The Royal Field Artillery in the Boer War faced a series of problems that it had largely not encountered before. Artillery as a unit was very effective against fortifications or standing phalanxes of men, neither of which featured in any great numbers in South Africa. It was designed to fight in a European war not the open savannahs of South Africa. Artillery and its ammunition were big and heavy, requiring a large number of heavy horses to move them. The horses themselves needed large a...

The 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment left its base at Gibraltar in August 1899, landing at Durban in the middle of the following month. From Durban the battalion went direct of the small railway town of Ladysmith in Natal, then already threatened by the invading Boers. Here they formed part of the heroic garrison of the town. One of the main defences was Caesar's Camp, which was occupied by the Manchester's from the beginning of the siege and was the object of three major attacks b...

The 2nd Battalion were heavily engaged at Biddulphsberg, where British artillery had set fire to four foot high grass, which the Grenadiers had to advance into. At Diamond Hill (11th and 12th June) they drove the enemy back from the east of the capital, they then commenced a series of operations with the view of surrounding the Boer forces in the north-east angle of the Orange River Colony. The names of the men who served in the regiment are listed below

In 1897 the 1st battalion were stationed in the West Indies and then transferred to Cape Colony, South Africa. Prior to the outbreak of the war, as relations between the British and Boer republics deteriorated, the 1st King's formed a company of mounted infantry and moved to Ladysmith, where it underwent intensive training. The war began on 11 October 1899. The Boers invaded Natal soon afterwards and besieged Ladysmith on 2 November. The Boer War had provid...

The 6th Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army that was sent to South Africa in November 1899. During the Boer War the regiment, also known as the Carabaniers, helped relieve Kimberley in 1900 before joining operations in the Orange Free State. The names of the men who served in the regiment are listed below

The 1st Battalion sailed in the beginning of October 1899, and being early on the scene, was employed on garrison duty in Cape Colony till Lord Methuen commenced his advance from Orange River. The regiment received battle honours for Modder River and South Africa during the second Boer War. The names of the men who served in the regiment are listed below

The 2nd Battalion fought in the Boer War (1899-1902). They sailed on the Britannic about 7th January 1900, arriving about the 27th. Along with the 2nd South Wales Borderers, 1st East Lancashire, and 2nd North Staffordshire, they formed the 15th Brigade under Major General A G Wavell. After the end of the war, 376 officers and men returned home in October 1902. The 3rd (Militia) battalion was also embodied for active duty in South Africa, with 450 men reported as returning home after the...

This regiment was formed as The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment during the 1881 Army reforms by merging the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot. These became the new unit's 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively.  The 2nd Battalion was in India at the time of the amalgamation. It only returned to Britain in 1888, having  fought in the Zhob Valley expedition in 1884. It a...