Elandslaagte memorials at Nambiti Game Reserve

The charge: Battle of Elandslaagte

At Nambiti Private Game Reserve the northern gate is appropriately known as Memorial Gate. Nearby, memorials to both British and Boer soldiers who fell in the Battle of Elandslaagte, 21 October 1899, can be found. 

Elandslaagte was a defeat for the Boers following a brutal cavalry charge by the British, where lances were used against the enemy. Boer prisoners were taken and marched through the streets of Ladysmith, which town was soon to be under siege from 2 November 1899 to 27 February 1900.

Memorials at Nambiti are featured below, including to the Gordon Highlanders killed at Elandslaagte and to the 1st Btn Manchester Regiment.

Photos by E and S Dixon-Smith

Boer War: Ladysmith index

Was your ancestor among the approximately 21 000 people besieged in Ladysmith during the Anglo-Boer War?

At the start of the Siege, troops under Sir George White numbered 572 officers and 12,924 men. In this total there were about 10 000 efficient combatants of the cavalry, artillery, irregulars, Natal volunteers and Naval Brigade. Over and above this were 2 000 civilians, 2 440 blacks, 750 people of mixed race, and 2 470 Indians. The total number of mouths to feed thus numbered over 21 000 - of whom no more than half were fighting men. (These statistics appear in With the Flag to Pretoria; there may be slight variations in other sources.)

Brian Kaighin, a specialist in this phase of the Anglo-Boer War in Natal, has compiled two indexes which are an invaluable aid to anyone researching ancestors (residents) who were among the besieged in Ladysmith, or among the casualties, civilian or military. His databases consist of:

1. An index to those resident in Ladysmith up to 1900: over 16 000 names. Note that this also includes certain people from Dundee and Newcastle, since many of these names have Ladysmith connections. The database is an on-going project and Brian would welcome any additional information on the families mentioned.

2. An index to British Military deaths: over 24000 names covering the whole of the Boer War i.e. those Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Died of Disease, or natural causes. This list is in addition to the list of residents.

Brian mentions that 'information is taken from the births, death, marriages, deceased estates, regimental museums, War Office releases at the time and a register compiled by a local Ladysmith resident, Wally Hyde, of all Natal Casualties.'

If your ancestor was among the besieged, or died during the Boer War, Brian generously offers look-ups in his indexes, currently at no charge. He is also prepared to do further in-depth research for a small fee.  www.ladysmithhistory.com 

UPDATE: Brian's new site is at www.boerwardeaths.com

Murchison Street, Ladysmith 1899

Boer War: Winston Churchill capture site

15 November 1899

A detachment of Free Staters demonstrated against the British forces at Colenso on 1 November 1899. From Grobler's Heights they shelled the Colenso garrison at Fort Wylie keeping up the bombardment until the evening of 2 November. On the morning of 3 November the British garrison retired on Estcourt.

On 15 November an armoured train was sent from Estcourt to Frere and beyond to establish how far the line could be used for transporting troops. On the train was Winston Spencer Churchill, war correspondent of the Morning Post. The train reached Frere safely and was proceeding towards Chieveley when an advance party of Boers under Adjutant B van der Merwe heard the train approaching and made preparations for an ambush. Three guns and a pom-pom were placed in position and the Boers lay in wait in pouring rain. About one and a half miles from Frere the Boers were sighted and the train stopped, then began to reverse but on rounding the bend the last truck was derailed, toppling out members of the reconnaissance party and platelayers (some of the latter were badly injured or killed in the derailment). The Boers attacked and fierce fighting ensued. Those of the British who had not been killed were taken prisoner, including Winston Churchill.

On 6 December 1899, a small graveyard was consecrated to those who fell at Chieveley. Over 2 000 troops were present and the Dublin Fusiliers, who with the Durban Light Infantry had borne the brunt of the fight, were the last to march past in honour of their comrades.

The monument shown commemorating the wreck of the armoured train and the capture of Churchill was originally erected in 1917.



Churchill tells the story in his book My Early Life 1874-1908:

...two figures in plain clothes appeared on the line ...'Boers!' My mind retains its impression of these tall figures, full of energy, clad in dark, flapping clothes with slouch, storm-driven hats, poising on their levelled rifles hardly a hundred yards away. I turned again and ran back towards the engine, the two Boers firing as I ran between the metals. Their bullets, sucking to right and left, seemed to miss only by inches. We were in a small cutting with banks about six feet high on either side. I flung myself against the bank of the cutting. It gave no cover. Another glance at the two figures; one was now kneeling to aim. Movement seemed the only chance. Again I darted forward: again two soft kisses sucked in the air; but nothing struck me. This could not endure. I must get out of the cutting ... I jigged to the left and scrambled up the bank ...I got through the wire fence unhurt. Outside the cutting was a tiny depression. I crouched in this, struggling to get my breath again. Fifty yards away was a small platelayer's cabin of masonry: there was cover there. About 200 yards away was the rocky gorge of the Blue Krantz River; there was plenty of cover there. I determined to make a dash for the river. I rose to my feet. Suddenly on the other side of the railway ... I saw a horseman galloping furiously, a tall, dark figure, holding his rifle in his right hand. He pulled up his horse almost in its own length and shaking the rifle at me shouted a loud command. We were forty yards apart. That morning I had taken with me, Correspondent-status notwithstanding, my Mauser pistol. I thought I could kill this man, and after the treatment I had received I earnestly desired to do so. I put my hand to my belt, the pistol was not there. When engaged in clearing the line, getting in and out of the engine etc, I had taken it off ... I was quite unarmed. Meanwhile ...the Boer horseman still seated on his horse and covered me with his rifle. The animal stood stock still, so did he. I looked towards the river, I looked towards the platelayer's hut. The Boer continued to look along his sights, if he fired he would surely hit me, so I held up my hands and surrendered myself a prisoner of war. 

'When one is alone and unarmed,' said the great Napoleon ...'a surrender may be pardoned.' ... my captor lowered his rifle and beckoned to me to come across to him. I obeyed. I walked through the wire fences and across the line and stood by his side. He sprang off his horse and began firing in the direction of the bridge upon the retreating engine and a few straggling British figures. ... when the last had disappeared he re-mounted and at his side I tramped back towards the spot where I had left Captain Haldane and his company ... They were already prisoners ... We continued to plod on until we reached the general gang of prisoners and found ourselves speedily in the midst of many hundreds of mounted Boers who streamed into view, in long columns of twos and threes, many holding umbrellas over their heads in the pouring rain. 

It was not until three years later, when the Boer Generals visited England to ask for some loan or assistance on behalf of their devastated country, that I was introduced at a private luncheon to their leader, General Botha. We talked of the war and I briefly told the story of my capture. Botha listened in silence; then he said, 'Don't you recognise me? I was that man. It was I who took you prisoner. I, myself,' and his bright eyes twinkled with pleasure. Botha in white shirt and frock-coat looked very different in all save size and darkness of complexion from the wild war-time figure I had seen that rough day in Natal. But about the extraordinary fact there can be no doubt. He had entered upon the invasion of Natal as a burgher; his own disapproval of the war had excluded him from any high command at its outset. This was his first action. But as a simple private burgher serving in the ranks he had galloped on ahead and in front of the whole Boer forces in the ardour of pursuit. Thus we met.  

