The popular myth of the Boer War (ie. basically, that the Boers were the innocent victims, desperate only to be left in peace until they were invaded by millions of rapacious Tommies who couldn’t shoot straight and thus lost all the battles, but...
The award many refer to as ‘The Boer War Medal’ is in fact ‘The Queen’s South Africa Medal’[i]. So familiar is the medal to aficionados of the conflict that the cover of the National Army Museum’s Book of the Boer War, for example, used the image...
In 2007, at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ‘Help for Heroes’ burst onto the scene, the aim of the new charity being to support and help injured British servicemen. An excellent and well-run organisation which does brilliant work...
The Siege of Ladysmith commenced on the 2nd of November 1899. A week thereafter, on the 9th, the Boers made an effort to rush the town’s defences, but were repulsed with relative ease. Indeed, so chastened were they after the mauling they...
For those without any sort of military background, some of the nomenclature of the units which served in the Boer War can be a little bewildering. This is especially so, given that unit sizes / names have changed over time leading to yet more...
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