Hi David, Thanks so much for your reply and the excellent leads it seems as if someone at Kew needs their butt kicked, will certainly follow up . Thanks to all on the list for your help. Regards Steve & Valerie Compton (N.Z.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Humphry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2003 06:02 Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Where to start? > Hello Steve & Valerie, > > In general new subscribers to this list are best advised to first check the > introduction page http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BWinfo.htm . > However I have a copy of the privately published Imperial Yeomanry medal > roll and can tell you that the National Archive (aka PRO) at Kew has given > you incorrect information. A proportion of the service records of the > Regular Army of the period in series WO 97 were indeed destroyed in WW2 but > the Imperial Yeomanry weren't Regular Army and their records survive almost > completely in series WO 128. It seems to me that the person who checked the > files for your grandfather looked in the wrong series and unsurprisingly > came up with a nil result. > > The medal roll shows that 21460 Sydney (sic) Buckingham 7th (Leicestershire) > Company, 4th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry was awarded the Queen's South > Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South > Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Because the roll shows his full name this > means that the author (Kevin Asplin) has physically seen his file at the PRO > when compiling the roll. I therefore suggest you revert to Kew with this > information, get them to check in the correct series and send you a copy > of his service record for which you have already paid. > > Regards, > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Valerie Compton <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:31 AM > Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Where to start? > > > > Hi Chris, We are having similar problems trying to find out about my > > Grandfather's records and how to go about sourcing them. We have been on > > several web sites with very limited results, and my cousin has written to > > Kew for my Grandfathers records and they have come back records lost in > the > > blitz....after paying 32 pound. We are looking for private 21460 Sidney > > Buckingham, 7th co. Imperial Yeomanry. Any information or web sites that > > you get, we would be greatful if you would pass them on to us. > > Regards Steve and Valerie Compton (N.Z.) > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >

Re the Boer War Mailing List on Rootsweb, the website address is now: http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWar.htm Other websites are: SADF Roll of Honour, includes 29,000 Anglo-Boer War Casualties: http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/roh/roh.exe?MenuItem=Home Tracing Ancestors who fought: http://www.mil.za/Magazines/SALUT/9how_to_trace_an_ancestor.htm Bibliography, Books, Internet Sites etc: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/boer/boerwr.htm Australian Contribution: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/boer.htm Canadian Contribution: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/100africa New Zealand Contribution http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/index.htm Yours, John Wilson (Wellington, New Zealand)