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==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||
*[[Lumsden's Horse]] | *[[Lumsden's Horse]] | ||
*[[South Africa#Boer War|South Africa- | *[[Medal Rolls]] | ||
*[[South Africa#Boer War|South Africa-Boer War]] | |||
*[[POW Camps in India#Boer War| POW Camps in India-Boer War]] | *[[POW Camps in India#Boer War| POW Camps in India-Boer War]] | ||
==Records== | |||
[[findmypast]] introduced, in March 2017, the database "Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902"<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/anglo-boer-war-records-1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902] findmypast</ref>, located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/Boer Wars. Elsewhere, this was stated to include a register compiled by military researcher Meurig Jones over a period of 25 years. All the records appear to be transcripts, without images, from a variety of sources, including medal rolls from The National Archives, Kew in the series W0 100. Also see [[Medal Rolls]]. Medal Rolls are also available as free downloads from TNA , and from the pay website Ancestry. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/ | *[http://www.angloboerwar.com Anglo Boer War.com] | ||
*[http:// | ** Select Unit information/Indian and Ceylon units | ||
*This [http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html article]<ref>[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html "Lieutenant-Colonel Seton Churchill and the financial lessons of the African campaigns, 1879-1902"] by J Black ''Military History Journal Volume 14 No 1 - June 2007'' South African Military History Society</ref> briefly states that "in South Africa [2nd Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902] there were a large number of officers and natives lent by India" and favourably mentions the Indian Military Accounts Department | **Select Forum- Main Forum- Medals and awards- Indian Contingent, for information about the Indian troops sent to South Africa, and the medals awarded. | ||
*[http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ Indian Army units in the Boer War] from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War" | *[http://samilitaryhistory.org/journal.html ''Military History Journal'', South African Military History Society] has many online articles about the Boer War. Journals are online from Vol 1 No 1 December 1967, excluding the issues from the most recent years. | ||
**This [http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html article]<ref>[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html "Lieutenant-Colonel Seton Churchill and the financial lessons of the African campaigns, 1879-1902"] by J Black ''Military History Journal Volume 14 No 1 - June 2007'' South African Military History Society</ref> briefly states that "in South Africa [2nd Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902] there were a large number of officers and natives lent by India" and favourably mentions the Indian Military Accounts Department | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127090736/http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ Indian Army units in the Boer War] from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War", now an archived website. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/16091 ''Martial law in the Cape Colony, during 1901''] by Frederic MacKarness 1902. Link to a pdf download Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. | |||
*''History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902''. Compiled by direction of His Majesty's Government. Volumes 1 and 2 by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice. [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso01mauruoft/page/ii/mode/2up Volume 1] 1906, [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso02mauruoft/page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2] 1907, [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso03mauruoft/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] 1908, [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.3206/page/n5/mode/2up Volume 4] by Captain Maurice Harold Grant 1910. Archive.org | |||
:Maps to accompany each of the above volumes. [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso01grea/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1],[https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso02grea/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2], [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso03grea/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 3], [https://archive.org/details/historyofwarinso04grea/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 4] Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.506189/page/n3/mode/2up ''The War In South Africa prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin''] authorised translation by Colonel W H H Waters RA, late Military Attaché to His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin 1904 Archive.org. | |||
*[https://archive.org/search?query=%22The+Times+history+of+the+war+in+South+Africa%22&sort=date ''The Times History of the War in South Africa'' (seven volumes)] edited by L S Amery published 1900-1909 Archive.org. ''Volume 7'' consists of Appendices and an Index. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin_r2s8/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Defence of Duffer's Drift''] by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. [https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin/mode/2up 1986 edition] Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24842 Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition] A book on small unit tactics. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift Wikipedia article]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:43, 11 November 2023
Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
Also see
Records
findmypast introduced, in March 2017, the database "Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902"[1], located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/Boer Wars. Elsewhere, this was stated to include a register compiled by military researcher Meurig Jones over a period of 25 years. All the records appear to be transcripts, without images, from a variety of sources, including medal rolls from The National Archives, Kew in the series W0 100. Also see Medal Rolls. Medal Rolls are also available as free downloads from TNA , and from the pay website Ancestry.
External links
- Anglo Boer War.com
- Select Unit information/Indian and Ceylon units
- Select Forum- Main Forum- Medals and awards- Indian Contingent, for information about the Indian troops sent to South Africa, and the medals awarded.
- Military History Journal, South African Military History Society has many online articles about the Boer War. Journals are online from Vol 1 No 1 December 1967, excluding the issues from the most recent years.
- Indian Army units in the Boer War from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War", now an archived website.
Historical books online
- Martial law in the Cape Colony, during 1901 by Frederic MacKarness 1902. Link to a pdf download Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
- History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902. Compiled by direction of His Majesty's Government. Volumes 1 and 2 by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice. Volume 1 1906, Volume 2 1907, Volume 3 1908, Volume 4 by Captain Maurice Harold Grant 1910. Archive.org
- The War In South Africa prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin authorised translation by Colonel W H H Waters RA, late Military Attaché to His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin 1904 Archive.org.
- The Times History of the War in South Africa (seven volumes) edited by L S Amery published 1900-1909 Archive.org. Volume 7 consists of Appendices and an Index.
- The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. 1986 edition Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition A book on small unit tactics. Wikipedia article.
References
- ↑ Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902 findmypast
- ↑ "Lieutenant-Colonel Seton Churchill and the financial lessons of the African campaigns, 1879-1902" by J Black Military History Journal Volume 14 No 1 - June 2007 South African Military History Society