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From: "Gary Samson" <>
Subject: RE: [BOER-WAR] Soldiers Pay
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 05:58:21 +0100
In-Reply-To: <3EF79A50.5090404@telus.net>


Hi Susan,

The ordinary rate of pay for a British private soldier in the Boer War was
1/- per day. This sum was unchanged from 1793 and would not change again
until 1919 when it rose to 2/9 per day in an attempt to make the Army an
attractive and reasonably well paid alternative to other occupations.
Soldiers could earn an extra daily allowance (or proficiency pay) if they
had a particular skill, eg shoeing-smith, machine gunner, marksman, and so
on.

Gary
Canterbury, Kent



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan O'Connor [mailto:]
> Sent: 24 June 2003 1:25 am
> To:
> Subject: [BOER-WAR] Soldiers Pay
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know how much a soldier in the British Army fighting in
> South Africa would have been paid each month?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Susan
> --
>
> Researching: CONNOR, KENNEDY, CAHILL, KENNA or KENNAN, FARRELL,
> LADEROUTE, HICKSON, NAUGHTON

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