Dear Florent, I have come across one G. Emmerson un fortunately only the initial. Might be your man. 5500 Private G. Emmerson, 7th Dragoon Guards awarded QSA with clasps Cape Colony, 1901, 1902. Accidental severe self inflicted wound at Woolash on21 Feb. 1902. Discharged unfit 23 May 02. I hope that solves your problem. Good hunting John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET UK NOLITE ME CULPARE-SUFFRAGATUS SUM ERAE PORCELLAE

Hi Mr. Cronin, Thank you very much for the information you sent to me. I still would not know if he is my man. I would have to clarify a few items and was wandering if you could direct me to a military UK site having photocopies or copies of some of this G. Emmerson service records. My George Emmerson was 5 feet 8 inches tall, blue eyes, blond hair, 140 pounds. George Emmerson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was really 21 years old in 1899. The family tradition (her only living daughter) always told her daughter (my spouse) that he was not 18 years old, but 17 when he enrolled. So he had to trick his age to 18. thinking he was only 17 himself. In fact he was born in 1878 and he always taught he was born in 1881...go figure.... Now my problem will be to find a source stating that he was enrolled in Halifax by the Britsh army...Is such a thing possible....that a country was recruiting in another country (Canada)? The other point was that he really had a wound during the Boers war...He was hurt behind the head and kept a permanent mark behind his scalp...he always claims that he received a hit from the back arm (butt) of a carbine...not that he self-inflicted a wound...but it is possible that he never admit to his wife and daughter that he did a false move on his own... He never mentionned that he received a medal at the Boers war....and possibly never received any pension from a government as a veteran.... Any idea where, on the Internet I can access a UK official web site for the list of soldiers or service records for the Boers war? Thanks again for your big help. Regards Florent Coache Napierville, Quebec, Canada -----Original Message----- From: CJohncronin@aol.com [mailto:CJohncronin@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:29 AM To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] FW: Lookup for George Emmerson- Boers war Dear Florent, I have come across one G. Emmerson un fortunately only the initial. Might be your man. 5500 Private G. Emmerson, 7th Dragoon Guards awarded QSA with clasps Cape Colony, 1901, 1902. Accidental severe self inflicted wound at Woolash on21 Feb. 1902. Discharged unfit 23 May 02. I hope that solves your problem. Good hunting John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET UK NOLITE ME CULPARE-SUFFRAGATUS SUM ERAE PORCELLAE ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== Boer War Links http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarLinks.htm ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx