These are extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/28 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between L and O for the CATTLE RANGERS (CORPS OF CATTLE RANGERS FOR PROTECTION AND SAFE CONDUCT OF CAPTURED STOCK). There were a variety of standard forms and also many sections of the forms were not completed. As a result the details included vary.
transcribed by Rowena Wattrus

G LARSEN
Permanent Address: 2 Watson St, C Town
Age: 33, Height: 5 ft 5, Complexion: Fair
Next of kin: J? Miller, address as above
Enlisted: C Town 29 May 1901

Max LAZARUS
Permanent Address: 2 Petersen St, C Town
Age: 22, Height: 5 ft 9, Complexion: Dark
Cousin: Harris Lanceman, Address as above
Enlisted: C Town 4 May 1901
Signed name with X

John Richard LEE
Permanent Address: c/o D of S Pretoria
Age: 28, Height: 5 ft 8½, Complexion: Medium, Eyes: Brown, Tattoo mark on chest
Sister: Mrs Clynworth, Bulawayo
Enlisted: Pretoria 28 May 1901

Johannes Hermanus LE ROUX
Age: 40, Height: 6 ft, Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown
Wife: Mrs P N Le Roux, Arnoldistad, District Rustenburg
Enlisted: Pretoria 15 May 1901

David LEVINSOHN
Permanent Address: 140 Loop St, Cape Town
Age: 28, Height: 5 ft 7, Complexion: Medium
Father: Mr Levinsohn Russia
Enlisted: C Town 17 May 1901

EG LONG
Age: 40, Height: 5 ft 11, Complexion fair
Scar on left thigh
Wife: P Office Zoutkloof, Piquelberg
Enlisted: C Town 19 Apr 1901

B LOPATIE
Permanent Address: Box 3819 Johannesburg
Age: 21, Height 5 ft 10, Complexion: Dark
Brother: M? Lopatie address as above
Enlisted: C Town 29 Apr 1901

William LOUTTIT
Permanent Address: P O Johannesburg
Age: 23, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Fresh
Mother: Mrs E, Catherine Place, Kirkwell, Orkney
Enlisted: Drill Hall Durban 28 May 1901

HG MADDOCK
Permanent Address: Chapel St Fire Station, C Town
Age: 31, Height: 5 ft 7, Complexion: Fair
Next of Kin: GH Kilsey, address as above
Enlisted: C Town 17 May 1901

Patrick MAHER
Age: 25, Height: 5 ft 10, Complexion: Fair
Sister: E Maher, Nazareth House, Cape Town
Enlisted: Drill Hall Durban 23 May 1901

Robert John MALLETT
Permanent Address: 131 Bell St, Durban
Age: 33, Height: 5 ft 6, Complexion: Florid, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Sandy
Brother: E, Address as above
Enlisted: Drill Hall Durban 28 May 1901

I MANESCHWITZ
Permanent Address: 5 St John St, Cape Town
Age: 22, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Dark
Brother: H Maneschwitz, Pretoria
Enlisted: C Town 11 May 1901

James MATTHEWS
Permanent Address: Maidivane House, Myrtle Avenue, North End, PE
Age: 26, Height: 5 ft 6½, Complexion: Light, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown
Next of kin: Mrs J Matthews address as above
Enlisted: Port Elizabeth 12 Jun 1901

John Cooke McADAM
Permanent Address: D of S Pretoria
Age: 33, Height: 6 ft, Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Streaked
Brother: T McAdam, Pearce St, PE
Enlisted: Pretoria 9 Jun 1901

Fred'k W BLAINE
Permanent Address: G P O Johannesburg
Age: 19, Height: 5 ft 10, Complexion: Fair
Father: BW Blaine, Belingwe
Enlisted: Johannesburg 1901

Arthur McDONALD
Age: 21, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: BrownHair: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs J McDonald, Middle St, Port Elizabeth
Enlisted: Port Elizabeth 12 Jun 1901

Robert McGREGOR
Permanent Address: G P O Johannesburg
Age: 32, Height: 5 ft 6, Complexion: Fair
Tattoo mark on right arm
Wife: Mrs R McGregor, Port Elizabeth
Enlisted: Johannesburg 21 Jul 1901
Reg no. 12756 PTE discharged from Rand Rifles Central Mines 20 Jul 1901

