Hi! I'm sure that it should read 'Inniskillings' not Innis Schillings Neville Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] WALTERS ancestry (Ireland toPietermarizburg, Natal, South Africa) > Hello Fellow Listers > > Is anyone able to shed any light on the below paragraph below please? > > "Great Grandfather... Jack Norman Victor Walters came to S A Boer War > 1899 1092 Innis Schillings Dragoons.... Irish . > On mobilization of Innis Schillings Dragoons should be graded with Royal > and Scots Greys... landed Queenstown 23 /24/ 25/ 1899 on SS Jamaican. SS > Siberian...S S Persia...228 Officers ...558 on Commissioned Officers and > Men 496 Horses..." > > My second great grandfather, John Charles WALTERS (aka Charlie), was born > in unknown circa 1863/64. > (His sons being Charles James Edward WALTERS - Pte, South African Medical > Corps 1917/18; Pte, First South African Infantry Brigade 1918/1919; John > WALTERS and Victor WALTERS). > His younger brother, Norman WALTERS, was born in unknown circa 1865/66. > (No sons to my knowledge & a daughter christened Methodist). > Their younger/older brother, George Jack WALTERS, was born in unknown > circa unknown. > (His son was named after him). > All the brothers' children were born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal from Feb > 1899 to Mar 1917. > > We believe Jack Norman Victor WALTERS (born in unknown circa 1840) to be > the father of the above-mentioned sons surely making him too old to have > enlisted in the Boer War in 1899? > > Kind regards, > Tara (born SHRIVES) > taraanorton@gmail.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > NCT FORESTRY CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED > http://www.nctforest.com > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify us by return email. > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by Eset > Mail Security for the presence of computer viruses. > http://www.eset.com > ________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message