London Times, 01 Nov 00 (Thursday)
p3c Dateline Cape Town, October 30. The Avondale Castle will sail for England tomorrow with 400 British Volunteers. On November 3 the Composit Regiment of the Household Cavalry, A battery RHA and Hq of the Canadian Regiment will embark in the Harwarden Castle.
London Times, 02 Nov 00 (Friday)
p3b Dateline Cape Town November 1. The Avondale Castle sailed for England today with Volunteers from R Irish Rifles, 1/Gloucestershire Regt, 1/Yorkshire Regiment and 1/Hampshire Regiment
Dateline Halifax, NS, November 1. The Idaho, with 500 men of the First Canadian Contingent from South Africa has arrived here.
p8c & d The Orcana left Cape Town for England on October 29 with invalids. The following were listed:
RHA – Major White-Thompson
2/Gordon Highlanders – Captain Haldane
ASC – Captain Denny, Lieutenant & Quartermaster Blake
17th Lancers – Lieutenant Fletcher
3/Dorset Regiment – Lieutenant Goodden
AOD – Lieutenant Colonel Butcher
Chaplain the Reverend L O Warner
11th Hussars – Captain FitzGerald
4/R Irish Fusiliers – Lieutenant Cole-Hamilton
RAMC – Major Bateson, Lieutenants Bruce & Glover
1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Colonel Evelegh
RGA – Lieutenant J F Shewell
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Kindersley & Lieutenants St John & Goodden
Sick laying down, 21; convalescent, 131
Wounded laying down, 4; convalescent, 15
On passage home – Rifle Brigade – Captain Maclachan
The Oceana is due at Las Palmas on Nov 12 and Southampton on Nov 18.
The Umfuli left Cape Town for India with the following officers listed:
Indian Staff Corps – Major Ryder & Captain G de H Smith
2/West Riding Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Herapath
1/R Highlanders – Lieutenant Walker
Yesterday 24 invalided Canadian Volunteers embarked, at Liverpool, in the Carthagenian for Halifax.
London Times, 03 Nov 00 (Saturday)
p9b Note – London Gazette, Fri., Nov 2. Major & Bt. Lieutenant Colonel F I Maxse, DSO, CG, is graded as AAG while Commissioner of Police, Pretoria.
London Times, 05 Nov 00 (Monday)
p5b Dateline Cape Town, November 3. 700 men of the Australian contingent sailed today for Australia on board the Harlech Castle.
Note – Pay scale for the Transvaal Police, Pretoria. ( Lieutenant Colonel = £1,000)(Maxse)
p10a The Avondale Castle left Cape Town for England on November 1. The following were listed:
RA – Colonel Eustace
RHA – Colonel Davidson
1/Yorkshire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 23 men
Hampshire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 16 men
2/Gloucestershire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 23 men
Volunteer Company Yorkshire Light Infantry – 3 officers & 91 men
Volunteer Company R Irish Regiment – 4 officers & 114 men
Volunteer Company KOSB – 3 officers & 109 men
London Times, 06 Nov 00 (Tuesday)
p10b The Scot left Cape Town for England on October 31 with the following on passage home:
RA – Major General Downing & Captain Atlay
Remount Dept. – Captain Hughes
2/Bedfordshire Regiment – Lieutenant Stevens
Berkshire Regiment – Major McClintock
Staff — Captain Evelyn Wood
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Miller & Lieutenant Cazenove
RAMC – Civil Surgeon J B Christopherson
The hospital ship Nubia, from Natal, reached Southampton Water last night and anchored off Netley. She brought home 30 officers and 282 invalids who will be landed this morning. The following were listed:
RAMC – Major Burke, in charge.
