Boer War And Sheffield Soldiers

[crookedspire]

Does Sheffield have any war memorials to the Boer Wars, if so were are the memorials situated and is their any info either online or in the archives about the regiments that were sent to Africa?

[bazjea]

Does Sheffield have any war memorials to the Boer Wars, if so were are the memorials situated and is their any info either online or in the archives about the regiments that were sent to Africa?

 

There is a memorial to in Weston Park, in memory of the men

of the Yorks and Lancs Regiments, who lost their lives in the Boer war.

There is a Yorks and Lancs Regiment Museum at Clifton Park Rotheham, who

may be able to give you more information.

 

There are dozens of sites on line, giving details of the regiments

who fought in Africa.

Edited September 14, 2015 by bazjea

[crookedspire]

There is a memorial to in Weston Park, in memory of the men

of the Yorks and Lancs Regiments who,lost their lives in the Boer war.

There is a Yorks and Lancs Regiment Museum at Clifton Park Rotheham, who

may be able to give you more information.

 

There are dozens of sites on line, giving details of the regiments

who fought in Africa

 

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There is a memorial to in Weston Park, in memory of the men

of the Yorks and Lancs Regiments who,lost their lives in the Boer war.

There is a Yorksand Lancs Regiment Museum at Clifton Park Rotheham, who

may be able to give you more information.

 

There are dozens of sites on line, giving details of the regiments

who fought in Africa

Thanks, I'm trying to find out if any of my family were in the Boer War as the family has a longstanding connection to the Army.

[bazjea]

Thanks, I'm trying to find out if any of my family were in the Boer War as the family has a longstanding connection to the Army.

 

Good luck with that. Try the site below, have recently found

some information of relation who was a POW of the JAPS in

WW2. They have some Boer war information. They also have an offer

of a free search at the moment.

 

 

 

https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/

[redted50]

I wouldn't have thought Sheffield was all that big in those days.Probably just a village.

[Daven]

In 1900 Sheffield had a population of over 400,000 - very large village I would say !

In fact Sheffield became a city in 1893 - before the Boer War.

[bullerboY]

My Grand Father fought in the Boer War with the York and Lancs and also in the first World War and came home,he did suffer from mustard gas poisoning though and died in 1938.yes Sheffield was a big village churning out armaments and railway lines and train buffers this was a time when the industry was starting to become a giant of steel.Some Village eh.

[greasemonkey]

hi my grandad saw a lot of action in the boer war he was in the yorks and lancs then he shipped out to india ,came home in 1907 joined again for ww1 ,was sent to the med but I don`t know where , came home again then joined again to get his pension he enlisted in wakefield

[sweetdexter]

Perhaps the most unrecognized memorial is the name of the stands at a lot of football grounds.Spion Kop

[crookedspire]

Perhaps the most unrecognized memorial is the name of the stands at a lot of football grounds.Spion Kop

 

I hope it's kept up its important these places are shown to our children and not forgotten.