London Times, 01 Dec 00 (Saturday)
p12d The Nineveh arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon with the following invalids:
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 also brought 34 "undesireables”, many of whom are women and children. They proceeded in the ship to London and given passes for their destinations.
London Times, 03 Dec 00 (Monday)
p10a The Briton left Cape Town for England on November 28, with the following on passage home:
Staff – Brigadier General B Mahon
Remount Dept. – Colonel R Stevenson
1/LG – Major the Hon. C Bingham
Imperial Yeomanry – Major H C Dugdale, Captain Lord A F Compton, Lord A H Grosvenor, & Lieutenant R Grey
Reserve of Officers – Lieutenant H H Vignoles
GG – Major Count Gleichen
RE – Lieutenant Colonel J B Sharpe
Rhodesian Prot. Regiment – Major A W Jarvis
3/R Scots Fusiliers – Captain G Fergusson Buchanan
4/Somerset Light Infantry – Captain S H Woodhouse
6/R Fusiliers – Lieutenant J D Waley
Rhodesian F F – Lieutenant A Wormald
For Madeira: 3/W India – Captain C W Long
For W Coast of Africa:
1/Cheshire – Lieutenant F H Mahony
1/Gloucester – 2/Lieutenant H Needham
4/N Stafford – Lieutenant A M Stapylton
p10c The Moor arrived at Southampton last night with the following on passage home:
Staff – Gens. Sir F Clery, J P Brabazon, Major General J B B Dickson, 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
London Times, 04 Dec 00 (Tuesday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 05 Dec 00 (Wednesday)
p3b & c Dateline Cape Town December 3. The transport Victoria sailed today with 200 Boer prisoners for St Helena and 300 details for London. The Algeria will sail on Thursday with 250 details. The Roslin Castle is due to sail on Thursday with the second Canadian Contingent of 1,050, but delay is anticipated. The Orient, due to sail next week with 600 Australians may also be delayed.
p8b & c The Assaye arrived at Southampton yesterday 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, J Simpson & 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
For duty on voyage:
RAMC – Lieutenant W Jagger, Civil Surgeons W L Wainwright, L V Cargill, & W C Allan
Nursing Sisters – M Chadfield & M G Jones
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, V C
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 Fort Salisbury arrived at Plymouth last night with the following 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
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 05 Dec 00
p2 Dateline Durban, Nov 29, 1900. The Catalonia is expected to sail shortly for Ceylon with a load of Boer Prisoners.
p4 Recruiting list here, numbers only, for local units from the Cape.
p8 Dateline Durban, Nov 29, 1900. The Canada is here for coaling.
p11 General Porter sailed for England in the Braemar Castle Friday afternoon.
London Times, 06 Dec 00 (Thursday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 07 Dec 00 (Friday)
p11a &b The Braemar Castle left for England December 1 with the following on passage home:
Staff – Brigadier General T C Porter
1/LG – Captain F H W Carden
RA – Captains H B Roberts & H M Montgomery
2/LG – Captain Hon. M Bowes-Lyon
1/KRRC – Major F A Fortescue
2/R Warwick – Captain V R Pigott
Chaplain Reverend E H Goodwin
The Victorian left for England on Dec 3, with the following on passage home:
Staff – Colonel J L B Templer
RA – Major J F N Birch, Captains K Combe & W J Napier
4/N Z Rough Riders – Veterinary Lieutenant A R Young
4/Hussars – Lieutenant E R Clutterbuck
RAMC – Civil Surgeons H H C Dent & C R Martin, for duty on voyage.
10/Hussars – Colonel R B W Fisher
RE – Major H J W Jerome
Lumsden’s Horse – Captains F Clifford & C L Sidey
ASC – Lieutenant & Riding Master W Lyons
Chaplain Reverend O S Watkins
Army Nursing Service – Nursing Sisters E Fisher & B Hoy, for duty on voyage.
The following will disembark at St Helena:
Staff – Major E G T Bainbridge
2/Gloucester – 2/Lieutenant A D Law
The Johannesburg left for England on Nov 28, having on board Captain C G Falcon, RE, invalided.
