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

The Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson unveiled a Pontefract Civic Society Blue Plaque to honor nine Yorkshire ...

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 ... great difficulty in finding fit young men to recruit as soldiers. Before men could join the army, they had to pass a medical inspection.

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

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

Soldiers who received the highest British armed forces award for gallantry have been commemorated with a blue plaque.

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.

In the American Civil War (1861–65) sickness claimed approximately two-thirds of the estimated 620,000 soldier deaths. Two-thirds of all British deaths in the Boer War (1899–1902) were ...

World War I records, including some historical photos, have been painstakingly collected for a comprehensive new website. Picture: Douglas Shire Historical Society There were 220 men who went to World ...