Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 - newspaper coverage

Did your British Army Ancestor serve in the Boer War? If he did, it's possible that he was mentioned in a local, or even national, newspaper.

Some while back I created a list of British and Irish newspapers which had been published online by the British Newspaper Archive and Findmypast and which covered the years 1914-1918. Each week, as more and more pages are published, I add to this list.

I have now created a similar list for newspapers which cover the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. There are over three hundred titles on this list and as with the 1914-1918 newspapers, I shall be adding to this whenever new material is published.

The British Newspaper Archive continues to impress and at the time of writing has published close to 19.3m pages across 756 titles. New content is being added at the rate of around 100,000 pages per week. It is, quite simply, a tremendous resource.

The links above will take you to my newspaper lists. Click on the link, if optimised, or simply go to the British Newspaper Archive or Findmypast and browse through the pages yourself. Here are those links to my pages again (which you'll also see in the menu above):

Anglo-Boer War newspaper coverage 1899-1902

First World War newspaper coverage 1914-1918

The superb illustration on this post is taken from the Illustrated London News.

Royal Sussex Regiment resources online

Here's a very useful resource for anybody (like me) with an interest in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

West Sussex Council has put together a very helpful Great War West Sussex site which provides access to Royal Sussex Regiment war diaries, indexes to Royal Sussex Regiment men (which includes nominal rolls for some battalions), selected newspaper articles and documents and, at the time of writing, 73 case studies of men and women who served.

The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly the war diaries, typed copies of the originals which are available to download free of charge as PDFs. I've grabbed them all.

I offer a fast, efficient and cost-effective military research service. Have a look at my military research page and drop me a line if you think I might be able to help.

City of Bradford - Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Bradford Local Studies is to be commended for making the City of Bradford Roll of Honour 1914-1918 available online. It's a basic, no frills, whack-it-up-on-flickr approach, but it works. There is no name indexing here but it is page indexed and fairly easy to find your way around. It's a shame that some of the detail on some of the pages has not been properly captured (or has been carelessly cropped) but nevertheless, the determined researcher will still find this a very useful resource, and all images can be downloaded.

The image above shows a typical page giving name, home address, rank and unit, date of enlistment and, if a casualty, date of death. It's a pity that the regimental number was not recorded, and of course there are many men who would have served in several units during the war, these additional units also not recorded.

Find your way around the site by first selecting the surname letter:

Having done so, hover over the images to find the correct surname range.

Well done, Bradford Local Studies for this unscientific but effective approach. This is a useful free resource.

Bond of Sacrifice - First World War officer casualties

Recently published on Findmypast, the two Bond of Sacrifice volumes which list officer casualties for 1914 and the first six months of 1915. (There are also a handful of 1916 casualties). Some very valuable information, not to mention portraits of many of the officers, are to be found within these pages.

Hommes 40, Chevaux 8

The ubiquitous trucks which transported many British troops closer to the front line. This image taken from issue two of The Great War, I was There.