Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

proved vital in a war where mobility proved vital to the British in an increasingly bitter guerrilla war against a mobile enemy who knew the ground intimately.

The Marlborough Barracks housed the 6th Reserve Cavalry ... from the Curragh, British forces were under the command of General Lowe. Lowe was a veteran of the Boer War and had retired from ...

Britain only had a small, though well-trained regular army. The Second Boer War lasted three years and the British needed to enlist more recruits. Many British men volunteered. During the war ...

This is the original for reproduction. Cavalry are in the field escorting the observation balloon, riding hard (dead horse, bl) Drawing depicting the use of a military balloon during the Boer War / F.

Relentlessly, history rolls on and events that were once within reach of human memory can no longer be recalled.

The Marlborough Barracks housed the 6th Reserve Cavalry ... from the Curragh, British forces were under the command of General Lowe. Lowe was a veteran of the Boer War and had retired from ...