I have looked at the casualty returns for the GRENADIER GUARDS in the boer war up to the census in 1901. The only return I can find is 4294 Sergeant Hughes, R of the 3rd Battalion wounded on 23/11/1899 at a place called Belmont. Whether he is your man or not I do not know. I do not have the medal roll for the guards so cannot check that. It could also be that he was reduced to private on becoming a casualty. I do not have much experience of the guards and am told that they did things their own way while the Army did it another. Good hunting John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET

thanks john for this infomation perhaps i should write to the grenadier guards depot to see if they can help john hughes chichester sussex ----- Original Message ----- From: <CJohncronin@aol.com> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] ROBERT HUGHES >I have looked at the casualty returns for the GRENADIER GUARDS in the boer > war up to the census in 1901. The only return I can find is 4294 Sergeant > Hughes, R of the 3rd Battalion wounded on 23/11/1899 at a place called > Belmont. > Whether he is your man or not I do not know. I do not have the medal > roll > for the guards so cannot check that. It could also be that he was reduced > to > private on becoming a casualty. I do not have much experience of the > guards > and am told that they did things their own way while the Army did it > another. > > Good hunting > > John > > JOHN CRONIN > CHRISTCHURCH > DORSET > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >