Main >> Personal Pages >> All About Me

 
Boer War Shipping Returns 1901
London Times 01/01/01 (Tuesday)
p7a    Dateline Bombay, Dec.  31.    Lumsden’s Horse landed here to-day.  (no ship mentioned, Atlantian)

p12a , b, c & d        The Canada, from Table Bay and Gibralter  for Southampton , passed Peniche to-day.
    The Formosa left for England December 22 with the following invalids:
    Remount Depot  – Maj.  J.T. Browne
    Sick laying down, 6; convalescent 332
    Wounded convalescent, 21
    And the following on passage home:
    E.Kent  – Maj.  E.G.T. Bainbridge
    3/KRRC  – Capt.  C.W. Wilson
    4/Dublin Fus.  – Lt.  L.A. Jones
    Civil Surgeons G.A. Leech & H.T. Mursell
    Nursing Sister H.T. Thompson
    For duty on voyage:
    Civil Surgeons A.F. Ilott, H.L. Porteus
    Nursing Sisters A.  Murton, A.F. Bob, M.M. Knox, & F.  Baker.

    The hospital ship Dunera left for England December 25 with the following invalids:
    2/Scots Guards  – Maj.  E.  E.  Hanbury
    66/RFA  – Maj.  C.C. Owen
    3/GG  – Capt.  G.S. Clive
    2/Rifle Brig.  – Capt.  H.M. Biddulph
    I.Y.  – Capt.  Lord Denman, Lt.  F.C. Gray, Vet.  Lt.  T.  A.  Huband
    2/Gordon Highlanders  – Lt.  Hon.  R.G. Forbes
    2/Manchester  – Lt.  E.M. Baker
    Army Vet.  Dept.  – Lt.  E.  Brown
    Army Nursing Dept.  – Nurses N.  Templeton, E.  Asinan, F.A. James, L.  Sands, D.D. Tripp, & M.A.C. Grant
    ASC  – Maj.  E.  Burrell
    RAMC  – Maj.  B.W.C. Deeble, Civil Surg.  H.J. Starling
    1/Devonshire  – Capt.  H.  Honner
    1/R.  Dragoons  – Lt.  Sir M.  Burrell
    2/R.  Irish Fus.  – Lt.  H.L. Knight
    Bethune’s M.I.  – Lt.  E.  Shearburn
    2/Hampshire  – 2/Lt.  E.P. Blencowe
    1/S.  Lancashire  – 2/Lts.  W.V. Hume, & F.  Hudson
    1/Border  – 2/Lt.  G.E. Beaty-Pownall
    Sick laying down, 23; convalescent, 200
    Wounded laying down, 17; convalescent, 23
    On passage home:
    3/Hampshire  – 2/Lt.  C.C. Black Hawkins
    Ship is due at St.  Vincent Jan.  8 & Southampton Jan.  17

    The Orotava left Southampton yesterday for St.  Helena and South Africa with 49 officers, 5 civil surgeons, 2 chaplains, 3 nursing sisters, and 644 men.  Listed were:
    Gloucestershire  – (for service at St.  Helena) 251 men
    RAMC  – 164 men
    RE  – 20 men

    The Avoca arrived at Southampton yesterday with 170 invalids from South Africa .

        
London Times 02/01/01 (Wednesday) Nothing Noted

Cape Times Weekly Edition    02/01/01
p8    Dateline Durban, Dec. 24, 1900.    1060 horses have arrived here from New Orleans by the Styrian.
    Dateline Durban, Dec. 27, 1900.    The Englishman arrived yesterday from Southampton with 436 troops and 286 horses.

p11    The Roslin Castle, with Canadians for Halifax, arrived St. Vincent on the 27th.  The Norman sailed Thursday with Lt.-Col. Handbury Williams and Capt. Lane-Fox.

p23    Here a diary of the war to the end of 1900.     Also here a bit on the 945 undesireables who have passed through English ports on their way to other countries from South Africa.

p27    Dateline London, Jan. 1, 1901.    The Orotava took out 203 recruits for the South African Constabulary yesterday.

London Times 03/01/01 (Thursday)
p8b    The Hawarden Castle will take out the following for Gibralter and South Africa :
    Highland L.I.  – Capt.  Purvis and 1 company
    1/King’s Own  – Capts.  Laurie & Johnson  and 2 companies.
    5/Manchester  – Capt.  Jackson and 1 company
    Total of 42 officers (not named) for the Cape.
    Cameron Highlanders  – 2 officers and 122 men for Gibralter.

