Drum Major Ancestor - 13th Foot

Drum Major Ancestor - 13th Foot

this is my ancestor, Joseph James Linch, my great x 4 grandfather on my mother's father's line. He was born in England in 1792 and died in India on 7 September 1827. Written below the painting is "2nd Battallion 35th Regiment". Joseph Linch enlisted in the 13th Foot at around age 15, became a Drum Major, and fought with Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, then went to India where he died in 1827 or 1828.

This painting is now in the Royal Sussex (ex 35th) Regimental Museum in Chichester, England. (donated by a relative).

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: print from painting, scanned/ psp 8

Created on: August 2004

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Image Number: 2708

Comments:

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jun 6, 2005 at 1:15 PM said:

thanks Alex, missed your January comment until now (June : ) yep, am pretty happy to have this

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jan 13, 2005 at 10:32 PM said:

thanks Gary. I wrote to someone (online) who knows about military uniforms, and he was so thrilled to see this photograph, said it's what people interested in this, "dreams of" finding. in as many words. However, it didn't lead to me finding anything else out about my ancestor, unfortunately.

Whittler from Maine on Jan 13, 2005 at 10:32 PM said:

Nice picture, its great to have your own little piece of history, isn't it?Thats something to be proud of.

Gary Minniss from Arizona on Jan 13, 2005 at 10:19 PM said:

That's so cool, Alandra. There are so many interesting details in this painting. I love to see historical photos and paintings like this.

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jan 13, 2005 at 3:13 AM said:

that's neat, Dud. Am still wondrin' why or how this painting came to be placed on a burner of some stove (if that's what the "ring" mark is at one corner).

Lucky the whole painting didn't go up in smoke : )

Dud from Louisiana on Jan 13, 2005 at 2:12 AM said:

That's cool. My Great Grandfather, not Anthony, was a drummer boy in the Civil War in New Orleans. So we have something else in common.

Carol from Maine on Aug 31, 2004 at 7:38 PM said:

What a nice painting.

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