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    Royal Artillery in Canada 1860's

    I don't know how long he was in the RA in Canada but a few years later in the mid 1870s he may have gone to Vancover to prepare coastal defences (shore batteries) against a possible Russian attack!
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    Royal Artillery in Canada 1860's

    Bit of a late reply but one of my 'inlaw' relatives was in the Royal Artilary and this is a bit from his history Owing to the probability of war with the Northern States over the “Trent” affair, the 10th brigade was diverted from the West Indies to Halifax. Irwin’s battery journeyed from...
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