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can anyone please help
william henry crowther was born 15/7/1869
i have him on the 1871 and 81 censuswith his dad
he married alice harriet bourne1897 their first child was born 1899 then nan was born 1900
but i cant find him on the censuses for 91 and 01 cant find him till1911 with his wife alice daughter and son (first child died)
today i have been told he was in the boer war . my question is how do i find information on him there thank you zena


edited was told he was in the army perhaps boer war but dates dont match his father was hanged 1888 he isnt on census again till 1911 but he did all the above could he have been in another conflict before 1897
thanks again zena

THE ANGLO-BOER WAR



ANGLO-BOER WAR International History Conference Ladysmith 25-27 January 2010

ANGLO-BOER WAR SERVICE RECORDS
Transcribed by Rowena Wattrus

TRACING ANGLO-BOER WAR ANCESTORS
by Rosemary Dixon-Smith

ADDITIONAL USEFUL WEB SITES FOR ANGLO-BOER WAR RESEARCH and other related topics

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.

MUSTER ROLL OF THE NATAL CARBINEERS ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902
URLs of interest:
http://www.zuluwar-usuthu.com/Colonials.html
http://www.angloboerwar.com/units/natal_volunteers.htm
Published sources of interest:
AF Hattersley: Carbineer: The History of the Royal Natal Carbineers (Aldershot 1950)
J Stalker: The Natal Carbineers (Pmburg 1912) History of the regiment and its origins ca 1855-1911


http://www.genealogyworld.net/boer/

if he came out of the Army on a pension then his Army records may be at Kew. i got my grandads Army record from there.and his brother 's too. Both joined up in the 1890.c and were in the later Boar War,
You could try the National Archives site to see if he is listed. I had to get mine though by going to Kew

thanks ann i did try google but the sites i looked at seemed to be soldiers who died thanks again zena

http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/PM/LYBoerWar.htm

Full text of "The second Boer War, 1899-1900"
Among the captured were commandants Villiers and Crowther, and three other ...... Henry-Martini gun. The small-arms used in the Boer War are of especial ...

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thanks both x

His records may appear on the Findmypast site when they upload documents for those discharged from the Army 1900-1913.

ok thanks will keep my eye on that

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Did he have a sister called Mary Jane who married a 'Crowther' and moved to Nottingham?

Dea x

he did have a sister named mary but i dont think she married a crowther ii'll have to check

mary jane married charles jennison in newcastle upon tyne

SORRY - Silly me! - She didn't marry a Crowther - she WAS a Crowther !!!

Found th8is on FMP site:
British Army Service Records 1760-1913


First name(s): William
Last name: CROWTHER
Calculated year of birth: 1870
Parish of birth: Droitwich
Town of birth: Worcester
County of birth: Worcestershire

Age at attestation: 19 years 9 months
Attestation date: 6 August 1889
Attestation corps: Worcestershire Regiment
Attestation soldier number: 2500

Discharge rank:
Discharge corps:
Discharge soldier number:

The National Archives reference: WO97 / 4618 / 55

There are 4 images available for this soldier

Next of kin was his sister - Mary Jane Crowther, St. Alberts Home, No. 10, Bond Street, Nottingham.

At the time when he joined the Army he was working as a Boatman - Do you think this would be him?

Dea x

hi dea it could be him he was born 15/7/69. thanks i'll have a look at that although i dont get on with the national archives very good

I can't work out National Archives site either.

I looked at the records on FindMyPast.

If you pm me your direct e-mail address I will do my very best to send you the images (although I have to admit I am not very good at this either ! )

Dea x

thanks for your kind offer p m sent

Images sent - let me know if you can open them (or not).

Dea x

thanks dea but i dont think this can be my william as he is in south africa untill 1902 my william had already had 2 children by then. and im not sure how long it took to get there and back back then but i would think they didnt come home for leave zena x

Yeah,

I was thinking that too - BUT, you never know !!

Dea x