Private Walter Joseph Parker, who died of typhoid during the Boer War in South Africa in 1902, will be commemorated today at the Australian War Memorial's Last Post Ceremony.

Longmans, Green & Co. are about to bring out here a book on the Boer War, by Major Dennison, D. S. O., leader of the band of scouts which bore his name.

The war began in 1899 as a conflict between the British army and Dutch settlers - called the Boer - in South Africa. When Britain asked its colonies for help, English Canada pressured Prime ...

The Boer War hero was forced to hand back the military’s highest honour after being jailed for the theft of scrap metal worth less than six shillings (30p).

A box of 122-year-old chocolate bars, which were sent to troops during the Boer War, has sold for more than £400. The tin of Rowntree's chocolate, made in York in 1899, was found at a house in ...

In a new episode of our series of interviews with lawyer Nina Boer, we discuss private military regiments and how they operate around the world.

George Ives Last Boer War veteran VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The last survivor of the Boer War, who was believed to be Canada’s oldest man, has died in British Columbia at the age of 111 ...

A war movie that is also about what it means to grow old, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp follows its central character as we learn about his exploits in the Boer War and World War I, before ...

The Boer War, also known as the ... “Private Donegan’s parents had received no news from the front and were completely overcome when informed of their son’s death,” the newspaper account said.

The Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson unveiled a Pontefract Civic Society Blue Plaque to honor nine Yorkshire Victoria Cross recipients from the Boer War and World War I. Private ...

It was originally owned by Private Eddie Midlane, a 20-year-old who joined the 1st Battalion of the Rifles Brigade as a volunteer just before the outbreak of the Boer War in the autumn of 1899.