crookedspire Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedspire Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 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 ---------- Post added 13-09-2015 at 21:23 ---------- 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redted50 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I wouldn't have thought Sheffield was all that big in those days.Probably just a village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasemonkey Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdexter Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Perhaps the most unrecognized memorial is the name of the stands at a lot of football grounds.Spion Kop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedspire Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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