Family information states that my grandfather George Bult, born 2/10/1881, volunteered for the Army during South African War, saying he was 18 when he was 17, which if true means he joined up at the very outset of the war. Search made in WO97/4450 Boer War Attestation and Discharge papers but no papers found. I know his WW1 service number was 80286 in the R.E. Does his WW1 number imply anything about what his Boer War service number would have been? Bryan Weaver