Today is World Malaria Day. Although malaria has been eradicated from much of the western world, it still kills over a million people each year. It is also strongly linked to conflict. When people are forced to flee their homes, they often end up living in areas were malaria-carrying mosquitos are prevalent and they have little or no access [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boer War’
Malaria and conflict
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Boer War, civilians, WW2 on 25 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finding out more about Boer War memorials
Posted in FAQs, tagged Boer War, Women on 20 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While the UKNIMW records all UK memorials to all conflicts, there are some projects that focus on a narrower field. One of these is the Anglo-Boer Memorials Project, which was established to record, catalogue and photograph all Anglo-Boer War memorials in the world.
There is a very interesting essay available on their website entitled ‘A Survey of Memorials to the Second [...]
Restoration appeal for Hastings War Memorial
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, New or restored, tagged Boer War, Restoration, Theft, WW1 on 30 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A campaign has been launched to raise £60,000 to help restore the memorial in Alexandra Park, Hastings (East Sussex).
Read more from BBC NEWS
The Hastings memorial was unveiled in 1922 and commemorates those from the local borough who lost their lives in several wars.
It is not unusual to find later conflicts added to First World War memorials (in this case [...]
