Message forwarded by Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheeseman, Dale L" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 20 May 2003 14:49 Subject: {not a subscriber} I am trying to find out information regards to my great grandfather William Cheeseman who served in the 12th Lancers 1899-1902 Regeimental No: 3126. He fought in the Boer war and I am interested in any information you have on him. Thanks Dale Cheeseman Commercial Services Department AstraZeneca Ltd Alderley Park Tel: 01625 516078 Extn: 26078 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 19/05/03

In a message dated 20/05/03 20:05:39 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I am trying to find out information regards to my great grandfather William > Cheeseman who served in the 12th Lancers 1899-1902 > > Regeimental No: 3126. > > He fought in the Boer war and I am interested in any information you have > on > him. > > Thanks > > Dale Cheeseman > Commercial Services Department > AstraZeneca Ltd > Alderley Park > Tel: 01625 516078 > Extn: 26078 > Dale, From the Roll of the 12th Lancers for the Boer War medal, Cheeseman,W.,3126 (or 8?),Private,12th Lancers,Johannesburg,Diamond Hill,Wittenbergen,Relief of Kimberley,KSA. Discharged, Time expired. Kevin

Hello Connie, There were 21 men called T. Smith, including some listed with a second initial, who died in the Boer War but none in the West Yorkshires. The 4th Battalion did serve in SA towards the end of the war but there is no T. Smith of the West Yorkshires shown as wounded or taken prisoner either. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Connie Hinckley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 10:26 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] SMITH lookup > Could SKS please check the Boer War casualty lists for the name THOMAS > SMITH. He spent most of his life in the English Army - first with the 34th > Regiment, then after 1881 with the 4th Batallion of the West Yorkshire > Militia. Family lore has it that he was killed in the Boer War but I have > yet to find any proof. All leads would be appreciated. > > Connie Hinckley

Hello Julia, I don't want to disappoint you but the chances of the other man in the photo being your grandfather are as remote as they can be. There were 13,000 servicemen in the siege of Ladysmith and two men in uniform photographed together are most likely to have been mates from the same regiment or perhaps brothers, etc. In a separate posting I have also queried whether Kathleen's grandfather was in the relief rather than the defence force with the photo possibly taken in Ladysmith after the siege was lifted. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Julia Schmitz <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:44 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Fw: Returned mail: User unknown > > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Ladysmith > > Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:41:02 -0700 > > Kathleen: I am very much interested in a copy of your picture via e-mail, > > as I do believe my Grandfather also fought at Ladysmith. I received > e-mail > > from David Humphry whom is very familiar with the Boer War. I have copied > > and pasted the original letter I sent to him and his replies. I have just > > found my Grandfather's burial place after all these many years of > searching. > > I began in 1955. > > Perhaps the other young man in the picture may be my Grandfather. I have > > not had time to follow up with David's information he has supplied me, due > > to the fact my husband just got out of hospital with a quadruple heart by > > pass. Sincerely yours. Julia Schmitz

Hello Kathleen, The Inniskillings weren't at the defence of Ladysmith although there were some 'odd' men from various regiments not present as a unit attached to other regiments during the siege. Although he may have been such a man - in which case he was something of a rarity - it's more probable that he was in the 1st Battalion which took part in the operations to relieve Ladysmith including several fierce actions. The relief force ended up in and around Ladysmith for a while after the siege was lifted so an undated photo in Ladysmith may have been taken after the siege. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Donnelly <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1899 > Hello Pauline, My Grandfather was in the ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILLIERS and > also fought in the Boer War. He was in the defense of Ladysmith. As a matter > of fact I have a picture of him taken with another young man. If you let me > know I can email the picture online if you are interested. > The letter you have is invaluable and I am sure people on the list can > assist you with a search. > [email protected] > Kathleen

Could SKS please check the Boer War casualty lists for the name THOMAS SMITH. He spent most of his life in the English Army - first with the 34th Regiment, then after 1881 with the 4th Batallion of the West Yorkshire Militia. Family lore has it that he was killed in the Boer War but I have yet to find any proof. All leads would be appreciated. Connie Hinckley

Sorry all, my Grandfather PATRICK J. BEATTIE was in the Release of Ladysmith.....I realized the error as soon as I had sent it. Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Donnelly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1899 > Hello Pauline, My Grandfather was in the ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILLIERS and > also fought in the Boer War. He was in the defense of Ladysmith. As a matter > of fact I have a picture of him taken with another young man. If you let me > know I can email the picture online if you are interested. > The letter you have is invaluable and I am sure people on the list can > assist you with a search. > [email protected] > Kathleen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Treehouse" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:08 AM > Subject: [BOER-WAR] 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1899 > > > > Hello, > > I just found a letter written by my ggrandfather to [I think] my > > ggrandmother . He was in South Africa in the Boer War. > > > > I think this is quite a find but I would be interested in any ideas about > > how I can utilize it to further my research. > > > > I will copy it here the way it was written eg: spelling mistakes and > > punctuation mistakes. It is written in pencil on paper that has a crest > > embossed on it. > > > > South Africa, December 8th, 1899 > > > > Dear Minnie, [I don't know that that is my ggrandmothers name.] > > > > I write to let you know that I am in good health. Hoping you are the same > > and Bobby and Frank [ I think this is my grandfather]. I would like to > hear > > how you and the children is getting on it is so long since I got any news > > from you and I would like a letter very much we do not get any time for > > writing nor we wont to this is over but you might keep on sending letters > > we > > are up cuntry within 12 miles of ladysmith > > let them all know at home I am well at present > > Dear Minnie this cannot last more than one month you must not expect many > > letters of me for I do not get any time to write we cannot get any ink > here > > no more at present from your loving Jack > > > > No 2422 pte > > John Thompson > > D Company > > 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers > > South African Field Forces > > > > These directions will find me any where out here > > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > > > Regards and Thanks > > Pauline Leonard > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ______________________________

Hello Pauline, You have all the necessary basic information to avoid the usual difficulties with common names and enable you to progress your research. You would need to visit the PRO at Kew or get a researcher to do a search for you. The Inniskillings' QSA medal roll is in subseries WO 100/183. The date of the letter and mention of Ladysmith show he was in the 1st battalion. They were in the operations to relieve Ladysmith and saw a lot of action, notably at the fierce battles of Colenso 15/12/1899 and Hart's Hill 23/12/1900 where they took a lot of casualties. These will confirm the award of the medal and the clasps issued. The 27 refers to the old number of the regiment which was replaced by the Inniskilings' title in 1881. Then you can check series WO 97 for his attestation and service papers although not all of these have survived. He must have been an optimist thinking that the war would be over in a month. It went on for another 29 months! Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Treehouse <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1899 > Hello, > I just found a letter written by my ggrandfather to [I think] my > ggrandmother . He was in South Africa in the Boer War. > > I think this is quite a find but I would be interested in any ideas about > how I can utilize it to further my research. > > I will copy it here the way it was written eg: spelling mistakes and > punctuation mistakes. It is written in pencil on paper that has a crest > embossed on it. > > South Africa, December 8th, 1899 > > Dear Minnie, [I don't know that that is my ggrandmothers name.] > > I write to let you know that I am in good health. Hoping you are the same > and Bobby and Frank [ I think this is my grandfather]. I would like to hear > how you and the children is getting on it is so long since I got any news > from you and I would like a letter very much we do not get any time for > writing nor we wont to this is over but you might keep on sending letters > we > are up cuntry within 12 miles of ladysmith > let them all know at home I am well at present > Dear Minnie this cannot last more than one month you must not expect many > letters of me for I do not get any time to write we cannot get any ink here > no more at present from your loving Jack > > No 2422 pte > John Thompson > D Company > 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers > South African Field Forces > > These directions will find me any where out here > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > Regards and Thanks > Pauline Leonard

Would SKP guide me to a Website where I might see above uniforms Plse. Philip Long

Hi , I have just given my website a major update and would like to find some more links to interesting Boer War Sites. Please send me any you think are worth visiting Kate Blake Anzac Research http://www.ausmil.com/users/anzacs/ Online Discussion Forum can be found at http://com2.akheva.com/banzacresearch

Thanks Dick, When I look back at the witness statement it does say att 6th Co., etc Bryan >Bryan: Conductor was a warrant officer rank in the Army Service >Corps, not in the Royal Garrison Artillery. It is possible that he >was associated with an ASC unit attached to an RGA unit. I am not >exactly sure what a conductor did in the ASC. Regards. Dick Flory > >Richard Flory >[email protected] >OMRS #4860; OMSA #4465 >Researching 20th Century Royal Artillery officers. >"Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl" > > > >> ---------- >> From: Bryan SLIM >> Reply To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:12 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [BOER-WAR] Conductor - Royal Garrison Artillery >> >> Is there some knowledgeable person who can tell me what a conductor >> was in the RGA. >> >> I note the title from a witness statement at the 1901 Court Martial >> re battle of Helvetia. >> >> Thanks >> >> Bryan Slim >> >> >> ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== >> C J Genealogical Collections >> Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>records, go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> > > >==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== >C J Genealogical Collections >Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

> To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Ladysmith > Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:41:02 -0700 > Kathleen: I am very much interested in a copy of your picture via e-mail, > as I do believe my Grandfather also fought at Ladysmith. I received e-mail > from David Humphry whom is very familiar with the Boer War. I have copied > and pasted the original letter I sent to him and his replies. I have just > found my Grandfather's burial place after all these many years of searching. > I began in 1955. > Perhaps the other young man in the picture may be my Grandfather. I have > not had time to follow up with David's information he has supplied me, due > to the fact my husband just got out of hospital with a quadruple heart by > pass. Sincerely yours. Julia Schmitz > From: "David Humphry" <[email protected]> > To: "Julia Schmitz" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:24 AM > Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Military Service Records Information > > > > Hi Julia, > > > > I must have missed your original posting but I 'lost' a number of e-mails > a > > few weeks ago and yours might well have been one of them. > > > > There is a P. Milward shown as wounded in the casualty list: > > > > 3868 L/Cpl. P. Milward 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment wounded at Wagon > > Hill, Ladysmith 6 January 1900 > > > > If this is your grandfather - and the chances are that it is - there is > > quite a story. Ladysmith was besieged by the Boers from 2 November 1899 to > > 28 February 1900 and 1/Devons formed part of the garrison of 13,000 > soldiers > > locked up there. On 6 January the Boers launched their only serious > attempt > > to capture Ladysmith with an assault on the heights of Wagon Hill and > > Caesar's Camp to the south of the town. The battle lasted from 3.30 am > until > > 5 pm when 3 companies of 1/Devons were ordered to charge the remaining > Boer > > positions on the western crest of Wagon Hill in the middle of a > > thunderstorm. They had to cross 130 yards of open ground before they > reached > > the Boer position but they took it and ended the battle. > > > > I've been to the battlefield and I can promise you that it took a lot of > > guts to charge that position. I have a particular interest in this battle > > and in my collection I have the medals of a lieutenant and a lance > corporal > > of the Devons who were were killed in the charge. > > > > I suggest your next step is to check for his attestation and service > papers > > in series WO 97 at the Public Record Office at Kew, near London. You'll > need > > a researcher to do that but I can recommend mine if you want to try this. > > These papers, if they survive, should include enough personal details > > (birthplace, age on enlistment, etc.) to make a positive I.D. although > about > > 30%-35% of this series were destroyed in an air raid in WW2. > > > > It 's possible that he served in WW1 even if he was invalided to pension > in > > the Boer War. I have papers covering several men whose medals I have who > > joined up for WW1 despite apparently serious disabilities. Sometimes a > keen > > volunteer might have been able to hide a disability but the losses were so > > great that no doubt the authorities turned a blind eye as they needed > every > > man they could get. It's a fact that men turned down as not being A1 in > 1914 > > were accepted without question a couple of years later. This happened to > one > > of my grandfathers. If the Australian records show he served with them in > > WW1 then I see no reason to doubt it. Presumably he went to Australia to > > volunteer or perhaps even volunteered at the Australian embassy in > > Washington. This type of thing also happened. > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Julia Schmitz <[email protected]> > > To: David Humphry <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 4:55 PM > > Subject: [BOER-WAR] Military Service Records Information > > > > > > > Dear David: > > > > > > I put in a query on my Grandfather on the Boar War on 22 January 2003, > got > > a > > > few replies but none very helpful. > > > > > > I did receive a very few replies, which wasn't very helpful. Someone > > wrote > > > that I possibly would get a reply from David Humphry who is a found of > > > knowledge. I was hoping I would hear from you but never did. > > > > > > Perhaps you can help me at this time. My Grandfather: Percival John > > Impey > > > Milward (Sometimes spelled with two ll's) served in the Boer War. He > was > > > injured in the early stages of the Boer War and received a pension over > > the > > > years while my mother was growing up. > > > > > > My Great Grandparents lived in Tasmania, their son, Percival was born in > > > Kew, Australia in 1877. Where he entered the service, I have no idea. > > When > > > he married my Grandmother, I have no idea either. But my mother was > born > > in > > > Newquay, Cornwall, England in November 1902, of which Percival was her > > > father. I have no record of marriages, but my Grandmother carried his > > > Surname as Milward. > > > > > > My Grandmother and Grandfather and Mother came to the United States > either > > > when mother was 3 or 6 months old. I can find no record of when or how > > they > > > got here, but mother (now deceased) was too young to know, but assume by > > > Boat, as I have two steel or metal type luggage containers that came > with > > > them. > > > > > > In my recent research to find my Grandfather, buried in Narrogin, > > > Australia, of which he abandoned the family and returned to Australia > > around > > > in the 1920's sometime. Supposedly remarried. When he was buried, > there > > > was no Information of any family, wife or anything. > > > > > > My mother had his discharge papers when I was a little girl, but they > were > > > burned in a fire, so I know that he did serve in the military. > > > > > > A strange thing that I found when searching the 1920 Census records, my > > > Grandfather, Grandmother and Mother kept their citizenship over in > > England, > > > never was naturalized or became US Citizen's. > > > > > > Another strange thing, when I searched for Percival's death information > in > > > Narrogin, it reflected that he had served in the Great War of 1914-1918. > > > How could this be possible? He was in the United States all this time, > > but > > > perhaps he lied to get the recognition there in Australia. If he had > been > > > injured in the Boer War, how could he be able to serve in another war if > > he > > > was receiving a pension? Too many unanswered questions. > > > > > > Many years ago, 24 Sep 1974, I wrote to the Dept. of the Army, Canberra, > > > A.C.T., Australia.. They returned a letter stating that they failed to > > find > > > any reference to a John Impey Percival Milward serving in the > Australian > > > Military Forces. That was 29 October 1974. > > > > > > Later years, I then wrote on 21 February 1976 and to Army Records > Centre, > > > Bourne Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex UB2 1RF. I received a reply back > stating: > > > "Percival John Impey Milward - I am to refer to your letter dated 21 > > > February 1976 and to state that a careful search has failed to disclose > > the > > > service documents of the above-named. It is indeed regretted that we > are > > > unable to assist further with your inquiry. Copy of Birth Certificate > > > herewith returned." > > > > > > Can you possibly help or give me any suggestions? I am at wits end to > > find > > > out information on his serving in the Boer War. > > > > > > Thank You. Julia Schmitz of Wickenburg, Arizona, USA > > > > > > >

