The Anglo-Boer Wars

The Farmer’s Guard was first raised as the Burgher Police in January 1901 to protect an area around Bloemfontein. [1]   The British were ma...

A recent chat with fellow researchers on the death of Lt T.D. Pilkington 1 st Royal Dragoons raised the question, “Where is Kaalboschfontei...

The medal rolls we use on-line are taken from large bound ledgers that were in use for decades after the end of the war. Very occasionally y...

The battle at Elandslaagte on October 21, 1899 was critical to holding up the Boer forces bearing down on Ladysmith and southern Natal. Brit...

The standard reference for colonial units is Stirling's The Colonials in South Africa (London, William Blackwood, 1907) which is widely...