London Times, 08 Dec 00 (Saturday)
p7b Dateline Hobart, Dec 7. Major Cameron and 89 officers and men of the Tasmanian Contingent arrived today on board the Harlech Castle from South Africa.
p14a & b The Carisbrook Castle left for England December 5 with the following on passage home:
Staff – MajorGeneral RE Allen, & Colonels I J C Herbert & H D Bunbury
7/Hussars – Captain J Vaughan
RFA – Captain H S Seligman
Kimberley Regiment – Captain C Howe
For Madeira:
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain H Kidd
RHA – Major A Stokes
ASC – Colonel W D Richardson, Lieutenant Colonel F J Clayton, Captain A C Atkins
RGA – Lieutenant H W M Harington
RAMC – Civil Surgeon C Gordon Watson
Canadian Mounted Rifles – Captain A C Macdonald
The Atlantian left for India on December 5 with the following:
Lumsden’s Horse – Lieutenant Colonel D McT Lumsden, Captains L H Noblett, J B Rutherford, N C Taylor, J H Bresford, Surgeon Captain S A Powell, and 45 men. For duty on voyage and return, Civil Surgeon H E Birch.
The Dunottar Castle arrived at Southampton last night 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 Norham Castle landed at Southampton yesterday a number of officers on passage home and 40 "undesireables”. The following were listed:
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
London Times, 10 Dec 00 (Monday)
p5d & e Dateline Port Elizabeth, December 7. The Canada arrived here at about 6 a. m with Lord Roberts and General Ian Hamilton as passengers.
Dateline Cape Town December 8, 2 50 pm The Canada arrived here this afternoon. She is expected to sail for England on Tuesday with Lord Roberts, & Gens. Ian Hamilton andMarshall. She will also take 200 invalids.
p10a The hospital ship Princess of Wales arrived at Southampton Saturday afternoon with 170 invalids. The following were listed:
RAMC – Captain Pearse, in charge
Staff – Major R CB Haking & Captain W CB Boyce
1/York & Lancaster – Captain Webb
The Yorkshire arrived at Plymouth on Saturday morning. The following were listed: 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
The following on passage home:
Staff – Captain G E Crofton
3/R Warwickshire – Captain L W Johnson
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 Scharlieb & N N Wooliscroft
The hospital ship Orcana embarked at Southampton yesterday 12 officers and 203 men, mostly details for the front.
The Manchester Merchant left Queenstown for Cape Town yesterday afternoon with the following:
9/Lancers – Lieutenant Kincaid-Smith, in charge.
1/Dragoons – 4 officers and 209 men
2/R Lancaster – 7 men
RAMC – 5 officers and 3 men
Details – 10 officers
Remounts – 370
London Times, 11 Dec 00 (Tuesday) Nothing Noted.
London Times, 12 Dec 00 (Wednesday)
p10b The first contingent( about 100 men) of Major General Baden-Powell’s Police will leave the Albert Docks on Saturday next, at noon, in the Idaho.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 12 Dec 00
p3 Small list here of Boer prisoners who have died.
p11 The Orient will leave here Thursday with about 1,000 Australian troops returning home.
London Times, 13 Dec 00 ( Thursday )
p5d Dateline st. Helena, Dec 12. The Victorian arrived here yesterday with 200 Boer prisoners.
p10a & b The Manhattan left for England, December 6 with the following invalids:
Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant G S L Smith
Sick convalescent, 208
Wounded convalescent, 32
The following are on passage home:
4/KRRC – Captains C A G Clarke & G V Hordern
RAMC – Civil Surgeons E A Nathan, E M Pearce, & A N Weir
1/Durham Light Infantry – Captain H R Cumming
1/Liverpool – Captain Depiro D’Amia
2/Leinster – Captain J D Mather
21/Lancers – Lieutenant C V de Crespigny
The Algeria left for England, December 6, with the following on passage home:
RFA – Captain REF Wemyss
4/Lancashire Fusiliers – Captain R S Wilson
20/Hussars – Lieutenant H C Hessey
RAMC – Civil Surgeons J A C Macewen, G L Hanwell, A C Robinson, J Thomson, & Dresser J Atkins
R Irish – Major H M Hatchell
2/Leicestershire – Captain W S Copland
Imperial Yeomanry – Majors Sir Simon Stuart, Hon. H A Anderson, Lieutenants R T Pelly, T G Ricardo, & Veterinary Capt. D Crole.
