This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: robinson Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/3cDBAIB/8092 Message Board Post: HI i am new to research ,and would like some help with traceing my grandfathers military record , i have very little to go on , i have a photo of him with a row of medals on his chest, i would love to know what they were awarded to him for, he was born around 1876, i would assume it would be the boar war , he was born portland dorset, samuel john leornard robinson, i think he would have joined the army , i'm told he put his age up a couple of years to be able to join, anyone able or willing to help in my research , jean