Just wanted to mention the following Overseas military births on Find My Past. Unfortunately, I'm unable to see the parent's names indicated in the Index records. However, I can see that these four records do mention the
40th Foot. So a
possibility that the births below could be connected to William and/or Joseph Spearing of the 40th Foot. Or the earlier births could be connected to the George Spearing (40th Foot) from Limpson, Somerset. Discharged in 1817. You'd need the actual GRO certificates to confirm this, though.
Before ordering any certs, I'd check census records using names, birth years, and birthplaces for the Spearing children below. You may struggle, though, if they're all from the same family and they remained in Ireland.
Find My Past -- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms collection
GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924) set
Spearing, Mary S
Year: 1814
Location: Port Royal, West Indies
Spearing, Elizabeth
Year: 1816
Location: Hairincourt (is this actually
Havrincourt?)
Spearing, Susanah
Year: 1818
Location: Roscrea, Ireland
Spearing, William
Year: 1821
Location: Roscrea, Ireland
GRO holds British Army Regimental records of births, baptisms and marriages,
dating back to 1761. This GRO link contains information about ordering Overseas certificates:
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/cert ... /CG6_1.pdf
If you decide to plump for any of the GRO certs above - all you do is sign-in to your GRO account (as per usual). In the certificate order screen, under "Where was the event registered?" section, make sure you select the
"Outside the United Kingdom and registered by the British Forces, Consul or High Commission" option. Then order your cert(s) as usual, using the details indicated in the FMP records.
NOTE: For the "Parent's occupation at time of birth" field I believe you'll need to enter the Regiment/Unit. In this case:
40th Foot.
I'm fairly certain Overseas certs are
posted to the applicant (rather than a PDF sent electronically via email).