The Lake Champlain left the Mersey yesterday with the touring Canadians (Royal Canadian Regiment) on their way home to Canada.
London Times, 14 Dec 00 (Friday)
p5b Dateline ct, December 13. 1,000 Canadians and about 800 Australians sailed from here today on their return home. (no ships mentioned)
London Times, 15 Dec 00 (Saturday)
p12b The Canada left for England December 12, with the following on passage home:
Lord and Lady Roberts and Misses Roberts
Staff – Lieutenant-Gens. T Kelly-Kenny, Ian Hamilton, Major General G H Marshall, Colonels Lord Stanley, H Streatfield, Lieutenant Colonels H V Cowan, Sir H S Rawlinson, A J Murray, Captains Earl of Kerry, A D Kirby, w. h. Booth, H H Wilson, J Knowles, A G Maxwell, Lieutenants Lord H Scott, H Wake, W H Cowan, Viscount Acheson, E B Ashmore
3/CG – Lieutenant Colonel H C Surtees
2/Northumberland Fusiliers – Captain R CB Lethbridge
Post Office Corps – Captains A Palmer, F A Labouchere
W Aust. Bushmen – Lieutenant R R C Vernon
2/R Scots – 2/Lieutenant H D Carlton
Indian Medical Service – Major W R Edwards
RAMC – Major H B Mathias, & Civil Surgeons C Franks & A Ricketts
Chaplain Reverend P B Ball
2/Hampshire – Lieutenant Colonel W E Briggs
N S W Medical Staff – Captain T M Martin
Canadian Artillery – Captain J A Benyon
2/Dorset – Lieutenant H N Cowie
1/DG – 2/Lieutenant S G O Riddersborg
ASC – Lieutenant & Quartermaster J Bowers
2/Wilts – 2/Lieutenant G F Manning
Imperial L H – Mr C Ellis
Army Veterinary – Civil Veterinary Surgeon J V H Mashemer
Army Nurses – Nurses G Coutts, E E Balfour, E E Lawrence, B Smith, & E M Fisher.
And the following invalids are listed:
RFA – Captain E H Harpur
E Lancashire – Captain L CB Hamber
2/Hampshire – 2/Lieutenant N E Baxter
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant C E Wynne-Eyton
N S W Bushmen – Lieutenant M Learmouth
R Irish – Captain S E St Leger
2/Somerset Light Infantry – 2/Lieutenant O Mordaunt
RAMC – Major E M Hassard, Captain H W H O’Reilly, Lieutenants S G Butler, R S Rodger, Civil Surgeon F W Robinson
Sick laying down, 25; convalescent, 249
Wounded laying down, 4; convalescent, 27
Due at Madeira Dec 28 and Southampton Jan 2.
The Saxon left for England and ports between on December 12. The following were listed:
For Forcados:
1/Lancaster Fusiliers – London Times, Ross
2/Berkshire – 2/Lieutenants Lucas & Cockerell
For Cape Coast Castle:
1/CG – Lieutenant Macgregor
1/Gloucestershire – Lieutenant Pomeroy
On Passage Home:
Staff – Colonel C H Bridge
RE – Captain Fraser
R Irish Rifles – Captain E J Christie
Durham Light Infantry – Lieutenant H Danvers
1/KOSB – Bt. Major A E Haig
1/Cheshire – Captain T O Marden
N S W Medical Service – Captain C E Edwards
2/ Scots Guards – Lieutenant Hon. W A Trefusis
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant F Williams-Wynn
Due Southampton Dec 28
The Briton arrived at Southampton yesterday with the following on passage home:
Staff – Brigadier General B Mahon
Remount Dept. – Colonel R Stevenson
1/LG – Major the Hon. C Bingham
Imperial Yeomanry – Major H C Dugdale, Captain Lord Alwyne Compton, Lord Arthur Grosvenor, & Lieutenant R Grey
Reserve of Officers – Lieutenant H H Vignoles
GG – Major Count Gleichen
RE – Lieutenant Colonel J B Sharpe
Rhodesian Prot. Regiment – Major A W Jarvis
3/R Scots Fusiliers – Captain G Fergusson Buchanan
4/Somerset Light Infantry – Captain S H Woodhouse
6/R Fusiliers – Lieutenant J D Waley
Rhodesian F F – Lieutenant A Wormald
For Madeira: 3/W India – Captain C W Long
London Times, 17 Dec 00 (Monday)
p10b The hospital ship Avoca left for England December 9 with the following invalids:
1/Welsh – Lieutenant Colonel Banfield
2/W Surrey – Major W S Burrell
Bethune’s M I – Captain G A H Dickson
RFA – Lieutenant E M De Smidt
Imperial Yeomanry – Veterinary Lieutenant A Bate & Lieutenants R B B England & H L Birkin
1/R Irish Fusiliers – 2/Lieutenants A E Mahon & H J Atkinson
RAMC – Civil Surgeon B A Nicoll, Vety. Surgeons W Franklin & A J Hines, & Nursing Sisters M L Pick & A D Cameron
Staff – Lieutenant Colonel T J O’Dell
Natal Permanent Staff – Major A T G Wales
RE – Major J H Cowan, Lieutenants P G H Hogg & W H Jones
Imperial Light Infantry – Lieutenant H Gregorie
1/KOSB – Lieutenant T W Youngson
Chaplain Reverend F Knapp
Sick laying down, 60; convalescent, 166
Wounded laying down, 9; convalescent, 34
London Times, 18 Dec 00 (Tuesday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 19 Dec 00 (Wednesday)
p10b & c The Roslin Castle left Cape Town for Halifax, N S, December 13 with the following (? on passage home).
Canadian Dragoons – Lieutenant Colonel Lessard, Majors Forrester & Williams, Surgeon Major Duff, Veterinary Major Hall, Captains Nelles, & Wynne, Lieutenant Sutton, and 213 men.
Canadian Mounted Rifles – Lieutenant Colonel Evans, Majors Bliss & Sanders, Surgeon Major Devine, Captains Cuthbert, Baker, & Allen, Lieutenants Moodie, Wroughton, Begin, Crosby, Davidson, Eustace, Veterinary Lieutenant Riddell, Reverend Sinnett and 180 men.
Canadian Artillery – Lieutenant Colonel Hudon, Majors Ogilvie & Hurdman, Captains Panet, Eaton, & Costigan, Lieutenants Ogilvie, Leslie, Irving, McCrae, Morrison, Murray, Good and 378 men.
Lord Strathcona’s Corps – Major Laurie and 4 men
N S W Artillery – Major Osborne
Canadian Nursing Sisters – Misses S Forbes, G Pope, M P Richardson, E Russell, M Affleck, M Macdonald, & D Hurcomb.
Berkshire Regiment – Lieutenant Macdonald
The Atlantian sailed for Bombay from Natal, December 14, with the following:
6/DG – Captain Fryer
1/Norfolk – Major Carroll
Lumsden’s Horse – Captain Holmes and 48 men
4/DG – Captain Gaunt
4/Hussars – Lieutenant Caldbeck
Madras Lancers – Captain Arnold
5/Bombay Cavalry – Captain Patterson
Bombay Lancers – Major Gordon
2/Punjab Cavalry – Lieutenant Peek
2/R Scots – Lieutenant Marshall
The Simla arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with invalids The following were listed:
1/Rifle Brigade – Major C A Lamb, Lieutenant S E Hollond
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
The Orotava arrived in Southampton Water last night. She left Cape Town on Nov 28. The following invalids were listed:
ASC – Major G R C Paul
21/Lancers – Captain C G G Hutchinson
1/Northumberland Fusiliers – Captain S C Ferguson
2/R Scots Fusiliers – Captain D H A Dick
Strathcona’s Horse – Lieutenant A Adamson
Nesbitt’s Horse – Lieutenant W A Venables
Kitchener’s Horse – Lieutenant H Godfrey
N S W Medical Staff – Lieutenant N R Howse
19/Hussars – 2/Lieutenant W St G Clowes
RGA – Captain H W Ravenhill
4/Somerset Light Infantry – 2/Lieutenant A B Wakelin
1/A & S Highlanders – Captain D J Glasfurd
Imperial Yeomanry – Captains T R A Stannus, & L H Jones, 2/Lieutenants H A Cartwright, F Cookson, C Massey, Lord Ennismore, & W H Partridge
For duty on voyage:
RAMC – Lieutenant Colonel H L Battersby, Civil Surgeons J A Barnes, L Cooper, & J E Ker
N Z Contingent – Nurses M E Carsten & E T Godfrey
Imperial Yeomanry Hospital – Civil Surgeon A H Evans, Nurses T A Cobbold, M McLeish, H M Young & Dresser O W Richards
Civil Nursing Sisters – S Harland, F M Rennie & F A Suttaby
On passage home:
GG – Major Lord Edward Cecil
Norfolk – Captain A E Lascelles
12/Lancers – Captain E Crawley
Reserve of Officers – Captain L E Barry
The Idaho left Queenstown yesterday afternoon for Cape Town after embarking 163 remounts, 2 officers and 202 men of the 17th Lancers and 3 Civil Surgeons. Drafts had been embarked at Southampton, bringing the total to 408.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 19 Dec 00
p25 Major Goold-Adams arrived from England by the Scot yesterday. The Kinfauns Castle saile for England this afternoon with Major Bagot, Capts, Symons, Millbank and Brook, and Lieutenant H Baring.
London Times, 20 Dec 00 (Thursday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 21 Dec 00 (Friday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 22 Dec 00 (Saturday)
p10b The Orient left Cape Town for Australia and New Zealand December 13. The following were listed:
W Australian M I – Captain F W Parker, Lieutenants A B Brown & H F Darling, and 80 men
Victorian M I – Veterinary Captain E A Kendall, Lieutenant E E Righetti & 36 men
Victorian Bushmen – 22 men
N S W M I – Major J M Antill, Captains T B Dibbs & A A McLean, Vet Captain A P Gribben, Lieutenants H McIntosh, C G Lydiard, W A Newman and 147 men
N S W Lancers – Major G L Lee, Captains C F Cox, C E Nicholson, Lieutenants G H Allan, R M Heron, F W Melhuish, and 69 men
N S W Medical Staff – Colonel W D C Williams, Major A E Perkins, Captain B J Newmarch, Lieutenant E P McDonnell, and 65 men
Australian Horse – Lieutenant P W Vaughan and 31 men
N S W Bushmen – Captain T W Waldron, Lieutenant A L McLean and 27 men
N S W Staff – Colonel T S Parrott, Captain A P Luscombe, Lieutenant C Lamb, Reverend C C Cain, and 7 men
Queensland M I – Lieutenant Colonels P R Ricardo & K Hutchinson, Major H G Chanvel, Captains P W Pinnock, R Dowse, D E Reid, H Bailey, Maxwell, Carroll, Lieutenants C A Cumming & T W Glasgow and 144 men
Queensland Bushmen – 12 men
N Z M I – Captain N L D’A Smith, Lieutenants G Johnson, D’A Chaytor and 67 men
N Z Rough Riders – Lieutenant P C Latherford and 23 men
Brabant’s Horse – Lieutenant F B Hughes
Nursing Sisters J Tchan, S Armstrong, E Peters
Details – 63 men
The Kinfauns Castle left for England on Thursday morning with the following on passage home:
RE – Captain G H Harrison
Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Brooke, Veterinary Lieutenant J Mc L Young
1/Suffolk – Lieutenant F F W Hall (for Cape Coast Castle)
Due Southampton Jan 4
London Times, 24 Dec 00 (Monday)
p3b Dateline Halifax, N S, Dec 23. The Royal Canadian Contingent with Colonel Otter arrived at Halifax today. (Ship not mentioned. - Lake Champlain)
p8c The Wakool left for England December 20, with the following invalids:
4/Cheshire – Major H M Nicholls, 2/Lieutenant J F A St Maur Sheil
Volunteer Company S Staffordshire – Lieutenant J A P Crompton
6/Dragoons – Lieutenant S C Bull
3/Yorks – Captain H de M Leathes
Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant F Hunt
N S W M S – Major RE Roth
Civil Veterinary Surgeon F C Fountain
RFA – 2/Lieutenant A G R C Harris
1/Devonshire – Captain N Luxmore
2/Wilts – 2/Lieutenant H F Rycroft
13/Hussars – Lieutenant J D Lyons
1/KOSB – 2/Lieutenant G R S Logan
Pay Dept – Captain J C Armstrong
RAMC – Lieutenant Colonel R T Beamish, Nursing Sisters R A Humphrey, B M Hoare, & S Smythe.
With the following on passage home:
Remount Dept. – Major S K Harries
2/KOSB – Captain A J Welsh
RAMC – Colonel A H Anthonisz, Civil Surgeons E A Chartres, T Kay, G B Buchanan, A C Bird & F O Stoehr
Volunteer Company Essex – Lieutenant H E Crocker
The Reverend A L Browne
p8e Note: Brigadier General Burn-Murdoch mentioned here.
London Times, 25 Dec 00 (Tuesday)
p3b Dateline Kansas City, Dec 24. Captain Heygate, of the British Army Remount Establishment, has purchased 50,000 hoeses and mules for South Africa.
p4a The Braemar Castle arrived at Southampton yesterday and landed a number of "undesireables” and the following officers:
Staff – Brigadier General T C Porter
1/LG – Captain F H W Carden
RA – Captains H B Roberts & H M Montgomery
2/LG – Captain Hon. M Bowes-Lyon
1/KRRC – Major F A Fortescue
2/R Warwick – Captain V R Pigott
Chaplain Reverend E H Goodwin
Candidates for the South Africa Constabulary will embark in the Orotava, Dec 31 at 10 am at Southampton.
London Times, 26 Dec 00 (Wednesday) Nothing Noted
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 26 Dec 00 Nothing Noted
London Times, 27 Dec 00 (Thursday) Nothing Noted
London Times, 28 Dec 00 (Friday)
p8c The following will embark for South Africa in the ships Simla and Oratava:
2/Highland Light Infantry – Captains Purvis, De Berry, Lieutenants Chichester & Stockwell, and 150 men.
1/R Lancaster – Captains Laurie, Johnson, Lieutenants Dobson, Molony, 2/Lieutenants Mackay, Matson & Money and 130 men
3/Worcestershire – Captain Kennedy, Lieutenant Cathcart
Mixed drafts – 150 men
Manchester – Captain F G Jackson & 125 men
West India – 2/Lieutenant Fellows
5/Royal Fusiliers – 2/Lt/ Machin
3/Leicestershire – 2/Lieutenant Kerans
1/V B R Berkshire – Lieutenant Carter.
London Times, 29 Dec 00 (Saturday)
p8b The Galeka left for England December 24 with invalids. The following were listed: RGA – 2/Lieutenants T C Leath, T C Goff
Canadian Regiment of Infantry – Captain W A Weeks
Loch’s Horse – Lieutenant W L Larkins
Derbyshire – Lieutenant F A C Wright
2/V B Hampshire – Lieutenant J T Perkins
Victorian M I – Veterinary Lieutenant J B Leitch
Imperial Yeomanry – C E Challenor
4/West Yorkshire – Major H C Bulkeley
3/Durham Light Infantry – 2/Lieutenant J T Peareth
Cameron Highlanders – 2/Lieutenant R B Trotter
3/R Scots – 2/Lieutenant Sir. S H Child
Welsh – Lieutenant R H Metge
16/Lancers – Lieutenant C P Martyn
Tasmanian Bushmen – Captain A H Riggall
RFA – Captain G T Mair
4/S Staffordshire – 2/Lieutenant L D Inglefield
With the following on passage home:
3/R Warwickshire – 2/Lieutenant J M Mackenzie
RHG – Captain Hon. A V Meade
1/DG – Major W J S Fergusson
1/E Surrey – 2/Lieutenant H P Torrens
20/Hussars – 2/Lieutenant F A H Part (late 4/R Lancaster)
2/W Riding – 2/Lieutenant J Y Greenwood
Rhodesian Field Force – Major J N Trail
ASC – Colonel S J Lea
RE – Major R S Maclagan
R Canadian Dragoons – Lieutenant H Z C Cockburn
Remount – Lieutenant G Hastie
Army Veterinary Dept. – Civil Veterinary Surgeons C Aggis, C H Miller, N M Molyneaux, H R T Tasker, J Brand, T H Tranter & H E Mason
Leinster – Captain H N C Dickinson ( for Cape Coast Castle)
p10c Note – Major C F S Vandeleur, DSO, IG, to DAAG
London Times, 31 Dec 00 (Monday)
13d The hospital ship Avoca landed,at Plymouth, 8 officers and 101 men. She proceeded to Southampton with 12 officers and 167 men. None named.
