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Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors: Soldiers of a Forgotten War
Jane Marchese Robinson
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Description for Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors: Soldiers of a Forgotten War
Paperback. As well as offering a guide for researchers, this book will provide a narrative of the conflict, case studies of soldiers, and reveal how soldiers' families back home were affected. Num Pages: 181 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBWM; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War. Some 180,00 Britons, mainly volunteers, travelled 6,000 miles to fight and die in boiling conditions on the veld and atop 'kopjes'. Of the over 20,000 who died more than half suffered enteric, an illness consequent on insanitary water. This book will act as an informative research guide for those seeking to discover and uncover the stories of the men who fought and the families they left behind. It will look in particular at the kind of support ... Read more
The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War. Some 180,00 Britons, mainly volunteers, travelled 6,000 miles to fight and die in boiling conditions on the veld and atop 'kopjes'. Of the over 20,000 who died more than half suffered enteric, an illness consequent on insanitary water. This book will act as an informative research guide for those seeking to discover and uncover the stories of the men who fought and the families they left behind. It will look in particular at the kind of support ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473822429
SKU
V9781473822429
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Jane Marchese Robinson
After graduating in Economic and Social History Jane Marchese Robinson spent some thirty years working as an advocate for marginalised groups, including the homeless, people with disabilities and mental health problems and asylum seekers. This work gave her an insight into many aspects of human experience. In 2005 she rekindled her childhood passion for writing at Adult Education classes. She ... Read more
Reviews for Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors: Soldiers of a Forgotten War
Despite the fact that 180,000 Britons fought in the Boer War from 1899-1902, just 15 years before the start of World War I, few ordinary researchers know much about it. This new guide aims to fix that, providing a background to the war in South Africa, the regiments, the conditions, the battles, the men and the families they left behind, ... Read more