Hi I'm looking for a Lund in the Boer War. Various websites tell me - there was a Private Lund in the Bechuanaland Rifles - the Bechuanaland Rifles were part of the Mafeking garrison - 125 of them were awarded medals for Mafeking - they were also known as the 9th Dismounted Rifles - they were made up of Australian irregulars who could't get into the official forces - the records of the Colonial Regiments are in PRO ( ? in WO97 or elsewhere - there's no mention in the info. leaflets ) I've a couple of books on order from the library. Where do I go next? Cheers David Lund

The Bechuanaland Rifles like other Colonial units raised in South Africa lprobably included South Africans and New Zealanders etc as well as Australians. I know of one New Zealander (Wedderburn, Ernest George; No 164) in the Bechuanaland Rifles, and others in Doyles Australian Scouts which was largely made up of Australians joining after serving in an Australian contingent. See re South African addresses: http://www.mil.za/Magazines/SALUT/9how_to_trace_an_ancestor.htm and also "The Colonials in South Africa" by John Stirling (1907, Edinburgh) on Colonial units. Yours, John Wilson (Wellington, New Zealand) ----- Original Message ----- From: David Lund: > Hi > I'm looking for a Lund in the Boer War. > Various websites tell me > - there was a Private Lund in the Bechuanaland Rifles > - the Bechuanaland Rifles were part of the Mafeking garrison > - 125 of them were awarded medals for Mafeking > - they were also known as the 9th Dismounted Rifles > - they were made up of Australian irregulars who could't get into the official forces > - the records of the Colonial Regiments are in PRO ( ? in WO97 or elsewhere - there's no mention in the info. leaflets ) > I've a couple of books on order from the library. Where do I go next? > Cheers > David Lund >