"Boer war soldiers' records published online " Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Nov 2017 12:13 p.m. PST |
"Soldiers who fought in the Boer war died from dysentery, typhoid fever and even a crocodile attack, according to records published online for the first time yesterday. Details of the fates of 65,000 soldiers, who were killed, wounded or captured, can be explored at ancestry.co.uk. The database has each soldier's name, rank, regiment, and date and place of the injury or death, as well as the details of the 78 soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour. Altogether, 7,582 British soldiers were killed in action or died of wounds, while 13,139 died of disease. Another 40,000 were wounded…"
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| dwight shrute | 25 Nov 2017 12:36 p.m. PST |
sadly its not free and you have to be a member of ancestry.com which costs about £10.00 GBP a month . |
| Blutarski | 09 Dec 2017 10:39 a.m. PST |
Try here - link The archive of The Journal of the South African Military History Society. B |
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