Fascinating previously unseen photographs taken by a British naval officer who travelled the world while serving on a Royal Navy ship 120 years ago have come to light. Henry Taprell Dorling served on cruiser HMS Terrible in the Second Boer War in South Africa before heading on to the Far East. The war was the … Read more
Chocolate bar given to troops during the Boer War is found untouched in a helmet case 121 years later A 121-year-old tin of uneaten chocolate was found in a Boer War helmet case The helmet case had belonged to Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld The three-year Second Boer War, or South African War, began in 1899 By Daily … Read more
Chocolate bar given to troops during the Boer War is found untouched in a helmet case 121 years later A 121-year-old tin of uneaten chocolate was found in a Boer War helmet case The helmet case had belonged to Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld The three-year Second Boer War, or South African War, began in 1899 By Daily … Read more
Farmers with ‘Boer Lives Matter’ banners have stormed a South African court and fired shots as they tried to force their way into cells holding two murder suspects. Thousands of protesters thronged outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court in the Free State today as Sekwetje Isaiah Mahlamba, 32, and Sekola Piet Matlaletsa, 44, appeared before a judge. The … Read more