| Code | Source |
|---|---|
| Bornman, Hans, A Dictionary of siSwati Place Names, SA Country Life, Nelspruit, 1993 | |
| Imperial Map of South Africa, Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town, April 1900 | |
| Transvaal (Major Jackson's Series), Mapping Section – Field Intelligence Department – Army Headquarters, Pretoria, April 1901 | |
| Officieele Kaart van den Oranje Vrijstaat, J.J. Herfst, Bloemfontein, 1891 | |
| Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and Surrounding Territories, Pretoria, 1899 (six sheets) | |
| Juta's Map of South Africa, Edward Stanford, London, 1895 | |
| Magisterial Districts and Provinces as at April 1994, Government Printer, Pretoria, 1994 | |
| Bosman, D.B., I.W. Van Der Merwe and L.W. Hiemstra, Tweetalige Woordeboek/Bilingual Dictionary, eighth revised and enlarged edition, third impression, Tafelberg, Cape Town, 1988 | |
| A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996 | |
| Bornman, Hans, Pioneers of the Lowveld, SA Country Life, Nelspruit, 1995 | |
| Letters from the Boer War. Peter Thomas, Old Yorkshire 1899. http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/features/hb-sa.html | |
| 13H | History of the XIII Hussars. CRB Barrett, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1911 |
| 18HRH | The 18th Hussars in South Africa. Burnett, Maj Charles, Warren & Son, Winchester, 1905 |
| 34IY | The Story of the 34th Company (Middlesex) Imperial Yeomanry. From the Point of View of Private No. 6243 |
| 5DG | The Story of a Regiment of Horse (5th Princess of Wales's Dragoon Guards) 1685-1922. Major the Hon. R. L. Pomeroy, Blackwood and Sons 1924 (2 vol) |
| 79 | 79th News. Regimental journal of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. |
| 9DIV | Work of the 9th Division: Sir H. E. Colville |
| 9KLR | The Volunteer Companies of The King's Liverpool Regiment in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (http://www.9thkings.co.uk/VolCoyQSA.html) |
| AB | Diary of a Nurse in South Africa: Alice Bron |
| Abbott | Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal 1855-1909. Abbott, PE. JB Hayward & Son, Suffolk 1987 |
| ABWMP | Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project - http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/index.asp?PageId=69 |
| AC | Anti-Commando. V Sampson & I Hamilton. Faber & Faber limited, 1931 |
| ACH | The Australian Commonwealth Horse. George Newbury, 1990 |
| AD | Adventure: J. E. B. Seely |
| ADM188 | Sailors service records. The National Archives London |
| AEM | Our Boys Under Fire or Maritime Volunteers in South Africa second edition. Anne Elizabeth Mellish, Examiner Office, Charlottetown 1900 |
| Afloat | Afloat and Ashore. The Royal Navy During the Boer War 1899-1902. Peter Singlehurst, Token Publishing, Honiton, Devon. 2006 |
| AH | Angels on Horseback: F. P. Crozier, Jonathan Cape, 1933 |
| AIR | Air Ministry. Records held by The National Archives, London. |
| AL | From Alexandria to Ladysmith with the 87th. The 1st Battalion Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers in South Africa 1899-1900. Bvt-Major DW Churcher re-print Boer War Books, York 1984 |
| AL yyyy | Army List yyyy = year |
| AM | Story of the War in South Africa: A. T. Mahan |
| Anderssen | Anderssen, Ds E.C., Die Verlede Herleef, Voortrekkerpers Beperk, Johannesburg, 1943 |
| ANG | Army & Navy Gazette |
| ANZAC | Discovering Anzacs. http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/ |
| AO | Scottish Yeomanry in South African War: A. S. Orr |
| AO yyyy | Army Orders |
| AP | From Aldershot to Pretoria: W. E. Sellers |
| APTGW | After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, Wilson, H.W., Harmsworth Brothers, 1902 |
| Archer | Home for Christmas A Wartime Anthology, Archer Jeremy. Century (Random House) 2007 |
| ART | Officers of the Artillery |
| ARTYVICS | Artyvics. The Victoria Cross and The Royal Regiment of Artillery. Marc J Sherriff. Royal Artillery Historical Trust 2006 |
| ASC | Royal Army Service Corps: J. Fortescue |
