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Trooper Camillei wrote: I had researched the 1906 South African unit Royston Horse for some years regardinf Trooper S. Camilleri of whom I have the 1906 Natal Rebellion medal. I've even had various contacts with the archives of the SADF. Camilleri had serveved in the Imperial Light Horse in 1902 and even later during WWI, always in the SA military. I had located the nominal roll of the two RH squadrons, neither I nor the SADF have the RH enlistment records of the unit as their records commence in 1909 when the SADF

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was established. I was able to locate the Attestation Papers for Camilleri for the Imperial Light Horse but his nationality is given as a British Subjet.

Considering that the surname and being a British subject points to him being Maltese, it kindled my interest to learn more about him and his origin, which the ILH doesn't clarify. Can you kindly advise me where I may possibly conduct further enquiries? I have contacted various institutions, societies and museums in the UK in the past, but always drew a blank wall. One even suggested that any such records may have remained with the Royston family but I failed to locate any contacts.

Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks

Hello Trooper Camilleri

Welcome to the forum.

It may be beneficial to re send your request as a stand alone post.
The more details you can provide at this point pertaining to S Camilleri
the more chance the learned forum members maybe able to help you.
I imagine the S may stand for Salvatore ? He certainly served in the Imperial Light Horse and was awarded his QSA and clasps for his service. You mentioned you have attestation papers? These may be helpful to share. There are family trees on Ancestry which may lead you to some answers. Also, Family Search South Africa may hold details regarding his time there. The more details you can provide of your quest so far would be beneficial to the forum, as we do not want to duplicate your findings.


Dave.....

Hi Dave.
Being new here and to some of the sources referred, shall I post as a new thread under Royston's Horse?
I did try Ancestry but since I don't have details of his parents, etc. I wasn't able to get far.
Many thanks
Denis