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August 12, 2010 Another 100 records added with many additions and improvements to existing records.
August 27, 2010 Another 200 records added with many additions and improvements to existing records.
July 4, 2010 Another 100 records added with many additions and improvements to existing records.
June 23, 2010 21,700 records loaded for South African colonial units. Also many general updates including more from the Imperial Yeomanry KSA roll
March 21, 2010 Complete QSA roll with clasp entitlement for 29th Tsomo Mounted Rfile Club. Improvements and additions to many records since January update.
January 2, 2010 Complete QSA roll with clasp entitlement for the Bechuanaland Rifles, Victoria West Mounted Scouts and Victoria West Mounted Police
December 29, 2009 Complete QSA roll with clasp entitlement for the Lanark and Hampshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
December 28, 2009 Complete QSA roll with clasp entitlement for the Devon and Somerset, Durham and Gloucester Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
December 23, 2009 Mouse hover tags updated on Search results screen
November 10, 2009 1000 new records added from a variety of sources
October 4, 2009 600 new records added and general updates, including KSA roll for IY.
September 30, 2009 General updates especially Mention in Despatch details that were not published in the London Gazette.
September 24, 2009 General updates especially Mention in Despatch details that were not published in the London Gazette.
September 2, 2009 General updates especially Mention in Despatch details that were not published in the London Gazette.
August 23, 2009 65 new records added. 4th VB East Surrey Rgt added and including updates for Honours & Awards.
August 14, 2009 500 new records added - including updates for Honours & Awards. Work continuing on KSA roll for IY.
August 5, 2009 100 new records added. Work continuing on KSA roll for IY and WO97 Enlistment Papers and Honours & Awards.
July 28, 2009 75 new records added for Natal Transport. QSA clasp entitlement added for A Battery RHA.
July 7, 2009 500 new records added from a variety of sources including WO97 Enlistment Papers and Honours & Awards. Continuing KSA roll for IY and general updates.
June 28, 2009 425 new records added from a variety of sources including WO97 Enlistment Papers and Honours & Awards. Continuing KSA roll for IY and general updates.
June 19, 2009 Updating DCM winners, KSA roll for IY, biographies and other general information.
June 1, 2009 900 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 3rd Hussars and 18th Hussars with clasp entitlement loaded. The British Cavalry QSA roll is complete. We have also been adding updates to biographies, first names and other useful data for may other personnel.
May 8, 2009 3900 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 2nd Dragoons, 5th Dragoon Guards, 5th Lancers, 8th Hussars and 19th Hussars with clasp entitlement loaded. Just the 3rd Hussars and 18th Hussars to go and the British Cavalry will be complete.
April 23, 2009 2900 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 1st Dragoons, 6th Dragoon Guards and 7th Dragoon Guards with clasp entitlement loaded.
April 21, 2009 1800 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoon Guards and 3rd Dragoon Guards with clasp entitlement loaded.
April 17, 2009 1800 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 17th Lancers with clasp entitlement loaded. Updated WO97 Enlistment Papers.
April 14, 2009 800 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 6th Dragoons with clasp entitlement loaded. I have begun adding in the KSA entitlement for the Imperial Yeomanry.
April 11, 2009 Complete QSA roll for the 16th Lancers with clasp entitlement loaded.
April 4, 2009 Complete QSA roll for the 9th Lancers with clasp entitlement loaded. Updated WO97 Enlistment Papers.
March 12, 2009 2,400 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 1st Life Guards and 2nd Life Guards with clasp entitlement loaded.
February 28, 2009 2,500 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 7th Hussars, 10th Hussars, 11th Hussars and 13th Hussars with clasp entitlement loaded.
January 11, 2009 4,200 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the 12th Lancers, Scottish Horse and Lovats Scouts with clasp entitlement loaded.
December 28, 2008 230 new records added. Complete QSA roll for the Border Mounted Rifles with clasp entitlement loaded.
December 22, 2008 200 new records added. New casualty indicator of 'X' added to show casualty records with improved/added information to that in the Official Casualty Rolls. There are 15,930 improved casualty records.
December 17, 2008 3000 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement and 100 new records with WO97 service papers.
December 6, 2008 1800 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement and 100 new records with WO97 service papers.
November 26, 2008 1100 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement.
November 19, 2008 1200 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement.
November 15, 2008 300 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement.
November 9, 2008 1900 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement. Clasp entitlement for the Rhodesian Regiment complete.
October 28, 2008 2900 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement and complete QSA roll with clasp entitlement for Struben's Scouts and Standerton Mounted Police.
October 17, 2008 400 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement. Clasp entitlement for the Rhodesian Regiment continues A & B squadrons complete.
October 4, 2008 1,000 new records for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement. Clasp entitlement for the Rhodesian Regiment begun.
September 28, 2008 1,000 new records for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement.
September 21, 2008 1,000 new records for the Imperial Yeomanry with clasp entitlement. The complete QSA roll for the Southern Rhodesian Volunteers with clasp entitlement is loaded.
September 20, 2008 Clasp abbreviations used in the medal entitlements explained; The Medals
September 11, 2008 1,900 new records added for the Imperial Yeomanry and Southern Rhodesian Volunteers.
September 6, 2008 Over 600 new records added. Work continues to add medal entitlement to the Imperial Yeomanry records.
August 29, 2008 Records where the first name(s) is known is indicated on the Results List with an asterisk against the initials. Over 40,000 records have a first name.
August 27, 2008 Over 5,000 new records added. The vast majority are for the Imperial Yeomanry and show medal entitlement.
August 11, 2008 New South African Researcher, Brian Kaighin, added. Links page updated.
June 27, 2008 - 3,500 new records added for the Lancashire Fusiliers, this includes the complete QSA & KSA medal roll and clasp entitlement.
June 22, 2008 - 10,500 new records added for the Gordon Highlanders, Middlesex and Loyal North Lancashire Regiments and various other units.
May 5, 2008 - 500 new records added. All the names from the KSA roll for the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles have been entered.
April 20, 2008 - 600 new records added. All the names from the QSA roll for the Natal Royal Rifles have been entered. Updated WO97 Enlistment Papers.
April 13, 2008 - 400 new records added.
March 19, 2008 - 250 new records added.
March 9, 2008 - 250 new records added. All the names from the QSA and KSA rolls for the Umvoti Mounted Rifles have been entered.
March 3, 2008 - 750 new records added. Have begun to extract data from The Times Digital Archive, this adds first names, gives details of wounds, specifies cause of death usually noted in the Official Casualty Rolls as 'disease' and also notes soldiers in hospital who survived their illnesses.
February 24, 2008 - 350 new records added. All the names from the QSA roll for the Van Alen Field Hospital have been entered.
February 17, 2008 - 500 new records added. All the names from the QSA roll for the Rhodesian Regiment have been entered. This has enabled an updating of the casualty roll by adding missing squadron designations, initials and correcting errors in the Official Casualty Rolls.
January 13, 2008 - 250 new records added
January 10, 2008 - 150 new records added
December 27, 2007 - 700 new records added
December 26, 2007 - 1,000 new records added
December 12, 2007 - 1,000 new records added
November 29, 2007 - 500 new records added
November 22, 2007 - 6,600 new records added
November 9, 2007 - 26 new Biographies loaded
November 4, 2007 - Yikes! Two months since the last "What's New" entry. In the last 8 weeks there have been a number of updates - removing duplicates, improving information and updating WO97 Enlistment Papers. A batch of new records is currently being prepared.
May 15, 2007 - started use of World War I records from Commonwealth War Graves Commission. If a participant died in World War I this is shown with 'CWGC' in the References field.