Shipping records - July 1900

London Times, 02 Jul 00 (Monday)

p9a The Orotava arrived at Southampton late Friday night after having been on a collision off Guernsey with a German steamer Bremen.

Correction in list of officers on board the Orotava. Mr R G Coles a Lieutenant and both he and 2nd Lieutenant E B Gordon belong to the Northumberland Fusiliers.

Dateline Albert Docks, June 30. The British Princess sailed this afternoon for South Africa with 9 officers, 243 men and 350 horses. She also carried stores for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, tobacco for the Scottish Regiments and clothing for Canadian troops. Officers listed were:

1/Inniskilling Fusiliers – Major G P Stewart, in charge.

4/Suffolk Regiment – Lieutenant F D S Gethin

Roberts’s Horse – Lieutenant Darley

Imperial L H – Lieutenant Hare

Civil Surgeons – R B Williams, W J Collins, Pullin

Civil Veterinary Surgeon – N de E Roberts

Added – 2/Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Lieutenant E H Norman, from London Times,03 Jul 00, p11b.

p9c Note here a letter printed from Colonel J Y F Blake, Irish Brigade. Dtd. April 1.

London Times, 03 Jul 00 (Tuesday)

p11b Adding the name of 2/Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Lieutenant E H Norman, missed in list of British Princess.

London Times, 04 Jul 00 (Wednesday)

p9c & d The Monteagle left Cape Town for England with the following sick and wounded:

1/North Lancashire Regiment – Lieutenant Wallace, in charge.

RGA – Captain Waters

1/Connaught Rangers – 2nd Lieutenant Payne

Sick laying down, 8; sick convalescent, 332; wounded laying down, 1; wounded convalescent, 12.

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Lander.

The hospital ship Nubia arrived at Cape Town yesterday with sick and wounded from Durban, en route for Southampton.

The hospital ship Princess of Wales left Madeira on July 2, for Southampton.

The Maine left Cape Town on June 9, and has arrived at Southampton. Listed were:

RAMC – Lieutenant Colonel Hensman, in charge, Lieutenant Siberry

RE – Lieutenant Hardcastle, 2nd Lieutenant Hepper

1/Royal Scots – Lieutenant Puxley

2/Warwickshire Regiment – Lieutenant Leigh

1/Cameron Highlanders – Captain Nicholson

3/East Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants Forshaw, Cox

3/South Lancashire Regiment – Captain Skirrow

N S W M I – Lieutenant Lee

p9e The Orotava resumed her voyage from Southampton at 3 o’clock yesterday morning.

p15d Note – London Gazette, July 3, 1900. 1/Dragoons – Lieutenant Colonel J F Burn-Murdoch appointed to staff. (mention)

Cape Times Weekly Edition, 04 Jul 00 Nothing Noted

London Times, 05 Jul 00 (Thursday)

p5e The Nomadic arrived at Table Bay July 4. The Simla has arrived at St Vincent.

p10a & b The Kildonan Castle left for England on June 23, with sick and wounded. Listed were:

Assistant Adjutant General Colonel Mainwaring, in charge.

1/Life Guards – Lieutenant Henderson

6th Dragoons – Lieutenant Colonel Page-Henderson, Captain Herbert

10th Hussars – 2nd Lieutenant Maxwell

14th Hussars – Lieutenant Henry

T Battery RHA – Lieutenant Dickson

15th Company S Division, RGA – Captain Owen

Irish Guards – Lieutenant Lord Oxmantown

2/Bedfordshire Regiment – Captain Lightfoot

2/Gloucestershire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Gumley

3/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Captain Paske

1/Derbyshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Manby

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – Lieutenant Wyndowne

1/Scottish Rifles – Lieutenant Campbell

3/Royal Scots – Lieutenant Collingridge

3/East Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Preston

Late(?) 2/Life Guards – Captain French

8th Hussars – Quartermaster Page

9th Lancers – Lieutenant Allhusen

13th Hussars – Captain MacLaren

16th Lancers – Lieutenant Hutton-Riddell

82 Batt, RFA – Captain Hobson

RE – Lieutenant Russell-Brown

2/Lincolnshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Johnson

1/Royal Irish Regiment – Lieutenant Boyse

2/Worcestershire Regiment – Lieutenants Winnington, Pardoe(Attached)

1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Lieutenants Bayley, Wood

2/Manchester Regiment – Major Anderson

1/Munster Fusiliers – Lieutenant Packenham

3/Suffolk Regiment – Lieutenant Halbed

4/South Staffordshire Regiment – Captain Smith

3/South Lancashire Regiment – Major Heath

ASC – 2nd Lieutenant Beddy

Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenants H W Smith, Hutton, Kennard, Charteris, De Las Casas, & Ritchie

RAMC – Major Whaite, Captain Dalton, Lieutenant Cudden-Fletcher

Queensland M I – Captain Thompson

Australian Horse – Lieutenant Laing

Indian Staff Corps – Major Vans-Agnew

Civil Veterinary Surgeon – Green

Sick laying down, 65; sick convalescent, 1,236; wounded laying down, 11; wounded convalescent, 82.

