Hi Annie,
I haven't been able to find out much about the Boar
war but this is what I did for the WW1 stuff.
My ggrandfather was killed in WW1, and I had his number from his military bible and confirmed it from the Commomwealth Graves Commision. This can be done online.
I then used this to obtain his WW1 medals card (online) at the National Archieves.
A real breakthrough came when I discovered that the Warrington Family History group have published pamphlets that index all the soldiers to page references in the Warrington Guardian.
They are in the series "Warrington's Great War Heroes"
these can be ordered online at
www.liverpool-genealogy.org.ukI looked up my relatives and sent the page references to the British Newspaper Library,Collindale Ave,London
e- mail
newspapers@bl.uk with a request and they will get back to you.
Hope this helps
Jill C
P.s they hold copies of all UK newspapers- if you are lucky there might be a photo also.