Hello JC,

I had a look for Wills and Army Records - you might be able to match their Place of Birth and trace them in the Census ?

WILLS – National Archives

( close gap ht tp)

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Will of James Wade, Grocer of Holbeck Yorkshire W. Riding15 August 1850PROB 11/2118
Will of James Wade, Gent. of Bethnal Green , Middlesex22 February 1854PROB 11/2187
Will of James Wade, Wool Merchant of Leeds , Yorkshire08 January 1858PROB 11/2263

Will of William Wade, Stonemason of Eaton Socon , Bedfordshire31 July 1850PROB 11/2117
Will of William Wade, Gentleman of Croydon , Surrey19 December 1851PROB 11/2144
Will of William John Wade, Carver and Gilber of No 86 Leadenhall Street, City of London08 April 1853PROB 11/2171
Will of William Wade, Gentleman of Calverley , Yorkshire30 July 1856PROB 11/2237

Will of Edward Wade Caulfeild of Canterbury N. Z. 11 September 1857PROB 11/2257

Find my past
Search for - James WADE – in Army Records,

WADE James 1830 London, Middlesex WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1834 Epping, Essex WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1836 Lancashire WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1836 Halifax, Yorkshire WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1837 London, Middlesex WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1839 Crossmaglen, Armagh WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1839 Rochford, Essex WO97 Chelsea
WADE James 1840 Ipswich, Suffolk WO97 Chelsea
WADE James ? Bury, Suffolk WO97 Chelsea
WADE James ? Waterford, Waterford WO97 Chelsea

The National Archives
Search for – William WADE
Militia Service Records 1806-1915

Results:1 record found.
WADE William ? Birmingham, Warwickshire

Findmypast - Similar search – born c1819

WADE William 1801 Ballymahon, Longford WO97 Chelsea
WADE William 1807 Fermanagh, Fermanagh WO97 Chelsea
WADE William 1809 Drummully, Fermanagh WO97 Chelsea
WADE William 1813 Stone, Staffordshire WO97 Chelsea
WADE William 1823 Wingham, Nottinghamshire WO97 Chelsea
WADE William 1828 Stowmarket, Suffolk WO97 Chelsea
WADE William ? Coggeshell, Essex WO97 Chelsea
WADE William ? Newtown, Fermanagh WO97 Chelsea
WADE William ? Northamptonshire WO97 Chelsea
WADE William ? Thame, Oxfordshire WO97 Chelsea
WADE William ? Birmingham, Warwickshire WO96 Militia
WADE William John 1810 Belfast, Antrim WO97 Chelsea

Battles in India
www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/sikhwars/firstsikhwar.htm

hope this helps,
Averil