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William Black Cushnie, Gordon Highlanders 5 years 3 months ago #61474

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Berenice,

I don't recall any information on those lines. You see do soldiers imprisoned and punished for alcohol-related incidents so there was access to drink probably when camped in or around larger towns?
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William Black Cushnie, Gordon Highlanders 5 years 3 months ago #61502

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"Messrs Charles Wright and Son, Ltd., whisky merchants of Wirksworth, have just sent 240 bottles of their Old Gran's Scotch Whisky to the Colonel commanding the Derbyshire Regiment and 60 bottles to Captain Dugdale, Derbyshire Company Imperial Yeomanry, for the men of their respective commands in South Africa. The gift is undoubtedly one which will be highly appreciated."

The Derbyshire Times, 7th March 1900
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William Black Cushnie, Gordon Highlanders 5 years 3 months ago #61505

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The Gordon Highlanders received a beer ration while in the field in South Africa. This may already be common knowledge, and, if so, I apologise. I have included mention of the beer ration in a report on Corporal W A Weir DCM, ILH, which may be too long to post on this forum. If so, I will extract the bit about the beer ration and post it on this thread.


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William Black Cushnie, Gordon Highlanders 5 years 3 months ago #61508

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Then, as now!:ohmy:

djb wrote: Berenice,

I don't recall any information on those lines. You see do soldiers imprisoned and punished for alcohol-related incidents so there was access to drink probably when camped in or around larger towns?

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Whist not applicable is this case, certainly from memory, the rules were very clear, for soldiers on active service, the SRD ration was a quarter gill, per man, per day, so one sixteenth of a pint only, moreover, it had to be approved by a senior officer, usually as high up as the General Officer commanding the division in which a man was serving.
Apart from that, spirits were forbidden to all non commissioned officers and men whilst on duty.

djb wrote: Times must have been hard for many a returning soldier but this behaviour cannot be condoned.

I had to look up the quantity of liquid in a gill. Apparently, a quarter of a pint.

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I daresay that that some men were prepared to sell their ration to others more in need. Didn't Lord Roberts disapprove of drink being available to soldiers in South Africa?

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