The Anglo-Boer Wars

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...

The South African National War Museum (now known as Ditsong National Museum of Military History) has or had a QSA with ten clasps named to...

This aim of this article is to enable medal collectors to make an informed choice when purchasing a medal to one who was there. Ask “the ma...