July 26/03 Hi, I am new to this list. My interest is not the Boer War specifically but my Grand Father's service in the war. I do not want to ask for the moon but I wonder if somebody might advise me as to what I might find and how to proceed. Family tradition has it that my Grand Father was wounded in 1900 at the age of sixteen. His Attestation papers from the First World War(Canadian Army) indicate that he had a "gun shot on left cheek". I have a service medal showing The Queen with a Cape Colony bar. On the edge of the medal is stamped "5293 Pte XXXXXXXXXXXX DURHAM Lt INFY". The Xs indicate that the name has been stamped out. The first letter of the name is partially visable and is either a C or an O. My Grand Father's name was Arthur James Dorney. He was born in Birmingham 25 Feb 1884. What are my chances of finding any information. PS. He also served in the Worestershire Regiment 4th Battalion from about 1901 to 1904. In 1904 he was serving in Jamaica. Paul Dorney Perth Ontario Canada