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The 2nd VB of the LNLR did not go to South Africa as a unit. Its members volunteered for service with other units. I cannot find him on the LNLR medal roll so he probably served with another regiment. G8079 may be his company and number for the 2nd VB, so he would have been given a different number for South Africa.

The easiest thing to do is to look on Findmypast as they may have created a new set of papers for him. If you do not have access to FindMyPast you should post details of his place of birth, age etc so others can confirm they have the right man.

Can you post details (or a photograph) of the plaque so we can see the other men listed. You can also look in the local newspapers as I am sure details of men volunteering would have been included.

Ken

Paul, thank you for the link, I've bookmarked it to go through

Ken. On FindMyPast I put in his name and the G8079 number and it just gave me a ref to WO127 at the National Archives, nothing else.  I do have a photo of the plaque - I shall try and scan it in, but it might get tomorrow before I can have access to a scanner. The local newspapers is a good idea (hadn't thought of that...d'oh!). But I will do a scan!

His details were as per my first post. William Dwyer G8079 Corp. He was born in Kildare, Ireland in 1860ish and lived at the time of this conflict either at 5 Hemfield Street, Ince, Wigan or 10 Hall Street, Ince Wigan.

Thank you all for your time and help thus far.

Hello 

I was at my local history society in Hindley near Wigan this morning, they have a museum exhibition up at the moment and I discovered a Boer War plaque put up to commemorate the soldiers who returned from fighting unscathed.

I believe I may have found the name of my Great Great Grandfather on there.  But I am unsure as to what is out there regarding Boer War records (if indeed there are any at all...)

His name is listed as W Dwyer (Corp) G8079 and the plaque belongs to the Loyal Northern Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Volunteer Batallion.

Is there anything that can be done with this info at all - any people I can contact or organisations that can help or websites?

Here's hoping!

Best wishes and thank you for reading
cavey

Thank you again for your kind reply!

Well, now - I spoke to my friend again last night - she said Christina was baptised as Christina Lennard Copland - she says no-one else in the family has the name Lennard so is wondering if that is after her real father? Other than that she has no idea what he may have been called only that Jane was reputed to have been whoever the father was' servant! But I might be onto something with the Lennard...

Thanks for your help thus far - very much appreciated x

Hello everyone

I am posting on behalf of a dear friend of mine who needs some help with her Scottish ancestry and I am struggling to help her!

My friend's Great Grandmother was called Jane Lamond Copland born 1860, daughter of John Copland and Mary Davidson.

She went into service at a young age and on the 1881 census she is shown as a kitchen maid at Crosscanonby, Cumberland.  She gave birth to an illegitimate daughter in 1887 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire called Christina. Jane was the servant of the man who fathered the child and my friend believes Jane married him in secret - but cannot find a marriage record for it and the father is not named on Christina's birth certificate.  Allegedly the family found out and made them annull the marriage - but neither myself or my friend know whether that would be a realistic possibility? My friend thinks they may have had a 'Marriage by Declaration' again isn't sure though...

In 1888 Jane remarried to a  John Milne and they had a son John - they are shown living together on the 1901 Scottish census, with Christina named as Cissie Milne.

Any help or opinions would be gratefully received by both of us.

Thank you for taking the time to read

Best wishes
cavegirl
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