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Dear All,

Sometimes one just wishes one listened to our elders much more when we were younger.

But I have been told that my Grandfather came over to came to Cape Town to look after the horses that were arriving from overseas for the Boer War. Later when cars were being more widely used he was transferred to the mechanical corp. Other stories say he came over with the mechanical corp. I don't know which version is true? I have been searching for the last year to find his Service Record on Crown Duty without success. Can any one on this forum pleas help point me in the right direction. I would be most grateful.

Yours faithfully
Ashley Nicholas

Hello

If you can't find his service record on FindmyPast or Ancestry then it doesn't exist, unless he served beyond 1922 in which case the MOD still have them.

Have you tried the medal rolls on Ancestry?

Regards
Meurig

In the complete absence of any available folio, it is rather more likely that a particular mans papers have not survived, but, I certainly would not suggest that they do not exist, a manual search would be necessary, but, sadly would not be possible in WO363 and WO364 because of their condition, they were never intended to be released to the general public.

SWB wrote: Hello

If you can't find his service record on FindmyPast or Ancestry then it doesn't exist, unless he served beyond 1922 in which case the MOD still have them.

Have you tried the medal rolls on Ancestry?

Regards
Meurig