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............................................................COL. SERGT. MOCKFORD, H. - COL. SERGT. GOSLING, G. - COL.
............................................................SERGT. WESTON, A. E. - SERGT. CARTON, T. L. - SERGT. GILLHAM, S.
............................................................SERGT. NIGHTINGALE, F. W. - SERGT. WATERS, W. A. - SERGT.
............................................................GREEN, C. - CORPL. HOLLINGTON, J. - CORPL. PRIDDIS, H. -
............................................................CORPL. WALSH, C. - CORPL. PETTS, A. - CORPL. HOAD, W. P.
............................................................CORPL. MARTIN, J. A. - CORPL. COOKE, A. - CORPL. PHILLIPS, E.
............................................................LCE-CORPL. TESTER, A. - LCE-CORPL. STREETER, J. - LCE-CORP.
............................................................TYLER, T. - LCE-CORPL. BURY. F. - LCE-CORPL. ROBINSON, R. G. ............................................................WEST, W. - MERRITT, G. - WHITE, G. - KENYON, W.
............................................................CREASY, C. - GOODES, J. - REEVES, A. - LUCAS, W. H.
............................................................SIMMONS, J. - MANN, A. B. - BRAIDEN, H. F. - STREETER, A.
............................................................WEBB, W. - CLAPSHAW, J. - WATTS, A. - TANNER, G. T.
............................................................JONES, C. C. - DIPLOCK, H. - TEE, H. W. T. - BOYCE, F.
............................................................PARSONS, F. - BENNETT, E. A. - BUCK, C. - MILLS, J.
............................................................HOLDER, A. - KING, H. J. - BUTCHER, E. - JARVIS, J.
............................................................WOODHAMS, J. - SYMONS, A. J. - HUGHES, W. H. - DUKE, E.
............................................................LUCAS, C. H. - HILDER, F. - RUSSELL, E. - BARTLEY, H.
............................................................ATHERALL, F. - LATTER, G. - BEENEY, F. H. - SHUTTON, C.
............................................................VENESS, W. A. - HOPE, W. - BAKER, J. F. - WOOD, J.
............................................................FRANCIS, F. - BOURNE, M. - WILSON, W. - CARTER, M. L.
............................................................ARNOLD, F. - YELDEN, J. - HANCE, C. G. - ATTWATER, G. W.
............................................................BURCHETT, W. - WOODGATE, A. - HIDE, G. - DANIELS, W.
............................................................HOAD, F. A. - STONER, H. - LUCK, J. - SHORNEY, C. J.
............................................................SHORT, W. - BONIFACE, G. - BRADFORD, G. R. H. - LIGHT, T.
............................................................FRANCIS, J. - DYER, F. - FARRANT, J. - ELPHICK, H.
............................................................BOWLEY, J. - BROOKSHAW, B. A. - GREEN, J. - SMITH, W.
............................................................CHANDLER, F. - BIGGS, F. - TOMLIN, G. - PIMM, R. H.
............................................................COVINGTON, W. - HILL, T. E. O. - GASTON, B. - TANSWELL, F.
............................................................CLARKE, J. - BRACKPOOL, A. - ELWICK, C. - TIDBURY, W. .
. ....1st Sussex Regiment. - Private R. West, supposed to have fallen overboard during bad weather on the 12th inst.; Private A. Reeves, pneumonia, 12th inst.; Private W. Kenyon on February 15.
The Western Mail, Friday 30th March 1900
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....A verdict of suicide whilst insane was returned on Wednesday in the case of Frank Humbleston, 23, 1st Sussex Regiment, who committed suicide. He had previously attempted to commit suicide, and had been bound over at North London Police-court. Whilst at the front he suffered from enteric fever, and had been invalided home.
Manchester Courier, Saturday 30th March 1901
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. ....A message has been received from the War Office confirming the news of the death, in Cape Colony, of Lance-corporal Robert Guy Robinson, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, second son of Dr. Robinson, of Ulverston. Lance-corporal Robinson was mortally wounded in an engagement at Brakfontein, near Dewetsdorp, on the 29th Nov., and died the same day.
