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boer war?
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Snowdrops in Bloom | Report | 11 Jul 2006 22:21 |
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Why thank you Mr Barton |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 11 Jul 2006 22:19 |
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I salute you, Snowdrops. |
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Snowdrops in Bloom | Report | 11 Jul 2006 22:17 |
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Paul is right, conscription didn't come into force until I believe January 1916 so that was a bad choice of words on my part. However, if your grandfather volunteered for the duration of the Boer war there still wont be any records unless he was a regular soldier who had previously signed on for 12 years. Snowdrops |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 11 Jul 2006 21:59 |
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The good news is.... conscription wasn't introduced until the First World War. The even better news is that in many respects the Boer War army records are in better order than the First World war so you have a good chance of finding him. |
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Yvette | Report | 11 Jul 2006 14:26 |
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hi thanks for your responses, i dont know why but i have the feeling he may have been a conscript, looks like a trip to kew then, and i will have a look at that site many thanks yveet |
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Snowdrops in Bloom | Report | 11 Jul 2006 14:20 |
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Yvette First of all you will need to know if he as a conscript or if he was a regular soldier. If he was a regular soldier his records will be held at the national archives in Kew. If he was conscripted no records will be held. You will then need to find out which regiment he was in. all the records are searchable at Kew and you can purchase copies from them - but you will need to physically go there. There is a website which you can google by putting Kevin Asplin in the search box and this has quite a few of the regiments who served in the Boer war but doesn't have them all. If you cannot locate your grandfather on this site, there is a link to contact Kevin and he will do a search at Kew for you for a very reasonable sum (not sure of the figure so wont quote it but it is not extortionate) Good luck Yvette Snowdrops |
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KathleenBell | Report | 11 Jul 2006 14:18 |
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Have a look at this site:- http://hometown.aol(.)co.uk/KevinAsplin/home.html remove brackets. There are the names of some of the men who served in the Boer War on there. Kath. x |
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Yvette | Report | 11 Jul 2006 14:14 |
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hi all, my gt grandfather served in the Boer war, any ideas how to find out what he did, i dont know much about that war as we only studied ww1 ww2 at school, would be grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction. yvette |
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