Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...
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 ...
The Second Boer ... British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war, the British army experienced great difficulty in finding fit young men to recruit as soldiers.
Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...
he would be able to keep Boer troops away from the coast, where British reinforcements would eventually land. When the Second Boer War erupted in October, the colonel and his 500 troops found ...
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.