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Boer war help please

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faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 3 Jan 2008 08:50

I have a family member who goes missing in 1901. I think there maybe a chance that he was fighting in the Boer war. Does anybody know anywhere I could find maybe a list of soldiers who went to war? All I can find are roll of honours lists and as he went on to live until 1963, I know he didn’t die!

Any help would be great,

Vicky

Joan

Joan Report 3 Jan 2008 09:02

Maybe worth putting his name in the national Archives Kew searchbox.......can't remember if medal cards from before 1914 come up,,,or maybe he was in the 14-18 war too?
Joan

Joan

Joan Report 3 Jan 2008 09:05

Vicky
I've just googled Boer War+ soldiers and all sorts of sites with lists come up...
Good luck

Do you want to post his name and have some help looking?

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 3 Jan 2008 09:07

Hi Vicky

Have you looked at the military records on Ancestry?

Elaine

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 3 Jan 2008 09:09

Thanks, I will have to try that. He would have been 38 by the time WW1 started, but he did lie on his marriage cert in 1913 to make himself 33 so there is always a possibility.

Thanks,

Vicky

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 3 Jan 2008 09:11

Yes, nothing relating to him comes up. His name was David Henry Lewis and he was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire in 1876.

Thanks,

Vicky

Joan

Joan Report 3 Jan 2008 09:39

Unless his health wasn't good he would have served in WW1....many casualties were well in their 40s...my grandfather born 1873 served as a marine until 1920...

There are D Lewis in the Boer War lists but nothing to identify them as David hHnry or from St Albans...worth having a careful look though...I only had a quick look...there's a good site by a man called Asplin..
Good luck
Joan

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 3 Jan 2008 09:47

Kevin Asplin's site that Joan mentioned

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/kevinasplin/home.html

Chris

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faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 3 Jan 2008 09:56

Thanks for your help, I will have a good luck at this site today.

Thanks again,

Vicky

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 3 Jan 2008 10:59

Kevin does offer a service whereby he will look for the army records and if he can't find them there is no fee. That's how I initially found my ggrandfather's records many moons ago
Elaine