Hi Brett, many thanks for your reply and apologies for my delay in return. The reason for my original query was to try and discover some background to my wife's paternal grand-father, John Frederick Webb..
He left UK to go to the Boer War and liked SA so much he got transferred via the British government to serve in tje SA mounted police; we believe he was an active member as we saw his spurs which have since disappeared. He had annual leave in UK but spent all his working time inSA.
He was serving overseas from approx. 1895/6 to 1930.
If you have an idea as to how I could investigate further it would be most appreciated.
Brian Burdett.