LONDON, ONT. COMPANY B. TO SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899

Date1899

Dimensions13.2 cm x 15.6 cm

Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1999

Object number1999.011.043

Label TextBetween 1899 and 1902, Londoners were among the 7000 Canadians to fight in Britain’s South African War. As with many English Canadians, patriotic zeal fired Londoners when Great Britain’s war with the Boer Republic began in October 1899. They believed that Great Britain was fighting a war to bring British civilization to a backward people. Many of the young men who enlisted believed it was their duty to support the Mother Country. Many also hoped for adventure and an escape from humdrum lives. On the home front, Londoners supported the troops, harnessed economic opportunities the war presented, and mourned their dead.

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