The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits ... difficulty in finding fit young men to recruit as soldiers. Before men could join the army, they had ...

In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes ... an exception was made and six soldiers received the award posthumously for their efforts in the Second Boer War. Eventually, five years later ...

Afrikaner residents in Orania celebrated the popular Irish holiday St Patrick's Day on 17 March and thanked the Irish for ...

where British reinforcements would eventually land. When the Second Boer War erupted in October, the colonel and his 500 troops found themselves surrounded by 8000 Boer soldiers. With little else ...

As far back as the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 ... Ward says the C65 is inspired by the Smiths W10 watch given to British soldiers in 1969. Although not issued to soldiers or licensed by the ...

Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...

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.