Boer War: Medical Corps

The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps (NVMC) were the two main units in charge of the wounded in the Natal field.

Indian stretcher bearers

The Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps was supplemented by the Natal Indian Volunteer Ambulance Corps performing essential duties in retrieving the wounded from the field. The Indian unit (about 1100 strong) was one of two raised and commanded by Mohandas K Gandhi - the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in 1899 followed by in 1906 the Indian Stretcher Bearer Corps.

The British Red Cross Society and St John's Ambulance also played a part in the treatment of British military and civilian casualties.

For further detail on all the above see
http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/british-regiments/royal-army-medical-corps/

Royal Army Medical Corps:
http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-units/585-royal-army-medical-corps

Natal Volunteer Medical Corps:
http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/448-natal-volunteer-medical-corps

RAMC memorial, Intombi, Ladysmith

RAMC memorial, Intombi, Ladysmith

Boer War Nurses

K.M. Champion

This cabinet print taken by Duffus Bros, Johannesburg, in the late 1890s, shows Kate Champion, a trained nurse who was to serve, a few years after this photograph was taken, during the Siege of Ladysmith.

Descended from the Hillary family of Hampshire, who emigrated to South Africa in the 1850s, Kate was born to Charles and Emma Champion ca 1870 and grew up in the Free State.

She survived the rigours of the Siege and was able to be in Ladysmith for the 1950 anniversary celebrations.

If your ancestor was a nurse during the Anglo-Boer War, visit Keiron Spires' fascinating and useful site at http://www.boerwarnurses.com

Boer War: A Doctor during the Siege of Ladysmith

Oswald James Currie was born in 1860 in Greenwich, London, into a life of middle class prosperity and conformity. His parents, Alexander and Jessie, were of Scottish descent but long settled into London suburbia, able to pay for Oswald's education fees at Guy's College from the income of Alexander's career as an insurance underwriter.

At some point Oswald must have decided to reject the idea of medical practice in Britain and perhaps he was inspired by tales of his father's seven brothers who had variously emigrated, enlisted and travelled all over the world. Certainly, after qualifying as a doctor at the University of London with a first class degree in forensic medicine, he did not waste much time before leaving his comfortable life and 4 stay-at-home younger siblings to pursue his love of travel and adventure. After a year in Ceylon and a spell as a ship's doctor, he finally came to South Africa which was to become his home.

Oswald worked as a physician in Pietermaritzburg from 1892 and was also a surgeon at Gray's Hospital there. In 1896 he married Sara Gough Gubbins, born in Limerick in Ireland and a cousin to Sir Charles O'Grady Gubbins*, and they had their first of 4 children in 1898.

By this time, Oswald had become very involved in the Natal Medical Corps and by the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War he was a Captain with the Natal Carbineers. Realising he was living through history, he wrote 3 letters to his sister Rose's 5 year-old daughter back in England, telling her about the Ladysmith Siege where he worked in Intombi Camp with the other medical staff. Little Winifred went on to keep her 'Uncle Oswald' letters all her life and they were often brought out of their little leather case as treasures for her children and later her grandchildren and great grandchildren to see.

Oswald himself went on to survive both the Boer War and the First World War. After 1908, the family left Natal and made their home in the Cape where Oswald became a well-respected GP, kept up his interest in hospital work at the Wynberg Hospital and contributed much to the South African Medical Corps. He died at the age of 72 in 1932.

Dr Currie is among the group of Natal Carbineers shown on this blog at http://molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/09/boer-war-natal-carbineers.html

O J Currie, his wife Sara,
with John Alexander (Jack) b 1898
and Jessie b 1900 (d in infancy)

*Sir Charles O'Grady Gubbins, M.B., J.P.
for Natal, M.L.A. Natal 1901-10, Colonial
Secretary and Minister of Education 1906-10,
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Native
Affairs 1907, Senator and MinisterWithout
Portfolio in Union of South Africa 1910-11,
Knt 1911, d 1911.




[With thanks to Currie descendant Jo King.]














Note: O J Currie served Sept 1899-31 May 1902 in the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps.
He received the QSA with 3 clasps.
During the Siege of Ladysmith he was in charge of the Natal First Field Hospital
(Volunteers). Later Major commanding the C Battery Natal Royal Artillery;
Surgeon of Grey's Hospital, Maritzburg, and Medical Officer of Health, Maritzburg.

Boer War: Intombi Camp, Siege of Ladysmith

Intombi, sometimes referred to as Ndomba (the Zulu word for a small stream), was a neutral camp established four miles to the south-east of Ladysmith, after negotiations between the British and the Boers. The Ladysmith Town Hall, which had been converted into a hospital and contained numerous casualties, was unsafe as exposed to enemy fire - a shell had landed on the clock tower of the Town Hall.

An armistice was granted until midnight on 5 November 1899 for sick and wounded, as well as some non-combatants, women and children, to be transferred to Intombi. Hospital tents were erected and the Boers gave permission for a daily ration train to run from Ladysmith to Intombi, by night.

Early on the morning of 5 November 'a long, long train made up of trucks, carriages etc, filled with patients and townsfolk, the sick and wounded lying on stretchers, in trucks, and in beds in the luggage van', left Ladysmith station for Intombi ... A few tents were up and more were being put up. After much difficulty and trouble we got the beds right and the wounded fixed up in tents ... It was late at night before this was finished and very dark.'

There were less than 30 qualified doctors, 120 trained medical personnel and 56 Indian bearers at any one time in Intombi camp. They had a total of 300 beds to start with. The 'vast sea of tentage' comprised No. 12 Field Hospital under Major Love, RAMC, No 1 Stationary Hospital of the Natal Field Force and No 1 Natal Volunteer Field Force Hospital, commanded by Captain Currie of the Natal Carbineers. From Convent Hill, Mother Marie des Anges took her nuns out to Intombi: 'after the initial shock at the crudities of tent life, where six of them shared three mattresses - sometimes with nightly visitations from scorpions, snakes and frogs - the nuns joined in with the nursing until, one by one, they too fell sick'.

By January, the death-toll from diseases such as enteric fever (typhoid) and dysentery at Intombi reached a rate of 10 to 20 per day. A Natal volunteer reported: 'They sent me into a tent in the field hospital where there were 40 soldiers and nearly killed me outright. The hospital had been intended for 300 at first and there were 1400 in it when I was there and 15 nurses to look after them. Food and medicine were both very short and the sun came through the tent like a ball of fire. The place was a perfect hell on earth ... What it must be like now [15 January] with 2 000 out there I dread to think.'

