Casualties for the Siege & Relief of Ladysmith.

 

‘Casualties’ is not the correct word for what this section intends to portray however ‘Boer War Dead’ also is not suitable terminology for this section. What we’re trying to achieve is a database that contains all known British dead that died in the Second Anglo Boer war. There is a FREE casualty search of my database and other books and references at my disposal. An enquirer will need to send me, via email, all known information they have in their possession.

In addition I am prepared to visit the National Archive repository in Pietermaritzburg for which there would be no charge for my time but I would expect my travelling costs to be paid. In addition I am prepared to visit the National Archive repository in Pietermaritzburg for which there would be no charge for my time but I would expect my travelling costs to be paid.

Some sites well worth the visit:

* Genealogy World is a free site offering a wide variety of information, photographs and sources for family history: topics include immigration, passenger lists, Anglo-Boer and Anglo-Zulu wars, missionaries, school records, transcriptions of archival material as well as useful tips on South African ancestry research and a Beginners Guide; subscribe to a free monthly e-newsletter. www.genealogyworld.net

* Genealogical Society of South Africa where they have a phenomenal number of grave and memorial photographs.

* The Register of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 at www.boerwarregister.com is the largest database of those who served in the Anglo-Boer War. The Register contains over 200,000 names and a complete and corrected casualty roll. Other information includes first names, medal entitlements, memorials, biographies and literary references.