5/DG – 2nd Lieutenant Fitzgerald
RFA – Captains Carey & Kelly
2/Royal Fusiliers – Captain North
1/Royal Irish Regiment – Captain Smyth
1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers – 2nd Lieutenant Bayly
2/Royal Irish Rifles – Lieutenant Wright
1/West Riding Regiment – Captain Behrend
ASC – Q M Stott
Kitchener’s Horse – Lieutenant Eriot
Bengal Lancers – Captain Maxwell
Militia Medical Staff Corps – Surgeon- Captain Steele
13th Hussars – Major Smithson & Lieutenant Lambert
1/Liverpool Regiment – Lieutenant Lardner
1/R Munster Fusiliers – Captain Macpherson
2/R Warwick Regiment – Lieutenant Clarke
1/A & S Highlanders – Captain Macdonald & Lieutenant Macarthur
Imperial Yeomanry – Major Ker-Fox, Captain Ewart, & Lieutenants Robin, Power, Aulton, Wilson, & Codrington
2/R W Kent Regiment – Captain Dalison
19th Hussars – Lieutenant Franks
3/W India Regiment – Captain Hutchinson
Intelligence Dept. – Major Gretton
For Duty on Voyage:
RAMC – Civil Surgeons J Dunn, G R Thomson, F B Cayley, W T Rowe & D N Greig
Army Chaplain Dept. – The Reverends J S Morris, & J E W Tuckey
Army Nursing Dept. – Nursing Sisters C K C Steele, M Atkinson, E Dawson, L Dale, E Laughton, L Basan, & B L Betty
London Times, 07 Nov 00 (Wednesday) Nothing noted.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 07 Nov 00 Nothing Noted
London Times, 08 Nov 00 (Thursday) p3e Dateline ct, November 6. The Tantallon Castle sailed for England with the following officers listed as passengers:
Gens. Brocklehurst & Howard, Colonels Ward & Hobbs
p8b The Hawarden Castle was to leave Cape Town for Southampton on Nov 7, with Lieutenant Colonel W D Otter and the 1st contingent of the Royal Canadian Regiment. A portion of the regiment has already returned to Canada direct.
London Times, 09 Nov 00 (Friday) p8b The Fort Salisbury left for England on November 6 with the following officers on passage home:
1/LG – Captain Cookson
7 Hussars – Captain Prince Alexander of Teck
RHA – Major Du Plat Taylor
RGA – Major Bushe
E Kent Regiment – Colonel Hickson
1/Leicester Regiment – Captain Knatchbull
2/Cheshire Regiment – Colonel Curteis
2/Berkshire – Lieutenant Ready
York & Lancaster – Major Rolt
5/R Irish Fusiliers – Colonel Leslie
Bengal Lancers – Captain Turner
4/Battalion M I – Captain Ewart
Imperial Yeomanry – Colonel Spragge, Lieutenants Woodhouse & Duncombe, Civil Surgeons A A Scott & Skirving
2/DG – 2/Lieutenant Hesketh (Late Imperial Yeomanry )
17 Lancers – Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence
RFA – Major Cameron
IG – Major Godley
Volunteer Company Shropshire Light Infantry – Lieutenant Edge
Volunteer Company Somerset Light Infantry – Captain E J Whitting
1/Lancashire F – Lieutenant Farmer
3/Hampshire – Lieutenant Russell
Seaforth HR – Captain McNeill
1/W India – 2/Lieutenant Hollist
India S C – Major Baker & Lieutenant Taylor
Brabant’s Horse – Captain Boddman
A Veterinary Dept. – Civil Veterinary Surgeons J Stanley-Clarke, D J Moberley, E E Clode, S Hurst, W P Hill, & W C Haring
The ship is due at Plymouth on the 28th.
London Times, 10 Nov 00 (Saturday)
p8c & d The Tagus landed at Southampton yesterday some 800 men, mostly invalids from South Africa. The following were listed:
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Colonel Holland, in charge, Lieutenant Colonel St L Moore
ASC – Lieutenant Lord Graham
2/Derbyshire Regiment – Captain Pennell, V C
10th Hussars – Captain Sir. J Milbanke, V C
Colonel Cayley, in command.