Manchester Courier, Saturday 7th December 1901.
. ROBINSON. - On the 29th Nov., from wounds at Brakfontein, near Dewetsdorp, South Africa, Lance Corporal Robert Guy Robinson, second son of James Robinson, surgeon, Ulverston, aged 25 years.
The Lancaster Guardian, Saturday 14th December 1901
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...."The War Office on Friday issued the following despatch from Lord Kitchener:—Pretoria, Thursday, 8.15 p.m.
....Colonel Du Moulin, at Abraham's Kraal, on Piet River, was attacked at 1 a.m. 28th January, by Niouwhoudt's commando. After severe fighting, the Boers were repulsed with loss; but I regret to report the death of Du Moulin, a promising young commander, who has done excellent service throughout the campaign."
....Lieut.-Col. Louis Eugene du Moulin, second in command of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed at Abraham's Kraal, near Koffyfontein, on January 28, was born on October 20, 1859, and entered the 107th Foot, now the second battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, in January, 1880, obtaining his step in June of the same year. As a captain he served in the Hazara Campaign in 1888, and was mentioned in despatches. He also served with the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force in 1889-90, on transport duty, and was again mentioned in despatches; and with the Manipur Expeditionary Force in 1891, as brigade transport officer to the Silchar column. In Sir William Lock hart's campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in 1897-98, he served with the second battalion of his regiment, which formed part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force. At the beginning of the present war he was second in command of the first battalion of the Royal Sussex, with which he took part in the march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, including the engagements at Welkom Farm, Zand River, and Doornkop, the occupation of Johannesburg and Pretoria, and the engagement at Diamond Hill. He was present in the subsequent advance into the Orange River Colony, including the operations round Bethlehem and in the Caledon Valley, the engagement at Retief's Nek, and the surrender of the Boer forces at Golden Gate on August 1, 1900. He also took part in the operations round Thaba N'chu, Winburg, and Lindley, and in the engagements at Bothaville and Ventersburg. For his services during the war he received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel in November, 1900.
The Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 1st February 1902

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Captain Sir Walter George Barttelot. Killed in action at Retief's Nek, 23.7.1900
7020 Corporal G. Wilkinson. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 17.11.1900
7194 Bugler Thomas Pattenden. Died of disease at Springfontein, 8.11.1901
7005 Private Frank Bleach. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 14.3.1901
7062 Lance Corporal Frederick Luck. Died of disease at Winburg, 22.8.1900
7055 Private J. T. Floyd. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 18.2.1901
7101 Private G .H. Smith. Died of disease at Heilbron, 28.7.1900
7066 Private James Martin. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 19.3.1901
7036 Private H. Little. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 30.12.1900
7001 Private J. Caldwell. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 19.2.1901
7165 Private William P. Wilkins. Died of disease at Edenburg, 16.2.1902
Private Percy Joseph Hiscock. Died of wounds at Vaalkrantz, 27.7.1900
7067 Private Albert Mitchell. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 16.12.1900
7053 Private Spencer Herbert Draper. Died of disease at Springfontein, 17.6.1900
7130 Private W. R. Angel. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 5.4.1901 (from Brighton)
7102 Private H. A. Wells. Died of wounds at Doornkop, 29.5.1900
7083 Private Walter Charles Wood. Died of disease at Naauwpoort, 17.8.1900
7106 Private H. Hollingdale. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 18.1.1901
7172 Private George Ernest Cheal. Died of disease at Phillippolis, 18.6.1901
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....We regret to record the death of Sir Walter George Barttelot, who was serving with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa, and was killed on Monday last in the fighting at Retief's Nek, when General Hunter attacked the Boer position in the hills south of Bethlehem. He was son of Sir Walter Barttelot, who sat for West Sussex from December, 1860, till November, 1885, and for the Horsham Division of the county from December, 1885, till his death in February, 1893. He was born on April 11, 1855, was educated at Eton, and served in the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards from 1874 till his retirement in 1880 with the rank of Captain. From 1880 till 1885 he was a Captain in the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and since March, 1886, had been a Captain, and from 1890 Hon. Major in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion (late 2nd Sussex) of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Since March last he had been serving with the Line battalion in South Africa with the temporary rank of Captain in the Army. He was a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex, a Magistrate for Devon, and a County Councillor for the Western or Fittleworth Division of Sussex. He married in 1879 Georgiana Mary, only daughter of the late Mr. George Edmund Balfour, of Sidmouth Manor, Devonshire, by whom he leaves two sons and a daughter. The elder son, who now becomes third baronet, Mr. Walter Balfour Barttelot, was born on March 22, 1880.
