Dear Sheila, If he served for 8 years and left in 1910 then he would not have reached South Africa until mid-late 1902. Peace had been declared by then, and he would have not been entitled to the QSA and KSA. It is perfectly possible to obtain his service record from the National Archives at Kew without his service number. However, unless you have friends or relatives in the UK who will search for you, you will have to contact a professional searcher. Kew does not undertake searches. Also, as he served in WW1 if he served with the CEF his details will be on line under the Canadian National Archives. If he served with the British Army there is only a 30% chance that his papers survived as most of the enlisted men's records were destroyed during air raids. Good hunting John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET