In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

The Second Boer War began in 1899 ... During the war, the British army experienced great difficulty in finding fit young men to recruit as soldiers. Before men could join the army, they had ...

Dr Ingrid Sharp hears how ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, and even children – experienced World War One. Through letters, diaries and memoirs, Ingrid Sharp – a historian from ...