The Standard, Monday 30th July, 1900
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....We regret to have to record the death of another Hastings Volunteer at the Front in South Africa. Bugler T. Pattenden, of "H" (Ore) Company, 1st C.P.R.V. [Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers], who went went out with the last detachment sent from this town, died of enteritis—a very severe form of enteric fever—at Springfontein early this week. The gallant young fellow who was described in the casualty list as "Drummer" Pattenden, was the son of Sergeant T. Pattenden, of "H" Company, and lived with his father at 54, Athelstan-road, Clive Vale. He was born on February 23rd, 1882, thus being only 19 years and eight months old. He joined "H" Company when it was first formed, in May, 1896. By trade he was a carpenter, working for Sergeant Foster, who went to the Front with him. He was always a very enthusiastic Volunteer, and a good shot. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1900. The first intimation which his people received of his death was from the newspapers on Tuesday. he enjoyed splendid health when at home, and, indeed, at first at the Front. His last letter was from Edenburg, under date October 7th. He seemed then to be very hopeful. To his bereaved relatives we tender our sincere sympathy—sympathy which will be felt throughout the borough.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 8th November 1901
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....News has come to hand of the death of Private Frederick Luck, one of the members of the "E" (Rye) Company of the 1st C.P.R.V., who went to South Africa with the Volunteer Contingent. He succumbed to dysentery at Winberg last week. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Luck, of Military-road, Rye, and was much respected by all who knew him, and liked by his chums. At the age of 17, on November 25th, 1896, he became a member of the Rye Company of the Rifles. A capital shot, he was one of the first to offer his services when volunteers were asked for. He was by trade a baker, and his letters home have chronicled the fact that he had been able to use his knowledge for the benefit of his comrades.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 1st September 1900
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....The War Office on Friday night issued the following.—"Royal Sussex Regiment, Volunteer Company: 7,066 Private J. Martin, died from enteric at Bloemfontein. March 19th."
....Private James Martin was 22 years of age, being the fifth son of Mr. George Martin, an aged fisherman, living at 2, Richardson's-cottages, All Saints-street. He was very highly respected by all who knew him. The last letter written by him to his father arrived only two or three weeks ago. in which he stated that many of the Volunteers had fallen sick, some having died trom enteric, and that he had been one of the firing party over some of the graves. The Army Doctor told the gallant soldier that his inside was in a very bad condition, and that he would have to be attended to, but his parents never thought the end was so near. The news of his death was a great shock to the aged couple, who regarded their son as the mainstay of their home. By his schoolmates and others he was known as "Old Crow Martin," and no more striking proof of their affection for him can be found than the way he was shouldered and cheered by large numbers when he left the town with the first Active Service Company in February, 1900. A very sympathetic letter has been received by the sorrowing parents from Mr. C. B. Gabb, president of the Hastings Football Club, of which the deceased Volunteer was a member. Dr. Gabb expressed the sympathy felt by himself and all the members of the Club. Private Martin received his education at the All Saints Street National Schools, under the late Mr. W. H. Sutton. Everyone will regret his death.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 30th March 1901
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....We regret to notice in the latest casualty lists that another Hastings man has fallen a victim to the dread dysentery in South Africa. 7,165 Private William Wilkins, of the second detachment from the 1st C.P.R.V., who has died, was 35 years of age, and a journeyman carpenter. He joined the Volunteer force as far back as 1886, but left after three years' service, rejoining, however, in 1893. The case is a particularly sad one, as a widow and three young children are left behind.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 22nd February 1902
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....The War Office, on Tuesday night, announced the death of Private A. Mitchell, 1st Royal Sussex Regiment, No. 7,067, who died at Bloemfontein on December 16th from enteric fever. Pte. Mitchell was one of the Hastings Volunteers, 1st C.P.R.V., and lived at Royal Victoria Baths, St. Leonards. He is the fourth man of the local Volunteer contingent who has died at the Front.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 22nd December 1900
