The Anglo-Boer Wars

The one thing that I have learnt in over 30 years of research and particularly the ten or so that I have been compiling The Register  is tha...

The Somme is "the battle" of World War One. Most people only know the first day - the 1st July. The battle itself lasted until 18t...

Pte H Brummage is listed on the Yorkshire Regiment memorial to it's dead for the Anglo-Boer war. Yorkshire Regiment Memorial, York. ...

This research was inspired by  Research puzzles - "Odd" casualties from war memorials . George Theodosius Wynne Webb was born...

Yevgeny Avgustus A Russian Fighting For The Boer Cause Translated and edited by Boris Gorelik The South African Military History Society ...

Loxton's Horse was a small and little known unit on the British side during the Anglo-Boer War. They were raised for the duration of th...

In the late Victorian era the "followers" in a military campaign were awarded medals, but in bronze not silver as a cost saving ex...