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Title: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: 73north on Tuesday 16 July 24 17:32 BST (UK)

Hi

I wonder if anyone can help point me to trying to work out who
" C Aldis " was who enlisted in 1896 with Plumer's Matabeleland Relief Force in 1896
( source - British South Africa  Company Medal for  Rhodesia 1896 )

apart from his name on the Medal Roll ( I have his Medal ) I can find nothing on him
although I am using Ancestry - I assume a South Africa / Africa based search would bring him up ?

hopefully someone with ability to search South Africa or Rhodesia ( Zimbabwe ) can point me
to a source or a line of research
I am very happy to credit them as a source and
I am a bona fide Published Medal Article Author
kind regards

David

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: Nookie on Sunday 21 July 24 09:37 BST (UK)

You can access the Medal Roll at the National Archives for free. I spotted that some addresses were given - hopefully more information will be given for him.

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3763841

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: Andy J2022 on Sunday 21 July 24 11:09 BST (UK)

I think it is reasonable to assume he was already living in South Africa or (what became) Southern Rhodesia at the time. He was possibly one of the settlers who had fled from Matabeleland when the Matabele uprising started in March 1896.

I find that one of the better starting points for locating records for South Africa / Rhodesia for that period is the FamilySearch Wiki listing (https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/South_Africa_Online_Genealogy_Records).

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: pampoen on Tuesday 23 July 24 08:40 BST (UK)

You may find him mentioned in this book. WITH PLUMER IN MATABELELAND - An Account of the Operations of the Matabeleland Re Lief Force During the Rebellion of 1896.

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: pampoen on Tuesday 23 July 24 08:52 BST (UK)

You could ask here https://www.facebook.com/RhodesianHistoryRemembered

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: pampoen on Tuesday 23 July 24 08:55 BST (UK)

This book mentions Plumers force, place this in your browser. www.rhodesia.nl/rhodesiana/volume12.pdf

Mention also made in volume 16.

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: pampoen on Tuesday 23 July 24 09:17 BST (UK)

Where are the rolls kept? I did not see Nookies reply earlier, need glasses.
 

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: Andy J2022 on Tuesday 23 July 24 16:16 BST (UK)

Quote from: pampoen on Tuesday 23 July 24 09:17 BST (UK)

Where are the rolls kept? I did not see Nookies reply earlier, need glasses.

Here's the complete URL: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3763841

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: Nookie on Wednesday 24 July 24 09:54 BST (UK)

Would the number engraved on the rim of the medal not enable you to trace his service record?

Title: Re: * Trooper C Aldis Matabeleland Relief Force 1896 ? *
Post by: 73north on Thursday 25 July 24 16:23 BST (UK)

(https://i.imgur.com/yZSqYDCl.jpg)

Hi

Thanks for all your help , anyone able to suggest a Rhodesian Researcher ?

I will have a go , but the British Records are the ones I am most familiar with
I can state the the page ' where ' his name on the Roll , is missing from the National Archives at Kew
( I have looked several time , National Archives can't seem to find it !
Don't know if its at the Bodlein Library at Oxford
There is - no - service number on the Medal
I don't even know the man's full first name !

(https://i.imgur.com/yZSqYDCl.jpg)

I show the Medal

I have bought the Plumer book , thanks !  ;)