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From: "John Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Scottish Ancester who fought in Boer War
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:33:52 +1300
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Hi Maggie:

The Scottish & Irish had quite a few regiments in the British Army of
the time, so he would have been in the British Army (Ireland was not
Independent until c1922). There were some Irishmen fighting with the
Boers, but no Scots as far as I know.

See "Scots at War" website (if it still works?), but there are no websites
of lists of Scottish soldiers that I know of. Did your ggf also fight in
WWI?
http://www-saw.arts.ed.ac.uk/

Or via Scotland's People:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&965

Yours, John Wilson (New Zealand)


> How would I find out and most importantly is there a website which lists
> soldiers who fought in the Boer War who were Scottish? My
> great-Grandfather, Alexander Walker BARRON was born in Banffshire,
> Scotland in 1873 and fought in the Boer War...I don't know much about
> this war, so please excuse what may seem like stupid questions, would
> he have fought with the British?
>

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