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 ...

White was in California on another book project when he happened across the diaries of George Buswell ... of Minnesota that lists all soldiers who fought in the war, so footnotes add another ...

The Second Boer War lasted three ... 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 to ...

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 ...