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Dear Doug,

Thank you very much for your efforts.

Charles John McGuinness (born 1898, died 1966) is my Grandfather, who took exactly the same name as his father.

I am not sure of the birth date of Charles John McGuinness, Senior.

Best wishes,
Shaun David McGuinness,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire.

He's not named on Macclesfield's Boer War memorial plaque.

www.carlscam.com/boer/macclesfield.htm

Have you looked through the local newspaper for the time? The local newspapers often printed soldiers' letters home from South Africa and these letters sometimes mentioned other soldiers' names.