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MY GRANDAD WAS IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE BOER WAR HIS NAME WAS JOHN WILLIAM WALKER BORN 1882 AND IN 1901 WAS IN MANCHESTER IN THE CAVALIERY BARRACK.S I WOOD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIS TIME IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT

Hello, welcome here,
Can you tell us, both his date and place of birth and how far you have already taken this?
Regards Frank Kelley

Border08,

Welcome to the forum!

There is one J W Walker in the Lincolnshire Regiment. 4787 Private in the 3rd Battalion. He earned the Cape Colony and SA02 clasps.

It would appear from his clasp entitlement that he spent only a few months in South Africa in 1902. I read one account that said the war ended not long after they arrived and that they did not see any action.

The 3rd Volunteer Battalion were headquartered in Grimsby. They were formed from the North Lincolnshire Militia.

If this is him, there are no service papers available in FindMyPast sadly.

Best wishes
David

Border08,

If this is your grandfather and he did serve in the 3rd battalion, you may be interested to search for the publication called 'Annals of the 3rd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly the Royal North Lincoln Militia, 1759-1901. By Captain W V R Fane. Lincoln: James Willimson, printer, 1901, 48 pps.

I do appreciate that this history would seem to omit 1902 when the battalion went to South Africa but it might tell you something of his days in the militia.

Please let me know if you source a copy of this publication.

Best wishes
David

The Foster Library of the Lincolnshire Archives has a copy, Border08.

It looks as though they hold named photos of some of the volunteer battalions too.

Poachers at the Front [Lincolnshire’s contribution to the 2nd Boer War].
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 1 May 1900 pp18-19
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 2 28th Jun 1900 pp34-36, 44 SR Journal

Poached eggs. Lincolnshire Volunteers.
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 2 28th Jun 1900 p55

Poachers at the Front.
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 3 31st Jul 1900 pp58-59, 68, 85-86, 94

Poachers at the Front [Photograph of Boston Volunteers].
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 7 Dec 1900 pp152-153

Poachers for the Front [List of volunteers for the Boer War & photo of
Lincolnshire Vol. Second Active Service Company].

Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 11 Apr 1901 pp247-249
Poachers homeward bound [First Active Service Company of Lincolnshire
Volunteers home from the Boer War including list of names and photo].
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 1 no 12 May 1901 pp262-268

Poachers mentioned in despatches.
Lincolnshire Poacher vol 2 no 16 Sep 1901 pp86-87


THANK YOU FRANK HE WAS BORN IN SHEFIELD IN 1882