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John Karran Maltby Kerruish & F. Kerruish, Isle of Man 1 year 7 months ago #84982

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Hello jrkgreen
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A quick question for you, was J K M Kerruish in South Africa during WW1?

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John Karran Maltby Kerruish & F. Kerruish, Isle of Man 1 year 7 months ago #84985

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Thank you for what you managed to find, Dave.

Here's another Manxman, whose name came up on Facebook - "Robert Varley from Ballasalla, also fought in the Boer war, on the British side."
Bit of a long shot, but can anyone identify him?
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John Karran Maltby Kerruish & F. Kerruish, Isle of Man 1 year 7 months ago #84988

JKM died in Hospital in Western Cape during WW1.

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[email protected] wrote: JKM died in Hospital in Western Cape during WW1.


In that case, you may need to amend your public family tree , reference his service during the Boer War. Trooper J Kerruish 17th Lancers regimental number 4950 served in the same regiment during WW1...See attached medal roll for 1914

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John Karran Maltby Kerruish & F. Kerruish, Isle of Man 1 year 7 months ago #84990

This certainly needs sorting; my great uncle definitely died in Grote Schuur Hospital Western Cape, so we have a clash of timings, it may be that he was invalided out and so made his way back to SA. his son Jack was too young to serve in WW1. and in any case would not have the same service number, I have a tangled knot to sort.

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John Karran Maltby Kerruish & F. Kerruish, Isle of Man 1 year 7 months ago #84991

Maybe if I write to his granddaughter she may know better than me.

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