Thank you for permitting me to join this group.
My query relates to A Gausden of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. My 2nd cousin and I have been looking into his military and family backgrounds. He is potentially our ancestor but tracing his pre military history is proving difficult.
Our researches have identified that:
He enlisted in 1891 in Canterbury, Kent
His regiment no. is 3933
He is in receipt of a QSA and Clasp medal
He died on 5/3/1900 of enteric fever in Ladysmith
Kent is my home county but with only an initial 'A', no DoB or place of birth to go on we have reached an impasse.
Would the Regiment records show his date and place of birth?
Have any of your members researched or encountered him before?
There are other Gausdens listed on your website with equally tantalising initials only entries.
Thank you in anticipation.
Martin Gausden
