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From: Clive Sandon <>
Subject: FW: [BOER-WAR] Service Records for soldier serving 12th Lancers1899-1903
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:44:56 +1000
In-Reply-To: <20040322153616.92019.qmail@web41508.mail.yahoo.com>


Dear Listers

I would like to know that too.

Many thanks

Clive Sandon
Brisbane, Australia
Researching Sandon, Sly, Bonus, Billing, Bush, Cox, Christian, King families
in England/Australia 1850 to present day.


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> From: indy chick <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:36:16 +0000 (GMT)
> To:
> Subject: [BOER-WAR] Service Records for soldier serving 12th Lancers 1899-1903
> Resent-From:
> Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:03:07 -0700
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm hoping someone can help me here - I want to
> know if service records or any other personnel
> records in existence for a soldier serving in the
> 12th Lancers between 1899 and 1903, and if so
> where they would be kept?
>
> My great grandfather served with this regiment
> and I have his service number - 4074 - and his
> discharge papers which show he served 4 years 140
> days and was discharged on 9th January 1903 with
> a 12 month pension of sixpence a day.
>
> This discharge paper also indicates that he lied
> about his age when he joined the regiment as it
> gives his age at discharge as 21 yrs and 10
> months.
>
> He was actually born on 8th February 1883, giving
> an age of 19yrs and 11 months in January 1903. He
> appears to have joined in about Jun 1899 when he
> was 16 and a half but gave his age as 19. Would
> this have been quite easy to do or would he have
> had to provide proof of his age?
>
> Any advice on where to look for personnel records
> or campaign records for this regiment would be
> very welcome
>
> Wendy
>
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