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Served in India
« on: Tuesday 20 May 14 22:17 BST (UK) »
Help needed please in finding records of my GFather Michael Donoghue who spent 5 years in India up to 1899 he then went to the Boer war in South Africa. His no.3787
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Re: Served in India
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 20 May 14 22:41 BST (UK) »
We probably need some more information? ;D

What regiment?
When was he born?
Where was he born?
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Served in India
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 20 May 14 22:54 BST (UK) »
Hi  he was in the Royal Munster Fusiliers and born in Dublin 1873

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Re: Served in India
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 06:26 BST (UK) »
Did you get this information from Findmypast? They are the only source for his service record - assuming he was discharged before the end of 1913. You should also look on Ancestry for his medal entitlement. There were three medal rolls covering the Boer War, and a man may be on all three. These covered Queens and Lkings South Africa medals and an extra supplementary roll for additional clasps for the QSA.

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Re: Served in India
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 11:34 BST (UK) »
Hi  ken, i have his records from the boer war i am trying to find any records from his time in India where he spent 5 years, He was discharged in 1903,
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:19 BST (UK) »
Apart from records on FindMyPast and the medal rolls on Ancestry the only other records are the musters, and they did not exist after the mid 1890s.

It was the 2nd Battalion that was in India before the Boer War. I have managed to discover that the headquarters of the 2nd Bn was here:

1892 Cawnpore   
1897 Dum Dum   
1899 Dinapore 

You may get more by searching any online newspaper archives you can find.

Ken

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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:22 BST (UK) »
Ok Ken Thanks.

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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:25 BST (UK) »
They arrived late for the Boer War. They landed in Durban on 30 December 1901, and therefore just qualified for the South Africa 1901 clasp. If he did not get this he must have been on a later ship.

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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 16:40 BST (UK) »
Ken,
  he was in the 1st battalion RMF in South Africa and I have his records from that time, I did not understand why I could not get the records from his trip to India,
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