During January and February the typhoid epidemic raged, doing the Boers' work for them. Every day, the hospital trains carrying white flags steamed out of the town with new carriage-loads of victims and steamed back empty. All typhoid patients were supposed to be sent to Intombi but many sick men elected to stay in one of the hospitals within the town - though conditions were little better there.

'We just lie here', said one of the starving patients at Intombi, 'and think of all the good tuck ahead' - but many of them would not survive to enjoy better times.

Nurse Kate Driver wrote: 'Yesterday a Gordon Highlander who had seemed almost out of danger, gave a kind of long sigh against too great odds. "I've nothing to gie ye, Nurse. Will ye tak a bit o' ma kilt? The bit wi' the bullet holes - for ye nursed me better o' that wound - if it hadna been for the fever ...." I thought of his kilt now - that would never swing again, that so jauntily had swung over the kopjes and under the scream of shells. I thought of how it had been when it was new and his mother looked at him with pride and love. And now I thought of her, so far away, still - weeks in the future - to be numbed by the news of his death ... I ached for all mothers and wives and sisters and sweethearts of men dying because of war, and for all the sad eyes of dying men.'

Intombi Camp Graveyard after the Siege

Further reading:
Experience of a Siege: A Nurse looks back on Ladysmith by Nurse Kate Driver
(published by Ladysmith Historical Society 1978, No 6 in series 'Diary of the Siege of Ladysmith)

A Diary of the Siege of Ladysmith by Bella Craw
(first published 1970, No 2 in Ladysmith Historical Society's series 'Diary of the Siege of Ladysmith')

Ladysmith by Ruari Chisholm (published 1979, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London)

Boer War: Steinaecker's Horse et al

Various blog visitors want information on regiments - Imperial and Colonial - which participated in the Anglo-Boer War. One of these requests was for Steinaecker's Horse: have a look at

http://angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/473-steinaeckers-horse

For details of other units go to the Main Menu at angloboerwar.com and select Unit Information.

Ludwig von Steinaecker
from  http://www.archaetnos.co.za/our-passion/
A fascinating story.

Boer War: Cape Mounted Rifles

CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES - ANGLO-BOER WAR

Killed in action:
Major C. F. SPRENGER
Sergeant N. E. COURT
Sergeant J. R. LEEDHAM
Sergeant J. M. REYNOLDS
Sergeant H. WARR
Sergeant W. MORRIS
Corporal F. HAINES
Corporal F. COOPER
Corporal W. REDER
Private C. ANDREWES
Private G. FOULKES
Private J. W. CHYRSTAL [CHRYSTAL?]
Private J. MCCURTIN
Private S. MORRIS
Private F. CASS
Private E. G. M. SPAN
Private G. R. HEWITT
Private P. G. STEPHENSON
Private A. J. COLLIER
Private W. L. M. JONES
Private W. BURDON
Private H. H. BELL
Private P. E. HORWOOD
Private H. BURKE
Private T. TUFFREY
Private J. H. ROBBINS
Private R. R. GARRETT
Private N. GRANT
Private A. J. HASSELL
Private W. A. BAILEY
Private G. H. TURNER
Private P. A. SHERIDAN (drowned)
Private J. MCINTYRE
Private H. P. G. BOYLE (killed accidentally)
Private H. RICHARDS (drowned)

Died of wounds:
Lieutenant H. F. B. TAPLIN
Lieutenant W. ROLFE
Sergeant J. WHALLEY
Sergeant W. H. NIXON
Corporal H. A. BATES
Private J. MCLOUGHLIN
Private A. G. THOMAS
Private B. P. SKERRETT
Private M. PAKENHAM
Private D. CORNEVILLE
Private J. MILLER
Private W. E. PIERCE
Private J. M. HOEY
Private R. R. GARTHORNE
Private T. P. FARIS

Died of disease:
Corporal F. C. CARDEW
Private C. F. M. RYVES
Private F. W. HARRIS
Private H. NEVILLE
Private E. CHAPMAN
Private A. W. N. THACKER
Private J. SMITH
Private G. HALL
Private F. KEEN
Private F. C. T. EVANS
Native Trooper: Jack Nqanduli

Source: Record of the Cape Mounted Riflemen by Basil Williams (1909)

The Cape Mounted Riflemen, Colonial (1855-1913) should be distinguished from that raised by the Imperial authorities in 1806, and bearing the same name. The Colonial Regiment was raised in 1855, with the designation of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police. Its name was changed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen in 1878. The FAMP had an original strength of 17 officers and 500 other ranks, and until the disbanding of the Imperial CMR carried out police duties in the Eastern Province of the Cape. After that date (1870), it was increasingly called upon for military duty, either in the form of active service, or in occupying areas in which there were native disturbances. When the new title was adopted in 1878, the name of the older Imperial regiment was deliberately chosen.

Source of above: S. Monick: Military History Journal - Vol 4 No 5: http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol045sm.html

Further reading:

Boot and saddle: A narrative record of the Cape Regiment, the British Cape Mounted Riflemen, the Frontier Armed Mounted Police, and the Colonial Cape Mounted Riflemen by P. J Young (1955)

With the Cape Mounted Rifles by Thomas J Lucas (1878); various editions.

For more on Cape Mounted Rifles:
http://www.southerncape.co.za/history/military/forces/cmr/welcome.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Mounted_Riflemen

http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/316-cape-mounted-rifles

Boer War: Natal Carbineers

MUSTER ROLL OF THE NATAL CARBINEERS ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902

Strength Of Regiment on Mobilization, 508,
and on being released from Active Service 530

Abbreviations:
L: In Siege of Ladysmith
R: On Relief Column
SS: Special Service Members
K: Killed
W: Wounded
D: Died
P: Prisoner
NGR: On Railway Work

[Where none of the above occur after the name, no further details are given on the Roll.]

OFFICERS

Lieut-Col E M Greene L
Maj D McKenzie R
Maj C E Taunton L K
Maj and Adjt J Weighton L
Maj G J Macfarlane L
Maj C B Addison L
Capt W S Shepstone L
Capt C G Willson L
Capt and Q-M A Lyle L
Capt F E Foxon L W
Capt A Hair L
Capt B Crompton L
Capt E Lucas L D
Capt G W Nourse-Varty L
Capt C N H Rodwell L
Capt G F Tatham L
Lieut W A Vanderplank L
Lieut W J Gallwey P
Lieut W Comrie L
Lieut D Sparks L
Lieut D W Mackay R W
Lieut W A Bartholomew L
Lieut W T Gage L
Lieut A C Townsend L
Lieut W E C Tanner L
Lieut A W Smallie L
Lieut T M Owen Depot
Lieut R Ashburnham R
Lieut J P S Woods R
Lieut T Duff L
Lieut A Wylde Browne SS D
Lieut R A C Cockburn L
Vet-Lieut F A Verney SS R


NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

RSM W Burkimsher R
RSM B M Bowen L D
Bandmaster J Keilly L
Q M Sergt W Munro L
O R S P W Stride L
S M Tailor W Walters, Depot
Saddler Sergt T W Lyle L
Far Sergt J Matraves L
Far Sergt F Pain L
Sergt Tptr E J Lawrance
Sergt Cook A Ashdown L
S S Mjr E W Barter L
S S Mjr B Buchanan L
S S Mjr P J C Deglon L
S S Mjr J W Johnston L
S S Mjr J Mapstone L
S S Mjr T Mitchell L
T S Mjr A Sclanders R
S S Mjr A B Vanderplank L
S S Mjr J W Tranmer R
T S Mjr H C Fitzgerald R
S S Mjr J W V Montgomery L
S Q M S T Castle L
S Q M S T W C Evans R
S Q M S J Hackland L
S Q M S R F Harte L
S Q M S G Jackson L
Sergt J W Armitage L
Sergt R Carbis L
Sergt A E Colville L K
Sergt R Comins L
Sergt J W Durham L
Sergt H J Harkness L
Sergt F G Holmes L
Sergt J A McCullough L
Sergt F G Mapstone L W D
Sergt W J Osborne L
Sergt C McD Patterson L
Sergt H Schwegmann L
Sergt S M Shaw L
Sergt P J Stevens R W
Sergt W P Stevens R
Sergt A Swan L
Sergt A E Todd L
Sergt F J C Topham L
Sergt H Wilkinson L
Corpl J L Armitage L
Corpl R C Boyd L
Corpl C A Carbutt L
Corpl D M Craig L
Corpl J Dicks L
Corpl T Ellerker L
Corpl J R Fayers L
Corpl W P Gray R
Corpl A T Hackland L
Corpl R W Hall R
Corpl R Hesom L
Corpl J H Holley L W
Corpl C Holmes SS R
Corpl W H Home L
Corpl W A Lang L
Corpl T McCathie L
Corpl J McCullough L
Corpl W McCullough L W
Corpl H K McDowell L
Corpl J McKenzie L
Corpl H McLean L
Corpl J A Mason L
Corpl E Reed R
Corpl R A Richmond R W
Corpl H Smith L
Corpl W H Sanders L
Corpl A Tanner L
Corpl J Watson L
Corpl-Tptr O E Dick L