John J McINTOSH
Age: 48, Height: 5 ft 11, Complexion: Dark
Wife: Mrs MacIntosh, Somerset House, C Town
Enlisted: C Town 4 May 1901

Donald McKINNON
Permanent Address: D of S Pretoria
Age: 33, Height: 5 ft 7½, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black
Sister: Mrs Edington Durban
Enlisted: Pretoria 25 Jun 1901

Nicolas Johannes Thomas MEYER
Age: 42, Height: 6 ft 0¼, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black turning grey
Next of Kin: Mrs Susana Katrina Salomina Meyer, Buffelspoort. Dist Rustenburg
Enlisted: Pretoria 19 Apr 1901

M MICHEL
Permanent Address: Box 3819 Johannesburg
Age: 21, Height: 5 ft 9, Complexion: Dark
Brother: J Michel, Address as above
Enlisted: C Town 29 Apr 1901

HA MIDDLETON
Age: 37, Height: 5 ft 6, Complexion: Fair, Scar on right hand
Wife: Sterkstroom, C Colony
Enlisted: C Town 20 May 1901

John MULLER
Age: 19, Height: 5 ft 7, Complexion: Fair
Mole behind right ear
Mother: Mrs Muller, 8 St Johns St, C Town
Enlisted: C Town 7 May 1901

Lawrence MULLIGAN
Age: 27, Height: 5 ft 5, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Black
Wife: Mrs A Mulligan, Burghersdorp
Enlisted: Pretoria 3 May 1901

Alfred Denis MULLIGAN
Permanent Address: c/o D of S Pretoria
Age: 35, Height: 5 ft 5½, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Dark
Wife: Box 635, Johannesburg
Enlisted: Pretoria 29 Jun 1901

Gerald Jock MURPHY
Age: 19, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black
Mother: Murphy's Post, Swaziland
Enlisted: Pretoria 8 May 1901

James MURRAY
Permanent Address: King Williams Town
Age: 39, Height: 5 ft 9, Complexion: Fair: Eyes: Blue
Scar left leg above knee
Mother: Mrs Murray, King William's Town
Enlisted: C Town 20 May 1901

Jacobus Johannes MYBURGH
Age: 24, Height: 5 ft 5, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Sandy
Wife: Kirk St W Pretoria
Enlisted: Pretoria 16 May 1901

George NAYLOR
Age: 42, Height: 5 ft 6, Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Dark
Next of Kin: C Austin Box 244 Bulawayo
Enlisted: Pretoria 20 Jul 1901

Charles NEILSON
Permanent Address: D of S, Pretoria
Age: 27, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Blue, Hair: D Brown
Brother: Thomas, British Anglo Africa
Enlisted: Pretoria 24 Jun 1901

Albert A NEWTON
Age: 50, Height: 5 ft 10½, Complexion: Red, Hair: Greyish, Eyes: Blue
Next of Kin: Mrs Newton, Post Office, Pretoria
Enlisted: Pretoria 25 May 1901

Hugh NIXON
Permanent Address: Box 795 Pretoria
Age: 23, Height: 5 ft 10½, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Light brown
Brother: R Nixon, Civil Service Store, Cape Town
Enlisted: Pretoria 23 May 1901

Charles NOLTE
Permanent Address: Cradock
Age: 32, Height: 6 ft, Complexion: Fair
Mother: Cradock, Cape Colony
Enlisted: Drill Hall Durban 14 May 1901

Joseph Henry O'CONNOR
Permanent Address: c/o D of S Pretoria
Age: 25½, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown
Mother: Mrs O'Connor, 44 Long St, Cape Town
Enlisted: 25 Jun 1901

A O'RILEY
Age: 35, Height: 5 ft 11¾, Complexion: Fair
Scar (burn) right forearm
Wife: 38 Kingsley St, Observatory
Enlisted: C Town 20 May 1901

Edward C ORSMOND
Age: 17, Height: 5 ft 8, Complexion: Sallow, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Dark
Mother: Burghersdorp Leely St, Pretoria
Enlisted: Pretoria 4 May 1901