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Rosters of the Various Regiments that Michael Bowles Served In

The references to Michael have been highlighted on the page of the roster and also shown as a detail from the page. Each image can be made larger by clicking on it. From 1779 to 1792 Michael served in regiments commanded by the same Colonel, the 3rd Earl of Harrington.

General Muster Books and Pay Lists

85th Foot Regiment, 1st Battalion (National Archives WO12/8812)

29th Feb 1780 – 24th Dec 1780, Captain George Munro’s Company, Up Park Camp Jamaica, Corporal Michael Bowles

Note: this is the earliest roster of the 85th which has survived. The regiment of about 800 men had been formed the year before and arrived in Jamaica in 1780. The conditions in the camp were so severe that the Dec. 24, 1780 muster shows that by that date, of those 750 to 800 men, in that 300 day period there were four officers and 165 non-commissioned officers and men sick in hospital and quarters and 2 officers and 130 men had died. Michael's particular company had shrunk to the captain, the lieutenant, no ensign, 2 of the 4 sergeants (one of the two being the former Corporal Michael Bowles), 1 of the 4 corporals, 1 of the 2 drummers and only 25 of the original 70 privates were active at that point. See also History of the 85th Foot

	Dates	Company	Place	Notes
1	29th Feb 1780 – 24th Dec 1780	Captain George Munro’s	Up Park Camp	Corporal
	(no rolls found for this period)
2	25th Jun 1782 – 24th Dec 1782	Captain Thomas Mellor’s	Dover Castle	Serjeant
	25th Dec 1782 – 24th May 1783			Michael Bowles not found in these rolls

65th Foot Regiment, 1st Battalion (National Archives WO12/7378)

	Dates	Company	Place	Notes
1	1st Jan 1784 – 31st Mar 1784	Captain John Mackay’s	Mullingar, Ireland	Corporal
1A	1st Jan 1784 – 31st Mar 1784	Col. Harrington's	Granard, Ireland	Private John Bowles, b. Britain
2	1st Apr 1784 – 30th Jun 1784	Captain John Mackay’s	Dublin Barracks	Corporal
3	1st Jul 1784 – 30th Sep 1784	Captain John Mackay’s	Dublin Barracks	Corporal
4	1st Oct 1784 – 31st Dec 1784	Captain John Mackay’s	Dublin	Corporal
	(no roll found for this period)
5	1st Apr 1785 – 6th May 1785	Captain John Mackay’s	The Cove of Cork	Corporal
6	7th May 1785 – 24th Jun 1785		Quebec	Corporal – crossed through on roll and shown elsewhere in a Recruiting Party in England
7	25th Jun 1785 – 24th Dec 1785		Quebec	Corporal – crossed through on roll and shown elsewhere in a Recruiting Party in England
8	25th Dec 1785 – 24th Jun 1786			App^d. Serj^t: Feb^y. 1786
9	25th Dec 1785 – 24th Jun 1786 (2nd roll covering this period)		Quebec	to Serj^t 31 Mar
10	25th Jun 1786 – 24th Dec 1786		Niagara	Recruiting
11	25th Dec 1786 – 24th Jun 1787		Niagara	Recruiting
12	25th Jun 1787 – 24th Dec 1787		Niagara	Recruiting
13	25th Dec 1787 – 24th Jun 1788			disch^d. 23 Mar (?)

Note: Michael Bowles was in Captain John Mackay's company with Harrington as the 65th Foot regiment's Colonel. Harrington also had his own company in the 65th Foot under a Lieutenant Captain and two Captains, although he remained in England at first under 'King's Leave'. This company's muster includes a Private John Bowles, b. Britain. I cannot identify him as any possible relation of Michael's.

29th Foot Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions (National Archives WO12/4494)

	Dates	Company	Place	Notes
1	25th Jun 1787 – 24th Dec 1787			Corporal Recruit^g. Joined from 65^th Reg^t – 24^th March
2	25th Dec 1787 – 24th Jun 1788		Scarborough	Corporal from 24^th March to 4^th June Serjeant Recruit^g from 5^th June
3	25th Jun 1788 – 24th Dec 1788		Scarborough	Recruiting
4	25th Dec 1788 – 24th Jun 1789		Tynemouth	Recruiting
5	25th Jun 1789 – 24th Dec 1789		Dover Castle	Recruiting
6	25th Dec 1789 – 24th Jun 1790		???sea Barracks	Recruiting
7	25th Jun 1790 – 24th Dec 1790		Windsor	Recruiting
8	25th Dec 1790 – 24th Jun 1791		Windsor	Recruiting
9	25th Jun 1791 – 24th Dec 1791		Windsor	disch 17^th. Feb^y.
10	25th Dec 1791 – 24th Jun 1792		Windsor	disch^d. 17^th. Feb^y.

The Bowles of Canada and their Roots in Ireland and England

Rosters of the Various Regiments that Michael Bowles Served In

General Muster Books and Pay Lists

85th Foot Regiment, 1st Battalion (National Archives WO12/8812)

65th Foot Regiment, 1st Battalion (National Archives WO12/7378)

29th Foot Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions (National Archives WO12/4494)