Boer War: SA armed forces records at TNA Kew

THE FOLLOWING LIST SHOWS LOCAL ARMED FORCES (SERVING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE BRITISH CAUSE) DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902, WHOSE RECORDS ARE HELD BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, KEW, UK.

NOMINAL ROLLS (i.e. soldiers' names)

Box No:        Unit:

WO 127/1       Ashburner's light Horse.
WO 127/1       Bechuanaland Rifles.
WO 127/1       Bethune's Mounted Infantry.
WO 127/2       Border Horse.
WO 127/2       Border Mounted Rifles.
WO 127/2       Border Scouts.
WO 127/3       Brabant's Horse.
WO 127/3       Brett's Scouts.
WO 127/3       Bushmanland Borderers, Hannay's Scouts and Scott's Railway Guards.
WO 127/3       Bushveldt Carbineers.
WO 127/4       Canadian Scouts.
WO 127/4       Canadian Scouts and Border Horse.
WO 127/4       Cape Colony Cycle Corps.
WO 127/5       Cape Medical Staff Corps.
WO 127/5       Cape Police.
WO 127/5       Cattle Rangers Corps.
WO 127/5       Clanwilliam Convoy Guard.
WO 127/5       Colonial Light Horse (2nd. Battn. Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles).
WO 127/6       Colonial Scouts.
WO 127/6       Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard.
WO 127/6       Cullinan's Horse, Herbert Mounted Rifles, Brett's Scouts, Port Alfred.
WO 127/6       Imperial Mounted Police.
WO 127/7       Damant's Horse.
WO 127/7       Damant's Horse and Orpen's Light Horse.
WO 127/7       Dennison's Scouts.
WO 127/7       Diamond Field Horse.
WO 127/7       District Mounted Rifles.
WO 127/7       Dordrecht Town Guard.
WO 127/7       Driscoll's Scouts.
WO 127/7       Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles.
WO 127/8       Durban Light Infantry.
WO 127/8       Eastern Province Horse.
WO 127/8       Erroll's Scouts, part of Nesbitt's Horse.
WO 127/8       Franerburg Scouts.
WO 127/8       French's Scouts.
WO 127/8       Frontier Light Horse.
WO 127/8       Geoghegan's Scouts.
WO 127/8       Gorringe's Flying Column.
WO 127/8       Grigualand East Light Horse, see footnote to Kimberley Horse.
WO 127/8       Hannay's Scouts.
WO 127/8       Herbert Mounted Rifles.
WO 127/9       Herschel Native Police.
WO 127/9       Imperial Bearer Corps.
WO 127/9       Imperial Hospital Corps.
WO 127/10     Imperial Light Horse.
WO 127/10     Imperial Light Horse and Protectorate Regiment.
WO 127/10     Imperial Light Infantry.
WO 127/11     Imperial Yeomanry Scouts.
WO 127/11     Imperial Yeomanry Scouts, French Scouts, South African Mounted Infantry Forces.
WO 127/11     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles.
WO 127/11     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles and Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.
WO 127/11     Kaffrarian Rifles.
WO 127/12     Kimberley Horse.
WO 127/12     Kimberley Light Horse.
WO 127/12     Kimberley Mounted Corps.
WO 127/12     King William Town Guard.
WO 127/12     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.
WO 127/12     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts and Driscoll's Scouts.
WO 127/13     Kitchener's Horse.
WO 127/13     Loch's Horse, Ross's Machine Gun Battery, Imperial Yeomanry Scouts.
WO 127/13     Marshall's Horse.
WO 127/14     Menne's Scouts.
WO 127/14     Molteno's Town Guard.
WO 127/14     Montmorency's Scouts, Tucker's Scouts, Strubeh's Scouts, Border Scouts, Fraserburg Scouts, Warren's Scouts.
WO 127/14     Mount Coke Contiguent.
WO 127/14     Namaqualand Border Scouts.
WO 127/15     Natal Carbineers.
WO 127/15     Natal Medical Corps.
WO 127/15     Natal Naval Volunteers.
WO 127/15     Natal Royal Rifles.
WO 127/15     Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
WO 127/15     Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment.
WO 127/15     Natal Volunteer Veterinary Corps.
WO 127/15     Nesbitt's Horse.
WO 127/15     Orange River Scouts.
WO 127/15     Orpen's Light Horse.
WO 127/16     Pietersburg Light Horse.
WO 127/16     Port Alfred Imperial Mounted Police.
WO 127/16     Prince Alfred's Guards Mounted Infantry.
WO 127/16     Prince of Wales Light Horse.
WO 127/17     Protectorate Regiment.
WO 127/17     Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
WO 127/17     Railway Pioneer Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions.
WO 127/18     Railway Pioneer Regiment, 3rd and 4th Battalions.
WO 127/18     Railway Pioneer Regiment and Rhodesia Regiment.
WO 127/18     Rand Rifles.
WO 127/19     Reserves.
WO 127/19     Rhodesia Regiment.
WO 127/19     Rimington Guides, renamed Damant's Horse.
WO 127/19     Robert's Horse.
WO 127/19     Robertson District Mounted Troops.
WO 127/19     Ross's Machine Gun Battery.
WO 127/19     Rundle's Scouts.
WO 127/20     Scottish Horse.
WO 127/20     Scott's Railway Guard.
WO 127/20     Settle's Scouts.
WO 127/20     South African Light Horse.
WO 127/21     South African Mounted Infantry Forces.
WO 127/21     Steinsecker's Horse.
WO 127/21     Struben's Scouts.
WO 127/21     Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.
WO 127/21     Tucker's Scouts.
WO 127/22     Umvet's Mounted Rifles.
WO 127/22     Utrecht Mounted Police.
WO 127/22     Vryburgh Scouts.
WO 127/22     Warren's Mounted Infantry.
WO 127/22     Warren's Scouts.
WO 127/22     Warwick's Scouts, Rundle's Scouts, Settle's Scouts, Geoghegan's Scouts, Clanwilliam Convoy Guard.
WO 127/22     Western Light Horse.
WO 127/22     Willowmore Town Guard.
WO 127/22     Zululand Scouts, renamed Colonial Scouts.

