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Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] British soldier in Boer War
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:58:37 +0000
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Just a little suggestion....if he served in WW1 , would there not be be a
refs to the South African period of service on his enlistment papers of that
date.---especially as he appears to have been a' time served man'.

June





On 11/13/06, Ally McRae <> wrote:
>
> Many thanks for your reply Kirk. I'm not sure if he was a Coldstream
> Guardsman or not. I do know that in WW1 he was firstly a Warrant Officer
> Class 1, then a Company Sergeant Major, finally a Regimental Sergeant
> Major
> in the 1/6th bn - the Sherwood Foresters - of the Notts & Derby Regiment.
> Cheers,
> Ally
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> On Behalf Of Newman Family of Christchurch
> Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2006 5:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] British soldier in Boer War
>
> You will find that 2/3 of the records were saved in the Blitz fire the
> Army
> Records and so they may have some information.
>
> If your relative was a Coldstream Guardsman, it is quite likely that if
> you
> contact the home barracks in London, that they may have some information
> as
> their records were stored separately from the general army records- I
> think
> that they thought that they were a cut above the average soldier.
>
> Regards and good luck
>
> Kirk Newman & Family
> of Christchurch,
> New Zealand
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ally McRae" <>
> To: <>; <>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] British soldier in Boer War
>
>
> > Hi Alan,
> > Thank you for your reply anyway - I think it is going to be very
> difficult
> > to find anything about our relatives in the Boer War. I have just found
> out
> > that most of the records were burnt during the blitz.
> > Cheers,
> > Ally
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:
> ]
> > On Behalf Of
> > Sent: Friday, 10 November 2006 7:09 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] British soldier in Boer War
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry, I have no information that will help you. Like you, I too am
> > searching to find information about my grandfather who fought in the
> Boer
> > War with the Coldstream Guards. We have information before he went to
> South
> > Africa but then just a blank until after the war.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alan Devine
> > Hunter Valley, NSW.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:
> ]
> > On Behalf Of Ally McRae
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:04 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [BOER-WAR] British soldier in Boer War
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just joined this list. I am searching for information on Herbert
> > Henry JACKMAN, born Towersey Bucks in 1878.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is believed that he served in the British Army at the time of the
> Boer
> > War. He later fought and died in WW1 as a member of the Sherwood
> Foresters.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there any way I can find a 'nominal roll' or something similar of
> British
> > Soldiers who fought in the Boer War?
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks for any help.
> >
> > Ally McRae, BRibie Island, Australia
> >
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