Bryan: Conductor was a warrant officer rank in the Army Service Corps, not in the Royal Garrison Artillery. It is possible that he was associated with an ASC unit attached to an RGA unit. I am not exactly sure what a conductor did in the ASC. Regards. Dick Flory Richard Flory [email protected] OMRS #4860; OMSA #4465 Researching 20th Century Royal Artillery officers. "Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl" > ---------- > From: Bryan SLIM > Reply To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BOER-WAR] Conductor - Royal Garrison Artillery > > Is there some knowledgeable person who can tell me what a conductor > was in the RGA. > > I note the title from a witness statement at the 1901 Court Martial > re battle of Helvetia. > > Thanks > > Bryan Slim > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Hello Pauline, My Grandfather was in the ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILLIERS and also fought in the Boer War. He was in the defense of Ladysmith. As a matter of fact I have a picture of him taken with another young man. If you let me know I can email the picture online if you are interested. The letter you have is invaluable and I am sure people on the list can assist you with a search. [email protected] Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Treehouse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:08 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1899 > Hello, > I just found a letter written by my ggrandfather to [I think] my > ggrandmother . He was in South Africa in the Boer War. > > I think this is quite a find but I would be interested in any ideas about > how I can utilize it to further my research. > > I will copy it here the way it was written eg: spelling mistakes and > punctuation mistakes. It is written in pencil on paper that has a crest > embossed on it. > > South Africa, December 8th, 1899 > > Dear Minnie, [I don't know that that is my ggrandmothers name.] > > I write to let you know that I am in good health. Hoping you are the same > and Bobby and Frank [ I think this is my grandfather]. I would like to hear > how you and the children is getting on it is so long since I got any news > from you and I would like a letter very much we do not get any time for > writing nor we wont to this is over but you might keep on sending letters > we > are up cuntry within 12 miles of ladysmith > let them all know at home I am well at present > Dear Minnie this cannot last more than one month you must not expect many > letters of me for I do not get any time to write we cannot get any ink here > no more at present from your loving Jack > > No 2422 pte > John Thompson > D Company > 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers > South African Field Forces > > These directions will find me any where out here > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > Regards and Thanks > Pauline Leonard > > ______________________________ >

