We have finally obtained the crucial info we needed to trace my husband's grandfather's movements in the Boer War and after. We'd appreciate help to make sense of what we have, not being terribly clued up on things military!

John Flanigan was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1880. We presume he enlisted in the Army around 1889 or 1900 as he was absent from the 1901 census. He was awarded at least the following two medals after the Boer War:
-the QSA medal with the words 'Pte. J. Flannigan 23068, 7 Coy.(4th Bn.- according to Kevin Asplin's site), Imperial Yeomanry' around the edge.
-the KSA, with clasps for South Africa 1901 and 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. This medal bears the words 'Sgt. J Flanigan 1 SAI'

We'd love to find out when he was shipped out to South Africa, which engagements he might have fought in and when he might have returned to the UK. There is a possibility that he may have volunteered for the South African Constabulary after hostilities ended, though we're not sure of this. However, by the time he was awarded the KSA, he was definitely a member of the fledgling South African Army. He later served in WWI in this particular unit, went on to marry a South African girl just after the war, and settled permanently in that country, becoming a local JP and magistrate amongst other things.

Any help fleshing out this murky area of his life would be hugely appreciated!