Miscellanea 1899-1902
WO 127/23
WO 127/23     Coronation Contingents.
WO 127/23     Volume containing names of a few men from each of 49 units of the Local Armed Forces.

ENROLMENT FORMS:

Box No:        Unit:

WO 126/1       Ashburner's Light Horse Bechuanaland Rifles
WO 126/2       Bethune's Mounted Infantry. A-L
WO 126/3       Bethune's Mounted Infantry. M-Z
WO 126/4       Border Horse
WO 126/5       Border Scouts
WO 126/6       Brabant's Horse. A-B
WO 126/7       Brabant's Horse. C-D
WO 126/8       Brabant's Horse. E-G
WO 126/9       Brabant's Horse. H-I
WO 126/10     Brabant's Horse. J-L
WO 126/11     Brabant's Horse. Ma-Mi
WO 126/12     Brabant's Horse. Mo-P
WO 126/13     Brabant's Horse. Q-S
WO 126/14     Brabant's Horse. T-Z
WO 126/15     Bushmanland Borderers
WO 126/16     Canadian Scouts. A-J
WO 126/17     Canadian Scouts. K-Z
WO 126/18     Cape Colonial Forces (Colonial Defence Force)
WO 126/19     Cape Colony Cyclists Corps. A-C
WO 126/20     Cape Colony Cyclists Corps. D-H
WO 126/21     Cape Colony Cyclists Corps. I-Q
WO 126/22     Cape Colony Cyclists Corps. R-Z
WO 126/23     Cape Medical Staff Corps
WO 126/24     Cape Peninsular Regiment. A-D
WO 126/25     Cape Peninsular Regiment. E-L
WO 126/26     Cape Peninsular Regiment. M-R
WO 126/27     Cape Peninsular Regiment. S-Z
WO 126/28     Cattle Rangers
WO 126/29     [blank]
WO 126/30     Colonial Scouts
WO 126/31     Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard. A-D
WO 126/32     Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard. E-J
WO 126/33     Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard. K-Q
WO 126/34     Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard. R-Z
WO 126/35     Damant's Horse. A-D
WO 126/36     Damant's Horse. E-J
WO 126/37     Damant's Horse. K-Q
WO 126/38     Damant's Horse. R-Z
WO 126/39     Dennison's Scouts (Western Border Rifles)
WO 126/40     Driscoll's Scouts. A-C
WO 126/41     Driscoll's Scouts. D-J
WO 126/42     Driscoll's Scouts. K-P
WO 126/43     Driscoll's Scouts. Q-Z
WO 126/44     Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles (Colonial Light Horse)
WO 126/45     Eastern Province Horse French's Scouts
WO 126/46     Frontier Light Horse. A-J
WO 126/47     Frontier Light Horse. K-Z
WO 126/48     Gorringe's Flying Column
WO 126/48     Herschel Native Police A-J
WO 126/49     Herschel Native Police K-M
WO 126/50     Herschel Native Police N-Z
WO 126/51     Imperial Bearer Corps.
WO 126/52     Imperial Hospital Corps. A-E
WO 126/53     Imperial Hospital Corps. F-M
WO 126/54     Imperial Hospital Corps. N-Y
WO 126/55     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. A-Bo
WO 126/56     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. Br-C
WO 126/57     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. D-F
WO 126/58     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. G-Hi
WO 126/59     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. Ho-K
WO 126/60     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. L-Mac
WO 126/61     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. Mad-N
WO 126/62     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. O-Ri
WO 126/63     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. Ro-So
WO 126/64     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. Sp-V
WO 126/65     Imperial Light Horse and Imperial Light Infantry. W-Z
WO 126/66     Imperial Yeomanry Scouts
WO 126/67     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. A-Ca
WO 126/68     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. Ce-F
WO 126/69     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. G-I
WO 126/70     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. J-Mac
WO 126/71     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. Mad-Q
WO 126/72     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. R-S
WO 126/73     Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. T-Z
WO 126/74     Kaffrarian Rifles and Kimberley Horse, A-K
WO 126/75     Kimberley Horse L-Z
WO 126/76     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. A-B
WO 126/77     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. C-F
WO 126/78     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. G-H
WO 126/79     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. I-Me
WO 126/80     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. Mi-Q
WO 126/81     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. R-S
