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    thanks Peter, I'll have to have a trip to London to have a look at the records.

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    Cossack
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Cossack View Post
    The C.I.V. were a specially raised regiment for the Boer War & NOT Yeomanry as suggested before
    You'd better tell the Guildhall Library, then

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    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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    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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    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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