Historical Dictionary of the Anglo‐Boer War

Just a few hundred yards from my office stands an elaborate memorial to those who died in what in the UK is known as the “Boer War”. This conflict, also sometimes called the “South African War”, but probably most accurately described by the name used in this book as the “Anglo‐Boer War”, began 110 years ago but still leaves a legacy in Britain, South Africa and more widely. In the UK, in addition to memorials scattered across the country to the men who died in battle, or more probably from disease, as more succumbed to sickness than bullets, reminders lurk...