Dear Sir / Madam I am searching for information on my late grandfather who participated in the Boer war. He told me stories as a young child and I seem to remember that he was part of Nesbitt's Horse. However it might have been my imagination,. I have no records or medals. He told me he fought to keep a railway line open in the Free State. His used an English version of his name and was probably enlisted as : JOHN FANNER born 4/11/1881 in the Alexandria district near Sandflats. He was employed in the Post Office at the time of enlisting and rejoined after the war. His full names were JOHANNES WILLEM JAKOBUS FANNER. Thank you Ron Kelly P.O.Box 7 KENTON ON SEA. 6191 SOUTH AFRICA Mobile: +27 824507771 Phone: +27 64 81 393 Fax: +27 0800 64 82545

Nesbitt's Horse (about 300 strong) was formed in the eastern Cape Colony by Colonel R A Nesbitt in December 1899. They took part in the advance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, then in the second (guerrilla) phase of the war were in the Cape Colony. From "The Colonials in South Africa" by John Stirling (c1907, Edinburgh) pages 175-178. If he was in Nesbitt's Horse, was he in the Cape Colony before the war and joined up there? Yours, John Wilson (New Zealand) > He told me stories as a young child and I seem to remember > that he was part of Nesbitt's Horse.