For duty on voyage – Lieutenant Colonel Barron, Army Medical Staff,; Civil Surgeons Gray, & Anthony; Chaplains the Reverend Canon Fisher, Roman Catholic, the Reverend Rogers.

Returning home – Major Scudamore, Royal Scots Fusiliers; Civil Veterinary Surgeon Croxley; 2nd Lieutenant Fanshawe, 3/Scots Guards; 2nd Lieutenant Murray, 2/DG

The Pindari left for England on June 28, with sick and wounded. Listed were:

3/Munster Fusiliers – Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. G Lucas, in charge.

Royal Scots Greys – 2nd Lieutenant Hodgson

1/Border Regiment – Quartermaster King

2nd Volunteer Battery, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment – Captain Musgrave

3/KOSB – Captain Wilkie

For duty on voyage. – Civil Surgeon Purvis; Chaplain, the Reverend Lambert

Returning home – Civil Surgeon Pedley, Civil Veterinary Surgeon Carrick, Lieutenant Jerrard, 4/DG

Sick laying down, 17; sick convalescent, 181; wounded convalescent, 5.

The Bavarian arrived at Southampton yesterday with sick and wounded. The following were listed:

16th Lancers – Lieutenant Colonel Frewen, in charge

RHA – Lieutenant Foster

RFA – Major H A Chapman & 2nd Lieutenant Browning

1/Scots Guards – Captain de Kierzkowski Steuart

2/Royal Warwickshire Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Quayle Jones

2/Cheshire Regiment – Captain Stone

1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers – Major Archdale

2/Hampshire Regiment – Captain Williams

1/Gordon Highlanders – Captain Towse

Lord Lovat’s Corps – Captain Stewart

N S W M I – Lieutenant Holborrow

Queensland M I – Captain Nolan

2/East Kent Regiment – Lieutenant Colley

RAMC – Civil Surgeon Stamford

Rhodesian Field Force – Lieutenant Longden

Returning to England –

1/Royal Fusiliers – Captain Brandreth

3/Leinster Regiment – Lieutenant Shortt

4/Dublin Fusiliers – Captain Moldon

3/A & S Highlanders – Quartermaster and Hon Captain McRae

For duty on voyage – RAMC, Civil Surgeons Riordan & Harris. Chaplain Reverend Robertson.

4 deaths on the voyage.

The Bavarian also brought home the Southampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

London Times, 06 Jul 00 (Friday)

p5d The Montrose arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Canada has arrived at St Vincent and the Simla has left St Vincent.

p10a Note– Major Pereira is listed as serving with the Chinese Regimentfrom Wei-hai-wei.

p11c The Avoca landed at Southampton yesterday morning with sick and wounded. Those listed were:

RAMC – Major Rose, in charge, Major Kelly, Lieutenants Nichols & Irvine

5/DG – 2nd Lieutenant Head

1/Royal Dragoons – Lieutenant Godman

RHA – Captain Prescott-Decie

RFA – Captain Henning

RE – Lieutenants Kellsall & Ommanney

2/Royal West Surrey Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Wedd

2/West Yorkshire Regiment – Captain Mansel-Jones & Lieutenant Nicholson

2/Lancashire Fusiliers – Lieutenant Crofton

2/East Surrey Regiment – Captain Gorman & 2nd Lieutenant Hart

2/Dorsetshire Regiment – Captain Household

2/Royal West Kent Regiment – Lieutenant Morris (attached)

1/Middlesex Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Osborne

2/Middlesex Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants Newton & Stewart

2/ King’s Royal Rifles – Captain St Aubyn & Lieutenant Hankey

1/York & Lancaster Regiment – Captain Cobbald & 2nd Lieutenant Coke

2/Gordon Highlanders – Lieutenant Duguid & Lieutenant Robertson, Attached.

2/Rifle Brigade – 2nd Lieutenant Blacker

6/Royal Fusiliers – Captain Bland-Hunt

1/Inniskilling Fusiliers – Qm. Page

London Times, 07 Jul 00 (Saturday)

p13a & b Dateline Albert Docks, July 6. The Persia sailed for South Africa this afternoon with 7 officers, 142 men and 186 remounts. The following were listed:

Royal Horse Guards – Captain W D Mann-Thomson, in command, and 21 men.

