LANCASHIRE YEOMANRY IN ACTION.
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
At Chester news was received respecting the engagement in which the 32nd Company of Imperial Yeomanry (Lancashire Hussars) took part so gallantly on the 17th December, Hamelfontein. when, it will be remembered, Lieutenant Fletcher made such a determined stand, and held the Boers at bay for a long time. During the fight Privates W. M. Johnson and S. Swann
were killed; and there were the following other casualties: - Staff-Sergeant W. Knowles, slightly wounded; Sergeant J. Bounds, severely wounded; Private F. Arden, prisoner of war; Private W. Boardman, prisoner of war; Private H. Bough, dangerously wounded; Private W. Marsden, severely wounded; Private J. Stevenson, prisoner of war, and Private M. Walsh, slightly wounded.
(St Helens Reporter, 8 January 1901)
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MEMORIAL SERVICE AT NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
A memorial service was held on Sunday morning [28 December 1900] at St. Peter's Church, Newton-le-Willows, for the late Trooper S. Swann, Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in the recent attack by the Boers on Hamelfontein. The service was attended by detachments of the Lancashire Hussars, of which Trooper Swann was a sergeant (B Troop), and local Volunteers. The Rev. J. Ryder, vicar, conducted the service, and delivered a sermon, dwelling upon the sad calamity.
"Sam Swann," as he was familiarly known, was a most popular man. He was of splendid stature, and was aged forty-one. His loss is deeply mourned by his comrades.
(St Helens Reporter, 1 January 1901)
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THE YEOMANRY LOSSES.
The War Office on Wednesday night issued the following casualties on the Zeckoe River on the 6th and 7th inst., when the detachment under Captain Bretherton was attacked by 400 Boers, and after heroic resistance was compelled to yield to superior numbers of the enemy. Casualties on the 6th inst.: -
32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry. - 8953 Sergeant A. Stowbridge, killed; 8948 Private R. Collinge, died of wounds; 8968 Corporal J. Hill, severely wounded; 8946 Private A. Eden, slightly wounded; 8941 Private C. Featherston, slightly wounded; 9966 Private T. L. Bryham, slightly wounded.
Casualties on the 7th inst.: The following were captured:
32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry. - Captain Stapleton Bretherton, Lieutenant Stourton, 9003 Sergeant-Major J. J. Lewis, 8897 Sergeant W. Addis, 8950 Sergeant R. Miller, 8947 Sergeant W. Eddleston, 8965 Corporal E. Makinson, 8901 Private E. Bridge, 8995 Private M. Blackledge, 9052 Private J. C. Cooke, 8954 Private P. Duxbury, 9044 Private E. Edge, 9050 Private R. L. Ince, 8964 Private A. Martland, 8979 Private J. White, 8939 Private J. Dancer, 8960 Private P. Wilcock, 8942 Private S. Pickavance, 2456 (?) Private H. J. Cooke, 8969 Private L. Ramsay, 8884 Private J. Higginson, 8999 Private R. Peck.
The commandant at Aberdeen is unable to furnish the names of eight men of Nesbitt's Horse, three men 32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry, and three men 5th Lancers, who are also prisoners and not yet identified; inquiries proceeding.
Amongst them Sergeant Stowbridge, returned as killed, is Sergeant Oubridge
, of the C Troop, Newton-le-Willows, a married man, residing at Earletown. Private R. Collinge
, who died of wounds, is also an Earlestown man. Corporal Hill is from Golborne; Privates Eden and Featherstone are St. Helens men; and Private T. L. Bryham is a well-known Wigan man. Sergeant Miller is from Brynn; Sergeant Eddleston is from Billnge; Corporal Makinson, Wigan; Private Bridge, Bamfurlong; Private Blackburn, Wigan; Private Duxbury, Ashton; Private Maitland, Wigan; Private White, Pemberton; Private Dancer, St. Helens; Private Wilcocks, Ashton; Private Pickavance, Peasley Cross; Private H. Cook, Wigan; Private Higginson, Southport; Private Ramsay, Golborne; and Private R. Peck, Southport.
We understand that a private telegram has been received stating that the Yeomanry who were captured have been released.
(St Helens Reporter, 12 April 1901)
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THE LATE SERGEANT OUBRIDGE
A special memorial service in connection with the late Sergeant Arthur Oubridge, Wargrave-road, Earlestown, was held at Wargrave Church, on Sunday morning, conducted by the Rev. J. Carson, rector. Sergeant Oubridge was a member of the C troop of the Lancashire Hussars, and at the commencement of the war went out to South Africa with the 32nd Company Imperioal Yeomanry. On April 6th he was killed in the disaster at Zeckoe River. On Sunday a procession, consisting of detachments of the 1st South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and the 6th Liverpool Regiment (Newton section), and members of the Colonel Wareing Lodge of Orangemen, and Mr. T. Molyneux's Bible Class, was formed at the schools in Legh-street and marched down to Wargrave Church, headed by the Earlestown Prize Band. The rector gave an appropriate address to a crowded congregation.
(St Helens Reporter, 7 May 1901)
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