| Ashanti95 | Ashanti 1895-96. McInnes, Ian & Fraser, M, Picton Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd, 1987 |
| Austin | "Wireless goes to war: The use of wireless communications in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902", Dr Brian Austin. Soldiers fo the Queen, Victorian Military Society issue 179 Winter 2020/2021 |
| AV | History of the Aberdeen Volunteers |
| AW | Australians at the Boer War. R. L. Wallace, AWM & AGPS Canberra 1976 |
| AWM | Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au |
| AWWW | The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907 |
| BAA | British Army Ancestors. www.britisharmyancestors.co.uk (picture of soldier) |
| Baker | A Fine Chest of Medals The Life of Jack Archer, Baker, Colin. Mpemba Press, Cardiff 2003 |
| Barbour | Barbour, F., 'Who was Magersfontein's 'Young Unknown Scottish Bugler'?', Military History Journal, vol.4, no.6, December 1979 http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol046fb.html |
| Bardgett | The Black Angel. The Volunteers of the Border Regiment in the Boer War. Bardgett, Colin. Bookcase, Carlisle 1997 |
| Barnard | Genl. Louis Botha op die Natalse front 1899–1900, Barnard, Dr. C.J., A.A. Balkema, |
| Barnard | Barnard, Chris (red.), Die Transvaalse Laeveld, Tafelberg–Uitgewers Beperk, Kaapstad, 1975 |
| Bays | A History of the Queens Bays 1685-1929. F White & A.H. Atteridge. |
| BB | Anglo-Boer War 1899-1960 - Photo album (? Kimberley) |
| BBBB | Blue Bonnets, Boers and Biscuits The Diary of Private William Fessey DCM. Heather Wilson, London 1998 |
| BBM | British Battles & Medals. Ed J Hayward, D Birch and R Bishop. Spink 2006 (7th edition) |
| BC | Buller's Campaign: J. Symons |
| BE | To the Bitter End: E. Lee |
| Beak | The Aftermath of War: An Account of the Repatriation of Boers and Natives in the Orange River Colony 1902-1904, Beak GB, Edward Arnold 1906 |
| Bees | St Bees School: http://www.stbees.org.uk/publications/wardead/boer.htm |
| Beggars | Absent Minded Beggars. Yeomanry and Volunteers in the Boer War. Will Bennett. Leo Cooper 1999 |
| Beighton | "The St John Ambulance Brigade in the South AfricanWar, 1899-1902 Casualties and Memorials in South Africa" Beighton, Professor P & de Villiers, JC. SAMHS Vol 10 No 5" |
| Bell | "The Diary of 3016 Pte Horace Bell, 14th Regiment of Hussars", SAMHS Vol 10 No 6 |
| BF | The Third Battn. Buffs in South Africa: Hirst |
| BG | Mafeking: A Victorian Legend: Brian Gardner |
| Birkin | The History of the 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. RL Birkin (1907) |
| BJB | "Bastards of the Boer War" Johnson Barker, Brian. Medal News June/July 2006 |
| BK | With "Bobs" and Krüger: Experiences and Observations of an American War Correspondent in the Field with Both Armies. FW Unger, Henry T. Coates and Company, Philadelphia 1901 (reprinted 2008) |
| BL | British Library |
| BM | Two years at the front with the M.I. |
| BO | The History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps: 1 Anglesey and Caernarfonshire. Bryn Owen, Palace Books, Caernarfon, 1989 |
| BPM | Baden Powell at Mafeking: Grinnell Milne |
| Bradfield | Bradfield College Register, 1850-1923. https://archive.org/stream/b29009479/b29009479_djvu.txt |
| Breytenbach | Die Geskiedenis van die Tweede Vryheidsoorloog in Suid–Afrika,1899–1902, Breytenbach, J.H. Government Printer, Pretoria, 1969 (six volumes) |
| Brighton | Brighton College |
| Brown | War With The Boers, Brown, H., H. Virtue and Company, Limited, London, 1900–1902 (five volumes) |
| BrownR | Aspects of the Boer War [including the diary of Pte 4358 R Brown Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders], Archibald, M. Fledgling Press, 2005 |
| BS | Boot and Saddle : a Narrative Record of the Cape Regiment, the British Cape Mounted Riflemen, the Frontier Armed Mounted Police, and the Colonial Cape Mounted Riflemen, PJ Young, Maskew Miller Cape Town 1955 |
| BU | Boer and Uitlander: W. F. Regan |
