More abbreviations

[borstal]

Can anybody tell me which regiments the following abbreviated entries refer to:

Drags of the Line

Corps of Lon of the Line

16th Lan of the Line

All the above are listed in Recruitment Registers circa August 1914.

Thanks

[CROONAERT]

Drags - Dragoons

Lan - Lancers

Lon - ? (London??? )

Dave.

[Piglet]

Corps of Lon of the Line

borstal

Might this read

Corps of Lan of the Line

ie Lancers?

Stuart

[Clive Maier]

... All the above are listed in Recruitment Registers circa August 1914.

Could you tell us more about these recruitment registers? They sound interesting.

[borstal]

Clive

Most of info re these was in my posting of Dec 9 2003; however relevant bit is copy/pasted below

The Registers referred to in my previous post comprise 44 volumes each with approx 200 pages with on average 12 names to a page. However not all of the Volumes are full, some have only a few pages completed

They are compiled in a form of date entry order; Information comprises some or all of the following:

Surname, Forename(s), Regiment, Age, Height, Weight, Complexion, Eye Colour, Hair Colour, Distinctive Marks, Birthplace, Date of Attestation, Place of Attestation, Medical Grade or Category, Marital Status, Home Address.

So far we have details on nearly 40,000 persons, and estimate that we have about another years work to record the remaining details.

The intention is to produce a CD which will be searcheable on the surnames of enlistees.

I hope the above explains what we are up to.

[borstal]

Thanks Piglet, have had another look and is indeed Lancers.