Dear Tony, His army record may be at the National Archives at Kew. His Canadian service record should be obtainable from the Canadian National Archives. They may be on line or rather the references that you need for canada may be. I cannot remember the URL for Canada's NA. If you want anything from Kew the cheapest way is to go and look for yourself. Kew will not do it for you. A more expensive but best option is to have a professional researcher look. Make sure that they are experienced in military research. I last used one about 4 years ago and was charged £20 per hour then. Obtaining another medal could be tricky from official sources. Your best bet would be to have a medal dealer make you a reproduction. As he was in the militia, it is unlikely that he had much of a military career before he joined up in Canada. During peace time the Militia were reservists. I believe that they worked at their normal jobs but did military training as the government laid down. Cheers John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET UK NOLITE ME CULPARE-SUFFRAGATUS SUM ERAE PORCELLAE

H John, Thanks. I've got Attestation Paper with all his details from the Canadian site. It was very easy to find unlike the British stuff. I'm told I can also buy the other related records but I have to fax my credit card details, that doesn't seem a good idea. I have him as a Yardman working on a local farm in 1901, presumably he went back to that before moving to Canada. Two of is brothers were also killed in the First World War, one just a few weeks before him. Thanks for your help. Cheers Tony Brooke -----Original Message----- From: CJohncronin@aol.com [mailto:CJohncronin@aol.com] Sent: 29 December 2005 13:56 To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] RE: Boer War, Date Error correction Dear Tony, His army record may be at the National Archives at Kew. His Canadian service record should be obtainable from the Canadian National Archives. They may be on line or rather the references that you need for canada may be. I cannot remember the URL for Canada's NA. If you want anything from Kew the cheapest way is to go and look for yourself. Kew will not do it for you. A more expensive but best option is to have a professional researcher look. Make sure that they are experienced in military research. I last used one about 4 years ago and was charged £20 per hour then. Obtaining another medal could be tricky from official sources. Your best bet would be to have a medal dealer make you a reproduction. As he was in the militia, it is unlikely that he had much of a military career before he joined up in Canada. During peace time the Militia were reservists. I believe that they worked at their normal jobs but did military training as the government laid down. Cheers John JOHN CRONIN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET UK NOLITE ME CULPARE-SUFFRAGATUS SUM ERAE PORCELLAE ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== List Admin Message http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx