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Is there any list of service members by service number? I an interested in finding out if the service personnel above and below my grandfather's ser. # were from the same town. If there is how do I access that list!

The men you are looking for are:

4214 A Horne
4216 HN Forbes (DCM winner)

Check FindmyPast.co.uk for service papers.

Regards
Meurig

The British Army service numbers at the time of the Anglo Boer War were actually issued by the particular corps/regiments concerned, so if you ever encounter that, it can only be coincidental and nothing more whatsoever, men who joined the Corps of Lancers came from across the whole country.

b52john@aol.com wrote: Is there any list of service members by service number? I an interested in finding out if the service personnel above and below my grandfather's ser. # were from the same town. If there is how do I access that list!

Are you saying that the applications were sent to headquarters and assigned a service number at that time?

My search at FindMyPast of the names and ser. numbers was not successful. I will have to tweek the search. However. How did you get the names of 4214 and 4216 which goes back to "is there a index available using just the service numbers?

Not really sure what you mean when you say "applications" once a particular man was found to be fit to join he was simply given a number by his corps/regiment and that number was his unless he transferred to another regiment.

b52john@aol.com wrote: Are you saying that the applications were sent to headquarters and assigned a service number at that time?