Ancestry adds Newgate calendars and Household Cavalry records

Two new collections on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) for the UK:

UK, Household Cavalry Records of Service, 1799-1920
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61804/
Source: WO 400: WO 400, War Office: Household Cavalry, 1799-1920,.. WO 400: WO 400, War Office: Household Cavalry, 1799-1920, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England

This collection contains surviving records of service for non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in the Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards and the Household Battalion, and whose Army service concluded in these regiments.

The following information can be found in the records where available:

Name
Regiment and rank
Next of kin
Medical reports and pension details
Age
Birth date
Relation to head
Marital status
Gender
Enlistment and muster date
Place of birth


London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners, 1785-1853
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61811/
Source: Series HO77. Newgate calendars HO 77, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England

This collection contains a calendar of prisoners for the years 1785 to 1853. These calendars consist of lists, for the most part printed, of prisoners tried at Assizes and Quarter Sessions.

The following information can be found in the records where available:

Name
Age
Birth date
Occupation
Date of trial
Offence
Sentence
Place of arrest

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