Boer War

Anglo Boer War 1899-1902

Also see

• Lumsden's Horse
• Medal Rolls
• South Africa-Boer War
• POW Camps in India-Boer War

Records

findmypast introduced, in March 2017, the database "Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902", compiled from multiple sources. Elsewhere, this is stated to be based on a register compiled by military researcher Meurig Jones over a period of 25 years.

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.
  • This article 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
• Indian Army units in the Boer War from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War", now an archived website.

Historical books online

• 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.