if you have his date and place of birth it will be possible to find his whole career in te Copenhagen archives

"Gardist

a guardsman

ved

with

Livgarden

The (Kings Royal) Life Guards

Liv-gard-en
Life-guard-the

til Fods.
on foot (soldier)
infantry

The image lloks more like a generic lithograph illustrating the uiform at that period

but the data written below is priceless


do join the Rootsweb denmark list

I am not in Denamrk for now but several list members regulalry visit the archives

Göttsche is a typical german spelling
so the family may have come from there first

teh regiment stillexists

http://forsvaret.dk/LG/

contact the old soldiers assoxciation
De Danske Garderforeninger
Livgardens Kaserne
Gothersgade 100
1123 K�benhavn K
Telefon: 33 15 52 04
Telefax: 33 15 51 06
Mandag til fredag kl. 09.30 - 14.30
Email: garderforeningerne@get2net.dk

the expertss on old uniforms and old weapons are at the
Amoury Museum in Copenhagen

Tøjhusmuseet
Administration: Frederiksholms Kanal 29, DK-1220 Kbh.K
Tel: 33 11 60 37 Fax: 33 93 71 52 Email: thm@thm.dk
EAN-nr.: 5 798 000 793 583
Besøgsadresse: Tøjhusgade 3, 1214 Kbh. K.

back to the picture

he was in the third company and his regimantal number was 72


good hiunting

Hugh W