestation: Monmouth |
Age at enlistment: 20 Occupation: Labourer |
Height at enlistment: 5 feet 9½ inches |
Probert, John, Regimental number:9078 |
Date of attestation: 1886-04-06 Place of attestation: Monmouth |
Age at enlistment: 23 Occupation: Collier |
Height at enlistment: 5 feet 9¾ inches |
There are currently 6954 records in the database