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Shipping records - April 1901London Times, 01 Apr 01 (Monday) p5c Dateline Cape Town, Mar 31. The Templemore with 500 officers and men of the 5th Queensland Contingent touched here and sailed for Port Elizabeth to land the troops. Dateline Durban, Mar 30. The Devon, with 292 troops from Fremantle, Western Australia, has arrived here.
Note: p7b Here a full col. on the Somaliland Campaign.
p10a The Harlech Castle arrived at Southampton yesterday with the following on passage home: Queensland M I Lieutenant Colonel A Aytoun RA Captain R H Manley Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Major C Stonham, Civil Surgeon F Green, and Staff
The Saxon left Southampton on Saturday. In addition to ordinary passengers she takes out 74 officers and 840 Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer contingents from South Wales Borderers, Yorkshire Regiment, 2/Gloucester Regiment, Berkshire Regiment, KRRC, and a number of Volunteer Engineer sections.
p10c The Galician arrived at Southampton yesterday and landed 100 indesireables from the Cape.
London Times, 01 Apr 01 (Tuesday) p5b Dateline Cape Town, Apr 1. 2,000 English recruits for B P s Constabulary have arrived here today. (No ship mentioned)
p11b The German left Southampton yesterday afternoon for South Africa with 2/Roughriders (22/Imperial Yeomanry ) with Lieutenant Colonel Stewart and Major Viscount Dungarvan. Also Volunteer Companies of the Royal Fusiliers, Middlesex, Worcestershire, Surrey, and Royal Irish Regiments and the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, in all, 62 officers and 979 men The Delphic embarked 347 remounts at Albert Docks yesterday morning and sailed for Queenstown for an additional 100 remounts. The Harlech Castle arrived in Southampton Water on Sunday and landed yesterday morning the Imperial Yeomanry Field Hospital and Bearer Co
London Times, 03 Apr 01 (Wednesday) p7c The City of Vienna arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with 17 officers and 787 men, mostly invalids. The following were listed: Army Medical Service Lieutenant Colonel A Keogh 3/R Munster Fusiliers Captain B M L Roberts Late Thornycrofts M I Captain A B Boyd Wilson 3/Durham Light Infantry 2/Lieutenant H J Taylor Bethunes M I Lieutenant C H Mortimer Rhodesian Field Force Veterinary - Lieutenant C E Norgate RA Major H K Jackson Imperial Yeomanry Captains W A Peake & A C Perry Army Pay Dept. Captain A B Morgan Steinackers Horse Lieutenant W A Gray 1/Connaught Rangers Lieutenant Quartermaster M J Kenny Civil Veterinary Surgeon C J Jackson For duty on voyage: Imperial Yeomanry Captain F A Hadley, Medical Officer Nursing Sisters A Price, H Galloway, A B Price With the following on passage home: Thorneycrofts M I Captain S A Harwarden Natal Mounted Rofles Lieutenant H W A Richardson Steinackers Horse Lieutenant H Gray 10/RFA Corporal Williamson, V C
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 03 Apr 01 p11 The Templemore has arrived here with 500 Queensland officers and men. She sailed from Brisbane.
p22 A Tasmanian Contingent has left Hobart for South Africa. The Antillian will leave Sydney on the 16th ( note 6th in later article on page 24) with the remainder of the Australian Contingent for South Africa.
p24 Dateline London, Mar 27. The Morayshire has embarked 1,120 officers and men, including 950 for the SAC, for South Africa. Dateline London, Mar 31. The Saxon sailed from Southampton yesterday for Cape Town with 74 officers and 840 men of the Imperial Yeomanry Dateline London, Apr 1. The German sailed today for South Africa with 1,074 troops of various units. Dateline London, Apr 2. The Rossetti has left New Orleans for Cape Town with 950 remounts.
London Times, 04 Apr 01 (Thursday) p3b Dateline New Orleans, April 3. The Anglo-Australian was due to sail April 1, with a cargo of mules for South Africa. Sailing has been delayed due to an injunction by Boer agents to the U S Court.
p4b & c The Nubia left Durban March 27, for Southampton with the following listed invalids: 2/GG Lieutenant Swaine ASC Lieutenant Young RA Captains Ziegler & Buchanan 1/R Dublin Fusiliers Captain Le Mesurier 1/Border Regiment Lieutenant Sutherland R Scots Greys Lieutenant Finlay Civil. Veterinary Surgeon McGill 2/Berkshire Lieutenant Hill Nursing Sisters Lambe & Lloyd RAMC Major Patterson, Lieutenant McDonsell, Civil Surgeon Skevington Imperial Yeomanry Captain Hill 1/S Lancashire Lieutenant Colonel Hall 2/S Wales Borderers Lieutenant Bill 2/R Scots Fusiliers Lieutenant Delan-Osborne Army Pay Dept. Captain Inglis 1/S Stafford Major Sears & Lieutenant Curtis
The Tantallon Castle left for England March 27, With the following on passage home: 6/R Warwick Lieutenant Colonel H McCalmont 9/Lancers Captain D J E Beale-Brown Due Southampton April 12.
