At the very end of the nineteenth century, British forces went to war again the Boers in South Africa. Several years of bitter fighting followed. A number of men connected with Kiveton served during that war:  A proud portrait of a soldier who later moved to Kiveton sits above a mantelpiece on Wales Road.

Worthy Wigmore, who was later a winder at Kiveton Pit, served during the both the Boer War and the First World War. These photos show him in a proud stance while in South Africa and a few years later with his family on Colliery Road. The medals shown here are those he was awarded with after serving in the Boer War and while serving in World War One.