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....With sincere regret we have to announce the death of (7,053) Private Spencer Herbert Draper, fourth son of Mr. L. S. Draper, of Queens-road, one of the Hastings Volunteers who left for the Front in February last. Private Draper, who belonged to the "F" Company of the Rifles, was only about 21 years of age, and when he left England was in splendid health. He was one of the very first local men to answer the Government's call for Volunteers. His death was due to pneumonia following closely upon dysentery. Private Draper enjoyed a popularity amongst his fellows which it is the good fortune of but few to possess. In his younger days at the Grammar School, when the pupils of that institution included "boys" of 20 years, he was liked both by scholars and masters, and was one of the mainstays of the establishment in the recreation field, being a splendid "back" in the football team, by no means an indifferent cricketer, and always coming off well in the annual sports in the Central Cricket Ground. He took part in many boyish pranks within the school walls, and, indeed, was looked upon, especially by the juniors, as a "leader." Whilst he was the seniors' companion he never ceased to be and many a time has he been seen to stand up for the latter when in trouble. The writer recalls one little instance of the kind to his mind. A lad about 15 years old had got into trouble, and some of the scholars were taking the law into their own hands, and flogging him with a short piece of knotted rope—needless to say, not with the knowledge of the masters. Draper—or "Puddie," as he was always called—organised a party of boys who refused to have anything to do with the affair, and some of the seniors threatened to use the rope on them. But it never came off—they knew "Pud." When marching along the Front on leaving for South Africa he was holding the hand of a little fellow of 13 years, to whom he left a cane as a " keepsake" The subject of this brief sketch was an enthusiastic naturalist, his special hobby being the study of zoology, and to the boys at school he was a veritable "enquire within" regarding birds and their eggs. He was extremely plucky—sometimes almost rash in his excursions, climbing trees of enormous height and then crawling along their branches into mid-air. He was always fond of outdoor life, and even previously to joining the Volunteers used to camp out with his brothers and a few friends in the Rother Valley. Wherever there was excitement "Pud" was sure to be there, and, no doubt, it was this love of the free, open air life, together with the fascination which anything with a spice of danger seemed to have over him, which largely influenced him to go to South Africa. Somehow, no one expected death to claim him, and it is difficult indeed to realize that sturdy, manly, jovial, kind-hearted Spencer Draper is gone. We all must regret his sad end, and extend our sympathy to his bereaved family. There is something of comfort in the fact that he has fought for his country, and, self-sacrificing and generous to the end, has given his young life in his country's cause.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 23rd June 1900
. . ....The late Spencer Herbert Draper joined the Rifles three years ago. From the first he was a consistent and thorough-going Volunteer, his aim being to make himself proficient in all branches. He attended drills regularly, and never missed an opportunity of practising shooting at the butts on the East Hill, the result being that at every local prize competition he carried off several well-earned prizes. He bore the badge for efficiency, and would eventually have qualified for a marksman's badge, this last only being given for thorough proficiency in high olass shooting. When the nation's call to arms came to Hastings, and England, for the first time in the history of living men, appealed to her home Volunteer Army to furnish Volunteers for the war in South Africa, he was the first one in Hastings to enter his name for active service. And when the contingent had been formed, and was put through a shooting testing competition at the butts, he came out first, although all the men are good drills and good shots. This was and one to be proud of. But the proudest moment of all was on Tuesday, the 20th February, when he, in company with the other gallant fellows, marched through the streets of Hastings and St. Leonards on their departure for the Front, there to take their part with Her Majesty's Army in doing all that may be done for Queen and country. After marching half way, Private Draper and one or two other local favourites were lifted shoulder high by the cheering crowds, and were thus borne, amidst the applauding shouts of the multitude, to the Railway Station. These were not professional soldiers, merely going out at the ordinary call of duty, but young men holding good positions, glowing with health and strength, and possessing everything that makes life dear, spontaneously and of their own free will sacrificing all—why? Simply because their country had need of them and called for them. Leaving England on the 10th of March, landing in South Africa early in April, the Volunteers were ordered to join the Royal Sussex Regiment, with which they took part in several engagements, as Private Draper's letters bear witness. On the 18th May he was invalided with dysentery in Wynberg Hospital, whence on that date he wrote his last letter home. It is surmised he left Wynberg weakened by disease, and not fully recovered. The next we hear of him is from the newspapers, which report him lying ill with pneumonia at Springfontein, where he died on Sunday. June 17th, in his twentyfirst year. As he was the foremost in Hastings to enrol his name as a Volunteer for war service, so he has been 'the first from Hastings to lay down his life. He died a soldier's death, for Queen and Fatherland, in the cause of freedom and justice. Thus ended the life of as gallant a soul as ever breathed. Shall we not envy him? He gave his life for his country at the call of duty. What nobler ending? .
....Private Draper went through nine engagements, and the decorations due to him will be forwarded to his family.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 30th June 1900
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....It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death of Private Walter C. Wood, one of the Volunteers from Hastings serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa. This makes the third death among the men. all from disease, two of the Hastingers being taken. The news of his demise csme as a great shock to the parents, who were expecting him to shortly return to his home in Hastings. The death was officially announced in Saturday's lists of casualties, as having occurred on August 17th, at Heidelburg, which is a station south of Johannesburg, on the way to Newcastle. The young soldier's father, Mr. Walter Webber Wood, the well-known Assistant Overseer of St. Clement's Parish, upon seeing the notification, telegraphed to the War Office for confirmation or denial of the statement. Unfortunately, it was the former he received, and the cause of death was given as enteric. Private Wood had belonged to the 1st C.P.R.V. for some four years. When he left Hastings for the Front he was given a hearty send-off by his friends, and a presentation was made him by the choir of St. Clement's Church, of which he had been a member since a boy, and also held the office of bellringer at the church. On Sunday morning, as showing respect for the deceased's memory, a muffled bell was tolled at St. Clement's before the service, and at the conclusion of Evensong Mr. J. B. Guy (the organist) played tbe "Dead March" from "Saul," the congregation remaining standing. As our readers will remember, we have published some highly interesting letters from the late Private Wood.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 8th September 1900
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Extracts from a letter home by Private Hickman, 1st Company of the Hastings Volunteers: -
...."January 18th. - More bad news has just come to hand from the new St. Andrew's Hospital. Private Hollingdale, one of the Company, died to-day from enteric fever. He belonged to the 1st Sussex and came out with the company from Brighton.
...."January 20th.- -Hollingdale was buried yesterday afternoon. A gun-carriage was used as a hearse. We get a nice lot of white flowers, and Hamilton (one of the Company) made a very good cross with them and some green stuff. It really looked quite homelike to see a decent cross."
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 9th March 1901
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....With sincere regret we announce the death of 7172 Private G. Cheal, one of the 2nd Active Service Company 1st Cinque Ports Rifles, who is reported by the War Office to have died of enteric at Phillippolis on the 18th inst. The deceased Volunteer lived at 3, Mann-street, Hastings, and threw up a good position as a fitter in the Gas Works in order to fight for his country. The gallant private, it will be remembered, only left Chichester a very short time ago, and had been in South Africa less than a month. He was but 20 years of age. It is a singular fact that the first death in the Company which has just returned home occurred on the 17th of June, and the first in the relief Company on the 18th of the same month.