The Aurania left for England March 29. With the following invalids: 8/Hussars Captain I W Burns-Lindow & Lieutenant C J MI Lomer 3/R Lancaster Captain H A Bagot Chester 2/Bedford Captain G E F Fitzgerald 1/Yorkshire Lieutenant E V L Wardle 6/Lancashire Fusiliers Lieutenant H W G Dausey 2/Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Captain P G Petavel 2/Black Watch 2/Lieutenant F T Murray 2/R W Kent Lieutenant G D Lister & 2/Lieutenant H D Belgrave 4/N Stafford Lieutenant B H Wedgewood RAMC Majors G Coutts, T B A Tuckey, H J R Moberley Imperial Yeomanry Captains W A Powell, J R Harvey, F D J Annesley & C Erle Thorneycrofts M I Lieutenant R P Nicol RFA Lieutenant G H C King 1/R Scots 2/Lieutenant H E Reid W Yorkshire Captain A A Fisher 1/R Irish Major A N Lysaght 4/Yorkshire Lieutenant W H Chapman 3/E Lancashire Lieutenant & Quartermaster J Cuttle 3/Border Captain Hon. A E C J Stourton 1/Oxford Light Infantry Captain G N Colvile 2/N Stafford 2/Lieutenants G F Giffard & D E Hope 2/Seaforth Highlanders Lieutenant CB Chamley Army Pay Dept. Lieutenant Colonel J C Stockley Natal Scouts Captain H V Woon South African L H Lieutenant H C Fleming Nesbitts Horse Captain C W Nesbitt Kitcheners Horse Lieutenant C Adamson Brabants Horse Captain J H Walker S Australian Bushmen Lieutenant J T Dempsey W Australian M I Lieutenant A H Barclay Reverend R H Nash Sick laying down, 85; convalescent 493 Wounded laying down, 23; convalescent, 33 With the following on passage home: RAMC Major W W Pike Irish Guards 2/Lieutenants H F Ward & Hon. L J P Butler Civil Surgeons T Stevenson, T C Letter Jones, T H Moyles, A Trethewy Hayden Brown, T A Hawkesworth, W A Hubert, J W E Cole, R C Dunn, H C Brawn, G A Wraith, C Campbell Jenkins & J T S Alexander Nursing Sisters E Whistler, G Fletcher, A W Walkinshaw, F A Coates, E L Phillips, & S Bell. Reverends R D Machen & W H Fraser Imperial Yeomanry Major W,B, Mynors, Captains Sir Elliott Lees, & S Custance, Lieutenants H J A Eyre, C S Donnelly & A F Wright 1/N Lancashire Major S Jackson RGA Lieutenant R T Russell South African L H Captain C C Davies Kaffrarian Rifles Lieutenant RE Harris RFA Lieutenant E F Johnson 11/Hussars (? 5th Lancers) 2/Lieutenant R S Mackenzie South African Constabulary Lieutenant C S L Lister Civil Veterinary Surgeon A P Hawes Due Southampton April 19.
The Algeria left Albert Docks yesterday afternoon with drafts for the 10th & 19th Hussars, 12th Lancers and RE, numbering 10 officers and 122 men, with Captain Tufnell, Essex Regiment in command. 164 remounts on board. She will call at Queenstown for 60 remounts. The Wakool took on a few officers at Southampton yesterday then left for Queenstown where further reinforcements will embark.
London Times, 05 Apr 01 (Friday) p3c Dateline Brisbane, April 4. The Victorian sailed today for South Africa with 400 officers and men and 615 horses.
p4b & c The Delphic left Queenstown yesterday afternoon, having shipped 150 remounts in addition to the 330 shipped in London. Note: Here is a Casualty table.
London Times, 06 Apr 01 (Saturday) p3a Dateline Sydney, April 5. The Antillian embarked 375 officers and men and 380 horses this afternoon and will sail for the Cape tomorrow Dateline Adelaide, April 5. The Warrigal sailed today with the 6th Contingent for South Africa.
p4c The Wakool arrived at Queenstown late Thursday night from Southampton, left yesterday for Cape Town after embarking 24 officers and 658 men of the 3rd, 4th, & 5th Royal Irish Rifles.
The Scot arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with the following listed as passengers: Scots Guards Colonel A H Paget 6/Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant & Quartermaster R K Blair Lancashire Fusiliers Lieutenant D F Campbell Gloucester Regiment Captain K M Davie ASC Captain & Quartermaster J H Edmondson Civil Surgeons McKenzie, Hartland, Ashford, Pace, Balfour, and Ramsden Note. this list differs greatly from departure list.
