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 *The annual '''''New Brunswick Almanac''''' will contain a page or two listing the “Staff of the Army, Serving in the Province of New Brunswick” as well as “A Corrected List of Militia Officers Within the Province.” [http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/index_Almanacks.htm '''New Brunswick Almanacks and Directories''']
-== Captain? ==
+==South African War, 1899-1902==
-Some families treasure great-grandfather’s “Commission,” and believe he was an officer in the British Army, when in fact he was an officer of the County Militia. Actually reading the commission will make this clear. Such militia commissions, however, do indicate that this ancestor was a man of some standing in the community.
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/560375?availability=Family%20History%20Library The South African War, 1899-1902 : New Brunswick men at war] [https://www.worldcat.org/title/south-african-war-1899-1902-new-brunswick-men-at-war/oclc/22541021 WorldCat]
-Library and Archives Canada has extensive runs of the British ''Army Lists'', which list all officers, by regiment, as well as those on half pay. A quick check will show whether or not the ancestor actually was an officer. However, a disbanded sergeant might well become a captain in the local militia, depending on how many actual officers were settled in the area.
 == World War I (1914-1918)  ==