5/DG – Lieutenant the Hon. R L Pomeroy

2/Gloucestershire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants D J B McMahon, E H Burnaby, V A Nye, and 73 men.

Civil Surgeon L E Owen

Civil Veterinary Surgeon J P Dimpley

1st and 2nd Life Guards – 40 men (20 men each)

The Dilwara left Southampton yesterday with 41 officers and 1,223 men for South Africa.

Listed were:

2/KRRC – Lieutenant Colonel H Gore-Browne, in command.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers – Captain REP Gabbett

2/Leinster Regiment – Captain Weldon

Army Pay Dept. – Captain Hewlett

1/Leinster Regt – Lieutenant C H Haig

6/Middlesex Regiment – Lieutenant Slee

3/Dorset Regiment – Lieutenant Chetwood-Aiken, 2nd Lieutenant H Featherstonhaugh

Robert’s Horse – Lieutenant Darby

4/Royal Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants L R Barker, E A Maude, and F A H Part

3/East Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant G S Topham

1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers – 2nd Lieutenant W W Meldon

4/North Staffordshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant J E Page

Cheshire Regiment – 1 2nd Lieutenant

6/Royal Warwickshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Hankey and 151 men.

1/Royal Irish Fusiliers – 2nd Lieutenants R C Dobbs, E R Morrogh, N B Lindsay, R O’C V H V Malone, W B Stack, and E R S Thomas and 142 men.

4/Somerset Light Infantry – 2 2nd Lieutenants

3/Welsh Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants R B Woosman, C S Linten, M O Boyd and 110 men.

Royal Scots Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants R C Wrey, J C H Grant, E C Hill-Whitson

4/Derbyshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant W N White

5/Royal Dublin Fusiliers – 2nd Lieutenants G W Willock, Cameron

1/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant E R Fitzpatrick

4/A & S Highlanders – 2nd Lieutenant T Hazlerigg

East Kent Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Brackenbury

Royal Highlanders – 2nd Lieutenant Grant

3/South Wales Borderers – 2nd Lieutenants H W G M Griffith, H J Miers

Civil Surgeons Davies, Ffrench, Hunter

Chaplain The Reverend Mr Bibby

Royal Navy – Lieutenant Grant.

4/South Staffordshire Regiment – 130 men

In addition the to the troops the Dilwara also takes out 300 cots, 2,000 sheets and other hospital stores.

Note – Listed here is the first list of those Prisoners of war released from Pretoria.

p13d The Mahratta left for England on June 20, with invalids. The following were listed:

2/East Kent Regiment – Captain Dyne, in charge.

1/Suffolk Regiment – Lieutenant Temple

4/Royal Irish Regiment – Lieutenant Lloyd

The following are returning home:

4/Royal Fusiliers – Captain E T Marchant

2/A & S Highlanders – 2nd Lieutenant Forbes

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Parham

The Cavour left for England on June 29, with invalids. The following were listed:

2/Warwickshire Regiment – Captain Herbert, in charge

2/East Kent Regiment – Lieutenant Findlay

1/Cameron Highlanders – Lieutenant Hay

CIV– Lieutenant Townrose

1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – 2nd Lieutenant Kirkpatrick

3/Norfolk Regiment – Lieutenant Bernard

Kitchener’s Horse – Captain Downing

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Crueston Hall; Chaplain Reverend Molley

Sick laying down, 4; sick convalescent, 238; wounded convalescent, 9

The Britannic left Cape Town for Southampton on Wednesday with invalids, including 29 officers and 505 men.

Note here on Lady Louisa Feilding.

London Times, 09 Jul 00 (Monday)

p10a & b More listing of prisoners of war released at Pretoria.

p10c The Assaye arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning bringing 727 sick and wounded. Those listed were:

RFA Maj White, in command, Captain Wilson

Royal Scots Greys – 2nd Lieutenant Otway

RHA – Lieutenant Wainewright

RGA – Captain Galwey, Lieutenant Normand

2/GG – Captain Bonham. Lieutenant Seymour

2/Scottish Rifles – Lieutenant Kennedy

1/Worcestershire Regiment – Captain Chichester

1/Royal Sussex Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Paget

1/Rifle Brigade – 2nd Lieutenants Pitt-Taylor, Talbot

4/Leinster Regiment – Major Weldon

14th Hussars – Captain Brookshank

RE – Captain Kennedy

3/GG – Captain Hervey-Bathurst

2/Royal Welsh Fusiliers – Captain Webber

1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers – Lieutenant Young

2/East Surrey Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Hutchinson

2/Wiltshire Regiment – Captain Holmes aCourt, 2nd Lieutenant Henslow

ASC – Lieutenant Wright, Qms. Sullivan & Cairns

Civil Vet Surgeons – Oliver, Trydell

Civil Surgeons – Nicol, Goodman, Thomas

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon White

Following returning home, also on board: – Captain Pennell-Elmhurst, Remounts Dept., Civil Vet Surgeon Housten.

The Princess of Wales hospital ship arrived at Southampton Saturday evening with nearly 200 invalids.

London Times, 10 Jul 00 (Tuesday)

p7a & b & c More released prisoners of war listed here.

The Nubia left Cape Town on the 5th with 32 officers and 272 men, military invalids.

From 10 July 1900, London Times, page 7c. Doctors and Nurses at Deelfontein. Here is that list Stowell.

The hospital at Deelfontein numbers 1,000 beds and a further branch will be established at Pretoria within a few weeks. The staff for the latter is now en route and consist of the following doctors and nurses, besides 82 orderlies and 8 ward maids:

Doctors – Mr W Langden-Brown, physician, M A, M B and Mr Herbert Williamson, surgeon, M A, M B, St Bartholomew’s Hospital; Dr. Sandwith, M D, F R C P, M R C S, Kasr East London Ainy Hospital, Cairo; Mr Stanley F Crowther Smith, physician and surgeon, M B, M R C S ; Mr A R J Douglas, M B B S Lond., F R C S Eng. ; Mr Howell Davies, surgeon, M R C S, L R C P, St Bartholomew’s Hospital; Mr F Brickwell, M B Lond., M R C S, L R C P ; Mr F L Provis, Tottenham Hospital, M R C S E g., L R C P Lond. ; Mr A H Hayes, M R C S, L R C P ; and Mr C S Frost, M B Lond., M R C S, L R C P

Nursing Sisters – Mrs T A Cobbold, Misses Nisbet (East Dulwich Infermary), matron, N Templeton, E K Sharp & L Whiley (Royal Berks Hospital, Reading), E C Smith, E C Rider (Lambeth Infermary), M E Hainselin (South Devon Hospital, Plymouth), A M Britten, M Brough (Royal Infermary, Derby), A Rogers (St George’s Hospital), T Smith, E C Thomas, F H Barry, Meade, E M Buchanan, M S Milne (Royal Infermary, Dundee), G C Moxon (Royal Portsmouth Hospital), E A Cowley, A MacLeod, H A Cruikshank, M McLeish, A J Douglas, H M O’Connor, F K Fitzmaurice, E O’Neill, E H Herdley, B Shepley, F M Hodgkins, A S Siddons, C Straham, M E Ireland, E Timbrell, E Johnson, A E Turner, E M Kent, K Webb (Western Hospital, Fulham), M Navius, D West (North City Protestant Infermary, Dublin), and H M Young.

London Times, 11 Jul 00 (Wednesday)

p9a & b More released prisoners of war listed here.

Cape Times Weekly Edition, 11 Jul 00 Nothing Noted

London Times, 12 Jul 00 (Thursday)

p10a & b More released prisoners of war listed here.

p10c & d The Kildonan Castle arrived at Southampton yesterday morning bringing nearly 1,400 invalids. Those listed were:

Assistant Adjutant General Colonel Mainwaring, in charge.

1/Life Guards – Lieutenant Henderson

6th Dragoons – Lieutenant Colonel Page-Henderson, Captain Herbert

10th Hussars – 2nd Lieutenant Maxwell

14th Hussars – Lieutenant Henry

T Battery RHA – Lieutenant Dickson

15th Company S Division, RGA – Captain Owen

Irish Guards – Lieutenant Lord Oxmantown

2/Bedfordshire Regiment – Captain Lightfoot

2/Gloucestershire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Gumley

3/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Captain Paske

1/Derbyshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Manby

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – Lieutenant Wyndowne

1/Scottish Rifles – Lieutenant Campbell

3/Royal Scots – Lieutenant Collingridge

3/East Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Preston

Late(?) 2/Life Guards – Captain French

8th Hussars – Quartermaster Page

9th Lancers – Lieutenant Allhusen

13th Hussars – Captain MacLaren

16th Lancers – Lieutenant Hutton-Riddell

82 Batt, RFA – Captain Hobson

RE – Lieutenant Russell-Brown

2/Lincolnshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Johnson

1/Royal Irish Regiment – Lieutenant Boyse

2/Worcestershire Regiment – Lieutenants Winnington, Pardoe(Attached)

