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From: Carol Lylyk <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 11thCoy, 3rd I.Y. -sailing records to South Africa
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:12:19 -0700
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Hello Shellback,
Thanks again for all the suggestions. I might just give that a try.

My second cousin has his Father's Queens South Africa medal and it had his name, rank and number around the edge which
is why I know his number. A friend of mine who had just found out her Grandfather had been in the Boer War said she had
his medal and I suggested she take a look at the edge and sure enough his was engraved too. She hadn't even realized
that he had been in South Africa.

Carol Lylyk
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
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From: "ljw" <>
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Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] 11thCoy, 3rd I.Y. -sailing records to South Africa


> Dear Carol,
> final thought for the day - mine, anyway.
> Do you realise that you may be able to get a copy of your
> ancestor's Army Service Record from the Public Records
> Office? [If his papers survived the years].
> The Ministry of Defence Army Records Centre used to hold all
> the surviving such personnel files, and are in the middle of a
> huge project to transfer them all to a computerised data-base,
> which will be in the care of the PRO, as I understand it.
> While only the paper records existed, the MoD Army Records
> Centre could only conduct searches if the enquirer had a vital
> bit of info - the soldier's Regimental Number. With over 40
> MILES of fragile paper records to search, and much duplication
> of names, the Centre long-ago had to make the Rule - "No
> Army Number, no search possible!"
> Many would-be searchers who lacked that Number were
> disappointed, and discouraged.


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