Shipping records - November 1900

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