| Burke | The Siege of O'Okiep (Guerrilla Campaign in the Anglo-Boer War). Peter Burke, War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein 1995 |
| Burnham | Scouting on Two Continents. Major Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO. Ivan Deach jnr, Los Angeles, 1934 |
| Burrows | |
| BVC-PLH | The Bushveldt Carbineers and the Pietersburg Light Horse. Woolmore, W (Bill). Slouch Hat Publications McRae, Australia. 2002 |
| BW vol/issue/page | Black and White Budget. |
| BY | Great Boer War: Byron Farwell |
| CA | Casualty photo album – contact me for more information |
| Campbell | Campbell College |
| CANA | Soldiers of the South African War (1899 - 1902). Canada. www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/south-african-war/ |
| CANA-GWP | Canadian Great War Project: http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com |
| CANA-WWI | Canadian Expeditionary Force: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef |
| CANSC | Knowing No Fear. The Canadian Scouts in South Africa 1900-1902. Jim Wallace, Trafford Publishing 2008 |
| Canterbury | Canterbury |
| Cav | A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919, vol 4 1899-1913. Anglesey, Marquis of. Leo Cooper, Secker & Warburg 1986 |
| CC | The Canadian contingents and Canadian imperialism: a story and a study. W Sanford Evans, T Fisher Unwin, 1901 |
| CCnn | City Coins auction house, Cape Town, South Africa. The two numbers following 'CC' refer to the number of the auction catalogue. |
| CCR | The Corps of Cattle Rangers Boer War 1899-1902. Lt-Col Neil C Smith AM. Mostly Unsung Military Research and Publications, Australia 2006 |
| CD | Great Boer War: A. Conan Doyle |
| CD981 | Papers Relating to the Administration of Martial Law in South Africa, HMSO 1902 |
| CET | Cornish Evening Tidings, Penzance |
| CF | Chaplains at the Front: Owen S. Watkins |
| CG | Coldstream Guards 1885 - 1914: Hall, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1929 |
| CG-ABW | Coldstream Guards Record Of South African Campaign 1899-1902. www.findmypast.co.uk |
| CH | South African War Record of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1900-1-2. The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd, Inverness 1903. (A special edition of "The 79th News") |
| Chalmers | Bombardment of Ladysmith Anticipated: The Diary of a Siege. Alan Chalmers, Covos Day Books,South Africa 2000 |
| Charterhouse | Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 |
| Chelmsford mmyyyy | The Chelmsfordian Magazine (Chelmsford Royal Grammar School) |
| Chelt | Leaving All That Was Dear, Cheltenham and The Great War. Sacker G & Devereux J. Promenade Publications, Cheltenham 1997 |
| Childs | Ladysmith (Battleground South Africa). Lewis Childs, Pen & Sword Books Ltd 1998 |
| CIV | One Thousand Miles with the C.I.V., J Barclay Lloyd. Methuen & Co 1901 |
| CL | From Capetown to Ladysmith: G. W. Steevens |
| Clarke | A History of the Natal Police. The Nongqai: 503, 504. Clarke, W J 1909/1910. |
| Clifton | Clifton College Register. https://archive.org/details/cliftoncollegere00clifuoft |
| CM | Chances and Mischances: C. Gilson |
| CMR | Cape Mounted Rifles roll |
| Coghlan | "The Transvaal Outbreak. The Boer attack on Lancaster Hill, Vryheid, 11 December 1900" Coghlan, M. SAMHS Vol 10 No 4" |
| Collins | Records of 1st East Lancashire Mounted Infantry Company, Lancashire Infantry Regiments Museum archive, Fulwood Barracks, Preston |
| Copley | "Ambush at Kalkheuwel Pass, 3 June 1900 ", Copley, Professor IB. SAMHS Vol 9 No 4 |
| Copley 1 | "The Second Battle Of Silkaatsnek 2 August 1900" Copley, IB. SAMHS Vol 10 No 3 |
| CORRES | Personal correspondence |
| Cowper | The King’s Own, The Story of A Royal Regiment, Vol 2 1814-1914. Col LI Cowper, Oxford University Press, 1939 |
| CP | Campaign Pictures: A. G. Hales |
| CPG | Cinque Ports Gazette December 1935. A journal of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Bn The Royal Sussex Regt. |
| Creswicke | South Africa and the Transvaal War. Creswicke, Louis, The Caxton Publishing Co., (eight volumes, no date) |
