Old imessages not downloading from iCloud

Please help
I've just upgraded my iphone from an 4s to 5s.
I backed up everything to iCloud as I've done many times before.
However, this time my old SMS messages or imessages haven't downloaded from iCloud.
Everything else is as I'd expect.
I haven't done anything different than in the past.
What's gone wrong?.
Simon

Hello. Yeahi restored from icloud.
Ive done many iphone restores.. Having had 4 iphones
This time i backed up to icloud the day before i exchanged my iphone, making sure to back everythng up like i always do.
When starting my new iphone 5s for the first time i restored from that same icloud back up the previous day. Everything appeared as expected. Other than my sms/imessages.
I also tried from the other backups that were availble during the restore process.
Id be greatfrul for any help as i have some very personal messages stored from a relative that recently passed away.
Please help, thanks.
Simon

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