1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – Lieutenants Bayley, Wood

2/Manchester Regiment – Major Anderson

1/Munster Fusiliers – Lieutenant Packenham

3/Suffolk Regiment – Lieutenant Halbed

4/South Staffordshire Regiment – Captain Smith

3/South Lancashire Regiment – Major Heath

ASC – 2nd Lieutenant Beddy

Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenants H W Smith, Hutton, Kennard, Charteris, De Las Casas, & Ritchie

RAMC – Major Whaite, Captain Dalton, Lieutenant Cudden-Fletcher

Queensland M I – Captain Thompson

Australian Horse – Lieutenant Osborne

Rhodesian Field Force – Lieutenant Laing

Indian Staff Corps – Major Vans-Agnew

Civil Veterinary Surgeon – Green

For duty on voyage – Lieutenant Colonel Barron, Army Medical Staff,; Civil Surgeons Gray, & Anthony; Chaplains the Reverend Canon Fisher, Roman Catholic, the Reverend Rogers.

Returning home – Major Scudamore, Royal Scots Fusiliers; Civil Veterinary Surgeon Croxley; 2nd Lieutenant Fanshawe, 3/Scots Guards; 2nd Lieutenant Murray, 2/DG

London Times, 13 Jul 00 (Friday)

p5b The St Andrew arrived at Table Bay on July 11. The Montrose, from Table Bay, has arrived at Natal.

p7a & b Dateline Albert Docks, July 12. The Ulstermore sailed this afternoon with drafts for the Cape and St Helena. She took out from here 12 officers, 274 men and 210 horses. She will call at Southampton for about 200 more horses. Those listed were:

3/East Lancashire Regiment – Captain C H N Ringer, in command.

CIV– Captain Byrne, Lieutenants Carr, Selfe and 147 men.

7/DG – 2nd Lieutenants J Lopdell, and C A Shaw and 82 men.

RA – 2nd Lieutenants J C Fullerton, R H Patterson

Civil Surgeons – W R Shortt & J E Bride

Civil Veterinary Surgeon – F A S Moore

Chaplain the Reverend G Andrews

R G A – 42 men for St Helena.

The Nubia left Cape Town for England on July 4 with invalids. Listed were:

RAMC – Major Lucas, in charge. & Lieutenant Seeds

6th Dragoons – Lieutenant Earle

8th Hussars – 2nd Lieutenant Warner

10th Hussars – Lieutenants Crichton and the Hon. D R H Anderson-Pelham

12th Lancers – 2nd Lieutenant C H Anderson-Pelham

20th Hussars – Lieutenant Lee

64 Battery RFA – Captain Jones

RGA – Lieutenant Colonel Saltmarshe

2/Royal Lancaster Regiment – Lieutenant Grover

1/Liverpool Regiment – Lieutenant Prince

2/Devonshire Regiment – Captain Goodwyn & Lieutenant Holland

2/East Surrey Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant L Fleming

1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – 2nd Lieutenant White

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Alston

4/KRRC – Captain Allgood

1/Manchester Regiment – Captain Newbigging

1/York & Lancaster Regiment – Captain Marples, 2nd Lieutenants Parkinson & Coston

1/V R B – Captain Buckingham (attached from 2/ Gordon Highlanders)

Cornwall & Devon Miners Artillery – Lieutenant Thompson

3/Welsh Regiment – Lieutenant Nash

Lumsden’s Horse – Lieutenant Nevill

Chaplains Dept. – Reverends Gedge & Baines

Civil Vet Surgeon – Nock

Army Nursing Service – Nursing Sisters Edward, Beswell, Martin, & Guthrie

Red Cross Soc. – Ship Dr. Chepmall

Sick laying down, 57; sick convalescent, 204; wounded laying down, 5; wounded convalescent, 6.

Returning home, Remount Dept. Captain Tremayne

The Manchester Port left for England on July 5 with the following:

2/Highland Light Infantry – Captain Andrews, in charge.

2/Bedford Regiment – Quartermaster Fox

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Sartoris

1/Yorkshire Light Infantry – Lieutenant Barker

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Hillyer, Chaplain, the Reverend B E Weekley

Sick laying down, 30; sick convalescent, 237; wounded laying down 11, wounded convalescent, 19

The Englishman left for England July 8 with sick and wounded. Listed were:

4/Manchester Regiment – Captain Chute, in charge.

Proceeding home – Quartermaster McDonnell, 5/Dublin Fusiliers.

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Lindsay-Black

Sick convalescent, 628; wounded convalescent, 18

For Stowell Kessler only:

London Times, 13 Jul 00 (Friday),

page 7b & c.

ANTI-TYPHOID INOCULATION

Dr. A B Wright, Professor of Pathology in the Army Medical School, Netley, publishes in the Lancet this week a note on the result obtained by the anti-typhoid inoculations among the beleagured garrison, both officers and men, at Ladysmith. The following table shows the position:

Not inoculated Inoculated

Number under observation. ------------------ 10,529 1,705

Number cases of enteric fever. -------------- 1,489 35

Proportion in which attacks stand to total

number of men in group. ---------- 1 in 7. 07 1 in 48. 7

Number of deaths from enteric fever. ------- 329 8

Proportion in which deaths stand to total

number of men in group. ---------- 1 in 32 1 in 213

Proportion in which deaths stand to total

number of attacks in group. --------- 1 in 4. 52 1 in 4. 4

Professor Wright points out that the question as to whether the inoculated were more favourably circumstanced in the matter of the situation of their camps than the uninoculated will have to be considered later, but at present no data for the determination of this are forthcoming, and the assumption is that the inoculated and uninoculated were equally exposed to the risk of infection. He reminds his readers that, so far as is known, the men who were set down as inoculated were with hardly an exception only once inoculated, while from facts in his possession he considers that the second inoculation confers considerably increased protection. He also alludes to the possibility that certain of the officers were set down as inoculated who may have been inoculated with anti-typhoid serum and not with the vaccine consisting of the sterilized typhoid culture, while he thinks it likely that revaccination against smallpox, which was in many cases carried out on board the transports, may have been confused with anti-typhoid inoculation. Also, in many so-called inoculated cases the anti-typhoid injection has been, he knows, too small. From all these considerations Professor Wright hopes that the favourable aspect of the table does not exaggerate the benefits that may follow upon anti-typhoid inoculations.

London Times, 14 Jul 00 (Saturday) No entries for this day.

London Times, 16 Jul 00 (Monday)

p9a The Aurania left Cape Town for England on July 7 with invalids. The following were listed:

RFA – Lieutenant Colonel Hunt, in charge.

Reserve of officers – Major Mackeson, Captain Gunston

Royal Scots Greys – Captain Collins

15th Hussars – Captain Tagart

RHA – Lieutenant Colonel Holland

RFA – Captain England, 2nd Lieutenant Harvey-Pirie

2/Bedfordshire Regiment – Lieutenant Wilmer

2/Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry – Lieutenant Woodham

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – Lieutenant Mowatt.

1/North Staffordshire Regiment – Captain Scott

1/Leinster Regiment – Lieutenant Waddell

Chaplain Dept. – Reverend Falkner

Canadian Regiment of Infantry – Captain Stuart

3/Lancaster Regiment – Captain Fielden

7/DG – Lieutenant Dunne

6/DG – Lieutenant Collis

12th Lancers – Lieutenant Milvain

Imperial Yeomanry – Major Sir A Lamb, Lieutenants Christie & Crealock

RA – Captain Peel

1/Royal Irish Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Holland

2/Gloucester Regiment – Lieutenant Wilkinson

2/Royal West Kent Regiment – Lieutenant Nunn

A & S Highlanders – Captain Malcolm

RAMC – Lieutenant Colonel Kenny, Majors Tuke, Blenkinsop, Hathaway

5/M I – Lieutenant Musson

3/Norfolk Regiment – Captain Baillie

4/Somersetshire Light Infantry – Lieutenant Tennant

3/Yorkshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Arbuthnot

4/Derbyshire Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Pearse

4/Bedfordshire Regiment – Lieutenant Peel, 2nd Lieutenant Sladen

3/Lancashire Fusiliers – 2nd Lieutenant Johnson

3/Durham Light Infantry – Captain Trotter

Returning home –

RFA – Majors Foster, Wray, Johnstone, Lieutenants McDonald & Logan.

Veterinary Dept. – Civil Veterinary Surgeon Moberley

Chaplain – Reverend Ryan

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeons Melle, & Trotter

Sick laying down, 80; sick convalescent, 544; Wounded laying down, 18; wounded convalescent, 26.

London Times, 17 Jul 00 (Tuesday)

p5d The Pinemore arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Persia left Las Palmas on July 13.

London Times, 18 Jul 00 (Wednesday)

p10c The Briton left for England on July 11 with the following officers returning home:

Imperial Yeomanry – Captain the Duke of Norfolk

Civil Surgeon Cheatle

Italian Military Attache Major Gentilini

French Military Attache Commandant Damade

Royal Fusiliers, for Madeira, Captain McMahon.

Cape Times Weekly Edition, 18 Jul 00 Nothing Noted

London Times, 19 Jul 00 (Thursday)

p10c The Custodian left Southampton yesterday with 9 officers, 283 men and 440 horses for South Africa. The following were listed:

2/Devon Regiment – Captain Goodwyn, in charge.

A & S Highlanders – Captain Kirk

South African L H – Lieutenant Marshall

6/DG – 2nd Lieutenants Webster & King

1/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Wiltshire

Civil Surgeons Messrs. S H White & R J Collingwood

Civil Vet Surgeon – Mr S G Chellew

The hospital ship Avoca left Southampton for Cape Town yesterday. The medical arrangements of the ship are in charge of Major A S Rose, RAMC, 5 civilian surgeons and 6 nurses. The Avoca is taking out for service Lieutenant Morris, RAMC, Mr Waghorn, civilian surgeon, 13 nurses and 101 men of the St John Ambulance Brigade.

The Assaye left Southampton yesterday on her ordinary passenger run. Among the passengers were 4 civilian surgeons and 18 nurses from the Scottish National Hospital and 12 of the Princess of Wales nursing staff.

London Times, 20 Jul 00 (Friday)

p5e The Canada and the Templemore arrived at Cape Town on the 17th. The hospital ship Simla arrived at Cape Town from Southampton on Wednesday, and left for Durban the same day.

p11b The Greek left for England July 13 with the following listed sick and wounded:

RGA – Major Talbot (not listed as sick or wounded probably in charge)

14the Hussars – 2nd Lieutenant Prescott-Webster

2/Lancashire Fusiliers – Captain Wolley-Dodd

2/Hampshire Regiment – Lieutenant Faith

1/KRRC – Major Pendergast

10th Hussars – Lieutenant Wilson

2/Cheshire Regiment – Captain Shawe-Taylor

2/Royal Highlanders – 2nd Lieutenant Baillie-Hamilton

4/North Staffordshire Regiment – Lieutenant Wilkinson

1/Royal Dragoons – Lieutenant Fitzmaurice

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Bennett

Sick convalescent, 254; wounded laying down, 1; wounded convalescent, 8

London Times, 21 Jul 00 (Saturday)

p7e The Nubia arrived at Las Palmas on Thursday. The Anerley, from Melbourne arrived at Natal July 19 after having lost 201 out of 250 horses.

London Times, 23 Jul 00 (Monday)

p9b The Avondale Castle left for England July 16 with sick and wounded. Those listed were:

1/Norfolk Regiment – Colonel Becher, in charge

RFA – Lieutenant J Farquhar, 2nd Lieutenant W Svnnott

2/Lincolnshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Dawson

1/West Riding Regiment – 2/nd Lieutenant Le P Trench

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – Major Brereton

1/East Lancashire Regiment – Captain Pile

RAMC – Majors Greig and Anderson

3/Royal Lancaster Regiment – Captain Jackson

Militia Medical Staff Corps – Surgeon Captain Morris

RGA – 2nd Lieutenant Stevens

2/Royal Warwickshire Regiment – Lieutenant Moore

2/Gloucestershire Regiment – Lieutenant Pagan, 2nd Lieutenant Smith

1/South Staffordshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Gover

Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenants Marwood Tucker & De Freville

Remount Establishment – Captain Petre

Bethune’s M I – Lieutenant Carr-Wallace

3/West Riding Regiment – Captain Digby

For duty on voyage – Major Anderson, RAMC; C E Chaplain Reverend Benoy; R C Chaplain Reverend Alexander.

Returning home on promotion, Sergeant-Major Thomas, 1/GG

London Times, 24 Jul 00 (Tuesday)

p5a The Simla arrived at Natal July 22 and the Orient arrived there July 23. The hospital ship Nubia is due to arrive at Southampton tomorrow.

Dateline Buenos Ayres, July 22. The Sussex left today for Cape Town with 1,100 horses on board.

p7a & b Note – Lieutenant Colonel Maxse mentioned here. Appointed commissioner of police.

The Bavarian left Southampton yesterday with 2,000 tons of stores consisting chiefly of biscuits and a large consignment of field artillery ammunition. There were no troops on board but she carried out the following officers:

2/Royal West Kent Regiment – Lieutenant C E Kitson

2/Royal Lancaster Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant B H Blundell

Royal Dublin Fusiliers – Captain Higginson

Civilian Surgeons – Messrs. Riordan, E H Phillips, & Anthony

Chaplains – Reverends A J Hutton & E M Knox

London Times, 25 Jul 00 (Wednesday) Nothing Listed.

Cape Times Weekly Edition, 25 Jul 00 Nothing Noted

London Times, 26 Jul 00 (Thursday)

p7a & b The Lake Erie left Cape Town for England July 19 with sick and wounded. The following were listed:

14th Hussars – Major O’Brien, in charge, Quartermaster Mr Mugford, Lieutenant R Blackett.