The Hastings and St.Leonards Observer, Saturday 22nd June 1901 .
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254 Colour Sergeant G. Penfold. Died on St Helena, 21.7.1902
Armourer Sergeant A. Lawton.
4757 Sergeant H. Comber. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 11.12.1901
3356 Sergeant W. F. Phillips. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 15.5.1901
7948 Sergeant G. King. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 2.12.1901
7952 Sergeant E. Boniface. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 31.1.1902
8141 Corporal A. Andrews. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 3.3.1902
7905 Corporal G. A. S. Thresher. Died 14.12.1901
7782 Lance Corporal T. Lambkin. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 23.4.1902
8174 Private J. McCormick. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 9.7.1901
8251 Private A. E. Colbran. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 11.11.1901
7791 Private J. Thwaites. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 5.5.1902
8660 Private W. Barnard. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 11.7.1902
7931 Private L. Lambert. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 4.11.1901
8414 Private P. W. Shelley. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 18.12.1901
8291 Private A. Searle. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 24.1.1902
8558 Private G. Russell. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 13.12.1901
Private J. Medley.
7878 Private W. Welch. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 17.1.1902
7480 Private G. Chant. Died of pneumonia at Charlestown, 21.6.1902
8263 Private W. C. Cole. Died of disease at Bloemfontein, 28.11.1901
7938 Private J. Selby. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, 2.3.1902

A postcard sent in an envelope and dated November 13th, 1904, from a W. Martin, who wrote "(Supposed to be a Soldier blowing the bugle) This memorial was unveiled a few weeks ago in memory of those who lost their lives in the War in Africa belonging to the Royal Sussex Regiment"
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. ....Lord Abergavenny, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, unveiled at Brighton, on Saturday [29.10.1904], a memorial erected to the memory of the officers and men of the Royal Sussex Regt. who fell in South Africa. The Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Chichester, the mayor of Brighton (Alderman Marx), the vicar of Brighton (Canon Hoskyns), Col. Donne, C.B., commanding the 35th Regimental District, and Col. Campion also took part in the ceremony, which attracted an enormous crowd in the King's-road. The memorial consists of a bronze figure of a bugler, life size, raised on a high stone pillar; the bugler is depicted as sounding the charge at Doornkop, where the 1st Battalion charged and cleared the Boer intrenchments. The memorial is the work of Mr. J. Simpson, architect, and Mr. Hartwell, sculptor. It stands at the bottom of Regency-square, facing the entrance to the West Pier. It is the county memorial, having been subscribed for by all classes in Sussex.
....Col. Donne, in asking the Lord Lieutenant to unveil the memorial, hoped it would be an incentive to every Englishman of the countless thousands who passed up and down the world-renowvned front of Brighton to follow the noble example of those gallant Sussex men.
....Lord Abergavenny then unveiled the monument, and the band played the regimental march, the bugles giving "The Last Post." The vicar of Brighton recited the Lord's Prayer and a prayer from the Burial Office, and Lord Abergavenny, in handing over the monument to the Mayor and Corporation of Brighton, said the regiment left home and country for the King's sake, fearing not what might happen to them, and they did their duty nobly and well.
....The Bishop of Chichester, having recently paid a visit to South Africa, declared with emphasis that the men whose graves he had seen in hundreds on the lonely hills and the veld had not died in vain. He looked forward with hope to the future of that country, and he seemed to see a nation free, sober, self-governing, a great Republic, if they would, but joined to this country by ties of the strongest brotherhood and ready at any moment to come to the defence and the succour of the old mother-country, and expecting the mother-country to be ready to help them as well. Let them remember the lesson those dead men had taught them, for they had raised the whole type of manhood in England.
The Times, Monday, 31st October 1904