Hi Jean, In the experience of my ancestors their number changed when then changed regiments. My Boer-war ancestor had an A3 size sheet showing the medals awarded, infact all his records were A3. His duties during WW1 were recorded on these sheets too. As he didn't visit the continent until after the armistice of WW1 there was no medal card. He stayed at the Regimental Barracks training the volunteers & recruits during WW1 - this was a different regimet to that which he served in during the Boer War - and he had a different (regimental) number. My other WW1 ancestor had a medal card entry as he saw action - so I think the cards just covers WW1 medals. As mentioned above, Boer War records were retained and appended to during WW1. Unfortunately only a third of WW1 service records exist as they went up in smoke during the Blitz of London in WW2. I think all you can do is work on the assumption that he was in the Welch regiment before WW1, and see if this leads anywhere. Perhaps the regimental number will indicate when he joined - the higher the number the later he joined ? Try enquiring at the Welch Regimental museum... http://www.rrw.org.uk/family/index.htm Regards, JonB -----Original Message----- From: aderynyto@shaw.ca [mailto:aderynyto@shaw.ca] Sent: 26 October 2005 22:23 To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOER-WAR] Regimental numbers My relative James WYNN (1872-1915) served in the South Africa Campaign - from his WWI death record at the CWGC. Also from CWGC when he died in France he was serving in the 1st Battalion Welch Regiment, his number was 27338. There is also a medal card for him but it does not mention South Africa.