MEN

Tmptr A Denness L
Tmptr T P Egner L
Tmptr W E Fyfe SS
Tmptr J A Keith L
Tmptr J H Mellis L
Troopers:
A H Abel SS L
C W Abel L
E P Adams SS
W T Adams SS R
P Adie SS R K
J Agnew SS R W
H F Albers L
F Allerston L
A F Anders L
J M Anderson SS
W Anderson SS L W
W N Angus SS R
R J M Antel L
W E Antel L
E S Archer L
A W Arnold L
E J W Ashe L
J W Ashton SS
W Bailey SS L
W J Baillie SS
R Baines SS L
T P Bale SS D
P Ballantyne R W
H M Ballenden L
C Banfield SS
A H Banwell SS
C Barnett L
T Barnett L
T Barron R
J Bassage L
J J Bassage L
W F Bassage L D
T Baum SS
G F Bennett L
H Benson L
W S Bigby SS L
J L Birkett L D
H G Bizley SS
G E Blaker L
J W Bonifant L
E M G Bowes L
A Bowman L
W S Boyce SS
T H Brandon SS R
C Brazier L
C Brennen SS R
F H Brittain SS L D
F L Brown SS
J H Brown L
B B Buntting L
F Burton L
W M Busch L
G W Butcher SS
J C Butter L
H L Button SS
W Buxton L K
A Cairns L
W Calder SS L
D P Campbell L
H C C Campbell SS
T Campbell SS
A F Carter L
C R Carter L
H B Carter L
H J Catchpole L
J G Chalklen
W M Chalmers SS L
P G Chambers L
E Chandley L
S Chapman SS L D
R Charlton SS L
B Cheney R
E Chisholm L
J P Christie SS
F Clark SS
W Cleaver SS L W D
A S Clouston L
A E Cockburn L
J B Cohen SS L D
J G Collins L
R Collins L
C Colville L
J S H Colville L D
A Comrie L
J M Comrie L
P C Comrie L
A O Cooke R
J J B Cooke R
G H Coombes SS
C F J Cope R
E P Corbet R
W J Corrigall L
H A Craig L
C Craik L W
B Crathorne R
A P Craw L
A Crickmore SS
G Crompton SS
A J Crosby SS L
H W Cross SS
J Cross SS R
H F B Crosse
A E Crouch L
B Crouch L
W J Crouch L
J T Crowsen L
E E Croysdale SS L
J Cumming SS L
W W Cummins SS R
G T Cundill L
T Cunningham SS
T Curran L
W H Currie L
P B Curry SS L
S Daly L W
C F Davies L
J E Davies L D
F P H De Bary
J H M de Bary L
R A H de Bary L
W E Deerans SS
E J Dicks L
G W Dicks L
H C Dicks L
H E H Dicks
J A Dicks
C J Diot L
W S Dobson SS L
C Douglas
D Dowsett NGR
J Duff SS L
F Duke SS L D
D J Dunn SS L
D Dunwoodie SS L
F W Durant L
W G Eccles R
W P Edwards SS R
W T Edwards L
J Elliott SS
T Elliott L K
J L Ennis SS
J F Fargerson SS
F C Farmer R
R N Faulder SS L
J G Ferrand SS
C J Fewings SS R
A H Firmstone SS L
G A Firmstone SS L
J W Flett L
F Ford SS
A G M Forder SS L
F Fowler SS
A P Francis L
G L Fraser L
J A Fraser SS R
W J Freeman SS L W
L O Fyvie L
C S M Gabriel SS L
M H Garson SS
W Gerhardt SS R
P T Gibson SS
J Gillam SS L W
T Gill SS R
M Goldstein SS R K
G M Gordon SS
J K Gordon SS P
R E Gordon SS
A F Grant R
G J Grant R
N J Grant R
R Grant L
W H Grant R
D M Gray R K
G D Gray L
K M Greenall L D
A H Greene L
S Gregory SS
J E Greig L W
C Groom SS L
H C Groom SS L
T Hackland L
H E Haddon SS L
C C Haine L
L P Haine SS L W
H W Hale SS
W A Hall L
E A Hamblin NGR
G A Hammond SS L
J W Hammond L
W J Harcourt D
E A C Harding
H Harding SS
F C Hardman L
F O Harris L
A E Harte L
W H F Harte L
C Hatley L
F W T Hatley L
H Hatley L
E H Hayes L
A G Hazell L
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O Hesom L
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A S Houshold SS L
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F J Howden SS
A Hutcheson L
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T J Irving SS R
G Izatt SS
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H N Jenner SS R K
A C Johnson SS
W J Johnstone SS R
J Jones L
W W Jordan SS
J Joughin SS R
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L E Kenmuir SS R
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F E King R W
G F King L R
W W King
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P P Lang L
R A Lang L
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J O Larsen SS L
G Lawrence L SS
J Lawrence L
S W Lawrence SS
F W Lean SS L
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J Leddra SS
H P Lefebre SS
J T Legge SS R
P Lewis SS L
T Lewis SS L
G Liggett SS
R E Lightfoot L
D P Lindsay SS L
R A Lindsay L W
T J Locke SS R
W Long SS R
A H Loram SS R
C H Luja SS L
W E Lupton SS L
G Macfarlane SS
J McBlain SS
J R McCullough L
W A McCullough L
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C K McKenzie L
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G G Mann SS D
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A J Mason L
R J Mason SS R W
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C E J Miller SS L W
H E Miller L
R M M Miller SS L K
W J Milliken L
H T Mitchell L
W J Mitchell SS L
W H Mitchell L
C Molyneux SS L
W E C Molyneux SS
S G Monckton SS R
R Money L
Q H Montgomery L
W R Moody L D
E B Moreland L
H D Munro SS R
J H Murray L D
T R Murray SS
G Newlands L
W C F Napier SS L
D D Newton L
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A Nicholson L W
B Nicholson SS R
J B Nicholson L
W G Nunn SS R
D O'Brien SS
A H O Osborn SS
R Owen SS L
A Paine L W
F Palfrey SS
E C Palmer SS R
W A Paterson SS
G S Paton SS L
D Patton L D
J Paxton SS R
H J Peake SS R
J Pepworth L
H W Peters L
G J Player SS
B C T Pottow L
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J Price L D
S H Prince L
W E Quested L
F R Ralfe, R
G Rattray SS R
R J Raw R W
S W Raw L D
W G Raw L
W H Rawlings L
R Read SS
W L Read
W C Reeves SS
A B Richardson SS
J B Richardson L
G H Richardson SS L
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J Risley SS
S Robinson SS R
T Robinson
T J Robinson L
J Robertson
W D Roche SS L
W T Rochester SS L
E H Rose SS
L Ross L
E O Rowles L
B L Royal SS
F S Rundle SS P
E Russell R W
R C Samuelson L
H E Saner SS W
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R Schofield SS
H W Seale R
S Schofield SS
D G Sclanders R
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A G Shaw SS L
E H Shaw SS L D
J G Shaw SS L
W H Shaw SS R
W L Shaw R
G H Stepstone SS L
M A Shepstone SS L
F H Sherman SS R
G G Shores L
G F Simon SS L
W B Skottowe SS
C R Skottowe SS
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E E Smith SS L W
H Smith L
Jas Smith SS
J H Smith L
R Smith L
W C Smith L K
E P Smithwick SS
P F Smithwick
D W Smythe L
H G Snodgrass SS
J G Speirs L SS
J Spence L
F Spencer L W
G W Spencer SS
R Spencer L
D J Spillman SS
C E Stainbank SS L
F Stanbury SS R
B L Stead L
H P Stead L
A C Street SS
B J Stevens R
F Stevens R
F N Stevens R
A Stutters SS L
J Sullivan L
J Surgeson L
H G Swindon L
O Swindon L
W Sutherland L
W F B Sutherland SS L
J Symes SS
T Symes
W Symes L
G Symons SS R
H E Symons R
J Talanda SS
W A Talbot L
R M Tanner L
H Tarboton SS
F W Taunton SS
A E Taylor SS L
B Taylor L
C P K Taylor L
E Taylor R W
E R Taylor SS R
M Taylor L
R P Taylor SS L
W F Taylor L
W J Taylor L
J Taylor SS R
A E Taynton SS L
G W Teasdale R W
J Tennant SS R
A L Thompson L
H W Thompson L
A G Thomson SS L
G L Thomson L
F C Thomalla SS
W A P Thorne SS R
H Tillett SS
R Timm
P Tomlinson SS R
R Tomlinson SS L
R Trodd R
A H Trow SS L
A R Tucker SS L
H Turner SS L
C J Tytherleigh L
W J Ulyate SS
P J Upton SS L
H J Urquhart L
J P Urquhart L
F B Wade L D
H C Waite SS L
A Walker L
A M Walker SS R
H Walker SS L
H P Walker SS R
F W Walker SS R
H P Walsh
J D Walsh SS
L D Walsh R
F A Ward SS W P
H C Ward L
B W Warren SS R K
W S Warwick L W
T E Warwick L
R Watts SS L W
C W Webber L W
A F Weedon L
F Westermeyer L
J Westray L
H D Wheeler SS
L Wheeler SS L
S M Wheeler
G C White SS
W R A White SS
C C Whitelaw SS R
W Whitridge SS R
S J C Wilkinson SS
J Williamson R
T B Willoughby R
W J H Wilmot L
J L D Wilson SS
R S Wilson SS
A L Wingfield L
E A Woods R
F T G Woods R
M M Woods R
W H Woodward SS
J E Woolley SS L
B Wray L
D C Wright L
W E Wright L
A J Yeaman SS R
G Yirrell L
E W Young SS
E C Zunckel R
O M Zunckel R

Boer War: Natal Mounted Rifles Part 2

WITH BULLER'S RELIEF FORCE

Sergeant
L Castera
Corporals:
A Austin (W)
H Bristow
Troopers:
H Austin
HG Bazley
WA Bird
HW Church
BC Davey
CH Gibb
G Gray
FW Higgins (W)
TR Harbottle
T Leech
S Bennett
FW Burke (W)
PAM Cox
L Caster
FF Churchill
G Caray
FW Roberts
PE Smith (W)
E Stephenson (W)
JF Thring
HK Vere-Hodge
P Wilson
CT Young

RECRUITS SINCE THE SIEGE
Troopers:
WJ Andrews
J Abraham
O Angus
WC Alder
CJ Arundel
J Burns
RW Beall
E Bristow
C Burrus
JA Burrus
JN Brown
G Brown
EW Burton
M Carroll
J Dunwell
J Davidson
W Eeles
WJ Freeman
SA Fraser
HP Forster
RE Garbutt
W Griffis
H Granger
GV Grice (D)
CA Howroyd
WT Howell
HW Hunter
JW Huntley
GO Hunley
E Holgate
J Herrick
WH Harber
W Jones
GE Jones
CR Jones
HA Joel
RV King
J Lloyd
H Lace
GA Logan
WH Moore
WB Millar
W Mitchell
CC Murchie
GF Morley
EE Nuttall
F Nicks
E Owen
G Olsen
EM Olsen
RT Paterson
DC Phillips
GH Perrin
L Price
S Robbins
FC Ruysch
G Rogers
TL Ruston
P Starling
GA Sefton
A Stewart
HAJ Scruse
T Sim
J Shields
H Thomas
D Tweedie
J Vincent
M Watson
GG Watson
HLR Watt
F West

