Hello Alan, Your best bet is to check, or have a researcher do it for you, the Queen's South Africa Medal Rolls at the PRO. These are arranged by battalion and those of the South Staffs are in subseries WO 100/188. If your man served in the Boer War with the South Staffs his medal entitlement will be recorded. If this is successful you could then check if his attestation and service papers are among those which survive in series WO 07. Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Smith <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:44 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Tracing relative -advice please > I understant that a relative fought in the Boer War in the South Staffs Regiment and would like to verify this if possible. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might proceed. > Thanks in advance > Alan