Hello again Jim,
I'd just go with one of the published histories if I were you, easy to buy on line, moreover, they don't all have to cost a fortune either, perhaps consult the NAM too and take it from there, also, I would talk to Brett Hendey on this forum, I suspect that secretly this is a favourite regiment of his, although, I might be wrong, but, he has been a long term member of this forum, I'm really quite new here and Brett is, after all, in Natal, sadly. a considerable number of the regiment lost their lives there during the war.
Anyway, start off with a good book, in addition, there is a RDF forum you could look at and join, I do not know how good they are though.
Look after those medals too, what first struck me about your man, was that he joined the regiment at the point they would have been appearing in the press because of what was happening to the Natal Field Force, just seven months later, he is out on the veldt himself.
Regards Frank.
Tullowlad wrote: Hi there Frank..is there any old records left .photos etc about the RDF from the Boer war ..I was told that trinity college have old archives including photos?i was lucky enough to get my great uncles war records still intact from national archives in the uk ..also on find my past ...luck they survived the blitz ..I have a few old photos of the great uncle and will post during the week .but they are from 1914& 1919 ..photo of British legion appeal and the survivors of ww1 in Tullow square circa 1919 ..but we had an old picture of Boer era ..but it's can't be found between the family's houses but we still looking ,hopefully it will be found ,or somebody else in the photo of about 8 soldiers might have another copy of the same photo ..some where in Ireland .if I seen the same photo I would recognise it ..regards jim
