At the turn of the 20 th century, the Boer War held all the promise of noble and heroic adventure for thousands of young Canadian men. And for the nation it was an opportunity to show the world ...

The last survivor of the Boer War, who was believed to be Canada's ... Ives was born in Brighton, England on Nov. 17, 1881, and came to the Canadian Prairies in 1903. He farmed for most of his ...

We are living pretty well now.” There are also numerous documented instances of Canadian troops raping and killing innocent civilians. As with the Boer, the war was devastating for many Africans. Over ...

But a historian suspects he was one of the nearly 7,400 Canadian soldiers who served on the British side in the South African War (also known as the Boer War) from 1899 to 1902. It was the war in ...

It featured then-minister Steven Blaney, serving military, descendents of Boer War volunteers and local high school students. Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by The Canadian Press show ...

But for Canadian imperialists, it seemed like the natural thing to do.” The Boer War, also known as the South African War, lasted from 1899 to 1902 and pitted the Empire against the two Boer ...

(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) The Conservative government was warned in advance by bureaucrats that its 110th anniversary commemoration of the Boer War celebrated a "sensitive" conflict.

The silhouette of Canadian scout Gat Howard stands out against ... with intelligence and logistic support during the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

The only difference is the politically driven race politics post the Boer War, and especially during the Apartheid ... in the Transvaal under the command of Major G.F. de Lotbinier, a Canadian officer ...

Re: Windsor memorial to ‘nasty little war’ gets $ ... were among the first Canadian troops to distinguish themselves in a foreign engagement. On May 24, 1906, the Boer War memorial (attached ...

Program Director, Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Director ... The South African War of 1899-1902, also known as the Boer War, badly divided the country along linguistic lines.