thanks Peter, I'll have to have a trip to London to have a look at the records.
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Thread: late C.I.V. -What does it mean??
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16-09-2008, 11:58 AM #11mandymadGuest
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11-10-2008, 6:56 PM #12CossackGuest
Hi,
I can probably give you more info on what you are looking for as my Great-Grandfather was in the C.I.V. so have a fair bit of knowledge, if you would like to mail me I can help you out. The C.I.V. were a specially raised regiment for the Boer War & NOT Yeomanry as suggested before, but they were all from London Volunteer Battalions. I already found your chap in my lists & his Volunteer regiment he belonged to too :-)
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11-10-2008, 7:20 PM #13
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11-10-2008, 8:24 PM #14CossackGuest
They should already know!!! The City of London Imperial Volunteers were raised purely for the Boer war in 1900 & drawn exlusively from the London Volunteer regiments as they were all trained marksmen. The Yeomanry were a completly different kettle of fish altogether as this was the designation for cavalry units although the CIV did have a mounted unit as well as artillery, machine guns & even cyclists!. Then again, I'm only speaking from being a the Great-Grandson of a C.I.V. Sergeant so I'm probably wrong ;-)
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11-10-2008, 9:11 PM #15
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On checking, I see that the extract that you took issue with is actually from a National Archives research guide and not from the Guildhall Library.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...fletID=147&j=1
If the National Archives has something wrong, I think you should let them know.
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12-10-2008, 6:20 PM #16CossackGuest
no problem at all!!! I have a good amount of research material & original items too including a letter home from my Great-Grandfather during his service with the CIV. When I'm next at the NA I shall have a word!!! Best regards....Andy
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