| CS | Canada's Sons on Kopje and Veldt: TG Marquis |
| CTH | The Cape Town Highlanders 1885-1970. Orpen, Neil. The Cape Town Highlanders History Committee, Cape Town 1970 |
| Cuckfield | Cuckfield, West Sussex. Excerpts from the parish magazine http://cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=29 |
| CV | History of the Cambridge University Officers Training Corps.: Hew Strachan |
| CW | Sir Charles Warren and Spion Kop |
| CWGC | Commonwealth War Graves Commission - www.cwgc.org |
| CY | Cheshire Yeomanry |
| Dalbiac | Major Henry Shelley Dalbiac, Victorian Cavalry Officer. John Davenport. Military Illustrated, number 72 May 1994 |
| Danes | Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1901. Danes, Richard, Cassell and Company Ltd 1901 |
| Darby | "The KSA and the Bar-Less Conductors", Darby R. Medal News 200812 |
| DBNLI | The Durban Light Infantry, Volume I 1854-1934 by Lieutenant-Colonel A.C. Martin, The Regiment, Durban 1969 |
| DCM-WW1 | Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914–1920. Naval and Military Press, 2007. |
| DDT | Derby Daily Telegraph |
| De Wet | De Strijd Tusschen Boer en Brit, De Wet, C.R., Höveker & Wurmser, Amsterdam, 1902/De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, Three Years War, Archibald Constable and Co Ltd, London 1902 |
| Deaths-Cape | Civil registration (deaths),Cape Colony. National Archives of South Africa. WWW.FamilySearch.org |
| Deaths-Natal | Civil registration (deaths), Natal, 1863-1923. National Archives of South Africa. WWW.FamilySearch.org |
| DeathsSea | Deaths at sea, 1781-1968. www.findmypast.co.uk |
| Dewar | With the Scottish Yeomanry: Being a Reprint, Somewhat Altered & Extended, of Letters Written from South Africa During the War of 1899-1901. T Buncle & Co, Arbroath 1901 |
| DF | Second Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War |
| DG | 7th Dragoon Guards 1688 - 1902 |
| Diespecker | "The Attack on Willowmore, 1 June 1901" Diespecker, DD. SAMHS Vol 9 No 4 |
| DJ | The Boer War. Denis Judd |
| DK | Echoes from the Battlefields of South Africa: D. Kidd |
| DLI | Officers of Durham Light Infantry 1758-1968, MacGregor, Malcolm privately published 1989. |
| DM | How we kept the flag flying: D. MacDonald |
| DoM | The Defence of Mafeking Medal. MG Hibbard FSANS, FSA Scot. Reprinted from Spink & Son's Numismatic Circular 1979 |
| Dover | Dover College Register |
| Downham | Red Roses on the Veldt, Lancashire Regiments in the Boer War 1899-1902. John Downham, Carnegie Publishing Ltd, Lancaster 2000 |
| Doyle | The Great Boer War, Doyle, Arthur Conan, Smith, Elder, & Co., London, complete edition, 1902 |
| DR | Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Reitz, Deneys, Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1929 |
| Droogleever | 'General Yule's Retreat from Dundee', Droogleever, R.W.F., Soldiers of the Queen, Issue 78, Sep 1994 |
| DSAB | Dictionary of South African Biography, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, 1968–1987 (five volumes). De Kock, W.J., D.W. Krüger and C.J. Beyers (successive editors–in–chief) |
| Dulwich | Dulwich College Register (see http://distantcousin.com/Yearbooks/UK/Dulwich/Dulwich_Alum/) |
| Durham | Durham School Register |
| Duxbury | Duxbury, G.R., various papers and monographs written whilst Director of the S.A. of the S.A. National Museum of Military History |
| DW | On the Heels of De Wet |
| DWR | History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1st and 2nd Battalions 1881-1923, Brigadier-General CD Bruce, Medici Society 1927 |
| DWR-1 | The History of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) 1702-1992, JM Brereton AND Major ACS Savoury MBE, Published by The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment Regimental Headquarters 1993 |
| DWT | Devon Weekly Times |
| Eaton | Letter from Cpl Eric Eaton describing fighting around Bethlehem Oct-Nov 1901 http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/yesterdays/1902/11jan02.html |
