Historian Zikhona Valela says the war, fought between Boer settlers and British colonial forces in the Transvaal, lasted less ...

Addressing the Venezuelan challenge by materially supporting Nobel Prize winner Corina Machado of Venezuela would be a step ...

A one-of-a-kind ornament, created by the Imperial Russian jewellery firm Faberge and valued at £1m, is to go on public ...

The Second Boer War erupted in October 1899, and with it came hardship at home. Many men from the Army Reserve were called up ...

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were supposed to show off American pride. Instead, they turned into a messy sideshow. The ...

The Home Guard were not the “bumbling idiots” portrayed in Dad’s Army but rather skilled soldiers, according to long-lost ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 11. Check what happened ...

The Home Guard was famously portrayed in the sitcom ‘Dad’s Army’ - but one granddaughter's accidental find has reveals they ...

Volunteers from a Doncaster-based charity are pulling a one-tonne field gun the length of Britain to raise money for service ...

You’ve scrummed in the World Cup, but now you are scrumming in the Currie Cup!” Those were the words of the late Tommy ...

The painstaking investigation by a dedicated team of war detectives also tracked down living relatives of the men.

An extravagant pearl and diamond tiara, an heirloom of the Ogilvy family, is hitting the auction block. Its last owner, ...