WO 126/82     Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. T-Z
WO 126/83     Kitchener's Horse. A-C
WO 126/84     Kitchener's Horse. D-G
WO 126/85     Kitchener's Horse. H-L
WO 126/86     Kitchener's Horse. M-O
WO 126/87     Kitchener's Horse. P-Sp
WO 126/88     Kitchener's Horse. St-Z
WO 126/89     Marshall's Horse and Uitenhage Volunteer Rifles. A-M
WO 126/90     Marshall's Horse and Uitenhage Volunteer Rifles. N-Y. Menne's Scouts
WO 126/91     Midland Mounted Rifles. A-J
WO 126/92     Midland Mounted Rifles. K-Y126/9
WO 126/93     Namaqualand Border Scouts
WO 126/93     Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A-H
WO 126/94     Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps. I-Z
WO 126/95     National Scouts
WO 126/95     Nesbitt's Horse. A-C
WO 126/96     Nesbitt's Horse. D-K
WO 126/97     Nesbitt's Horse. L-S
WO 126/98     Nesbitt's Horse. T-Z
WO 126/98     Orange River Scouts
WO 126/99     Orpen's Light Horse
WO 126/100   Pietersburg Light Horse
WO 126/101   Prince of Wales' Light Horse. A-D
WO 126/102   Prince of Wales' Light Horse. E-J
WO 126/103   Prince of Wales' Light Horse. K-P
WO 126/104   Prince of Wales' Light Horse. Q-Y
WO 126/105   Protectorate Regiment
WO 126/106   Railway Pioneer Regiment. A-B
WO 126/107   Railway Pioneer Regiment. C-F
WO 126/108   Railway Pioneer Regiment. G-J
WO 126/109   Railway Pioneer Regiment. K-M
WO 126/110   Railway Pioneer Regiment. N-Sm
WO 126/111   Railway Pioneer Regiment. Sn-Z
WO 126/112   Rand Rifles. A-G
WO 126/113   Rand Rifles. H-O
WO 126/114   Rand Rifles. P-Y
WO 126/115   Rhodesian Regiment. A-K
WO 126/116   Rhodesian Regiment. L-Z
WO 126/117   Roberts' Horse. A-D
WO 126/118   Roberts' Horse. E-J
WO 126/119   Roberts' Horse. K-P
WO 126/120   Roberts' Horse. R-Z
WO 126/121   Ross's Battery and Loch's Horse
WO 126/122   Scottish Horse. A-C
WO 126/123   Scottish Horse. D-G
WO 126/124   Scottish Horse. H-L
WO 126/125   Scottish Horse. M-Ri
WO 126/126   Scottish Horse. Ro-Z
WO 126/127   Scott's Railway Guards and Cape Railway Sharpshooters. A-F
WO 126/128   Scott's Railway Guards and Cape Railway Sharpshooters. G-M
WO 126/129   Scott's Railway Guards and Cape Railway Sharpshooters. N-Z
WO 126/129   Settle's Scouts
WO 126/130   South African Light Horse. A-B
WO 126/131   South African Light Horse. C-D
WO 126/132   South African Light Horse. E-G
WO 126/133   South African Light Horse. H-J
WO 126/134   South African Light Horse. K-Mac
WO 126/135   South African Light Horse. Mad-O
WO 126/136   South African Light Horse. P-R
WO 126/137   South African Light Horse. S-To
WO 126/138   South African Light Horse. Tr-Z
WO 126/139   South African Mounted Irregular Forces. A-J
WO 126/140   South African Mounted Irregular Forces. K-Z
WO 126/141   Steinaecker's Horse
WO 126/142   Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. A-F
WO 126/143   Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. G-N
WO 126/144   Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. O-Z
WO 126/145   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. A-Ba
WO 126/146   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Be-Bo
WO 126/147   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Br-Ci
WO 126/148   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Cl-Da
WO 126/149   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. De-E
WO 126/150   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. F-Go
WO 126/151   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Gr-He
WO 126/152   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Hi-Ji
WO 126/153   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Jo-La
WO 126/154   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Le-MacF
WO 126/155   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. MacG-Mi
WO 126/156   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Mo-O
WO 126/157   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. P-Q
WO 126/158   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. R
WO 126/159   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Sa-Sm
WO 126/160   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Sn-Ta
WO 126/161   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Te-Va
WO 126/162   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Ve-Wh
WO 126/163   Town Guards and District Mounted Troops. Wi-Z1
WO 126/164   Warren Mounted Infantry
WO 126/165   Western Light Horse
WO 126/166   Western Province Mounted Rifles. A-L
WO 126/167   Western Province Mounted Rifles. M-Z