| EB | Memoirs of 65th Regt. 1st York & Lancs. 1756 - 1913: E. C. Broughton |
| EC | The H.A.C. in South Africa: Basil Williams & Erskine Childers, Smith, Elder & Co, 1903 |
| ECS | Essex County Standard newspaper |
| ED | With the Eighth Division: E. C. Moffett, Knapp, Drewett & Sons 1903 |
| Edmondson | John Bull's Army From Within, Edmondson, Robert, Francis Griffiths 1907 |
| Effect | Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901–60. National Army Museum, Chelsea, London, England. www.ancestry.co.uk |
| Egypt | Egyptian Soudan Its Loss And Recovery, Henry S. L. Alford and W. Dennistoun Sword, Naval & Military Press re-print |
| EHW | War Letters to T.H.W. from South Africa 1899-1902,E.H.W. Eric Holt-Wilson, Clemency Holt-Wilson 2000 |
| Eloff | Oorloogsdagbookie van H.S. Oosterhagen, Eloff, C.C. (Ed.), Januarie–Junie 1902, Raad vir |
| Engelenburg | General Louis Botha. Engelenburg, Dr. F.V., George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1929 |
| Epsom | Epsom College Register. Available on www.FindmyPast.co.uk |
| ER | Twice Captured, A Record of Adventure during the Boer War. Earl of Rosslyn, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1900 |
| ES | The fight for the flag in S. Africa: E. Sanderson |
| ESURREY4VB | History of the 4th VB East Surrey Regiment, Captain Albert Larking, 1912 |
| ET | Rights and Wrongs of Transvaal War: E. T. Cook |
| ETON | Etonians in the Boer War |
| EV | The Boer War: Eversley Belfield |
| EVETEL | Evening Telegraph |
| EW | Eton and the War: Mrs Warre Cornish |
| F&W | The Queen's South Africa Medal to The Royal Navy and The Royal Marines Fevyer, WH & Wilson, JW. Spink & Son Ltd, 1983 |
| FaG | www.findagrave.com |
| FC | French's Cavalry Campaign. J. G. Maydon, C Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1902 |
| FCKH | In Memoriam of Colonel Francis Charles King Hunter 24th Regiment, South Wales Borderers and Thomas Fraser Hunter by their Sister. IF Hunter nd ca. 1922 |
| FD | No charge for Delivery: C. W. L. De Souza |
| Ferreira | Geschiedenis Werken en Streven van S.P.E. Trichard, Ferreira, O.J.O., Raad Vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing Pretoria |
| Fettes | Fettes School Register 1870 - 1953 |
| FF | A fight to the Finish: C. G. Dennison |
| FH | Historical Record of the 14th Hussars: J. G. Browne |
| FL | The Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers in South Africa 1899 - 1902. WT Willcox (Boer War Books, York reprinted 1981) |
| FM | Four Months Besieged: H. H. S. Pearse |
| Fogg | "The Anglo Boer War The 5th Contingent Queensland Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901 - 1902 The History of this contingent from its formation in January 1901 until it was disbanded on 5th May 1902" Fogg MBE, Alan l. Internet edition October 1999 |
| Ford | Account by Trpr M Ford, NSWL, of his capture and escape from captivity published in The Sydney Mail 30-06-1900. Reproduced https://www.bwm.org.au/warcourse/Escape_from_Waterval.php |
| FP | The Great Boer War, Letters: F. Price |
| FR | The Life of Lord Roberts: Sir G. Forrest |
| FRAM | Framlingham Register |
| Freshney | My Experiences in the South African War 1899-1900. Trpr Fred A Freshney, Imperial Ligh Horse, Friskney/Freshney FHS 1996 (1903) |
| FT | The Tale of a Field Hospital: F. Treves |
| FW | The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers). Frederick J Wood, Kent Messenger, Maidstone 1907 |
| Garrish | The Records of "I" Company. A Brief History of the East Surrey Volunteers Service in the South African War. 1901 Garrish, AG. |
| GB | With the Guards Brigade: Rev. E. P. Lowry |
| GC | Commission of H. M. S. Terrible: George Crowe |
| GD | Battle of Magersfontein: G. R. Duxbury |
| GDG | Goodbye Dolly Gray: W. Kruger |
| GF | With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa: C. S. Goldmann |
| GG | The Gateshead Gurkhas. A History of the 9th bn The Durham Light Infantry 1859-1967. Moses, Harry. County Durham Books, Durham 2001 |
| GH | With The Green Howards in South Africa 1899-1902. ML Ferrar, Eden Fisher & Co, 1904 |
| Gilbert | Rhodesia & After Being the Story of 17th & 18th Battalions of IY. Gilbert, SH. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1901 |
| Gildea | For Remembrance. South Africa 1899-1902. Gildea, Sir John. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1911 |
| GLEN | Glen Almond School |
| GM | Burgin's War: G. Moore |
| GO | A Captain of the Gordons: Mrs M. Miller |
| Goldmann | With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa, Goldmann, Charles Sydney, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1902 |
| Gomm | Gomm, N., 'Commandant P.H. Kritzinger in the Cape, Dec. 1900–Dec. 1901', Military History Journal, vol.1, no.7, December 1970 |
| GPR | Gravestone Photographic Resource. www.gravestonephotos.com |
| GR | The History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps: 2 The Glamorgan Regiments of Militia. Bryn Owen, Palace Books, Caernarfon, 1990 |
| Gray | The South African War 1899-1902: Service Records of British and Colonial Women. Sheila Gray, 1993 |
| GrenGds | First or Grenadier Guards in South Africa 1899-1902. The Naval & Military Press Ltd, East Sussex, 2005 |
| GRO | General Register Office: Army Death Indices (1881 to 1955) |
| GS | Record of the Mounted Infantry of C.I.V.: G. H. Guillam Scott, E. & F. N. Spon 1902 |
| Gurney | History of The Northamptonshire Regiment, 1742-1934. Lt - Col Russell Gurney, Gale & Polden, Aldershot 1935 |
| GW | Scapegoats of the Empire: G. Witton |
| HA | South African War Honours and Awards, 1899-1902. Officers and Men of the Army and Navy Mentioned in Despatches (1902). Arms & Armour Press with Hayard & Hall, 1971 |
| HAIL | Haileybury School |
| Haldane | How We Escaped From Pretoria. Cpt A Haldane, William Blackwood & Sons, 1901 |
| Hall | Halt! Action Front! With Colonel Long at Colenso. Darrell Hall, Covos-Day Books, South Africa 1999 |
| Hare | The Annals of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, volume IV. Major-General Sir Steuart Hare, John Murray 1929 |
| Harris | Harris, J.D., 'The Other Vlakfontein – An action in the Anglo–Boer War, 3 July 1901', Military History Journal, vol.9, no.6, December 1994 |
| HARROW | Harrow School |
| Harvey | Monuments to Courage Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials. David Harvey, Privately published 1999 |
| Hay | An Epitomized History of The Militia. Col George Jackson Hay, United Services Gazette, (nd ca. 1905) |
| HB1 | Household Brigade Magazines (Bound Volumes) |
| HB2 | Household Brigade Magazines (Bound Volumes) |
| HB3 | Household Brigade Magazines (Bound Volumes) |
| HB5 | Household Brigade Magazines (Bound Volumes), volume 5, 1902 |
| HC | Spion Kop: H. G. Castle |
| HD | The Seaforth Highlanders in South Africa |
| Hebden | Trying their luck in South Africa, Letters from South Africa. Peter Thomas Old Yorkshire 1999 http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/features/hb-sa.html Letters from the Boer War. Peter Thomas, Old Yorkshire 1899. http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/features/hb-sa.html |
| Heberden | The Diary of a Doctor's Wife (Part 1) During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900. Heberden, Winifred. SAMHJ Vol 3 No 4 December 1975 |
| Herald | Worthing Herald newspaper |
| HG | Heroes and Gentlemen, an Army Chaplin's Experiences in South Africa: Rev. R. M'Clelland |
| HH | South Africa and the Boer-British War comprising a history of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902: J Castell Hopkins War Book Pub. Co Toronto |
| Hibbard | Boer War Tribute Medals. MG Hibbard. Constantia Classics, South Africa 1982 |
| HJ | With our Soldiers at the Front: H. Johnson |
| HL | From Pillar to Post: Lowther |
| HLI | Proud Heritage: The Story of the Highland Light Infantry, vol III 1882-1918. Lt-Col LB Oatts. The House of Grant |
| HM | Side Lights on the March: H. F. Mackern |
| HMG | Official History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902: Compiled by The Direction of His Majesty's Government. Maurice, Sir Frederick and Grant, Maurice H., Hurst and Blackett Limited, London, 1906 and onwards (four volumes) |
| HN | Ladysmith, Diary of a siege: H. W. Nevinson |
| HOP | Military History of Perthshire |
| Hossfeld | Hossfeld's New Pocket–Dictionary of the English and Dutch Languages, fifth edition, Hirschfeld Brothers, Ltd., London, s.d. [1908] |
| Howell | Anglo-Boer War Diary of Herbert Gwynne Howell. Edited by Andre Wessels. Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria 1986 |
| HR | On Commando: G. H. Russell |
| HS | Letters of Major Hart Synott |
| HURST | Register of St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint, 1914 |
| Hurst1900 | The Hurst Johnian, Hurstpierpoint College, 1900 |
| Hurst1901 | The Hurst Johnian, Hurstpierpoint College, 1901 |
| Hurst1902 | The Hurst Johnian, Hurstpierpoint College, 1902 |
| ID | With the Inniskilling Dragoons. Watkins Yardley, J. Longmans, Green And Co 1904 |
| ILH | Story of the Imperial Light Horse. Gibson, GF. GD & Co 1937 |
| ILI | With the Imperial Light Infantry Through Natal, Charles Boscawen-Wright, Straker 1903 |
| ILN | Illustrated London News |
| IM | The Boer War in Postcards: I. McDonald |
| IR | In the Ranks of the C.I.V.: E. Childers |
| IrishRgt | The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment From 1684 to 1902. Lieutenant-Colonel G le M Gretton, William Blackwood and Sons, 1911 |
| IYLSM | The Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. JMA Tamplin, Spink (n.d.) |
| JA | The Relief of Ladysmith: J. B. Atkins |
| JAH | The Siege of Mafeking. J Angus Hamilton, Methuen & Co, 1900 (e-book) |
| Jarvis | Jottings from an Active Life. Jarvis, W Col. Heath Cranton 1928 |
| JB | With the Buffs in South Africa: J. B. Backhouse |
| JBATT | The History of 'J' Battery Royal Horse Artillery. Major GEW Malet, Charles Good & Co 1903 (1898) |
| JC | 5,000 miles with the Cheshire Yeomanry: J. H. Cooke |
| Jeal | Baden Powell, Tim Jeal, Hutchinson, London, 1989 |
| JF | The Last of the Gentlemen's Wars. A Subaltern's Journal of the war In South Africa. JCF Fuller. London: Faber and Faber, 1937. |
| JG | The Green Horse in Ladysmith: Lt. Col. St. John Gore |
| JH | The War in South Africa: J. A. Hobson |
| JM | Music of the Guns: H. J. May |
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| RE | With Rundle's Eighth Division in S.A.: Thomas Watton |
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| RR | Records of the Rough Riders: McKenzie Rew |
| RS | The Regimental Records of The Royal Scots. JC Leask & HM McCance, Alexander Thom & Co Ltd, Dublin 1915 |
| RSS | Through Rhodesia with the Sharpshooters: R. Stevenson |
| RT | With Roberts to the Transvaal |
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| RU | Meteor Magazine - Rugby School |
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| Russell | Cavalry Doctor. Letters written from the field 1900-1901 During the Anglo-Boer War by Colonel AF Russell MB, CMG. Robertson, I (ed) Privately published Constantia South Africa 1979 |
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| SAMHS | Journal of the South African Military History Society |
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| SB | History of the 3rd Batt. Kings Own Scottish Borderers |
| SC | History of the 1st Vol. Batt. Hampshire Regt.: Cave |
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| SCD | Souvenir Coronation Dinner, 1911, Nottingham |
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| Scotsman | The Scotsman Newspaper |
| SD | Memoirs of 48 years service: Smith-Dorrien |
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| SDN | Sporting and Dramatic News |
| SEAH | The Seaforth Highlanders South Africa 1899-1902. W & AK Johnston Ltd 1904 |
| SF | Sheffield at the Front. A Pictorial Souvenir of Local Men Serving in South Africa |
| SG | With Seven Generals in the Boer War. Pollock, AWA Major, Skeffington & Son, London 1900 |
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| SK | The Call to Arms: H. Seton-Kerr |
| Sketch | Sketch Newspaper |
| SL | A Subaltern's letters to his wife: Sir R. Rankin |
| SM | Diary of Siege of Mafeking: E. Ross |
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| SN | The South African War: S. L. Norris |
| SOL | Siege of Ladysmith: R. J. McHugh |
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| SP | Trooper 8008 I.Y.: Hon. S. Peel |
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| Spion | South Africa. The Spion Kop Despatches CD968, HMSO 1902. Reprinted Boer War Books nd |
| SS | Southern Cross Scots: John E. Price |
| ST | St Edwards School, Oxford see http://www.stedwards.oxon.sch.uk/index.html |
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| Stevenson | A Carbineer Remembers, RE Stevenson, Military History Journal, December 1971 |
| Stevenson–Hamilton | The Low–Veld: Its Wild Life And Its People, Stevenson–Hamilton, Lt–Col J., Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1929 |
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| Stowers | Rough Riders at War. Richard Stowers, 2000 |
| STRATH | Strathcona's Horse South Africa 1900-1901. Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society 2000 |
| SU | Sunday Strand |
| Summer | The Warriors, Summers, R. and C.W. Pagden, Books of Africa, Cape Town, 1970 |
| SVF | Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859-1908. Lt-Gen Sir J Moncrieff Grierson, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1972 (William Blackwood & Sons 1909) |
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| Swazi | A Biographical Register of Swaziland to 1902. Huw M. Jones, University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 1993 |
| SWB | The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937, CT Atkinson, Cambridge University Press 1937 |
| SWBRH | South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion South African War, 1899-1902, Swiss, Devonport n.d. |
| SWB-WW1 | Silver War Badge Records - WO329 The National Archives London |
| Sword | The Sword of the North Highland Memories of the Great War. Dugald Macechern, R. Curruthers & Sons, Inverness, 1923 |
| SY | The Shropshire Yeomanry: E. W. Gladstone |
| Tablet | The Tablet. The International Catholic News Weekly. http://www.thetablet.co.uk |
| TC | Tommy Cornstalk, J. H. M. Abbott, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 |
| TD | Twelve Diary Letters concerning 1st Guards M.I. |
| TDA | The Times (newspaper, London) Digital Archive |
| TE | They proved to all the earth: John E. Price |
| TeAra | Te Ara: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (http://www.teara.govt.nz) |
| TF | Private Memoir of Sir Thomas Fowler: Bart |
| TGW | Tonbridge School & Great War |
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| Times | The Times History of the War in South Africa, Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited,London, 1900 and onwards (seven volumes) |
| TM | Dusty Measure: Sir T. Montgomery-Cunninghame |
| TMI | Thorneycroft's Unbuttoned. The Story of Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry in the Boer War 1899-1902. RWF Drooglever, privately published 2011 |
| TO | Trekking On: D. Reitz |
| Toll | Toll for the Brave. The Tragedy of Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald. John Montgomery, Max Parrish 1963 |
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| Tremayne | XIII Hussars South African War October 1899-October 1902. May & Co, Aldershot, 1905 |
| TRI | The Roodewal Incident. A.G.M. Batten, Vrijstaat 81 Organising Committee, Bloemfontein, SA 1981 |
| TRY | Those Restless Years |
| TT | Towards Pretoria: Julian Ralph |
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| Tylden | The Armed Forces of South Africa, Tylden, Major G., City of Johannesburg Africana Museum, Johannesburg,1954 |
| TYT | Two Years on Trek: Du Moulin |
| UPP | Uppingham School Roll 1824-1884, 1824-1894 |
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