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 ...

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 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum is to delve into the realities of the Boer War from the perspective of a Scottish regiment.

After the Second Boer War, the British transported as many as 9,000 prisoners to India, housing them in camps that often did not even have enough water.

The museum devoted to the proud history Forth Valley’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is now telling the tale of one of ...

A Christmas pudding sent from Bermondsey to naval officers fighting in the Boer War turned 125 years old this Christmas.