Hi David; Thankyou for looking for me...thinking I'm going to have to try to hunt down his son (assuming he's still living) and see if he's got any info...I'll keep my fingers crossed - this side of my family has been an enigma for sure. TTFN, Nova David Humphry <davidh9999@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi Nova - He doesn't appear in any references I have. He was presumably wounded in WW1 but,unlike the Boer War, the available WW1 references show only those casualties who died and not those who were wounded as well. His attestation and service papers may be at the National Archives (formerly the PRO) at Kew (assuming he was in a British unit in WW1) but only 30% of WW1 soldiers' records survive. Regards, David uncharted_families@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello David; My GG Uncle served in both the Boer War and in WW1...his name was Edward (Ned) Braithwaite. I have absolutely no information on him other than he was hit with shrapnel and had one leg MUCH shorter than the other (I would assume after WW1) His boot had about a 5 inch sole to even him up. Would you be so kind to check for his name in your books and see if he is there anywhere?? I am in Ontario, Canada and mostly all of my relatives left in Britain are very elderly and would not bother with a computer. Thankyou, in advance Nova Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Boer War Reading http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarReading.htm ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!