Civil Surgeons Stirling, Watt, Kinmont, McIntyre, & Graves
Q M – Lee, Mr Ford
The Damascus arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. The following were listed:
N S W Contingent – Major Murray
Army Veterinary Dept. – Civil Veterinary Surgeon Fowler
RAMC – Civil Surgeons E D Hancock, H A J Fairbank, & Friel
The Harwarden Castle left for England on November 7. The following were listed: Household Cavalry – 24 officers and 433 men
A, RHA – 5 officers and 175 men
Corps Troops Ammunition Colonel N F F – Major Findlay, Captain Byron, Lieutenant Newcombe & 86 men
2/Canadian Infantry – 14 officers & 265 men
The following on passage home:
Indian S C – Captain W E Lloyd
Brabant’s H – Captain Ford
7 Hussars – 2/Lieutenant Brooke
20 Hussars – 2/Lieutenant Urquhart
4/Warwick – 2/Lieutenants Hobson & Crooke
Robert’s H – Captain McKean
2/Lancashire Fusiliers – 2/Lieutenant Whigham
Chaplains – Reverend Canon Knox-Little & Mr Whatman
ASC – Major Gilpin
RFA – Captains Cape & Skipwith
2/Yorkshire – 2/Lieutenant Kirkpatrick
RE – Captain Phillips
1/N Staffordshire – 2/Lt/ Llewellyn
2/E Lancashire – 2/Lieutenant Thackwell
Imperial Yeomanry – 2/Lieutenant Younger
London Times, 12 Nov 00 (Monday)
p5b Dateline Cape Town, Nov 10 The Canada is being specially fitted out for Lord Roberts’s accommodation. A suite of apartments is being constructed on the deck and a second suite below.
p10e The Tantallon Castle left for England, Nov 8. The following were listed on passage home:
1/R Dragoons – Captain Prince Francis of Teck
Yorkshire Light Infantry – Major Earle
4/Bedfordshire – Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cranborne
3/KRR – Lieutenant Blundell
ASC – 2/Lieutenants Welwood & Thomas
RA – Major Forestier Walker
RAMC – Surgeon-General Stephenson, Colonel Galway, & Major Babtie
Remount Dept. – Captain Perry
1/CG – Major Wingfield & Captain Lord Newtown Butler
Staff – Gens. Howard, Brocklehurst & Lord Settrington, Colonel Ward, Lieutenant Colonel Hobbs, Majors Denison & Furse, Captains Puckle, Harrison, Buchanan, Sheppard, Harper & Greenfield
9/Lancers – Lieutenant Lord Bentinek (? Lord Charles Bentinek)
RHG – Captain Lord Crichton, Lieutenant the Hon. Molyneux (? the Hon. R F Molyneux)
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Cookson
India Staff Corps – Lieutenant Coke
For Madeira – KOSB, Captain Dent.
The Lake Erie arrived at Albert Docks on Saturday afternoon and 569 rank and file were disembarked. The following were listed:
2/Lincolnshire Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Roberts, in charge.
2/Warwickshire Regiment – Captain Delacombe
1/Suffolk Regiment – Captain Brett
1/Derbyshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant James
2/Connaught Rangers – Captain Hog, Lieutenant Wickham
Remount Depot – Major Loyd
1/West Kent Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Parker
RN – Lieutenant Newman, Midshipman Cunningham, W/O Cannon
Reserve of Officers – Major Tremayne, Captain Bonham-Christie
2/Leicestershire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Hunt
2/DG – 2nd Lieutenant Gaynor
N S W M R – Lieutenant Onslow
1/DG – 2nd Lieutenant Adam
RAMC – Civil Surgeons Roberts, Sheen, Rooke, & Ashdown
Imperial Yeomanry Hospital – Mr Catling, "X” rays expert
Army Nursing Dept. – Nursing Sisters O’Neal, Digwood, Johnstone, Beedie, Hyslop, & Rowell
London Times, 13 Nov 00 (Tuesday)
p10b The Nineveh left Cape Town for England November 8, with invalids and some on passage home. The following invalids were listed:
Kimberley L H – Captain Brown
RIR – Captain Brenan
3/KOSB – Captain Critchley-Salmonson
Veterinary Dept. – Lieutenant Colonel Rayment
8/Bengal Lancers – Captain Cheyne
1/A & S Highlanders – Captain Campbell
1/R Sussex – Major Scaife
RFA – 2/Lieutenant Lowther
RAMC – Major Harris
2/Norfolk – Captain Wilson
On passage home:
RA – Major Fasson
ASC – Lieutenant Guthrie-Smith
Seaforth Highlanders – Captain Murray
3/R Lancaster – Lieutenant Fayrer
3/Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry – Captain Pike
Shropshire Light Infantry – Major Reade
Colonial Division – Major Merritt
19/Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Laffan
2/S Wales Borderers – 2/Lt/ Dickenson
The Nineveh is due at Plymouth on the 29th.