H O N O U R ' S     R O L L
KILLED IN ACTION
Lieutenant
WJ Clapham, at Lombard's Kop
Trooper
G Schram, at Ladysmith
Trooper
JR Crickmore, at Ladysmith

DIED OF DISEASE
Corporal
J Parkhill, at Durban
Troopers:
VG Ash, at Ladysmith
GV Grice, at Maritzburg
PE Inman, at Maritzburg
S Harrop, at Ladysmith
G Thomas, at Ladysmith

WOUNDED IN THE FIELD
Sergeant-Saddler
H Bull, at Tinta 'Nyoni
Corporal
A Austin, at Tinta 'Nyoni
Troopers:
H Cullingworth, at Tinta 'Nyoni
AF Sander, at Lombard's Kop
Corporals:
P Lloyd, at Lombard's Kop
H Silburn, at Bester's Hoek
Troopers:
PE Smith, at Colenso
G Brauel, at Ladysmsith
Lieutenant
HWA Richardson, at Caesar's Hill
Corporal
PN Field, at Caesar's Hill
Trooper
P Addison, at Ladysmith
Lieutenant-Surgeon
RW Hornabrook, at Caesar's Hill
Troopers:
FW Higgins, at Acton Homes
E Stephenson, at Spioen Kop
FW Burke, at Spioen Kop

INVALIDED, BUT RETURNED
Captain
R Noble
Lieutenant
FO Stiebel
Sergeant-Saddler
H Bull
Trooper
H Cullingworth

GRANTED EXTENDED LEAVE
S: Sick
Lieutenant
J Abraham (S)
Sergeants:
AF Turner (S)
E Hillary (S)
Corporal
AJ Harvey (S)
Corporal-Trumpeter
AE Mears (S)
Troopers:
S Bennett
RE Garbutt
AH Johnson (S)
HD Matson (S)
C Sander (S)
FW Sander (S)
E Vall (S)

INVALIDED TO END OF WAR
Trumpeter-Major
P Carmont
Sergeants:
JP Griffiths
A Hilmer
J Whittaker
Corporals:
LE Knox
H Bellville
G Carmont
H Silburn
Trumpeter
R Rogers
Troopers:
GV Ash
LV Ash
CJ Allen
JA Airth
HV Adams
H Austin
E Agnew
CE Bryant
G Brauel
AC Brandon
BD Davey, Relief Force
HWM Gillespie
CH Gibb
W Hillary
JB Hobday
EL Jones
GS Jameson
P Kemp
J Koster
Kirby
E Lake
E Middleborough
HL Norton-Smith
LA Noel
A Nipper
GE Oddy
J Pittaway
WH Pay
HS Parkes
GH Perrin
C Pulford
JH Rode
W Rodgers
H Stuhr
AEO Schreiber
D Scully
A Sarsland
E Thompson
A Tomlin
A Theunissen
HJ Torlage

JOINED COMPOSITE REGIMENT
Major
RW Evans (promoted Lieutenant-Colonel)
Lieutenants:
FO Stiebel
D Brown
HWA Richardson
Leo C Adams
Q-M
AL Garbutt
R-S-M
GP Parry
Sergeant-Major
GT Hurst
Sergeant-Tailor
H Mulholland
Sergeants:
WA Russwurn
R Lyne
Corporal
ERH Lewis
Troopers:
BL Crawford
AW Evans
JB Grinstead
R Harger
O Nannestad
AG Redman
FW Higgins
T Leech
PE Smith
E Stephenson
J Abraham
CJ Arundel
M Carroll
SA Fraser
J Shields
J Vincent
F Eales
FW Burton
P Burns
G Jones
JD Lloyd
Mitchell
C Murchie
FA Routledge
GT Watson

IN CHARGE OF HEADQUARTERS
Bandmaster
GR Gibb

Relief parade, Ladysmith

For more on Ladysmith visit Brian Kaighin's pages at http://www.ladysmithhistory.com

Boer War: Natal Mounted Rifles Part 1

NATAL MOUNTED RIFLES - BESIEGED IN LADYSMITH - ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902

Abbreviations:
K: Killed
W: Wounded
D: Died


Major
Robert W Evans, Commanding
Captains:
R Noble, Adjutant
J Ritchie
C Henwood
H Sparks, MLA
W Murray Smith
Lieutenants:
FO Stiebel
D Brown
WJ Clapham (K)
HWA Richardson (W)
WH Smith
J Abraham
CS Adams
AG Knox
Leo C Adams
Q-M
AL Garbutt
R-S-M-
GP Parry
Q-M-S
H Higgs
Sergeant-Majors:
GT Hurst
GR Payne
S Garbutt
J Tweedie
G Keal
Trumpeter-Major
P Carmont
Sergeant-Farriers:
WB Orchard
H Martin
J Dingley
Sergeant-Tailor
H Mulholland
Sergeants:
AF Turner
FL Kruger, jun
W Gibb
CJ Hurst
T Wright
AH Gillham
G Stewart
R Stewart
WAB Russwurn
JTK Eggar
W Schwegmann
HB Shire
R Lyne
F Werner
Corporals:
P Lloyd (W)
ERH Lewis
LE Knox
H Bellville
G Carmont
AJ Harvey
J Parkhill (D)
H Silburn (W)
H Purser
TJ Drew
CC Pietersen
Sergeants:
W Shoesmith
JP Griffith
E Hillary
WH Bibby
F Brophy
Sergeant-Saddler
H Bull (W) (not in Ladysmith)
Corporals:
FW Freese
PN Field (W)
HH Hurst
HR Tunmer
SS Waller
Corporal-Trumpeters:
AE Mears
WH Bibby
Corporals:
CJ Landsberg
GA Larkan
H Worthingon
SA Brown
A Chiazzari
Trumpeters:
R Rogers
GE Beater
A Currie
Troopers:
VG Ash (D)
GV Ash
LV Ash
CJ Allen
JA Airth
JW Alcock
HV Adams
WH Attlee
AB Alexander
P Addison (W)
CC Allsopp
F Abrams
JH Andrew
E Agnew
B Bond
DA Bell
CE Bryant
V Bazley
G Brauel (W)
AW Evans, DCM
GO Edwards
HG Finch
C Forrest
JB Grinstead
OE Garbutt
HB Garbutt
CJ Goodwin
WF Gann
GJL Golding
HWM Gillespie
L Handley
JP Howroyd
W Hillary
R Harger
P Hoar
CB Herns
JB Hobday
EA Hopkins
JH Harries
PE Inman (D)
F Jones
EL Jones
AB Jones
AH Johnson
GS Jameson
J Kurz
J Koster
P Kemp
AC Brandon
FW Bannister
TF Brickhill
AT Burne
AW Cox
RH Clarence
JR Crickmore (K)
L Colenbrander
H Cullingworth (W)
GH Chudleigh
AH Crawford
BL Crawford
CR Daniel
F Dawson
HC Dinklemann
J D'Hotman
HE Essery
HD Ryder
FA Routledge
AG Redman
JH Rode
W Rodgers
JC Ratcliff
W Slatter
H Stuhr
C Sander
FW Sander
AF Sander (W)
HW Sander
HH Schwegmann
HF Schwegmann
AEO Schreiber
JF Stevenson
JG Kirby
FL Lucy
Edward Lake
J Morphew
J McDonald
E Middleborough
HD Matson
HL Norton-Smith
LA Noel
DM Nagle
A Nipper
O Nannestad
GE Oddy
J Pittaway
WH Pay
HS Parkes
A Pucher
S Sarsland
J Schmidt
GF Schofield
HE Smith
G Sharp
RG Scorey
E Thompson
G Twomey
A Tomlin
JW Tunmer
CF Tunmer
A Theunissen
HF Torlage
F Vahl
RK Watson
AC Westley
D Scully
CF Spradbrow
C Stewart
G Schram (K)
AW Starr
LH Studd
GH Wayne
W Winsor
CF Wilkins
W Waugh
A Walker
R Crosby-Wade

