Research Help Please

Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62074

RoyA Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 28 Thank you received: 16	Greetings everyone, May I ask a couple of questions please? Does anyone know if any service files for members of the Protectorate Regiment are archived in South Africa, and if so, can you suggest a researcher that I could hire? Do you know of anyone who has a copy of the Baden-Powell war diaries? Thank you VERY much for any assistance you can provide. Roy
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Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62079

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Surviving rank and file papers for the Protectorate Regiment are in WO126/105 at Kew, there are no papers for officers commissioned directly into the SAMIF.

RoyA wrote: Greetings everyone,
May I ask a couple of questions please?

Does anyone know if any service files for members of the Protectorate Regiment are archived in South Africa, and if so, can you suggest a researcher that I could hire?

Do you know of anyone who has a copy of the Baden-Powell war diaries?

Thank you VERY much for any assistance you can provide.

Roy

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Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62090

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 34575 Thank you received: 5365	Roy, Who are you seeking in the Protectorate Regiment? Dr David Biggins The following user(s) said Thank You: RoyA
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Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62093

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 34575 Thank you received: 5365	Roy, The National Army Museum may be a good place to start. They hold: Papers of Lieutenant-General Robert, Lord Baden-Powell relating to his military career 1878-1907, including the siege of Mafeking Oct. 1899-May 1900 during the South African War (1899-1902), and the South African Constabulary. Dr David Biggins
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Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62094

djb Offline Administrator Posts: 34575 Thank you received: 5365	There is information on BP held in several places. None specifically mention his diary. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F42508 Do any of the Mafeking accounts quote from his diary? Dr David Biggins
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Research Help Please 7 years 1 month ago #62104

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Hi David & Frank,
Thanks very much for your response.

I'm hopeful of writing a biography on 102 Trp. Arthur Frederick Wood who was taken prisoner at Game Tree Hill.
I have a copy of the Nominal Roll.
I had a researcher check at Kew; he is sending me a copy of the medal roll but there were no service files.

Very sorry, when I said BP's war diaries I actually meant his Staff Diary which is referenced in the link you provided.
There is mention of his Staff Diary and the events surrounding Wood's capture in this thread....
angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-and-...-mafeking-26-12-1899

This leads me to believe that someone has either a copy or a transcript of the diary.

I also tried to get a copy of Colin Wilson's Mafeking Siege Register but it's out of print.

I've just sent a PM to LinneyI, hoping he can help!