Is there some knowledgeable person who can tell me what a conductor was in the RGA. I note the title from a witness statement at the 1901 Court Martial re battle of Helvetia. Thanks Bryan Slim

David, Thank you very much for your information. The Thomas Sharp is an unusual one. I have a note of his entry in the list of Scots who died abroad. It's a kind of register for people who were abroad at the time. It lists his place of death as a station hospital at Benares, which I beleive is in Pakistan, however he is named on a gravestone in Glasgow as having died in South Africa in 1900. I will try and find the entry I made which should list his service number. Thank you for the information about the McNay connection. It is possible there is a family connection and will try and find out more. David McNay ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Humphry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Thomas Sharp Hello David, The casualty list shows 10 men called Sharp and 9 called Sharpe who died in the Boer War but none with the initial T and none shown as died of jaundice. It's not unknown for these lists to give an incorrect initial but without further information it will be pretty well impossible to progress this particular line of enquiry. There is no McNay shown as died but there is only one in the entire list. He was wounded and he has the correct initial. He is 4847 Pte. T. McNay 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers wounded at Venters Spruit 20/1/1900. This action was part of the campaign to relieve Ladysmith and 4 days later the battalion was badly cut up at Spion Kop so his earlier wound may well have saved him from a worse fate there. It's not certain that this is your man but the name is unusual and I think it's worth following up. The Lancashire Fusiliers Museum has the basic details of recruits into their two regular battalions for the period 1881 until about 1902 in the original attestation book. I once had the privilege of looking through it but it had become a bit fragile so they were in the process of transferring the details onto a database. They will check an entry but as the museum receives no official funding and the small staff are unpaid volunteers an enquiry should be accompanied by a donation. £10 is about right. The museum's address is: Lancashire Fusiliers Regimental Museum Wellington Barracks Bury Lancashire BL8 2PL I don't have an e-mail address but an internet search might reveal one. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: d_mcnay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Thomas Sharp > Looking for information about a Private Thomas Sharp who I beleive died in > South Africa in 1900. I know he died of jaundice, but would be interested to > know if anyone can tell me what regiment he served in. I can look for his > service number if that would be useful. It's possible he may be listed as > Thomas McNay, as he was born illegitemate and used both names it seems. > > Many thanks, > > David McNay ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Have you used Tree Tops? The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hello, I just found a letter written by my ggrandfather to [I think] my ggrandmother . He was in South Africa in the Boer War. I think this is quite a find but I would be interested in any ideas about how I can utilize it to further my research. I will copy it here the way it was written eg: spelling mistakes and punctuation mistakes. It is written in pencil on paper that has a crest embossed on it. South Africa, December 8th, 1899 Dear Minnie, [I don't know that that is my ggrandmothers name.] I write to let you know that I am in good health. Hoping you are the same and Bobby and Frank [ I think this is my grandfather]. I would like to hear how you and the children is getting on it is so long since I got any news from you and I would like a letter very much we do not get any time for writing nor we wont to this is over but you might keep on sending letters we are up cuntry within 12 miles of ladysmith let them all know at home I am well at present Dear Minnie this cannot last more than one month you must not expect many letters of me for I do not get any time to write we cannot get any ink here no more at present from your loving Jack No 2422 pte John Thompson D Company 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers South African Field Forces These directions will find me any where out here XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Regards and Thanks Pauline Leonard

Hello, I just found a letter written by my ggrandfather to [I think] my ggrandmother . He was in South Africa in the Boar War. I think this is quite a find but I would be interested in any ideas about how I can utilize it to further my research. I will copy it here the way it was written eg: spelling mistakes and punctuation mistakes. It is written in pencil on paper that has a crest embossed on it. South Africa, December 8th, 1899 Dear Minnie, [I don't know that that is my ggrandmothers name.] I write to let you know that I am in good health. Hoping you are the same and Bobby and Frank [ I think this is my grandfather]. I would like to hear how you and the children is getting on it is so long since I got any news from you and I would like a letter very much we do not get any time for writing nor we wont to this is over but you might keep on sending letters we are up cuntry within 12 miles of ladysmith let them all know at home I am well at present Dear Minnie this cannot last more than one month you must not expect many letters of me for I do not get any time to write we cannot get any ink here no more at present from your loving Jack No 2422 pte John Thompson D Company 27 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers South African Field Forces These directions will find me any where out here XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I am looking for information on a man who served in the Boer War, His name is Reginald Richmond Mcdonald, He was in the Scottish Army, Trooper 1457, Lord Kitcheners Horse and was a recipient of the Queens South African Medal. He fought in 4 battles, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johanneseburg and Diamond Hill. He Died in 1913. I would very much appreciate any help you could give me as I am in possession of the medal and would like to know more about the medal and the man who earnt it. I am writing from Sydney, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Humphry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 4:02 AM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Thomas Sharp Hello David, The casualty list shows 10 men called Sharp and 9 called Sharpe who died in the Boer War but none with the initial T and none shown as died of jaundice. It's not unknown for these lists to give an incorrect initial but without further information it will be pretty well impossible to progress this particular line of enquiry. There is no McNay shown as died but there is only one in the entire list. He was wounded and he has the correct initial. He is 4847 Pte. T. McNay 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers wounded at Venters Spruit 20/1/1900. This action was part of the campaign to relieve Ladysmith and 4 days later the battalion was badly cut up at Spion Kop so his earlier wound may well have saved him from a worse fate there. It's not certain that this is your man but the name is unusual and I think it's worth following up. The Lancashire Fusiliers Museum has the basic details of recruits into their two regular battalions for the period 1881 until about 1902 in the original attestation book. I once had the privilege of looking through it but it had become a bit fragile so they were in the process of transferring the details onto a database. They will check an entry but as the museum receives no official funding and the small staff are unpaid volunteers an enquiry should be accompanied by a donation. £10 is about right. The museum's address is: Lancashire Fusiliers Regimental Museum Wellington Barracks Bury Lancashire BL8 2PL I don't have an e-mail address but an internet search might reveal one. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: d_mcnay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Thomas Sharp > Looking for information about a Private Thomas Sharp who I beleive died in > South Africa in 1900. I know he died of jaundice, but would be interested to > know if anyone can tell me what regiment he served in. I can look for his > service number if that would be useful. It's possible he may be listed as > Thomas McNay, as he was born illegitemate and used both names it seems. > > Many thanks, > > David McNay ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Have you used Tree Tops? The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I am looking for my grandfather William Tyson. I have not found him on the 1901 census so he might have been in the Boer War. Family oral history suggests that he was/ had been a soldier. He was described as an omnibus conductor and private in Royal West Kent Regiment on his marriage certificate in 1914. He enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment at Depford on 5 September 1914. One of his three medals was the 1914-15 star. He was killed on 25 September 1916 at the battle of the Somme whilst serving with "The Buffs". Family oral (my Mother who was 18 months old when he was killed) suggest that he was in the "Green Howards" at one time. What was someone who was born in Bermondsey doing in a Yorkshire Regiment? Any information? Colin