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Harry Renton 6 years 9 months ago #54055

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Hello,

I am new to this website and searching for information on Harry Renton.
He was related to my grandmother, a draughtsman, and purported to
have made beautiful illustrated diaries of his Boer War experiences.
This website lists H Renton and HH Renton, both Harry.

Does anyone have details on a Harry Renton? My direct email is
[email protected]

Best wishes, Joss.

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Harry Renton 6 years 9 months ago #54063

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Any idea where he could have been residing in the 1890s?
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Harry Renton 6 years 9 months ago #54064

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Welcome Joss,

There are only 3 H Rentons on the Boer War rolls:

22939 Tpr H Renton, 11th Imperial Yeomanry. There will be an attestation paper for him. He served throughout the war.
5127 Pte H Renton 2nd West Yorkshire. Returned to England 10 May 1900. There are no service papers for him.
Tpr H H Renton, Major General Elliot's Divisional Intelligence. Went on the serve in the Natal Police.

From looking at the military information on FindMyPast, several Harry Rentons served in the Great War too.
Dr David Biggins
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Harry Renton 6 years 9 months ago #54087

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I don't have access to S African records but he married a Johanna Ingram
about that time.

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Harry Renton 6 years 9 months ago #54088

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Here is his wife's death notice - there are also particulars about him thereon

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In addition there are cartoons he sketched in the SA War Museum in the Transvaal. The Free State Archives have a request from him for employment in that province in 1907
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