Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

A priceless collection of gallantry gongs awarded to British battlefield heroes and once thought to be a permanent fixture in ...

The Anglo Boer War medal will also be auctioned ... the lives lost in the SS Mendi disaster of 1917. The SS Mendi, a British and South African steamship, sank in the English Channel on 21 ...

The medals include the 1914-‘18 British War Medal and Victory Medal ... 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War (1900–‘02). He later joined the British Expeditionary Force ...

A box of Rowntree's chocolate, made for troops fighting in the Boer War, is found in Lincolnshire. The confectionery, given to all soldiers during the conflict, was discovered in a stately home.

War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be permanently ... the award posthumously for their efforts in the Second Boer War. Eventually, five years later in 1907, the policy was ...