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Following the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, Shackleton transferred to the troopship Tintagel Castle where, in March 1900, he met an army lieutenant, Cedric Longstaff, whose father Llewellyn W. Longstaff was the main financial backer of the National Antarctic Expedition, then being organised in London.
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Following the Boxer rebellion in China and the Boer War, a second navy bill was passed on 14 June 1900.
Following the defeat of the conventional Boer forces, Kitchener succeeded Roberts as overall commander in November 1900.
Following a decline in trade after the Second Boer War, and the arrival of increasing competition in cranes and dynamos from Germany and the United States, Royce began considering the motor car as a potential new product for the company.
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Following the end of the Boer War, Trenchard decided to apply for service in the West African Frontier Force and was granted the position of Deputy Commandant of the Southern Nigeria Regiment with the promise that he was entitled to lead all regimental expeditions.
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Following the Second Boer War plumes were added to the headgear of all fusilier regiments in recognition of their service in South Africa.
Following his return from the Boer War, he was instrumental in promoting the mass training of civilians in rifle shooting skills through membership of shooting clubs, and a facsimile of his signature appears to this day on all official targets of the National Smallbore Rifle Association.
Following their defeats on the battlefield during 1899 – 1900, the Boer rebels embarked on a guerrilla campaign against the British.
Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899 he was given the army rank of captain and for three years commanded a battery of the Royal Field Artillery equipped by Elswick.
Following the Boer War Sir Alfred Keogh carried through the changes which turned the RAMC into a proper medical service and encouraged research against typhoid by setting up a proper school of Army Hygiene at Mytchett near Aldershot.
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Following and War
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