SIGNALLING DETACHMENT
Sergeant
HD Hemsworth
Corporal
JJ Flood
Troopers:
WB Flood
FM Piccione
C Roper

AMBULANCE DETACHMENT
Lieutenant-Surgeon
RW Hornabrook (W)
Vet-Lieutenant
ST Amos
Sergeant
J Whittaker
Corporal
RJ Kelly
Troopers:
GW Bradshaw
D Donaldson
J Donaldson
S Harrop (D)
N Jelseth
A McKenna
JG Pennell
C Pulford
RM Ridgway
G Thomas (D)

Ladysmith Town Hall damaged by shelling during
the Siege: Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Boer War: Border Mounted Rifles list

BORDER MOUNTED RIFLES - ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902

Abbreviations:
K: Killed
W: Wounded
D: Died

Majors:
JF Rethman, MLA, Commanding
W Sangmeister
Captains:
W Arnott, Adjutant, (W)
R Vause
JR Royston
Surg-Capt:
HT Platt
CA Bowker
Lieutenants:
L Trenor
James Gold
H Andreasen
JB Stuart
RW Wilson (W)
RG Archibald
FL Thring
Vet-Lieutenant
Power
Quarter-Master
WD Smith (D)
Tp-Sgt Maj
W Walton (W)
Quarter-Master
A Bousfield
Staff Sgt-Maj
C Mckenzie
Regt Sgt-Maj
Eaglestone
OR Sgt-Maj
JW Aiken
Hosp Sgt-Maj
J McClellan
Sgt-Maj:
RC Archibald
AW Fraser (W)
WTG Gold
J Hayes
Q-M-S
H Britten
Sergeants:
R von der Heyde
I Poss
A Ringo
RC Gold
H Rethman
HC Gold
EF Gibbens (W)
JR Greer
JR Hancock (D)
E Haajem
LW Langton
Cook-Sergeant
T Crocker (K)
Tlr-Sergeant
JF McAndrew
Tptr-Sergeant
A Barth
Farrier-Sergeants:
G Smith
A Watson
H Bakeberg
Sergeant-Sdler
A Harding
Corporals:
RN Arbuckle
F Bakeberg
A Borchard
J Anderson, Relief Force
GH Crookes
JH Garbers
CR Heslop
FO Howes
FAL Larkan (W)
Colin Wilson (W)
A Dobson
JH Dalgarno
C Gold
JL Gordon
Lance-Corporals:
P Lillebo
R Nilson
J Bazley
GE Boyce
Trumpeters:
H Alborough
TB Bremner
JS Collins
EF Glass
Shoesmith
Thos Wills
Troopers:
AO Andersen (D)
AG Andersen, Relief Force
W Alexander
OC Arbuthnot
Harold Archibald (W)
Dante Archibald, (W)
JWH Ashe (D)
R Appelgreen
A Alborough (D)
GN Alborough
WS Alborough
H Alcock
HO Alderson
J Adcock
W Austin
A Adams, at Ixopo
WF Betty, Colonial Scouts
R Burford, ex NNV*
WA Blandford
F Bazley
G Bazley
G Bakeberg
W Bakeberg
T Bell, Discharged
A Bjorseth
ES Clark
AE Clark
Geo Clark, Relief Force
HH Clarke
GK Cooper
DW Coutts, (D)
VE Clarence
P Comrie
A Crossley
CL Camp
EC Chittenden
H Clegg, ex NNV*
J Dehrmann, (W)
R Dawson
C Dagefoerde
NL Davey
HS Duyer
WN Everitt
RT Elliotte, Ixopo
R Ernshalt
RW Eastthorpe
CD Eva
GL Edmunds (W)
W Eyers
FC Fox (K)
W Fayers
S Fairness
T Fairness
FW Fell
GD Foubister
P Bjorseth
N Brudevig
WW Bailey
JE Brown
S Brown (K)
H Brown
JH Bradshaw
H Buhr
AW Britten
A Bosse
RN Boyd
GFH Brooke, W*
JR Balland
S Bernest
JH Cutliffe, drowned
W Cooper, ex-ILH
JH Gold, (K)
J Goddard
JA Greer
J Gabriel
P Garson
Wm Greig (D)
P Hardouin
W Hewitt
W Hewitt, ex-NNV*
F Hufft
G Hutcheon, ex-NNV*
TH Himes
EM Holte (D)
AG Hojem (D)
O Haajem
K Haajem
N Hogg
WH Hogg
J Hogg
CL Hammond
WH Frost
CC Foster
J Foster
WH Fairweather
WS Flack
CE Freeman
C Goddschalk
J Godwin
AG Goldstone (W)
T Grant
G Gibson
J Gibson*
WJ Goodridge (D)
WJ Gray
LH Gray
E Gray
W Letthuisen
R Lillebo
W Little
J Lupke
F Lupke
AG Langon
WH London
HW Larson
SG Lamb (D)
J Lassack
HR Mason, Relief Force
AV Mason
T Manning
CN Manning
LS Melville (D)
HK Melville (W)
Hugh Melville
A Melville
M Martinson
AR Mack
CA Hilton
J Houston
W Hardman
GJ Heslop
EP Heslop
JW Howes, (W) Relief Force
GD Hulley
PR Hulley (K)
FW Hulley
HW Hulley
O Inglebrigtsen
EJ Judles
R Jordan
WW Jay, Relief Force
HW Johnson
H Kisch, ex-NNV*
B Klusener
JW Kirkman, Relief Force
W Klapprott
J Kaiser
RO Koljes
AE Keith
WE Keith
J Lawson
BH Lawson (K)
G Lawson
TM Rethman
J Rossler
WJ Rigby
HM Raw
EE Raw
TA Robinson
AE Robinson
W Redshaw
TD Mack
W Mack
H Murray (D)
SS Maritz
E Marriott
AG Marwick
FR McDonald
R Moyles
JJ Millar
BW Martin
HH Munro
A McClure
H Norden (W), Relief Force
T Nourse
P Nilsen (K)
EG Oliver
G Oie
W Pullin, ex-Scout
E Poss
A Peddie
AS Purse
E Poily
E Pahr (D)
CR Pickard
N Pedlar
JC Pollock
C Shuttleworth
AH Shuttleworth
AF Shuttleworth
W Simmonds
T Stapleton
A Symes
TAB Taylor
C Taylor
H Rasmussen
E Reid, Colonial Scout
G Smith
W Smail
O Strauss (D W)
F Shutte
W Stow
J Smith
GH Stokes
L Somers
WR Somers
A Sutherland
GAB -Senegalden (D)
HC Stainton
J Simpson
GC Souttar
AH Stone
AJ Stone (W)
WJ Stone
AK Stone
RC Stone
ED Stewart (W)
CC Stuart (W), Relief Force
A Stuart (W)
GC Stafford
F Seymour
CF Thompson
Thies
BD Talbot
H Talbot
AC Thurston
FJ Thomas (W)
D Urquhart
W Uhlmann (D)
EW Velley
KM Vyvyan (D)
F Worden
EW Wywnn
CH Willson
J Watts
E Wardell
CH Willan
JD Watson
W Will
W Whitewright
WW Whitelaw
WF Whitfield
Geo Whitelaw
CJ Webb
A Walker
J Walker
WF Young

