> My father served in the Boer War as a trooper in the Northumberland > Hussars Imperial Yeomanry. I have his medals, but unlike one of his > Canadian WW1 medals, they do not have his regimental number on the > back. Trying to find that and at least his service dates, I got in > touch with the Northumberland Hussars. They simply blew me off. > Has anyone any suggestions, please? > Bruce Dodd, > Ottawa, Canada Dear Bruce, You said " I got in touch with the Northumberland Hussars. They simply blew me off. " Was this the Northumberland Hussars Museum at The Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne ? If this was the case you should get back in touch and complain. If not then try this URL http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000004-The-Light-Dragoons-15th-19th-King-s-Royal-Hussars-Museum-Collection.htm I googled "Boer War" and found this site which mention every Army Unit that was involved http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.htm. and this one http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialYeomanryCompaniesBoer.html For Boer War Service Records these are held at The National Archives at Kew. Also found was this "Those who served in the Imperial Yeomanry are in class WO128. A publication (available at TNA) is useful here: 'The roll of the Imperial Yeomanry, Scottish Horse and Lovats Scouts, 2nd Boer War 1899-1902' by K J Asplin - it is an 'alphabetical list of 39,800 men of these volunteer forces who enlisted for the 2nd Boer War." There is also a pay for view site FindMyPast that has the medal cards index. http://www.findmypast.com/boer-war.jsp As Brian Pears suggested subscribing to a Military List, I recommend britregiments@yahoogroups.com they cover every war the British Regiments & Commonwealth Countries that were involved. Sorry I cannot help with the nursing, but Fee has offered you assistance on this matter. John Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne little.blobby2@btinternet.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~littleblobby/ http://www.freewebs.com/littleblobby/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dodd" <bmdodd@rogers.com> To: <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:37 AM Subject: [NMB] UK Military Records