ABSTRACT
Although they rarely served abroad, Guards regiments nonetheless experienced headquarters’ control over their movements. Their rare collection of courts martial records for this period thus provides an opportunity to extrapolate the burden carried by enlisted men who still felt a strong bond to their families. (See the description of the Grenadier Guards Regimental Courts in Part I: Experiences of Courtship and Marraige, p. 15.) These cases suggest that families not only drew soldiers away from their duties, they also might provide clothing or shelter in aid of their loved one’s escape, and that of his comrades in arms.
