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Monday, 5 October 2015

The Imperial Light Infantry at Spion Kop - restating their casualties

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The battle of Spion Kop (January 24, 1900) was one the most bloodiest battles of the war. This was the first action for the Imperial Light I...
Sunday, 20 September 2015

Defence & Relief: The Clasp Combinations for the sieges

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There were four main sieges during the war, and a host of lesser known sieges. The four main sieges were: Kimberley - 14th October, 1899 t...
Saturday, 25 July 2015

Q Battery RHA at Sanna's Post 31st March, 1900

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The Register of the Anglo-Boer War has been updated with the names of the 138 men from Q Battery Royal Horse Artillery who served in this c...
Sunday, 7 June 2015

Researching British Army Casualties: "new" source

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Researching casualties of the Victorian British Army has always been difficult because their service papers were destroyed, although a few h...
Saturday, 30 May 2015

More "secrets" from the Casualty Rolls

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The casualty rolls for the Anglo-Boer War do not tell the whole story, a big problem is that the location given is often the place the casua...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015

The youngest assailant of the war?

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Today's research began with the 5th (militia) battalion Royal Irish Rifles, moved on to expanding the gazetteer and finally uncovering t...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Splitting Groups - Good business or greed?

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For as long as medals have been bought and sold groups of medals have been split up, you just have to browse a few dealer's list to see ...
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