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Title: Gt Grandfather Boer War Veteran
Post by: trasheap on Wednesday 02 May 12 07:58 BST (UK)

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to find the war records of my Gt Grandfather; everywhere I go, my credit card details are requested and sadly all my cards are maxed out. 
My Gt Grandfather's name was :
Ingleby    H. (Herbert)   3288    Pte.    2nd Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers? 
I would appreciate any help,
Many thanx,
Jude.     :-*

Title: Re: Gt Grandfather Boer War Veteran
Post by: gortonboy on Wednesday 02 May 12 09:54 BST (UK)

Hi,,if he is

Name:Herbert INGLEBY
Year of birth:1871
Place of birth:Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire
Regiment:Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)

mother Elizabeth,,,,then i can help.  EDIT  just checked his army number,,it is him,  ;)

Title: Re: Gt Grandfather Boer War Veteran
Post by: ladysmith on Friday 04 May 12 17:42 BST (UK)

Jude - His regular army papers covering his service in the Royal Irish Fusiliers (4 pages) plus of his Militia papers covering his previous service in the Berkshire Regiment (3 pages) are available online at findmypast or directly from the National Archives. There's no shortcut to either buying credits or paying the NA or a researcher to dig them out for you I'm afraid.

David