Faction: The British Army The First World War At the start of the 20th century the British Army was a small body of volunteer regulars. The Boer War had provoked British war minister Richard ...

Noted British historian Spencer Jones takes a look at how disaster in the field during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) transformed the British Army. The late Victorian Army had amassed ...

Boer war commission. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... BRITISH ARMY'S FAILURES.; Evidence Before the Boer War Commission Published. Share full article. Aug. 29, 1903.

While soldiers in battle have long worn headgear for protection, helmets issued during World War II were never meant to be ...

Chocolate commissioned by Queen Victoria 121 years ago has been found in its original packaging in a Boer War helmet case in Norfolk, eastern England. British confectionery giants Cadbury, Fry and ...

Adrian Carton de Wiart first saw combat with the British Army during the Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. (Wikimedia Commons) Strong of mind and body -- he once ripped apart a deck of ...

Haunting 120-year-old photographs taken by a Boer War soldier reveals the brutal battlegrounds where 22,000 British soldiers were killed. Remarkable photographs include prints of slain Boers, a ...

Dubbed the “pith helmet,” it was one of the most iconic forms of headdress of the Victorian Age.From its development in India to the Anglo-Boer War it was very much a symbol of the British ...

The U.S. Army first began using helmets in 1917 upon its entry into World War I. The helmets were copies of the British Army's standard issue helmet, known as the Brodie Helmet or Mark One.