London Times, 14 Nov 00 (Wednesday)
p10a Note – Schedule of allowances for the New South African Constabluary under Baden-Powell.
p10b The Urmston Grange left for England November 10 with the following on passage home:
Reserve of Officers – Lieutenant Colonel Brown
Colonial Division – Captain Rose-Innes
R Fusiliers – Captain Hibbert
RAMC – Civil Surgeon E S Crispin
7/Hussars – Lieutenant Kevill-Davies
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Cookson
Civil Veterinary Surgeon E M Sykes
The Englishman arrived at Southampton yesterday. The following were listed:
RFA – Major Knox, in charge.
3/South Staffordshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Anderson
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Gillon
1/Royal Lancaster Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Milward
451 rank & file.
For duty on Voyage, Civil Surgeons W L Brown and M Brown
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 14 Nov 00 Nothing Noted
London Times, 15 Nov 00 (Thursday)
p3e Dateline Cape Town November 13. The following sailings are announced:
The Assaye, for England with 1,400 invalids and details.
The Yorkshire, on Thursday, for England, with 700 details.
The Suffolk, on Friday, for Australia, with 50 invalids and 20 officers.
The Norham Castle, on Saturday, for England, with officers and undesirables.
The (?), on Monday, (for Canada?) with 2nd Canadian Contingent, 50 officers and 1,000 men.
The Catalonia, on Monday, for Ceylon & India, with 600 prisoners for Ceylon and details for India and Burma.
Dateline Cape Town November 14. General Sir F Clery, General Brabazon, General Pole-Carew, and Viscount Valentia are passengers on board the Moor.
London Times, 16 Nov 00 (Friday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 17 Nov 00 (Saturday)
p8c The hospital ship Princess of Wales left for England November 13 with the following invalids:
Staff – Major R CB Haking, Captain W G B Boyce
1/York & Lancaster – Captain Webb
Sick laying down, 14; convalescent 139
Wounded laying down, 5;convalescent 13
Due at Southampton December 5.
The Scot arrived at Southampton yesterday with the following on passage home:
RA – Major General Downing & Captain Atlay
Remount Dept. – Captain Hughes
2/Bedfordshire Regiment – Lieutenant Stevens
Berkshire Regiment – Major McClintock
Staff — Captain Evelyn Wood
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Miller & Lieutenant Cazenove
RAMC – Civil Surgeon J B Christopherson
The Scot also brought home Colonel Eustace, Lieutenant Colonel Godley, Major the Hon. A H Hanbury Tracy, Major Doyle, Mr Raymond Greene, M P, and the Hon. L Ogilvy
London Times, 19 Nov 00 (Monday)
p6b The Moor left for England on November 14 with the following on passage home.
Staff – Gens. Sir C Dickson, Sir F Clery, J P Brabazon, Colonels Alexander, & Mansell, Lieutenant Colonels De Courcy Hamilton, C V Hume, Major A H C Hanbury-Tracy, Captains De Winton, F R F Boileau, & Lieutenants Pole & Vaughan
Imperial Yeomanry – Colonel Lord Valentia and Lieutenants F W G Gore & Viscount de Bearneye
RE – Lieutenant S G Faber
S Wales Borderers – Captain F St J Highes
Indian Staff Corps – Captain E J Lugard
5/Manchester – Captain W F Hobdell
4/Scottish R – Captain H H Smith
Volunteer Company Middlesex – Lieutenant E J King
Due at Southampton Nov 30.
The Orcana arrived at Plymouth with invalids. The following were listed:
RHA – Major White-Thompson
2/Gordon Highlanders – Captain Haldane
ASC – Captain Denny, Lieutenant & Quartermaster Blake
17th Lancers – Lieutenant Fletcher
3/Dorset Regiment – Lieutenant Goodden
AOD – Lieutenant Colonel Butcher
Chaplain the Reverend L O Warner
11th Hussars – Captain FitzGerald
4/R Irish Fusiliers – Lieutenant Cole-Hamilton
RAMC – Major Bateson, Lieutenants Bruce & Glover
1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Colonel Evelegh
RGA – Lieutenant J F Shewell
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Kindersley & Lieutenants St John & Goodden
On passage home – Rifle Brigade – Captain Maclachan
London Times, 20 Nov 00 (Tuesday)
p10c & d The Assaye left for England November 14 with the following invalids:
14/Hussars – Lieutenant T E L Hill-Whitson
RGA – Major J R H Allen
GG – Captain Lord Loch
2/Northumberland Fusiliers – Captains C M A Wood & S C Birch
3/Durham Light Infantry – Captain M G Sowerby
1/ V B Lincoln – Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel H Wright
3/Bedfordshire – Captain Sir F Frankland
2/R Scots Fusiliers – Captains G M Trenchard, F E Buchanan
2/Hampshire – Lieutenant G Brooke
1/Essex – Captain G M Tufnell, Lieutenant B D L G Anley
2/R W Kent – Captain F C Marsh
KRRC – Captain R S Oxley
2/Seaforth Highlanders – Lieutenant C P Doig
3/R Munster Fusiliers – Colonel F W Bell
RAMC – Major T Archer, Lieutenant F S Walker, Civil Surgeon D V M. Adams
RFA – Lieutenant R R B Wall, 2/Lieutenant R K Lynch-Staunton
3/R Lancaster – Major W H Feilden
6/Warwickshire – Major G de H Fullerton
2/Norfolk – Lieutenants F R Day & B S Grissel
2/Lincoln – Captain J J Howley
2/E Yorkshire – 2/Lieutenant C L Estridge
3/S Wales Borderers – Lieutenant Colonel C Healey
1/R Sussex – Captain J B Wroughton
2/R Highlanders – Major J Deane & 2/Lieutenant R G Webber
2/Northampton – Lieutenant R C Coldwell
2/Shropshire Light Infantry – Captain J J White
2/Wiltshire – 2/Lieutenant C A Harding
2/R Irish Fusiliers – Lieutenant F A M Welsh
ASC – Captain A R L Hayward
2/Canadian Mounted Rifles – Lieutenant Taylor
Lord Strathcona’s Corps – Major A E Snyder
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenants E A Digby & C J Fauvel & Veterinary Lieutenant H C Jagger
Kitchener’s Horse – Lieutenant Aylmer
Remount Dept. – Lieutenant Fairweather
Cape Colonial Force – Major Tamplin
Army Veterinary Dept. – Captain J Moore
N S W Bushmen – Lieutenant W B Allen
N Z Artillery – Captain Hume
Brabant’s Horse – QM J H Walker
Chaplains – the Reverends J E Rockliff & F G Wright
Nursing Sister A F Draper
Sick laying down, 91; convalescent, 734
Wounded laying down, 56; convalescent, 108
For duty on voyage:
RAMC – Lieutenant W Jagger, Covil Surgeons W L Wainwright, L V Cargill, & W C Allan
Civil Nurses – Miss E L Halls, Mrs L Wainwright, Mrs J Patterson & Miss L E Jerram
On Passage Home:
Irish Guards – Captain A A C FitzClarence
Connaught Rangers – Captain A W Abercrombie
2/W Riding – Captain H W Cobb
7/Bengal Lancers – Captain H McConaghey
Staff – Major E S Heard
R Marine Light Infantry – Lieutenant Wilson
The ship is due at Southampton December 3.
