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Jane

Jane Report 21 Sep 2006 09:18

Dot, You could try looking for his service record. These survive (well, some of them) at the Public Record Office in Kew. If you put his name into the online catalogue, you might just get lucky. Then, if Kew is too far away for you to get there, I believe they offer a document copying/despatch service which is relatively good value - when compared with costs of travelling. Good luck & regs Annie

tinkers

tinkers Report 21 Sep 2006 07:33

ive just had another look at the census and it just says he is a gunner for the royal artillery

tinkers

tinkers Report 21 Sep 2006 07:27

morning paul all i have on him is he was a lunatic in the herbert millitary hospital in woolwich london the infomation i found on 1891 census and it says he waas a gunner in the royal artillery

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 21 Sep 2006 07:21

Dot.... if you have any records of him, look to see if the letters RFA or RGA appear. They stand for Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery, and it's basically the Royal Field Artillery who were sent out to war zones, the Royal Garrison Artillery mainly used at static defence sites. Where was the hospital? That might give a clue.

tinkers

tinkers Report 21 Sep 2006 06:21

thank u for ur replys i didnt realise there were 2 boer wars reason i ask is on 1891 census i found a great grand uncle who was in a millitary hospital and he was a gunner for the royal artilliers and i wonder how i can find out online where he was based and info on any medals he might have got

Snowdrops in Bloom

Snowdrops in Bloom Report 20 Sep 2006 22:47

Paul is indeed correct. There were two Boer wars. The first being 1880 - 81 and the second being 1899 - 1902. Snowdrops

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 20 Sep 2006 22:39

Sorry, but the two Boer wars fall either side of these dates.

rals

rals Report 20 Sep 2006 20:42

There are some good Boer War sites online(many Aussie) with quite a lot of military personnel info.If you become interested in SA their National Archive can be searched online.It's a bit of a challenge search wise but with some persistence I came up with info which enabled me to get a 1903 death notice .

HeadStone

HeadStone Report 20 Sep 2006 19:16

Hi As Jools stated http://www(.)britishbattles(.)com/great-boer-war/colenso(.)htm Bye Paul

Jools

Jools Report 20 Sep 2006 18:21

Boer Wars

tinkers

tinkers Report 20 Sep 2006 18:00

does anybody no of any wars that the royal artillery might have been fighting in around 1890 to 1895 ish thanks