London Times, 08 Apr 01 (Monday) p4c & d The Tongariro left Cape Town on March 31 with the following for Australia: N S W M I Captains W Russell Watson, J P McGlinn, P R Fagan, Lieutenants F L Livingston0Learmouth, P E Stirton, S R Antill, and 125 men. 1/Australian Horse Captain J F M Wilkinson and 32 men N S W Medical Staff Corps Captains G A Marshall, J Marshall, Lieutenant A Horsfall, and 27 men. N S W Bushmen 25 men Queensland M I Captains H J Harris, W G Thompson, Lieutenants R M Stodart, A F Crichton, J Walker and 76 men Queensland Bushmen Lieutenant R H Ferguson and 17 men S Australian M I Major C J Reade, Lieutenants G H Lynch, W Depassey and 39 men Victorian M I Captains M T Kirby, E S Norton, Lieutenant G H Hood and 104 men Victorian Bushmen Lieutenant G A Moore and 16 men W Australian M I Lieutenant J S Duffy and 27 men 16/Lancers Captain T M Young Civil Surgeon A Watson & Nursing Sister D L Harris
The following have also left for New Zealand: New Zealand Contingent Lieutenant Colonel A W Robin, Major T Jowsey, Captains J F Meeachren, G Crawshaw, E W C Chaytor, H L Bourne, Surgeon Captain G Craig, Lieutenants W F Ross, T J M Todd, C L Somerville, T B Blair, V A Kelvall, N Fitzherbert, H C Collett, M Lewin and 291 men. (Ship not mentioned byt suspect with the Tongariro mentioned above)
The Norman sailed for Southampton yesterday afternoon with 39 officers and 556 men. The following were listed: Scottish Horse Captains Wardrop, Dewar and Lieutenants Garland, Field, Thompson, Williams, McBean, Kepple, & Goote RFA Major A Young, in charge.
The hospital ships Simla and Avoca left Southampton on Saturday afternoon for the Cape. In addition to permanent staff on each, the Avoca is taking out 161 details including Major Raymond, RAMC, and Lieutenant Colonel de Villiers, RGA
The Algeria sailed from Queenstown on Saturday with 126 officers and men of the 10th Hussars and RFA and 224 remounts.
London Times, 09 Apr 01 (Tuesday) p7f The Dunera arrived at Plymouth yesterday with 21 officers and 277 men, invalids.
London Times, 10 Apr 01 (Wednesday) p8c The Pinemore arrived at Southampton yesterday morning bringing 453 convalescents for Brockhurst, 300 time-expired, 16 convalescents for Sandgate, 7 invalids for Netley, and 80 indulgence passengers. The Dunera has arrived at Southampton from South Africa and Plymouth with 15 officers and 221 convalescents. The Assaye will embark tomorrow, at Southampton, the 24/Imperial Yeomanry
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 10 Apr 01 p24 Dateline London, Apr 5. The Antillian will leave Sydney tomorrow with the remainder of the Imperial South Wales Contingent, 375 men and 380 horses. Dateline London, Apr 5. The 6th South Australian Contingent left Adelaide on the Warrigal. The Victorian with 400 troops and 65 horses has left Brisbane with the mentioned 6th Queensland Contingent. Dateline London, Apr 3. The Wakool has sailed for South Africa with the 5th Battalion R Irish Rifles. Dateline London, Apr 7. The Norman sailed from Southampton yesterday with 630 men of the Imperial Yeomanry Dateline London, Apr 8. The 7th New Zealand Contingent, 600 men, has embarked for South Africa. Dateline London, Apr 5. The South American has sailed from New Orleans with 1,000 mules for South Africa.
p25 Dateline London, Apr 7. The hospital ships Simla and Avoca have sailed for Cape Town. The Avondale Castle arrived yesterday with 29 officers and 1,054 men of the Imperial Yeomanry The Norham Castle arrived Saturday with 330 men of the Imperial Yeomanry For the Norham Castle the passage took 34 days and 14 hours due to accidents and repairs.
London Times, 11 Apr 01 (Thursday) p8b The Orotava left for England on April 5 with the following invalids: RFA Majors W C Staveley & A S Wedderburn, Captain C St L G Hawkes 2/Worcester Lieutenant C de F Myburgh 1/Essex Major J F Spencer ASC Lieutenant F Alexander Imperial Yeomanry Captains G B Richards & T G Pirie, Lieutenant J H Wrigley Cape Town Highlanders Captain F H Soloman RGA Lieutenant H B H Johnson 3/Yorkshire Captain R L Aspinall 2/Hampshire Captain H G A Banks 2/Gordon Highlanders Captain R Gordon (attached) RAMC Major H J Barnes, Captain G S Mansfield, Lieutenant O Charles Duke of Edinburghs Own V R Lieutenant A H M Cramer Lochs Horse Captain H B Brown Civil Veterinary Surgeon C Dyson Nursing Sisters M L Babb & H G Hill Sick laying down, 7; convalescent, 180 Wounded laying down, 11; convalescent, 8 With the following on passage home: 2/Derby Major F C Godley RHA Captain M J C Dennis Kitcheners Horse Lieutenant R H Bridie Northumberland Fusiliers Lieutenant G R Wake Volunteer Company Shropshire Light Infantry Lieutenant J F Cutler 2/DG 2/Lieutenant F W Salmon Irish Guards Lieutenant H A Stepney & 2/Lieutenant J D F D Faskally 3/E Lancs. Regiment Lieutenant B J F Skeffington Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant R A Johnson ASC Captain R L Cowper Coles RN Lieutenants D M Hamilton & C E Bell Civil Surgeons W Turner, L E C Handson, E M Thornton, A Elliott, A P Parker, J Hall Edwards, E E Richmond, A E Stevens, A W F McFadden, M Dodd, L K Thomas, W Liversedge, & J H Wilett Nursing Sisters A Timbrell, G Tillott, A C Rogers, M C Fisher, M L Loveday, F B Lambert, H Rooke, S C Macpherson, E A Lee & MB Lancaster The Reverends A E Day, & H Frease.
The Hyades embarked, at Albert Docks, 2 officers, 3 shoeing-smiths and 325 remounts and sailed for Queenstown where she will embark 175 more horses for South Africa. The Pembroke Castle arrived at East India Docks yesterday afternoon from the Cape with 115 destitute, deported foreigners. Tha Catalonia with 26 officers and 540 men, invalids, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon.
London Times, 12 Apr 01 (Friday) p8b The Catalonia arrived at Southampton yesterday bringing 32 officers, 23 ladies, and 613 men. Major E J Phipps-Hornby, V C was among the officers.
London Times, 13 Apr 01 (Saturday) p12a & b The Tagus left for England with the following on passage home: Volunteer Company Cameron Highlanders Captain A D Mackinnon, Lieutenants J Burn & J Campbell & 60 men Volunteer Company, R W Kent Captain G Morphew, Lieutenants C S Merchant, & C N Watney & 112 men Volunteer Company Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Captain E A Jackson & Lieutenant G E S Smith and 66 men Volunteer Company Gordon Highlanders Lieutenants A M Robertson, W O Duncan, & A W Robertson & 65 men Volunteer Company Border Captain J Thompson, Lieutenants J F Haswell & A Lee & 98 men Volunteer Company Wiltshire Lieutenant R H Kendle and 76 men 1/London Volunteer Engineers Lieutenant R C Weld and 40 men Volunteer Company Suffolk Lieutenant G H Mason Volunteer Company Seaforth Highlanders Captain C E Johnstone, Lieutenant W C Reid and 105 men Volunteer Company Welsh Captain R W Picton Evans, Lieutenants G B Williams, F H Gaskell, and 96 men Volunteer Cheshire Captain S Thornely, Lieutenants J Bates, & J Crofton & 102 men Volunteer Company R Warwick Captain A D Fleming, Lieutenants G H Ducros, & A P Smith & 100 men Volunteer Company Derby Lieutenants F A C Wright, T C Newbold and 93 men Middlesex Volunteer Engineers Lieutenant R Q Henriques and 22 men Indian Staff Corps Colonel C M Keighley 1/Liverpool Major S Wilcocks Imperial Yeomanry Captain R J Few Civil Veterinary Surgeon M H Hayes For Duty on Voyage: Civil Surgeons F E Walker, H Baylin, Nursing Sisters A B Stephenson, & E N Bickardyke Reverend H Pugh Jones Due Southampton Apr 23.
The Orient left Durban for England on April 4. (with it seems to be invalids) The following were listed: Bethunes M I Captain Rowland 2/Devon 2/Lieutenant Spencer 1/Welsh Captain Goldschmidt 1/Leinster Lieutenant Currey 1/Durham Light Infantry 2/Lieutenant Hamilton Grace 1/Inniskilling Fusiliers Captain Evans 1/Border Colonel Ovens 5/Lancers Colonel Fawcett Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant Manders Yorkshire Colonel Hoole RAMC Colonel Johnston, Lieutenant Curran, Civil Surgeons Adams, Burton & Indram Army Nurses Scott, Stow, Nabor, A Williams, B Williams & Rogers 2/Lancashire Fusiliers Captain Moody 18/Hussars Col Moller 3/R Irish Captain Johnson 6/R Warwick Captain Dundas Sisters Anastasia & Alphones Invalids 583 men Due at Southampton April 25.
The Manchester Merchant left for England on April 10, with the following on passage home: 15/Hussars 2/Lieutenant P D Holt R Welsh Fusiliers Lieutenant C A Bamford Leinster Captain A G Sharp Prince of Wales Light Horse Lieutenant C H Temple N S W M S C Lieutenant J A Dick Civil Veterinary Surgeon W L Johnston Civil Surgeon A Snowden Due Southampton on May 2.
London Times, 15 Apr 01 (Monday) p5c Note: Court decision on mules to South Africa - no injunction. p10a The Formosa left for England on April 10, with the following on passage home: 4/Derby Lieutenant Colonel G A E Wilkinson, Major J Humber, Captains R Brittan, C P Piers, F A Cathcart, A M W Mohun Harris, E M Wilmont & C E Hutton, Lieutenants W G Johnson, H S Anderson, & W N White, 2/Lieutenants T B Chatteris, & W B Lang and 455 men Volunteer Company R Welsh Fusiliers Captain F M Keene, Lieutenant W H Jones, & 80 men Volunteer Company Shropshire Light Infantry Lieutenant B Head and 93 men Civil Surgeon S W Robinson Due Southampton May 7.
The Gaul left for England April 10, with the following on passage home: AOC Colonel R F N Clarke 4/Derby Lieutenant & Quartermaster M Due Southampton April 26.
The Dunvegan Castle left Southampton Saturday evening for South Africa with a draft of yeomanry 140 men and 30 officers and a number of telegraphists.
The Hyades, from London, arrived at Queenstown with 350 remounts. She embarked 175 additional and sailed for South Africa.
London Times, 16 Apr 01 (Tuesday) p9b The Manhattan left yesterday evening from Albert Docks for South Africa. She carried 4 companies of M I and 357 remounts besides the following officers: Northumberland Fusiliers Lieutenant- Colonel W H Sitwell, commanding Derbyshire Lieutenant & Adjutant H F Watson, Lieutenant the Hon. H W W Horsley-Beresford W Riding 2/Lieutenant & Quartermaster A White 6/Manchester Major A H Bayley Highland Light Infantry Captain R W Ronaldson, Lieutenant K L Buist, 2/Lieutenant O Stevenson-Hamilton Lancashire Fusiliers Captain H O Bishop R Fusiliers Captain H Newenham Shropshire Light Infantry Lieutenant C A Wilkinson, Lieutenant P C Huth Dublin Fusiliers Lieutenant A C Taylor KRRC Lieutenant H Wake R Scots Lieutenant L K Smith 4/Essex Lieutenant E C Watson She will call at Queenstown for 150 additional remounts.
The following have previously left in the Dunvegan Castle: 3/R Welsh Fusiliers Lieutenants R W Bate, Hon. D Scott, O Duke R Highlanders 2/Lieutenants N A Baillie-Hamilton & P A Duff
p10a-c Note: Here long article on the Somaliland Campaign.
London Times, 17 Apr 01 (Wednesday) p10all and p11a London Gazette 16 Apr 01 South African Despatch & Lord Roberts Report on the Field Transport. Key to Communication, RAMC, Postal, Disembarkation, Railways, Hospital, Hospital Ships, ASC, AOD, Chaplains, Pay, Veterinary, Remount, Signal, MID
p11c Captain Johnstone & Lieutenant Reid, Volunteer Service Company Seaforth Highlanders did not embark in the Tagus due to Court-Martial Duty. Lieutenant Reid has since embarked in the Templemore, due Southampton May 4.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 17 Apr 01 p3 Dateline Port Elizabeth, Apr 10. The Englishman landed 14 officers and 382 men of the DG, Lieutenant Moncrieff in charge. The St Andrew has also arrived here with troops and horses from England.
p11 The Sunda arrived from England Monday with 900 troops commanded by Major Chris T Sennett. The Suevic has also arrived here with 300 troops. She is on her maiden voyage to Australia. The Briton sails this afternoon for England with the following military passengers: Captain Myburgh, Colonel Hope, Colonel Schermbrucker, Colonel Gascoigne, (Mr Rudyard Kipling and family) Captain McCrum.
p24 Dateline London, Apr 11. The Metropolitan Mounted Rifles, 509 man, left here this morning for the Cape. The 20th and last British contingent for the South African Constabulary also left here today for the Cape. Dateline London, Apr 15. The Manhattan sailed today with 543 M I, 556 details and 336 remounts.
p25 The Saxon arrived from England yesterday with 879 Imperial Yeomanry troops and "a large number of officers.
p26 The Kildonan Castle has landed 1,860 troops at East London. Some seven hundred Hungarian horses have disembarked at the same port.
p30 The Saxon arrived at Cape Town on Tuesday morning and the following military were losted as passengers: Colonel Sir T H Holdrich, Lieutenant Colonel Lambart, Surgeon-Captain Faichini, Captain Rosser, Lieutenants Goldsworthy, Crane, Matthews, Witts, Simonds, Lynch-Coakley, stallard, Newser, Jackson, McLean, Cobb, Lake, Paramour and the following Imperial Yeomanry officers; Captains Wallace, Hewlings, Allinson, & Shaw; Lieutenants Ward, Samuels, Aubert, Ford, Layton, Hunt, Zurcher, Bergheim, Taylor, Nesham, Handcocks, Goldfinch, Wingrove, Bathe, Craven, Hutchinson, Perkins, Gardner, Thompson, Inglis, Fenner, Caird, Vernon Yonge, Samson, Swan, Hobbs, Friend, De Guerin, Roberts, Guthrie, Blackford-Smith, Shaw, Knox-Little, Cove, Mellish, Load, Inglis, Savory, Williams, Robinson, Harding, Thomas, Wade, Underwood, Logan, Goss, Cardinal Hartford, St John, Whytehead, Swan, Boothby, Brown, Cross, Baines, Myring and 879 details.
