n 9 reels of microfilm.
Officers of the British American Forces placed on half pay and allowances at the conclusion of the American War, 1783. [Great Britain. War Office (Main Author)]. From the Public Record Office, War Office number: WO 65, number 5606. Available on loan from the LDS as FHL BRITISH Film 856053 Item 3.
Royal Canadian regiment of rifles : service documents of soldiers containing particulars of age, birth- place and trade or occupation of enlistment, a record of service, including any decorations and the reason for discharge to pension, 1830-1880. [Great Britain. War Office (Main Author)]. From the Public Record Office. Available on loan from the LDS on 14 reels of microfilm. For example, Volume 782 which covers the surnames Abbotts to Booth and is found on FHL BRITISH Film # 898175.
Registers of out-pensioners of the Army and of the Militia, 1759-1863 [Great Britain. War Office WO (Main Author)]. From the Public Record Office, WO 118. Volumes 36 to 38, 42 and 43 are entry books of pensioners arranged under the date the pension was awarded; they contain dates of admission and , sometimes, of death. Volumes 39 to 41 and 44 provide an index to these Entry books and also to the Discharge Documents of the Pensioners (WO 118). Vol. 13 is a register of the pensioners resident abroad who were transferred to the establishment of the royal Hospital, Chelsea. Available on loan from the LDS on 13 reels of microfilm.
War office registers : regimental description and succession books, including commissions, appointments, descriptions, returns of services, casualties, half pay, pensions, gratuities and etc. (Includes index). [Great Britain. War Office WO (Main Author)]. From the Public Record Office, WO 25. Available on loan from the LDS on 202 reels of microfilm. For example, Vol. 324 3rd Foot 1828-1831; Vol. 325 3rd Foot 2nd Batt. 1807-1810; Vol. 326 3rd Foot 2nd Batt. 1810-1816 and Vol. 327 3rd Foot Depot 1823-1830 are found on LDS FHL BRITISH Film #856013 .
MILITARY RESOURCES NOT IN THE PRO:
There were many military settlements established by the British Army in the early days of Canada's development. A few of these settlements were established in Eastern Ontario in the days when the province was known as Upper Canada. Records of these settlements are available at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Microfilm of the records is also available on inter-library loan from the Archives or from the LDS Family History Library on microfilm loan to a local LDS Family History Center. The following items are listed to draw the readers attention to these records and is but a very small sample of the records available:
Rideau Military Settlement (Lanark County) National Archives of Canada records include:
MG 9, D4 1-9: Locations and returns (microfilm M-5505)
MG 9, D8 27 : Registers of locations (microfilm C-4651)
MG 13, WO 12 vol. 12018 to 12033 - Muster rolls of de Wattrville's Regiment (microfilm B-133 to B-118)
Richmond Military Settlement (Village of Richmond):
National Archives of Canada records are found in Record Group - RG 8 C Series, British Military and Naval Records - entries under "Richmond Military Settlement". The PRO has the Regimental Description Book for the 99th (late 100th) Regiment in War Office - WO 25 volume 550 which is also available on microfilm from the LDS.
Enrolled Pensioners Scheme:
By 1846, British Army veterans (enrolled pensioners) were being induced with promises of land grants and cash payments to settle in Canada. National Archives of Canada records related to the settlement of British pensioners and their settlement can be found in RG 9, I C5 volumes 28-29 (1854-1858). The many pay lists included in the records note the former regimental unit the pensioner was discharged from before pension. This information then allows the researcher a link to finding the veterans in PRO records found in the service records (WO 97).
Source: Military Settlements in Eastern Ontario by Norman K. Crowder. Proceedings of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa Conference, 1996.
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