T H E     R O L L     O F     H O N O U R
KILLED OR DIED
Troopers:
S Brown, Tinta 'Nyoni
P Nilsen, Tinta 'Nyoni
SG Lamb, enteric, Dec 12
O Strauss, dysentery, Dec 17
Wm Greig, dysentery, Jan 5
H Murray, dysentery, Jan 5
FC Fox, Caesar's Hill, Jan 6
JH Gold, Caesar's Hill, Jan 6
BH Lawson, Caesar's Hill, Jan 6
PR Hulley, Caesar's Hill, Jan 6
Quarter-Master
WD Smith, enteric, Jan 13
Troopers:
W Uhlmann, diarrhoea, Jan 20
DW Coutts, enteric, Jan 21
AO Anderson, enteric, Jan 29
AG Hojem, enteric, Feb 2
Sergeant
JR Hancock, enteric, Feb 10
Troopers:
EM Holte, enteric, Feb 10
JWH Ashe, dysentery, Feb 13
LS Melville, enteric, Feb 24
KM Vyvyan, enteric, Mar 13
A Alborough, enteric, Mar 13
GA Behrens-Senegalden, enteric, Mar 16
E Pahr, tubercle of lung, Apr 13
WJ Goodridge, dysentery, Apr 23
JH Cutcliffe, accidentally drowned, Aug 11
Cook-Sergeant
TS Crocker, disease, Oct 11
WOUNDED
Sergeant-Major
Fraser, shoulder, Tinta 'Nyoni
Troopers:
GFH Brooke, arm, Tinta 'Nyoni
J Dehrman, head, Tinta 'Nyoni
JW Howes, arm, Tinta 'Nyoni
H Norden, leg, Tinta 'Nyoni
O Strauss, groin, Tinta 'Nyoni
CC Stuart, leg, Tinta 'Nyoni
HK Melville, lungs, Tinta 'Nyoni
JH Cutcliffe, ankle, Tinta 'Nyoni
AJ Stone, head, Tinta 'Nyoni
Sergeant
EF Gibbens, head, Lombard's Kop
Corporal
A Stuart, back, Lombard's Kop
Captain
Arnott, abdomen, Bester's Kop
Troopers:
GL Edmunds, lungs, Bester's Kop
AG Goldstone, lungs, Bester's Kop
FJ Thomas, head, Bester's Kop
Corporals:
FAL Larkan, knee, Caesear's Camp
Colin, Wilson, head, Caesar's Camp
Troopers:
Harold D Archibald, hip, Caesar's Camp
H Dante Archibald, throat, Caesar's Camp
Lieutenant
RW Wilson, thigh (twice), Colenso
Troop-Sergeant-Major
WW Walton, hand, on picket
Trooper
ED Stewart, hand and elbow, Maybole

ACCIDENTALLY INJURED
Lieutenant
JB Stuart, shot through foot, Oct 6
Sergeant
JR Hancock, injury to back, Oct 15
Troopers:
J Lawson, horse destroyed eyesight, Apr 27
WH Hogg, fractured forearm, Apr 27
Farrier-Sergeant
Bakeberg, fall, arm fracture, May 13
Troopers:
Sutherland, dislocated shoulder, May 13
HH Clarke, fall, sprained ankle, May 14
R Burford, fractured collar bone, May 20
Lance-Corporal
R Nilsen, fractured rib, May 23

JOINED COMPOSITE FORCE
Captain
J Royston
Lieutenants
L Trenor
J Gold
Troopers
A Harding
J Watts
HW Hulley
TA Robinson
O Arbuthnot
AW Britton
WH London
W Slow
G Bakeberg
F Bazley
H Buhr
S Bernest
WA Blandford
VE Clarence
HC Clegg
HS Duyer
RW Easthorpe
T Furness
C Gottschalk
TH Hines
WR Hewitt
JW Howes
NW Johnstone
EJ Judles
RO Kolges
P Levick
G Lawson
AE Lawson
FW Lawson
CM Manning
HH Munroe
G Oie
EG Oliver
E Poily
H Pedlar
CR Pickhard
H Rasmussen
EW Reid
TE Shuter
AH Shuttleworth
AF Shuttleworth
J Smith
H Stratford
D Ugatore
JH Vant
W Whitewright
CH Willan
W Will

* Natal Naval Volunteers

Border Mounted Rifles

Looking at some recent blog enquiries.

A blog follower was looking for the passenger list of the Haidee, arriving at Natal October 7 1850. See

http://web.archive.org/web/20100404084004/http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/maritime/b_haidee.html

There's a blog dedicated to the topic at  http://haideesettlers.blogspot.com/

Tiyo Soga

There have been several requests for information on Tiyo Soga. Enter these two words on the search facility on this blog for various posts.

Similarly, for details on immigration or settlers to Natal or passenger lists use the search facility on the Blogger toolbar at top left hand corner of the blog page. For more successful results search on the words 'passenger lists' and 'immigration' etc rather than 'manifest/s'. 


Alternatively browse through the archived posts using the right hand menu. 

Numerous queries come in weekly re the Boer War and there is some information available on this blog; again, use the search facility. If you Google those two words you'll get a deluge of hits, of course; save time and go to www.angloboerwar.com/

Incidentally, for the record, Mole is not my surname but my nickname (digging in the records being what I do) so if you are looking for information on the surname MOLE you won't find it on my blog.

Also, if you spell a word incorrectly when using the blog search facility (e.g. recabite instead of rechabite) no references will be found. Stating the obvious? You'd be surprised at how often it happens.