Hi List cc Robyn & Viv. May I impose upon someone out there who has a copy of the Coldstream's QSA Roll to check it for clues to Alfred William JENKINS. I'm trying to help his grand daughters flesh-out their family tradition which has him absconding from a pharmaceutical apprenticeship (after accidentally breaking a big and expensive glass bottle) to sign up with the Coldstreams. AW JENKINS was born in Egbaston, Worcs. in 1884 so the timing of that would be circa 1898-00. Being over 6' tall, he'd probably have been attractive to the Coldstreams. JENKINS is said to have served in both the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion before re-enlisting again from Australia with the ANMEF in WW1 - ending up as a Lieutenant on police duties in New Guinea before resigning for medical reasons in 1918. He died in Sydney in 1925 of malaria contracted in New Guinea. The Regiment has advised that nothing could be found on JENKINS even though his 1915 enlistment papers show 4 years previous service with the Coldstream Guards and 'bought discharge'. Perhaps after breaking the apprenticeship contract he enlisted under an alias which would complicate the search considerably. The family has photos of him in China but they may well be while he was serving as a policeman in Hong Kong before WW1. Any assistance/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The only lead I'm following at this point is to have his WW1 uniform photo blown-up sufficiently to see if he's wearing the QSA ribbon. Colin Roe -- Colin Roe, Torrens ACT Australia Australians in the Boer War Database (www.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi)