I am researching my Granfather's Boer War record and am looking for additional information regarding his regiment.He was awarded the Queens SA medal with clasps for Orange Free State and Transvaal,1901, 1902. The information on the medal rim is as noted above. Can anyone identify his regiment any further? There are a number of possible candidates it seems, eg Royal West Kents (Queens Own), Royal West Surrey Regt (The Queens) etc. I live in Scotland, so visits to the PRO are not very practical. After the Boer War, the next information I have places him in A Signal Company, Royal Engineers in 1912. When he transferred, I have no idea.Happily he survived WW1 and was a member of the Old Contemptibles. Thanks, Simon I've stopped 12,974 spam and fraud messages. You can too! One month FREE spam and fraud protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/safetybarsig/?rc=5yy4hl

Hi Simon, On the QMedal is not his name, regiment & number engraved on the rim? My Grandfathers certainly has name rank, number ,regiment . You would need to know the battalion of the regiment, to work out where he was I think. My grandfather served in the Mounted Infantry, which was not in the same 'battles' as the rest of his regiment. June On 5/11/05, Simon Green <schgreen@btinternet.com> wrote: > > I am researching my Granfather's Boer War record and am looking for > additional information regarding his regiment.He was awarded the Queens SA > medal with clasps for Orange Free State and Transvaal,1901, 1902. The > information on the medal rim is as noted above. Can anyone identify his > regiment any further? There are a number of possible candidates it seems, > eg > Royal West Kents (Queens Own), Royal West Surrey Regt (The Queens) etc. I > live in Scotland, so visits to the PRO are not very practical. > After the Boer War, the next information I have places him in A Signal > Company, Royal Engineers in 1912. When he transferred, I have no > idea.Happily he survived WW1 and was a member of the Old Contemptibles. > > Thanks, Simon > > I've stopped 12,974 spam and fraud messages. You can too! > One month FREE spam and fraud protection at > http://www.cloudmark.com/safetybarsig/?rc=5yy4hl > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War List Page > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWar.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 > > -- juno@firecube.co.uk / M.J.Adderley

Hi Simon - The Queens was the Royal West Surrey Regiment. However, the designation 'Queens' wasn't normally used on Boer War medals, although by WW1 it was. I have several Boer War medals to men of the regiment and they are all named 'Ryl Wt Surrey Regt'. I suspect it might have been either a late issue (although this shouldn't really have changed the naming of the regiment) or possibly a privately renamed example. (This was not infrequent at the time). A bit of a mystery nevertheless. Regards, David Simon Green <schgreen@btinternet.com> wrote: I am researching my Granfather's Boer War record and am looking for additional information regarding his regiment.He was awarded the Queens SA medal with clasps for Orange Free State and Transvaal,1901, 1902. The information on the medal rim is as noted above. Can anyone identify his regiment any further? There are a number of possible candidates it seems, eg Royal West Kents (Queens Own), Royal West Surrey Regt (The Queens) etc. I live in Scotland, so visits to the PRO are not very practical. After the Boer War, the next information I have places him in A Signal Company, Royal Engineers in 1912. When he transferred, I have no idea.Happily he survived WW1 and was a member of the Old Contemptibles. Thanks, Simon --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos