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From: Lehmkuhl <>
Subject: Re: Anglo-Boer War
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 12:40:57 -0700
In-Reply-To: <014b01bf84a7$394521a0$a39c22c4@franklyn.icon.co.za>


At 03-03-00 Friday 01:03 AM, you wrote:
>A Canadian friend is trying to trace a suspected ancestor who
>died in Wynberg, Cape Town in 1900. He was serving in a British
>(or Colonial?) Dragoon regiment at the time. He was:
>Private A. POWELL, Reg No 3975. Died 27 June 1900, Wynberg
>Can some military historian tell me which units of dragoons were
>stationed in Cape Town in 1900?
>As my nearest FHC is temporarily closed, could some KS please do
>a look-up in the Cape Death Notice indexes for A. POWELL?
>(Previously I have found DNs filed for Commonwealth troops who
>died on active service.)
>Frank. Jo'burg

Hi Frank
I'm not a military historian, but I know that the following Canadian units
were involved in the war:
Manitoba Dragoons
Royal Canadian Dragoons
(Princess Louise?) Dragoon Guards
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Anne Lehmkuhl - Professional genealogist specialising in South African research
Member of: Genealogical Society of South Africa; Association of
Professional Genealogists (USA)
Web site http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/

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