London Times, 18 Apr 01 (Thursday) p5a Dateline Port Elizabeth, April 16. The Maplemore landed 400 officers and men of the Australian M I and R Australian Artillery here today.
p11a The Templemore left for England April 13 with the following on passage home: Volunteer Company Suffolk Captain G F Whitmore, Lieutenant H S Marriott & 98 men. Volunteer Company Northampton Captain W Hughes, Lieutenants W B S Hickson, H W Jackson & 101 men. Volunteer Company Seaforth Highlanders Lieutenant W L Reid & 4 men RAMC Lieutenant Colonel J D Day, Civil Surgeons A Pearson & C W Breeks Volunteer Company 2/Somerset Light Infantry Lieutenants J R Dawson, D S Watson & 83 men 1/Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders Captain J B Buchanan, Lieutenants F J O Mackinnon, H Forbes & 75 men. 2/Yorkshire Volunteer RE Lieutenant W Thompson & 24 men. Due Southampton May 4.
The Harlech Castle left Southampton Tuesday with part of the 3/Scottish Rifles (2/R Lanark Militia), numbering 550 men under Lieutenant Colonel G Farie. Due to breakdown she returned Tuesday night and then departed last night.
p13a-d Note: Continues London Gazette from yesterday for M I D
London Times, 19 Apr 01 (Friday) p11a The Columbian left for England April 9 with the following on passage home: Volunteer Company Worcester Captain W B Bucknall Rhodesian Lieutenant C W Villiers RGA Captain E Davidson N Z M I J E Montgomerie 3/Liverpool Captain F J Austin 3/Worcester Major C M Edwards, Captain H A Lang Lochs Horse Lieutenant W T E Wallace Due Las Palmas April 26 & Southampton May 3
The Manhattan left Queenstown yesterday afternoon with 19 officers, 522 men and 506 horses. Colonel Sitwell in command. She carried drafts from the following: Sitwells M I, RE, RAMC, & AOC
London Times, 20 Apr 01 (Saturday) p12a-13d Note: More London Gazette continued. Honours and Promotions etc.
p14a The Nubia arrived in Southampton Water yesterday afternoon with the following invalids: 2/GG Lieutenant Swaine ASC Lieutenant Young RA Captains Ziegler & Buchanan 1/R Dublin Fusiliers Captain Le Mesurier 1/Border Regiment Lieutenant Sutherland R Scots Greys Lieutenant Finlay Civil. Veterinary Surgeon McGill 2/Berkshire Lieutenant Hill Nursing Sisters Lambe & Lloyd RAMC Major Patterson, Lieutenant McDonsell, Civil Surgeon Skevington Imperial Yeomanry Captain Hill 1/S Lancashire Lieutenant Colonel Hall 2/S Wales Borderers Lieutenant Bill 2/R Scots Fusiliers Lieutenant Delan-Osborne Army Pay Dept. Captain Inglis 1/S Stafford Major Sears & Lieutenant Curtis
The Aurania arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon with 1,051 officers and men.
London Times, 22 Apr 01 (Monday) p10a The Dunera sailed from Southampton Saturday afternoon with a number of details for South Africa.
The Aurania arrived Friday at Southampton with the following invalids listed: 8/Hussars Captain I W Burns-Lindow & Lieutenant C J MI Lomer 3/R Lancaster Captain H A Bagot Chester 2/Bedford Captain G E F Fitzgerald 1/Yorkshire Lieutenant E V L Wardle 6/Lancashire Fusiliers Lieutenant H W G Dansey 2/Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Captain P G Petavel 2/Black Watch 2/Lieutenant F T Murray 2/R W Kent Lieutenant G D Lister & 2/Lieutenant H D Belgrave 4/N Stafford Lieutenant B H Wedgewood RAMC Majors G Coutts, T B A Tuckey, H J R Moberley Imperial Yeomanry Captains W A Powell, J R Harvey, F D J Annesley & C Erle Thorneycrofts M I Lieutenant R P Nicol RFA Lieutenant G H C King 1/R Scots 2/Lieutenant H E Reid W Yorkshire Captain A A Fisher 1/R Irish Major A N Lysaght 4/Yorkshire Lieutenant W H Chapman 3/E Lancashire Lieutenant & Quartermaster J Cuttle 3/Border Captain Hon. A E C J Stourton 1/Oxford Light Infantry Captain G N Colvile 2/N Stafford 2/Lieutenants G F Giffard & D E Hope 2/Seaforth Highlanders Lieutenant CB Chamley Army Pay Dept. Lieutenant Colonel J C Stockley Natal Scouts Captain H V Woon South African L H Lieutenant H C Fleming Nesbitts Horse Captain C W Nesbitt Kitcheners Horse Lieutenant C Adamson Brabants Horse Captain J H Walker S Australian Bushmen Lieutenant J T Dempsey W Australian M I Lieutenant A H Barclay Reverend R H Nash With the following on passage home: RAMC Major W W Pike Irish Guards 2/Lieutenants H F Ward & Hon. L J P Butler Civil Surgeons T Stevenson, T C Letter Jones, T H Moyles, A Trethewy Hayden Brown, T A Hawkesworth, W A Hubert, J W E Cole, R C Dunn, H C Brawn, G A Wraith, C Campbell Jenkins. Nursing Sisters E Whistler, G Fletcher, A W Walkinshaw, F A Coates, E L Phillips, & S Bell. Reverends R D Machen & W H Fraser Imperial Yeomanry Major W,B, Mynors, Captains Sir Elliott Lees, & S Custance, Lieutenants H J A Eyre, C S Donnelly & A F Wright 1/N Lancashire Major S Jackson RGA Lieutenant R T Russell South African L H Captain C C Davies Kaffrarian Rifles Lieutenant RE Harris RFA Lieutenant E F Johnson 11/Hussars (? 5th Lancers) 2/Lieutenant R S Mackenzie South African Constabulary Lieutenant C S L Lister Civil Veterinary Surgeon A P Hawes Civil Surgeon Alexander committed suicide on the voyage. Buried at sea.
