Dear David, Many thanks for the reply and information.Can I just ask if there could be any doubt that "The Queens" refers to some other regiment apart from the Royal West Surreys? Are there no other potential candidates? Regards, Simon -----Original Message----- From: David Humphry [mailto:davidh9999@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 12 May 2005 07:45 To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 6287 Private H Green The Queens 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 ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Boer War Reading http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarReading.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