Medal Rolls

[kenhallock]

I have medal rolls for the Coldstream Guards and the King's Own Scottish Borderers for the Boer War. I can do some lookups for those who will furnish a name of a member of either regiment.

[Joe Leatham]

My grandfather's uncle was in the Coldstream Guards in the Boer War. I would very much like to find out more about him. I don't know his regimental number, but is it possible to look him up by name? His name was Albert Latham. If you can find him in the medal rolls I would very much appreciate any information you have. My e-mail address is

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[kenhallock]

I'll send reply by e-mail. Ken H

At page 93 of the CG medal roll for the QSA it lists. 600 Private Latham, A.
and the following clasps for the QSA: Belmont, Modder River, Dreifontein, Johannesburg,
Diamond Hill and Belfast.

At page 241 the same entries appear for entitlement to the QSA.

I found no entry for the KSA Medal.

[Joe Leatham]

Thank you very much for your reply - that was the information I was looking for, in particular the regimental number which will help in further research. Do you know of the Asplin Military History website? There is a lot of information on Victorian era military history there. Once again, thank you very much for sending me the information about my relative. I do appreciate it.

[ness graham]

I have medal rolls for the Coldstream Guards and the King's Own Scottish Borderers for the Boer War. I can do some lookups for those who will furnish a name of a member of either regiment.

Dear Mr Hallock

I understand you have the medal rolls for the coldstream guards for the boer war Im not sure now i have re read this, i think my gt uncle was too young for the boer war, i think he was in the coldstream guards in WW1.

In WW1 he would be 22yrs old, is he too young for the other africa wars
the one i have is pvte lancelot barnett reg no. 10564 cold stream guards, motor transport army service corps
is this the right one
he was born in Baston, lincs, was living in Bassingham in 1901, his father robert greenfield barnett a retired policeman and his wife emily barnett nee moyes
any information you could give me would be very much appreciated
kind regards
ness graham

[Geoffers]

i think my gt uncle was too young for the boer war, i think he was in the coldstream guards in WW1.

WW1 medal cards are available online via TNA's documents online
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

The South African War was over by 1902.

Geoffers

[ness graham]

Dear Geoffers,
Thankyou for your speedy reply. Could you tell me if there are any records online for the boer war, my gt uncle william robert barnett was old enought to be in the africa wars and he was definitely missing in the 1891 census he would have been 24 in 1899
kind regards
ness graham
thankyou

[kenhallock]

I find a 9553 Pte. R. Barnett and 1746 Pte. F. Barnett and 3896 Pte. J.E Barnett listed in the QSA section and none under the KSA roll. If any of these are of interest I can send the details.

[Geoffers]

Thankyou for your speedy reply. Could you tell me if there are any records online for the boer war,

Ther are a couple of sites where some people are listed, the URLs are given in some of the other threads on this forum. To find specific detail about all army presonnel, you basically have to go to TNA at Kew (see the thread on how to find army records for the Boer war). For RN personnel, you can download service records for this period via documents online.

Geoffers

[harfin]

Pardon my ignorance, but what sort of information appears on the medal roll?

I have purchased copies of several medal cards that could relate to my father (died 40 years ago), but I don't know his regiment number nor am I sure about the regiment he served in.

If the medal roll give a date of birth, it would help me narrow down the possibilities.

Alan