The Winkfield left Woolwich Saturday with 350 remounts. She will call at Queenstown for additional remounts.
London Times, 23 Apr 01 (Tuesday) p5a Dateline Durban, April 22. The British Princess arrived here today from Sydney and Albany with 416 Australian Volunteers.
p11b The Winkfield has arrived at Queenstown with 350 horses. She will ship an additional 150 horses here and sail at noon for South Africa.
London Times, 24 Apr 01 (Wednesday) p5b Dateline Bombay, April 23. The Hawarden Castle, with a number of Boer prisoners arrived here this morning.
p12a-c Note: More Honours & Promotions, London Gazette
The Canada left for England April 18 with the following invalids: 14/Hussars Major E J Tickell RFA Captains M J F Fitzgerald, E M Connolly, 2/Lieutenant H M T Pym 2/Bedford Captain E A S Ely 2/Worcester Captain B K W Bacon 1/KRRC 2/Lieutenant W S W Parker-Jervis 1/ R Dublin Fusiliers Lieutenant E A A de Salis RAMC Major RE Kelly, Lieutenant & Quartermaster H W Glover Brabants Horse Captain J S Browne CIC Bodyguard Major R H B Magee Roberts Horse Lieutenant R F G Penrose RHA Lieutenant G L Butler 4/R Fusiliers 2/Lieutenant R B de B Hodge 3/Norfolk 2/Lieutenant H Burnand 1/Inniskilling Fusiliers Lieutenant Colonel R L Payne 3/W Riding Lieutenant F C Stonor 3/Durham Light Infantry Captain E C Sowerby, 2/Lieutenant E S Curling ASC 2/Lieutenant C G S Martelli (? R G H Martelli) Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant R G Cave Australian Bushmen Lieutenant C E S King 4/Victorian Contingent Lieutenant Colonel N W Kelly Prince of Wales L H Lieutenant A E Gray Reverend J F Prince Civil Surgeon G Mowat Nursing Sister F M G Warrack Sick laying down, 130; convalescent, 446 Wounded laying down, 14; convalescent, 23 With the following on passage home: Staff Lieutenant General Sir. F W E F Forestier Walker, lt. -General N C Lyttelton, Lieutenants R O Kerrison, C E Balfour, N St V R Stewart AOC Colonel G R Hobbs Imperial Yeomanry Colonel R F T Gascoigne, Lieutenant Colonel E Frewen, Lieutenant D R Rutledge Marshalls Horse Lieutenant E Devonshire ASC Colonel L A Hope CIC Bodyguard Lieutenant F A C Mutter S Rhodesian Vols. Captain J C Jesser Coope 21/Lancers 2/Lieutenant A P W Williams RAMC Captain P Evans Civil Vet Surgeon T Bowhill Civil Surgeons L H Stephens, R M Geach, Charnley Smith, S S Warrack, C A Peters Nursing Sisters M Watson, B Turner, K A Chew, D Nealy, W H Crabtree, Reverend W A Hewitt Due Madeira May 1, Southampton May 5.
