I would just like to thank list memebers who helped me in my quest to find the military records of my great grandfather Samuel Treece.As list members may remember I had my first visit to the Public Records Office coming up and so I joined this list to try and get some help as I knew very little about what my Great Grandfather did in the Boer War or when his military career ended which made things seem pretty tough. Within hours of posting what I knew about Samuel Treece I got responses from list members who had found one S L TREECE on a casualty role also stating he was in U battery Royal Horse Artillery. Yesterday (Sat) I visited the PRO on a bus trip with my local family history society. After being shown around and where to find things I set off on my quest. I first went through WO100/139 microfilm checking the different batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery for a mention of Samuel Treece and found 3516 DRIVER TREECE S L in U battery as mentioned before.He got the Queens South Africa Medal along with 4 clasps those were for PAARDEBERG DREIFONTEIN RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY and TRANSVAAL having printed a copy of the page off I went in search of my Holy Grail his service records.I didnt really know where to start as I had no idea when he left the army.I asked in a section where people give out advice and things didnt look good as the person said not many service papers survive from the boer war.(which wasnt what the pro said in an email to me) It was also pointed out he could have continued into the 14-18 war although I knew he was back locally in 1912 but talk was he did something in the 14-18 war.Anyway I picked up a few leaflets and had a read and found that WO 97 for the years 1900-1913 were arranged alphabetically and I was pretty sure he would be in that section if any.These documents were originals so I had to brave the computer ordering system to order what I wanted.in my case WO 97 6101 (Iam alittle confused as I just noted the ticket they placed next to the records when copying for me said WO 95 6101) Then it was a case of waiting for the file to arrive which was about 30 minutes.I then sat and very carefully opened the box and worked through the army service papers gradually reaching the section where if my great grandfathers papers were anywhere they should be there. I turned one over and found one Ernest Treece from Nottingham who joined up in Derby and went into the RHA.Derby is my home city.This person was a potential relative.And then I turned the next document and it was hard not to leap up and shout EUREKA I had found MY SAMUEL LLEWELLYN TREECE. NO 3516 and from his details I knew it was my great grandfather.It was such a wonderful feeling.Unlike some army papers which contained alot of papers his was just the 4 sides of standard stuff but interesting reading all the same and such a find as it gives pointers to his marriage etc.It also indicates he got the Kings medal and clasps 01 and 02 what ever those clasps were. What other documents could I view with other details of my Great Grandfather? is it possible to view things such as pay etc. I noted there is another section of army service papers all that were misfiled is there any chance more of his records could be hiding in this section or have I got all I can get? Thanks again. Simon Derby UK Due to email spamming the following domains are blocked from sending me mail. DOMAINS @datingdirect @yupimail.com @china.com @ev1.net @be.formarket.biz @sd12.hostserve21.com @cwix.com @financial-update.biz If you use these domains/addresses iam sorry but you are unable to contact me.