Dvr S L Treece, number 3516, was capturewd at Sannah's Post 02 31st March 1900. He was in U Bty RHA ( Royal Horse Artillery?) and was later released. That's all the Casualty Roll has. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:39 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Finding someone from the 2nd Boer war > This coming saturday iam travelling to London to the Public Records Office in > the hope of finding some details about my Great Grandfather.His name was > Samuel Treece and from a newspaper cutting I have from the 1950's which he appears > in he indicates he enlisted in London in 1898 and took part in the relief of > Kimberly along with other things but does not mention what other than he was a > POW for 9 weeks. > He died in 1960.As this was over 10 years before I was even born I know very > little about him. > My uncle has told me all he knows is that Samuel Treece used to reffer to > something called the royal horse which I presume is the royal horse artillery.My > uncle said he also mentioned Ladysmith.Iam told he rode a horse pulling a gun > carriage. > Its said he maintained he was in a POW camp with winston Churchill but who > knows. > Later after the boer war he spent time at the Curragh military camp in > Ireland. > The most annoying thing is he got medals etc for his time in the Boer War but > these vanished out of the family when he died. > These could have proved useful for tracing his life. > Does anyone know what would be the best place to look at the PRO to give me > the best chance of finding my great grandfather in the limited time I will > have. > Also can anyone surgest what the most likely regiment my great grandfather > could have been in taking into account the places I mention. > Thanks in advance. > Simon > Derby > UK > > > Due to email spamming the following domains are blocked from sending me mail. > DOMAINS > @datingdirect > @yupimail.com > @china.com > @ev1.net > @be.formarket.biz > @sd12.hostserve21.com > @cwix.com > @financial-update.biz > If you use these domains/addresses iam sorry but you are unable to contact > me. > > > ==== 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 >