The Orotava arrived at Southampton yesterday with the following invalids: RFA Majors W C Staveley & A S Wedderburn, Captain C St L G Hawkes 2/Worcester Lieutenant C de F Myburgh 1/Essex Major J F Spencer ASC Lieutenant F Alexander Imperial Yeomanry Captains G B Richards & T G Pirie, Lieutenant J H Wrigley Cape Town Highlanders Captain F H Soloman RGA Lieutenant H B H Johnson 3/Yorkshire Captain R L Aspinall 2/Hampshire Captain H G A Banks 2/Gordon Highlanders Captain R Gordon (attached) RAMC Major H J Barnes, Captain G S Mansfield, Lieutenant O Charles Duke of Edinburghs Own V R Lieutenant A H M Cramer Lochs Horse Captain H B Brown Civil Veterinary Surgeon C Dyson Nursing Sisters M L Babb & H G Hill With the following on passage home: 2/Derby Major F C Godley RHA Captain M J C Dennis Kitcheners Horse Lieutenant R H Bridie Northumberland Fusiliers Lieutenant G R Wake Volunteer Company Shropshire Light Infantry Lieutenant J F Cutler 2/DG 2/Lieutenant F W Salmon Irish Guards Lieutenant H A Stepney & 2/Lieutenant J D F D Faskally 3/E Lancs. Regiment Lieutenant B J F Skeffington Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant R A Johnson ASC Captain R L Cowper Coles RN Lieutenants D M Hamilton & C E Bell Civil Surgeons W Turner, L E C Handson, E M Thornton, A Elliott, A P Parker, J Hall Edwards, E E Richmond, A E Stevens, A W F McFadden, M Dodd, L K Thomas, W Liversedge, & J H Wilett Nursing Sisters A Timbrell, G Tillott, A C Rogers, M C Fisher, M L Loveday, F B Lambert, H Rooke, S C Macpherson, E A Lee & MB Lancaster The Reverends A E Day, & H Frease. She also brought 1,000 time expired men.
p12e Note: Gazette, Major F S Maude.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 24 Apr 01 p22 The Hawarden Castle, with Boer POW has arrived at Bombay. The Pinemore will sail for South Africa on Saturday with 1,221 troops, including 900 SAC The Aurania will follow on the 30th with 1,403 troops. (Also p25) R Australian Artillery and 400 Australian M I have disembarked at Port Elizabeth.
p24 Here, a war honors list. Plumer - CB and others.
p25 The Carisbrook Castle sails for Englend today with the following listed: General the Earl of Erroll, Major General Sir Hector Macdonald, Lieutenant Colonel Sir S Crossley, Colonel Watson Kennedy, Colonel Egerton.
p26 The Bavarian has arrived at Cape Town with 1,700 officers and men, Colonel Tamplin, in charge.
p27 The Carisbrook Castle sails from Cape Town today with the following military passengers: General the Earl of Erroll, Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, Lieutenant Colonel Sir S Crossley, Colonel Watson Kennedy and family, Lieutenant Clayton, Lieutenant Hoare, Major Crosse, Colonel Egerton, Captain W H Brown and family.
London Times, 25 Apr 01 (Thursday) p10a The Gaika arrived at East India Docks yesterday afternoon with 59 destitute "undesirables from South Africa.
London Times, 26 Apr 01 (Friday) p10a & b The Montrose sailed on the 24th for England with the following on passage home: 21/Lancers Captain Champion Nurses Heys, Gonegal, Morling, Neginald & Blair Volunteer Company York & Lancaster Lieutenants Chalmer, Boyle, Moxon and 100 men Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant T Y Cunningham CIC Bodyguard Lieutenant Cross 2/Scottish Rifles Captain Barton 1/Border Lieutenant Lyon-Campbell 1/R Inniskilling Fusiliers Lieutenant Devenish 4/Worcester Captain Hankey RAMC Major Cummins, Lieutenants Barkley, Taylor, Civil Surgeons Edwards, Hinde, Gardner & Baskin Volunteer Company R W Surrey Captain De La Mare, Lieutenants Herlot, McDonell and 87 men Volunteer Company Lancashire Fus, 1 man ASC Captain Conway Gordon 18/Hussars Lieutenant Bayford 2/Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 2/Lieutenant Ward RA Lieutenant Stone Due Southampton about May 18.
The Oriend arrived at Southampton yesterday morning and brought home 24 officers and 698 men. Most were invalided home.
The Hyanthes left Albert Docks last evening with 380 remounts. She will call at Queenstown to embark 120 remounts.
London Times, 27 Apr 01 (Saturday) p13a The St Andrew left for England April 22 with the following on passage home: Volunteer Company Norfolk Captain W Diver, Lieutenants B H L Prior, B M Hughes, and 79 men Volunteer Company Lincoln Capt H E Newsum, Lieutenants H Stephenson, T L D Dickinson and 86 men, Devon & Somerset Volunteer Eng. Lieutenant R S Payton and 17 men Sussex Volunteer Eng. 15 men Volunteer Company Bedford Captain A L Green & 95 men Volunteer Company R Highlanders Captain R H Millar, Lieutenants H K Smith, E Tosh, A Valentine and 92 men 1/Cheshire Volunteer Eng. Lieutenant R L Hutchinson & 17 men Aberdeen Volunteer Eng. 12 men For duty on voyage: Civil Surgeons W J Harding, G R Thomson Due Southampton May 17
London Times, 29 Apr 01 (Monday) p5c Dateline Colombo, April 27 The Ceylon contingent from South Africa arrived here this evening (no ship mentioned, possibly the China, London to Sydney, called at Colombo Saturday)
p10a The Lake Erie left for England April 23 with the following on passage home: Volunteer Company Liverpool Captain J J Thom |