The Yorkshire left for England, November 15 with the following Invalids:
Essex – Major H H W Nason
1/S Staffordshire – Captain E Layton
2/Hampshire – 2/Lieutenant F L Parker
2/R Dublin Fusiliers – Lieutenant J McD Haskard
1/E Lancashire – Lieutenant R A Gosset
ASC – Captain F G E Cannot
19/Hussars – 2/Lieutenant G P Dodsworth
Sick convalescent, 359
Wounded convalescent, 22
The following on passage home:
RFA – Captain Birch
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Alexander
8/KRRC – 2/Lieutenant E B L’Estrange
18/Hussars – Captain & QM J Baker
3/V B KOSB – Lieutenant R J Cunningham
RE – Major W F Hawkins
4/KRRC – Captain V H S Scratchley
4/Rifle Brig. – Captain Sir E Grogan
4/Liverpool – 2/lt. W N W Gape
R Scots Greys – 2/Lieutenant L C F Oppenheim
South African L H – Lieutenant C A Howard
Chaplain, Reverend A Mitchell
N S W Chaplain’s Dept. – Reverend H J Rose
RAMC – Civil Surgeons R Ward, A Breslin, C Gibbs, H J Scarleib & N N Wooliscroft
London Times, 21 Nov 00 (Wednesday)
p10c The Norham Castle left for England November 17, with the following on passage home:
Electrical Engineers – Captains F Lindsay, Lloyd, A Bain, H M Leaf, Lieutenant J Oshaughnessy, 2/Lieutenants H Bigge, F Powell Williams and 42 men.
R Highlanders – Lieutenant A H Marindin
RE – Lieutenant Colonels A C Foley & A H Kenney
2/R Scots – Major L W Bode
3/DG – 2/Lieutenant J D L Arathoon
Chaplains – Reverends W R P Paterson & F H Powell
Remount Dept. – Major W B Butler-Creagh
ASC – Captain J Barrett-Lennard (attached)
3/Hussars – 2/Lieutenant M Burge
Volunteer Company W Riding – Lieutenant H S Atkinson
1/R Fusiliers – 2/Lieutenant A E Sauer
Change** For Gen Sir C Dickson, Staff, on the Moor, to Major General J B B Dickson.
The Dilwara arrived at Southampton yesterday with invalids.
Staff – Lieutenant Colonel Ingefield, in charge. Brigadier General Little
2/Lincolnshire Regiment – Lieutenant Morant
1/R Welsh Regiment – Lieutenant Griffith
2/Hampshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Falkner
RGA – Captain McMeekan
1/Yorkshire Regiment – Captain Maitland
2/Worcester Regiment – Captain Monro
2/R Irish Fusiliers – Major Hill
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenants Moncrief, Crane, & Elliott-Wood
N S W M R – Lieutenant Logan
Civil Veterinary Surgeon A L Farrant
Chaplain the Reverend H D Burton
The following were on passage home:
Indian Staff Corps – Captain Moberley
1/Life G – Lieutenant Colonel Calley
5/Liverpool Regiment – Lieutenant Chaffey
GG – Captain Ruggles-Brise
5th Lancers – Major Little
RN – Chief Engineer Chope
RAMC – Civil Surgeons F D Boyd, A H Watt, G L Chiene, J Miller, J McFarlane, G S Stoker, Coleman & J C Pounder; Dressers A C Balfour, H V Fletcher, H Gribben, W H Nutt, G Paulin, Edwards, Thomson, McIlwain, & Stewart
Welsh Hospital – Civil Surgeons Enrys & Roberts
Edinburgh Hospital – Sir W Thomson & Colonel Nixon
Nursing Sisters A W Gill, E J Cumming, J Cameron, A B Cameron, J Galloway, H G Miller, A M McDonnell & E Walker.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 21 Nov 00
p8 Dateline Durban, Nov 15. The City of Vienna brought horses here and is being outfitted to accommodate troops leaving in a few days.
p11 The Sophocles sailed Friday for Australia with a contingent of Australian troops.
Captain A F Gurney, R N and wife sailed on the Assaye for England. Lieutenant H Gurney, wounded, sailed in the Spartan for England.
London Times, 22 Nov 00 (Thursday)
p5b Dateline Cape Town Nov 21. General Pole-Carew sails today for England in the Dunottar Castle.
London Times, 23 Nov 00 (Friday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 24 Nov 00 (Saturday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 26 Nov 00 (Monday)
p12a & b The Dunottar Castle left for England with the following on passage home:
Staff – General Pole-Carew, Colonel F W Benson, Majors C C Monro, Hon. G L Bryan, H N C Heath & Captains F B Maurice & F D Farquhar
7/Hussars – Captain R G Brooke
RFA – Major R F Fox, Captain G H A White
RE – Bt. Lieutenant Colonel A E Sandbach
3/V B Highland Light Infantry – Surgeon Captain R Pollok
2/Northampton – Lieutenant A T Page
Highland Light Infantry – Captain H T C Singleton
Canadian Regiment of Infantry – Major J C MacDougall
Langman’s Hospital – Lieutenant A L Langman
9/Lancers – Lieutenant G H Smith
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain G J Scott, Lieutenants N S Brettell & O E Boulton
Remount Depot – Major C E W Wood
Lincoln – Lieutenant W O Grieve
3/E Kent – Captain C Vipan
Rhodesia F F – Lieutenant R F Meyrick
N S Wales Lancers – Lieutenant S F Osborne
For Madeira – 4/Bedford, Captain H F Barclay
The Dunottar Castle is due at Madeira on Dec 3 and Southampton on Dec7.
The Tantallon Castle arrived at Southampton on Saturday with the following on passage home:
1/R Dragoons – Captain Prince Francis of Teck & the Dutchess of Teck
4/Bedfordshire – Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cranborne
General Brocklehurst
Lord & Lady Charles Bentinek
Lord Newtown-Butler
Lord Crichton
Lord Settrington
the Hon. A & Mrs Lyttleton
Surgeon-General Stephenson
Major Babtie, V C, RAMC
Major Sir H Earle, Yorkshire Light Infantry
I note here that some listed in the despatch from Cape Town are not listed here. This seems to be the "society” listing.
London Times, 27 Nov 00 (Tuesday)
p10b The Chigago left for England with the following on passage home:
Indian Staff Corps – Major C E Norle
Chaplain’ s Dept. – Reverends S P H Statham, J R Wilson
4/S Staffordshire – Lieutenant R C Dunn-Gardner
2/Manchester – Lieutenant E D Eykyn
2/R Warwickshire – Captain C E Etches
2/Life Guards – 2/Lieutenant J H Ripley
RAMC – Civil Surgeon H R Langmore
Due at Albert Docks Dec 13.
The Avondale Castle arrived at Southampton last night. The following were listed: RA – Colonel Eustace
RHA – Colonel Davidson
1/Yorkshire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 23 men
Hampshire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 16 men
2/Gloucestershire Volunteer Eng. – 1 officer & 23 men
Volunteer Company Yorkshire Light Infantry – 3 officers & 91 men
Volunteer Company R Irish Regiment – 4 officers & 114 men
Volunteer Company KOSB – 3 officers & 109 men
There were also 90 "undesireables” from the Transvaal.
The Englishman sailed for South Africa from Southampton yesterday afternoon with drafts.
18/Hussars – 4 officers and 180 men
2/R Lancaster – 120 men
2/W Yorkshire – 1 officer and 148 men
And details bring total to 10 officers and 452 men & 300 remounts. Captain L L Pile, 1/E Lancashire, in charge.
