Guest Tracy b72 Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Very happy found information on my great grandfather Frederick bettany who was born in Newcastle and ended up in Dublin. Hefought in the boar war. And he married my great grandmother Charlotte in Dublin 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Welcome, nice to find info; it doesn't always happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneca Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Hello Tracy and welcome to the forum. When I joined I wouldn't have believed the amount of information available and the kindness and knowledge of members more than willing to help me. Since then I'm afraid I have to admit how much I have become addicted. Hope you enjoy! Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 And another welcome Tracy I hope you don't mind me pointing our a small error in you post it should be Boer war not Boar war A Boar as you probably now realize is a male pig regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 it was a pig of a war ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneca Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the British over the boundary between the US and the British Empire......some might say a bit boring! Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 17 August , 2015 Share Posted 17 August , 2015 Also boring is the 1961 Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos although another reply off topic regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctord84 Posted 18 August , 2015 Share Posted 18 August , 2015 it was a pig of a war ... I'll have to take you to tusk there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QSAMIKE Posted 19 August , 2015 Share Posted 19 August , 2015 As a major collector of Boer War my den is full of period items...... Many Christmas's ago, "She Who Must Be Obeyed" had a brass plaque made for the door...... "BEWARE HE WHO ENTERS HERE RUNS THE RISK OF BEING BOER'D TO DEATH" Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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