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Was ‘Joe’s War’ a West Midlands War? The Impact of the Boer War (1899-1902) on the West Midlands

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Ian Binnie

knowlegable brummie
This is the title of the next lunchtime talk at the BMI on Monday 21/11, from 1-2. See the attached flyer for more detail. The talk costs £5 and registration, using Eventbrite is essential. See the flyer for the link.
 

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Pedrocut said:
The Regiment in September 1900 reports the experience of a Brummie in the Boer War. Pay for your own bullets soon ?

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My great grandfather related similar from WWI, after a long term injury he suffered in a gas attack. He was steadying two horses at the time, and hesitated too long to release one of them so he could put his mask on. Besides the injury, what really stayed with him was being docked wages for the loss of the horse.
 
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