Hello Listers, We are researching the lives of three of our great uncles who fought in the British army. All were born in Liverpool and are pictured at: www.shandoncooks.btinternet.co.uk/militarypage.htm Variants of this message will be cross-posted on Boer War, WWI, Connor and O'Connor lists. There is no consistency in their usage of Connor/O'Connor. Patrick Joseph, b 1878: Picture taken at Windmillhill. He fought in the Boer War and ultimately settled in South Africa. Can anyone identify the uniform/regiment? It would help us to start looking for his record at the PRO. Note the woman on the right! We think the picture was taken after the Boer War, but is it possible that he did not return to the UK after the War but was discharged and remained in South Africa? John Edward [Jack] b 1887: We have no information on his war service. He appears to be in the RFA but does not appear in the medal rolls and we have not found him elsewhere in surviving records at the PRO. The conclusion is he stayed in the UK throughout the war. He was an expert horseman. Could he have served throughout in the Remount Section? He had gone to the USA and returned to the UK for army service. After the war, he went back to the USA [NY/NJ] but we have no documentary evidence of his life there. Thomas William [Tom] b 1891: Was a Driver with A Battery, 286 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on December 27, 1918. In a letter he wrote home on that date he says 'he could not get out to buy Christmas Cards but he had sent the few that were brought in to him'. His unit was in France till 1919, but what does this enigmatic statement mean? Where might he have been? Could he have been in hospital? We don't think, from what we know of him, that he would have been locked up! We have found him in the medal rolls, but his other records seem to have been burnt. Like Jack, he may have returned from the USA for military service. We have not been able to trace him after the War but we don't think he returned to the USA. We think the picture was taken in 1917 when he was on leave before he returned to France. Any help with these questions would be much appreciated. Brian Cook Helensburgh Scotland

Please unsuscribed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean and Brian Cook <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] great uncles connor > Hello Listers, > We are researching the lives of three of our great uncles who fought in the > British army. All were born in Liverpool and are pictured at: > www.shandoncooks.btinternet.co.uk/militarypage.htm > Variants of this message will be cross-posted on Boer War, WWI, Connor and > O'Connor lists. There is no consistency in their usage of Connor/O'Connor. > > Patrick Joseph, b 1878: Picture taken at Windmillhill. He fought in the Boer > War and ultimately settled in South Africa. Can anyone identify the > uniform/regiment? It would help us to start looking for his record at the > PRO. Note the woman on the right! We think the picture was taken after the > Boer War, but is it possible that he did not return to the UK after the War > but was discharged and remained in South Africa? > > John Edward [Jack] b 1887: We have no information on his war service. He > appears to be in the RFA but does not appear in the medal rolls and we have > not found him elsewhere in surviving records at the PRO. The conclusion is > he stayed in the UK throughout the war. He was an expert horseman. Could he > have served throughout in the Remount Section? He had gone to the USA and > returned to the UK for army service. After the war, he went back to the USA > [NY/NJ] but we have no documentary evidence of his life there. > > Thomas William [Tom] b 1891: Was a Driver with A Battery, 286 Brigade, Royal > Field Artillery on December 27, 1918. In a letter he wrote home on that date > he says 'he could not get out to buy Christmas Cards but he had sent the few > that were brought in to him'. His unit was in France till 1919, but what > does this enigmatic statement mean? Where might he have been? Could he have > been in hospital? We don't think, from what we know of him, that he would > have been locked up! We have found him in the medal rolls, but his other > records seem to have been burnt. Like Jack, he may have returned from the > USA for military service. We have not been able to trace him after the War > but we don't think he returned to the USA. We think the picture was taken in > 1917 when he was on leave before he returned to France. > > Any help with these questions would be much appreciated. > > Brian Cook > Helensburgh > Scotland > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.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 > >