Divided Society The Boer War 1899-1902. In the late 19th century poverty was caused by unemployment, illness and old age. The 1906 Liberal Government had to introduce reforms to tackle poverty.

The Boer War 1899-1902. Witness History. ... Using BBC archive recordings, we tell the story of the Boer War. (Photo: British soldiers crossing a river during the Boer War - circa 1900.

The Second Boer War lasted three years from 1899 to 1902 and would claim 22,000 British and more than 6,000 Boer lives. Around 25,000 Afrikaner also died in the war, most of them in concentration ...

The war began in 1899 as a conflict between the British army and Dutch settlers - called the Boer - in South Africa. When Britain asked its colonies for help, English Canada pressured Prime ...

The chocolate was sent to troops fighting in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902. A box of 122-year-old chocolate bars, which were sent to troops during the Boer War, has sold for more than £400.

The First Boer War took place between 1880 and 1881, and the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902. At one time there were as many as 500,000 British soldiers in South Africa, while the Boers ...

For socialists the Boer War of 1899-1902 was a prefiguration of their experiences in the First World War, and in many ways the similarities are quite marked. Jingoism had been growing for years, ...

Dr Spencer Jones is Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton and serves as the Regimental Historian for the Royal Regiment of Artillery. His key works include ...

MAFIKENG, South Africa — The centenary of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is being marked here this year with a change of complexion. Throughout this century the conflict has been known as &#8… ...

More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the South African War between 1899 and 1902 – or the Anglo-Boer War – the events of that period are ...