At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for thousands of young ...

Lance Corporal William Burton was inspired to follow in the footsteps of his father, also called William, who had served with ...

Spioenkop is one of 82 battlefields, museums, old fortifications and places of remembrance that form part of the Battlefields ...

His alleged crime? Obtaining free school dinners for his brood while supposedly earning "considerably more than £2 weekly." ...

Allen’s interest in foreign relations showed up at the age of eight, when he wrote an essay on the Boer War. “I hope the ... Allen’s first job ($500 a year) was as an English teacher in ...

With Albion desperately scouring the locale for an appropriate site for a new ground, the timing could not have been better ...

The battle was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer ... inclusive war between Britain and the allied men from Canada, Australia and New Zealand and was the first time that ...

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting ...

1953: A car ferry sinks in the Irish Sea in one of the worst gales of the winter, claiming the lives of up to 130 passengers and crew. On the same day, Isthmian League side Walthamstow Avenue draw 1-1 ...