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

The Spion Kop anniversary underlines the potential of heritage sites to create jobs and foster cultural and economic growth ...

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

A commemoration was held in Drakensberg on Friday to mark the 125th anniversary of the Battle of SpionKop and honour the ...

At secondary school he withdrew psychologically, preferring to re-enact battles from the Boer War ... plunged into a war unlike any seen before. Hitler quickly enlisted. In the army he finally ...

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 ...

The trailer for "28 Years Later" uses the same eerie Rudyard Kipling poem that's played during the military's survival and ...

Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns ... Crimean and Boer Wars, the Indian campaigns followed ...

Colonel Miller said: "Whilst the British Army did not cover itself in glory ... extraordinary courage and resourcefulness in often gruelling circumstances." The Boer War talk will take place at 11am ...

After receiving reinforcements until his army in Natal comprised 19,000 infantry ... On 11th October 1899, the Second Boer War broke out between the British Empire and the two Boer states, the ...