Thanks John Appreciate that, I will see whether there is anything in the Auckland Public Library. Regards ..... John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Re: finding Boer War Soldiers > Hi John & List: > > John Stirling's two books are: > "Our Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902" (1903, Edinburgh) and: > "The Colonials in South Africa" (1907, Edinburgh). > From memory, published by TC & EC Jack, Edinburgh. > > Both are held in Wellington (NZ) by the Defence Department Library but > not the National Library, though "The Colonials ... " can be interloaned. > I will have a look at "Our Regiments ... " to see what he has on the 7th > Hussars in South Africa. > > Yours, John Wilson (Wellington, New Zealand) > > > Hello all > > I am a new member to the group. > > > > My grandfarther as per his military records (WO97) joined the 7th Hussars > in > > April 1892 and after serving in India (03/02/1892 to 22/10/1895) and > > Rhodesia (23/10/1895 to 29/11/1898) was call up again and served in South > > Africa from 03/12/1901 to 06/06/1902. This made him eligable for a QSA > with > > 5 clasps (SA 1901, SA 1902, Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State). > > > > I have nothing else, and am trying to find out if anyone out there has any > > history on the involvement of the 7th Hussars in the 1901 - 1902 Boer War. > > > > Look forward to hearing from someone in due course. > > John Lister > > Auckland > > New Zealand > > > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Getting Started on Boer War Research? > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BWInfo.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >