The following information is taken from the 1930 book, 'The Jameson Raid'
by Hugh Marshall Hole.
In general charge : Dr Leander Starr Jameson, CB
In military command: Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Christopher Willoughby,
Baronet (Major, Royal Horse Guards).
Staff Officers:
Major Honourable Robert White (Captain, Royal Welch Fusiliers),
Senior Staff Officer.
Major Charles Hyde Villiers (Captain, Royal Horse Guards).
Captain Kenneth J. Kincaid-Smith (Lieutenant, Royal Artillery),
Artillery Staff Officer.
Captain Charles Frederick Lindsell (late Royal Scots Fusiliers), i/c
Scouts.
Captain James Hutchinson Kennedy (BSA Company's Civil Service),
Quartermaster.
Captain E Holden (Derbyshire Yeomanry), Assistant Quartermaster.
Surgeon Captain W Farmer (BSA Company's Civil Service).
Surgeon Captain Seaton Hamilton (late 1st Life Guards).
Lieutenant Harold M Grenfell (1st Life Guards), Remount Officer.
Lieutenant James Charles Jesser-Coope (Rhodesia Horse Volunteers),
Transport Officer.
Veterinary Surgeon Lieutenant A H C Masters (Mashonaland Mounted
Police).
Attached to Staff:
Major John Bourchier Stracey (Scots Guards).
Major Maurice Heany (late Mashonaland Pioneer Corps).
Captain Cyril Foley (3rd Royal Scots).
Lieutenant H R Holden (late Grenadier Guards).
MASHONALAND MOUNTED POLICE
In command: Lieutenant Colonel Honourable Henry Frederick White
(Major, Grenadier Guards).
Second in command: Major William Bodle (Chief Inspector, MMP).
A Troop:
Captain Martin Straker (Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant Rowan Cashel (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant Harry J. Scott (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
B Troop :
Captain Lawson Leigh Ballantyne Dykes (Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant A T Tomlinson (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant H Chawxier (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
C Troop:
Captain William John Barry (Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant A Cazalet (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant G H P Williams (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
D Troop:
Captain Gordon Valiancy Drury (BBP, attached MMP).
Lieutenant W E Murray (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant Harry Constable (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
Artillery:
Captain Frank L Bowden (Inspector, MMP).
Lieutenant W S Spain (Sub-Inspector, MMP).
NCO's and men, 356.
BECHUANALAND BORDER POLICE
In command: Lieutenant Colonel Raleigh Grey
(Major, 6th Dragoons).
Second in command: Major Honourable Charles J Coventry (3rd Worcesters).
G Troop:
Captain Audley Vaughan Gosling.
Lieutenant A H J Hore.
Lieutenant Edward Alien Wood.
K Troop:
Captain C L D Munro (Seaforth Highlanders).
Lieutenant W G McQueen.
Medical Officer:
Surgeon-Captain Edward Charles Frederick Garraway.
Veterinary Officer:
Veterinary Lieutenant W Lakie.
NCO's and men, 113.
Summary
| |
|
Officers |
NCOs & men |
| |
Staff |
17 |
|
| |
MMP |
19 |
356 |
| |
BBP |
6 |
113 |
Grand total (white troops) 511
In addition to the officers named above, Major Crosse, late 5th Dragoons,
accompanied the column as a spectator.
There were 8 maxim guns, 2 7-pounder guns and 1 12½-pounder gun, 640
horses and 158 mules with the force, and about 150 native drivers, leaders,
etc.
