These are extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/121 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between A and Z for the ROSS BATTERY AND LOCH'S HORSE. 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

Andrew AIKEN
Age: 29, Nationality: Scotch, Trade: Engineer
Enlisted: 16 Feb 1900
Brother: Mr Alex Aiken, S A Association, Cape Town
Rank: Gunner
Discharged after period of service of 233 days 6 Oct 1900

Wm Hay ANGUS
Age: 32, Nationality: Scotch, Trade: Amalgamator
Enlisted: 15 Mar 1900
Brother: JH Angus, 32 Railway Cottages, East London

Gilbert BACKWELL
Age: 22, Nationality: Colonial, Trade: Clerk
Enlisted: 27 Apr 1900
Mother: Mrs M Backwell, St Johns Terrace, St Johns St, Cape Town
Rank: Gunner
Discharged on own request (Disbandment returning to civil employment) 7 Sep 1900

Harry Douglas Brister BELT
Reg. no. 59
Age: 24, Nationality: British, Trade: Furnisher
Enlisted 10 Feb 1900
Father: WB Belt, P O Port Elizabeth
Rank: Trooper
Discharged by order of OC 16 Aug 1900 after 188 days service
Address after discharge: P O Box 56, Port Elizabeth

James Francis BILBROUGH
Age: 27, Nationality: English, Trade: Accountant, Former trade: Mine secretary
Enlisted: 23/7 Mar 1900 Rosebank
Father: Mr JL Bilbrough, Stock Exchange, Cape Town
Rank: Sergeant
Discharged at completion of service after 295 days service 15 Jan 1901
Character: Very Good
Served 8 months in Cape
Disability: G S W in side. 6 Nov 1900 'healed', result of service. Gunshot in action Bothaville on duty with Col Le Gallais. Disability not expected to be permanent: Treatment: Kroonstad Hospital (Scottish section) records.
The Board recommend him for one month's furlough in the colony. His disability was sustained in action, was not severe and is now recovered from. It will not prevent his earning a full livelihood. 15 Dec 1900

Arthur Luke DIPLOCK
Reg. no. 82
Age: 34, Nationality: British, Trade: Coal Merchant
Enlisted: 10 Feb 1900
Father: Sergt Major O Diplock, K Q T CMR Umtata, CC

Jas Thos GUINEY
Age: 29, Nationality: English, Trade: Amalgamator
Enlisted: 15 Mar 1900
Father: Mr Joseph Guiney, Bulawayo

Donald McKay McLEOD
Age: 32, Nationality: Scotch, Trade: Mill Manager
Enlisted: 27 Mar 1900
Wife: Mrs McKay McLeod, Cosma Villa, Somerset Rd, Cape Town
Rank: Trooper
Discharged as time expired 13 Mar 1901 after 351 days service
Character: Very Good

William MURPHY
Age: 43, Nationality: British, Trade: Prospector
Enlisted: 4 Apr 1900
Wife: Mrs WB Murphy, Auleray House, Observatory, Cape Town
Rank: Gunner
Discharged as services no longer required 25 Sep 1900 after 175 days service
Address after discharge: 34 Bury St, C T

RN PRINGLE
Age: 23, Nationality: Colonial, Trade: Doctor
Enlisted: 15 Mar 1900
Father: RH Pringle, Lyndoch, Glen Lyndon, Bedford, C Colony

Percy Gladstone SHEPHERD
Age: 28, Nationality: British, Trade: Speculator
Enlisted: 10 Feb 1900
Father: John Shepherd, Standard Bank, Cape Town

Daniel Jacobus SMUTS
Age: 23, Nationality: Colonial, Trade: Farrier
Enlisted: 27 Mar 1900
Father: Mr Josiah Smuts, Malmesbury, CC
Rank: Trooper
Discharged as time expired 13 Mar 1901 after 351 days service
Character: Very Good

Harry Musson THOMAS
Age: 27, Nationality: Colonial, Trade: Engineer
Enlisted: 28 Feb 1900
Brother: EW Thomas, Silverlea, Wynberg, Cape Town
Reg. no. 13

Wm Alfred VENABLES
Age: 27, Nationality: British, Trade: Farmer
Enlisted: 10 Feb 1900
Reg. no. 21
Brother: Capt C Venables, 1st Gl'oster Regt, Field Force Natal