London Times, 28 Nov 00 (Wednesday)
p6c & d The Goth left for England November 24 with invalids. The following were listed: RGA – Lieutenant Colonel H T Lugard
2/Warwickshire – Lieutenant Colonel H J S Landon
1/A & S Highlanders – Lieutenant J W Watson
2/V B Lincolnshire – Lieutenant R F Lee
4/Derbyshire – 2/Lieutenant S J Rouse
RAMC – Colonel A W Duke, Major J W Jerome
2/R Irish Fusiliers – Major T G Barclay
2/Bedfordshire – Lieutenant A B Lemon
2/GG – Lieutenant E Ashmead-Bartlett
with the following on passage home:
Reserve of Officers – Major W Bertram
Nursing Sisters – A Cameron & N Newton
The Maplemore left for England November 24 with the following on passage home:
2/Scots Fusiliers-- Captain J Duncan
6/Bengal Cavalry – Lieutenant C C Newnham
Lumsden’s Horse – Veterinary Captain W Stevenson
Remount Depot – Captain W G Eden
3/R Highlanders – 2/Lieutenant D Campbell
2/E Yorkshire – 2/Lieutenant R H Wilkinson
RAMC – Civil Surgeon W H Smith
Due Albert Docks December 5.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 28 Nov 00
p11 The Harlech Castle arrived at Albany Sunday morning with returning Australian volunteers
London Times, 29 Nov 00 (Thursday)
p10a & b When the Canadians on board the Harwarden Castle arrive here they will stay at Kensington Barracks until sailing from Liverpool in the Lake Champlain for Halifax, N S, on December 10.
The hospital ship Simla left for England November 26, with invalids. The following were listed:
1/Rifle Brigade – Major C A Lamb, Lieutenant S E Holland
Electrical Engineers – Lieutenant J Hamilton Stubbs
1/V B R Scots Fusiliers – Captain C G Dickie
RFA – Lieutenant F R Sedgwick, 2/Lieutenant R A Anstruther
6/Dragoons – Lieutenants J Harris & E Paterson
RE – Colonel T R Main
Queensland Bushmen – Captain H R P Durham
1/Dragoons – Major Lord Basing
ASC – Lieutenant E Wood
Nursing Sisters – E T Noble & A S Bond
5/DG – Lieutenant F R Otter
2/SG – Lieutenant Lord Grosvenor
1/E Lancashire – 2/Lieutenant L O T Baines
1/R Welsh Fusiliers – Captain REP Gabbett
Reserve of Officers – Captain J W Yardley
E Yorkshire – Colonel W W Ward
1/Suffolk – Major A C Cubitt
2/R W Surrey – Lieutenant H C Whinfield
1/R Irish Fusiliers – Lieutenant Lieutenant R W R Jeudwine
2/R Warwickshire – Major G F Ellison
RAMC – Majors W G A Bedford, R W Lord, J G Black, Captain K M Cameron
Sick laying down, 19; convalescent, 216
Wounded laying down, 3; convalescent, 36
London Times, 30 Nov 00 (Friday)
p7c Note. Capt G P T Feilding, 3/CG, mentioned here as participant in war games.
p10a The Harwarden Castle arrived Southampton this morning, 2 days late.
p10d & e 30 Canadian soldiers, belonging to various Canadian units, left the Mersey last night in the Tunisian, bound for home.
The Tagus arrived at Queenstown on Wednesday night from Southampton, and yesterday embarked the following:
3/KRR – 2 officers and 97 212 men. (both of these numbers appear and I suspect the 97 is a mis-print and the 212 correct - the choice is yours)
2/Wiltshire Regiment – 3 officers and men. ( Here, I suspect one of the numbers from above should have been inserted – again, your choice. )
1/R Scots – 2 officers and 122 men
R Inniskilling Fusiliers – 2 officers and 40 men
AOD – 1 officer
The vessel left at 2 pm total on board 26 officers and 1,243 men
