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Welcome the forum, Dave,

I don't know very much about the POC so look forward to learning more about its role.

Regards
David

Good Morning Dave.....

Just remembered after reading this post that I have a book on the history of the Post Office Corps and Telegraph Service in South Africa....

It looks as if it has been privately published and is made up of a number of articles taken from many many sources and has a large number of photos....

Title: THE POST OFFICE MILITANT, 1899-1902, THE ANGLE BOER WAR, Selected and Edited by A.G.M. Batten F.R.P.S.L., R.D.P.S.A., Published by A.G.M. Batten at Brackenber, Wych Hill Way, Woking, England, 1981.....

Mike

James Burns Rodger

Thank you - I'll look into this, although as a private publisher I may not be able to get hold of a copy.

Okay,
the reason I asked is because if you served in the APO Corps in South Africa, you usually recieved the medal, I had a look in WO100/230 at the APO Corps, but, there is no man with that name.
It was worth looking, but, he might have been in the RE and not the APO.
Regards Frank

He may well have been in RE. I do have a Discharge certificate for WW1 when he was on the reserves list. To the best of my knowledge he never took part - gives enlisted date as 18/04/18 & discharge as 24/10/18. The certificate gives his Regt No 601215 Rank Pioneer
Unit Class 'W' Army Res R.E.
Records Chatham
He was born in 1869 so I guess too old for full participation in WW1
In my ignorance of this subject - Would he have kept the same regiment and or No from Boer War to WW1?
Where do you suggest I go from here?
Any thoughts on the bulletin I mentioned?
Regards