7/DG – Major Cooper

RFA – Captains Donaldson & Grover, Lieutenant Peckham

2/East Kent Regiment – Lieutenant Worthington

1/Royal Munster Fusiliers – Lieutenant de B Waddington

Army Ord. Dept. – Lieutenant Goodinson

Provisional Mounted Police. – Lieutenant Dumaresq

Victorian M I – Lieutenant Bruce

19/Imperial Yeomanry – Captain Mignon

RGA – Captain Austin

Irish Guards – Major Nugent

2/Berkshire Regiment – Lieutenant Gosset

ASC – Lieutenant Church

RAMC – Major Clements

Imperial Yeomanry – Lieutenant Crawley

CIVMI – Lieutenant Mellor (? Moeller)

4/Royal Lancaster Regiment – Captain Hibbert

Canadian Chaplain – Reverend O’Leary

Army Nursing Reserve – Nursing Sister Carey

Sick laying down, 16; sick convalescent, 373; wounded laying down, 1; wounded convalescent, 7.

For duty on voyage – Civil Surgeon Wells, Reverend Litchfield

Returning home – Captain Quicke, 1/DG; Civil Surgeon Helmden. (K Hallock)

The Nubia arrived at Southampton on Tuesday evening with sick and wounded and landed them yesterday morning. Those listed were:

RAMC – Major Lucas, in charge. & Lieutenant Seeds

6th Dragoons – Lieutenant Earle

8th Hussars – 2nd Lieutenant Warner

10th Hussars – Lieutenants Crichton and the Hon. D R H Anderson-Pelham

12th Lancers – 2nd Lieutenant C H Anderson-Pelham

20th Hussars – Lieutenant Lee

64 Battery RFA – Captain James

RGA – Lieutenant Colonel Saltmarshe

2/Royal Lancaster Regiment – Lieutenant Grover

1/Liverpool Regiment – Lieutenant Prince

2/Devonshire Regiment – Captain Goodwyn & Lieutenant Holland

2/East Surrey Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant L Fleming

1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry – 2nd Lieutenant White

2/Northamptonshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Alston

4/KRRC – Captain Allgood

1/Manchester Regiment – Captain Newbigging

1/York & Lancaster Regiment – Captain Marples, 2nd Lieutenants Parkinson & Coston

1/V R B – Captain Buckingham (attached from 2/ Gordon Highlanders)

Cornwall & Devon Miners Artillery – Lieutenant Thompson

3/Welsh Regiment – Lieutenant Nash

Lumsden’s Horse – Lieutenant Nevill

Chaplains Dept. – Reverends Gedge & Baines

Civil Vet Surgeon – Nock

Army Nursing Service – Nursing Sisters Edward, Beswell, Martin, & Guthrie

Red Cross Soc. – Ship Dr. Chepmall

Sick laying down, 57; sick convalescent, 204; wounded laying down, 5; wounded convalescent, 6.

Returning home, Remount Dept. Captain Tremayne

London Times, 27 Jul 00 (Friday)

p5a & b The Nomadic, for St Helena, St Vincent, and London left Table Bay July 26. Dateline Las Palmas, July 25. The Custodian has arrived here and has on board 400 horses for South Africa.

p10a & b The Orcana left for England on July 20 with sick and wounded. The following were named:

RAMC – Major J Gerrard, in charge, Civil Surgeon, Stuart

13th Hussars – Quartermaster Rupert

2/Lancaster Regiment – Major Matthews

2/Devonshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Milne

4/V B East Surrey Regiment – Captain Collyer

2/KRRC – 2nd Lieutenant Hasseltine

2/Wiltshire Regiment – Captain S H Pollen

2/North Staffordshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Hope

1/Dublin Fusiliers – Lieutenant Seppings

Indian Staff Corps – Major Thompson

Lord Strathcona’s Corps – Veterinary Lieutenant G T Stevenson

19th Hussars – Quartermaster Marshall

2/V B Devonshire Regiment – Lieutenant Lancaster

2/West Yorkshire Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants Cutbell & Grant-Dalton

2/East Surrey Regiment – Lieutenant Colquhoun & 2nd Lieutenant Stafford

1/Manchester Regiment – 2nd Lieutenant Stuart

2/V B York & Lancaster Regiment – Lieutenant C V Boyle

ASC – Captain R H Standen

Imperial Light Infantry – 2nd Lieutenant Hogg

Chaplain’s Dept. – Reverend Murray

Sick laying down, 30; sick convalescent, 142; wounded laying down, 4; wounded convalescent, 5

For duty on voyage – Chaplain’s Dept. Canon Burges

The Aurania arrived at Southampton yesterday with 41 officers, 620 men, 69 entitled and 25 indulgence passengers, and Lieutenant Chichester, R N and Surgeon Jeans, R N The following were listed: