Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...
An off-duty auxiliary coastguard found himself called into action after a vessel was holed in Yarmouth. Dave Pragnell rescued ...
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 War began in 1899 in the south of Africa. It was fought between the two Boer Republics and the British Empire. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to ...
Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...
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.
Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...
Relentlessly, history rolls on and events that were once within reach of human memory can no longer be recalled.
Afrikaner residents in Orania celebrated the popular Irish holiday St Patrick's Day on 17 March and thanked the Irish for their support during a historic war.