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2. Robert Collins (British Army officer) - Wikipedia

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   Educated at Marlborough College, Collins, after service with the 6th Warwick Militia during the Second Boer War, was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1899. [1] He fought in the Second Boer War and then served with the Egyptian Army until 1911 and attended the Staff College, Camberley , from 1913 to 1914, where J. F. C. Fuller ...

3. George Frederick Ives - Wikipedia

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   In the Boer War, George Ives fought with the Imperial Yeomanry of the British Army in South Africa. [2] On January 30, 1901, Ives attested for service as a Trooper, number 21198, with the 1st (Wiltshire) Company, 1st Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. His height was 5'6, his eyes dark blue, hair black, and trade listed as a grocer.

4. James Osborne (VC) - Wikipedia

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   Osborne was 23 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, British Army during the First Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 22 February 1881 at Wesselstroom, South Africa , Private Osborne rode out under heavy fire, picked up a private who was lying wounded and ...

5. Ian Hamilton (British Army officer) - Wikipedia

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   During the First Boer War he was present at the Battle of Majuba, where he was wounded and taken prisoner of war by the Boers. He later returned to England to recover, where he was treated as a war hero and introduced to Queen Victoria. In 1882 he was made captain and took part in the Nile Expedition of 1884–1885, being promoted to brevet ...

6. List of British Army formations during the Second Boer War

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   Brigades Formation name Created Ceased to exist Locations served Notes Ref; 1st (Guards) Brigade: Existing brigade at Aldershot [3] [4]2nd Brigade: Existing brigade at Aldershot

7. The Rangers (British battalion) - Wikipedia

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   The Rangers was a volunteer unit of the British Army, originally formed in 1860.It provided a detachment for service in the Second Boer War, saw intensive action on the Western Front in the First World War (including the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele), and served as motorised infantry during the Second World War during the campaigns in Greece and the Western Desert.