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Hello Meurig,
Yes they will have memorials, you are taking me back some twenty years or so when I was in my teens and used to spend a lot of my spare time at Kew, I have really not bothered to look at this since, it all rather depended on money and connections!

A most memorable gentleman would be Captain Edward Murray of the Cameron's, though, he was serving as adjutant of the Lovats Scouts when he was killed.

Kind regards Frank

Frank Kelley wrote: Hello Meurig,
Yes they will have memorials, you are taking me back some twenty years or so when I was in my teens and used to spend a lot of my spare time at Kew, I have really not bothered to look at this since, it all rather depended on money and connections!

A most memorable gentleman would be Captain Edward Murray of the Cameron's, though, he was serving as adjutant of the Lovats Scouts when he was killed.

Kind regards Frank

Thanks Frank - just found a reference to him in the SAMHS journal article by Steve Watt - he was re-interred at the family seat of Scone Palace in Scotland. His gravestone in South Africa was relocated to Aliwal North, and I guess is still there today - just confuse everybody!

Need to read through In Memoriam to find more of these chaps.

ref: rapidttp.co.za/milhist/vol142sw.html

Regards
Meurig

Hi Meurig......have sent you the 2 records for a W. Cork to the above email. I had no info when I started my search other than his name and rank.

regards Lynne

lynne wrote: Hi Meurig......have sent you the 2 records for a W. Cork to the above email. I had no info when I started my search other than his name and rank.

regards Lynne

Thanks Lynne.

92630 William Earnest Cork - has service papers are at FindmyPast - he was born in Clonmel in 1878.

There are no papers for a William Herbert Cork on FmP or Ancestry.

I am thinking that WE Cork is not your man?

Regards
Meurig

Definitely not......which is the best place to look. I know that in 1889 he had a son (my fathers father) and on the birth certificate the occupation of the father was staff sergeant kings royal rifles. I am at a loss if there is no mention of him on ancestry or FmyP. Also, is it possible for a staff sergeant to later be a lieutenant?

Thank you so much for your time and patience.

Lynne

lynne wrote: Definitely not......which is the best place to look. I know that in 1889 he had a son (my fathers father) and on the birth certificate the occupation of the father was staff sergeant kings royal rifles. I am at a loss if there is no mention of him on ancestry or FmyP. Also, is it possible for a staff sergeant to later be a lieutenant?

Thank you so much for your time and patience.

Lynne

Hello Lynne

The lack of papers, while a blow to researchers, doesn't prove he wasn't in the Army - the birth certificate does prove he was.

A staff sergeant could reach the rank of Honorary Lieutenant & Quartermaster - these ranks are listed in the Army List - an annual list of army officers and senior NCOs.

Regards
Meurig