London Times 04/01/01 (Friday)
p8a    The Canada arrived at Southampton yesterday.

p9c    The Norman left for England on December 27, with the following on passage home:
    Oxfordshire L.I.  – Maj.  Hanbury-Williams
    Canadian Post Office Corps  – Capt.  W.R. Ecclestone
    E.  Kent  – Col.  T.F. Brickman
    CG  – 2/Lt.  C.E. Brett
    Lord Strathcona’s Corps  – Capt.  P.  Fall
    Indian Staff Corps  – Capt.  C.W.G. Richardson
    17/Lancers  – Lt.  D.S. Matthews
    Civil Surgeon H.R. Phillips
    R.  Inniskilling Fus.  – Capt.  L.A. McClintock ( for Forcados)
    Due at Southampton Jan.  11.

London Times 05/01/01 (Saturday)
p8a    The Manhattan arrived at Southampton yesterday morning from South Africa , bringing 10 officers, 382 men and 15 officer’s horses.  Listed were:
    I.Y.  – Lt.  G.S.L. Smith
    4/KRRC  – Capts.  C.A.G. Clarke &    G.V. Hordern
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  E.A. Nathan, E.M. Pearce & A.N. Weir
    1/Durham L.I.  – Capt.  H.R. Cumming
    1/Liverpool  – Capt.  Depiro D’Amia
    2/Leinster  – Capt.  J.D. Mather
    21/Lancers  – Lt.  C.V. de Crespigny

    Dateline Malta, Jan.  4.    The Rameses has arrived from Alexandria and will sail to-morrow for Gibralter with M.I. for South Africa .

    Maj.-Gen.  Coke is returning home in the Dunvegan Castle.

        
London Times 07/01/01 (Monday) Nothing Noted

London Times 08/01/01 (Tuesday)
p6a & b    the Arundel Castle left for England Jan.  1 with the following on passage home:
    Civil Surgs.  – W.J. Waters, P.  Wood, & C.C. Simpson

Note  – Maj.  C.S.O. Monck, DAAG, mentioned here.    

    The Maplemore will sail from Albert Docks to-day or tomorrow for South Africa with cavalry reinforcements.
    The Algeria will sail from Albert Docks Saturday with cavalry reinforcements for South Africa .

London Times 09/01/01 (Wednesday)
p3c    Dateline  Sydney,  Jan.  8.    The Orient arrived here this morning with 679 troops returning from South Africa .  The troops were mad up of 403 from N.S.W., 170 from Queensland, & 106 from N.Z.

p8b    The Dunvegan Castle left for England January 3 with the following on passage home:
    Staff  – Maj.- Gens.  C.W.H. Douglas & J.  Talbot Coke, Brig.-Gen.  R.G. Broadwood
    8/Hussars  – 2/Lt.  Lord Hindlip
    2/Worcestershire  – Maj.  J.H.S. Gibb
    3/R.  Lancaster  – Col.  B.N. North
    For Forcados:
    2/Manchester  – 2/Lt.  F.P. Crozier
    9/KRRC  – 2/Lt.  A.E. Gallagher
    2/Wiltshire  – 2/Lt.  H.A. Murray
    RFA  – Lt.  R.  Henvey
    Due at Southampton Jan.  18.

Cape Times Weekly Edition    09/01/01
p24    Dateline London, Jan. 02, 1901.    520 M.I. have embarked for South Africa in the Hawarden Castle.
    Dateline London, Jan. 06, 1901.    Note here that Mauser cartridges are exhausted and Martini-Henry rifles are being used..

p25    The Oratava reached Southampton Dec. 19. with 30 officers and 847 men.

London Times 10/01/01 (Thursday)
p3c    Dateline Halifax, N.S., Jan.  8    The Roslin Castle arrived here to-night from South Africa with the second Canadian Contingent.  Lt.  Sutton and Sergeant-Trumpeter Inglis died on the voyage.
p8b    The Maplemore with Hq. & 2 Squadrons of 1/DG left Gravesend yesterday for Cape Town .

Note here  – p8b    The 3/DG , preparing for departure for the Cape are armed with the service rifle instead of carbines.

London Times 11/01/01 (Friday)
p8b    The hospital ship Nubia left for England January 7 with the following invalids:
    2/Middlesex  – Capt.  L.S. Roome
    Robert’s Horse  – Lt.  J.C. Collins
    3/V.B. Scottish Rifles  – Lt.  G.W.S. Clarke
    AOC  – Capt.  R.J. Hamlin
    2/R.  Dublin Fus.  – Capt.  G.N. Cory
    I.Y.  – Lt.  W.  Moat
    ASC  – Maj.  St.  J.  Parker
    2/Wiltshire  – 2/Lt.  A.  Berger
    1/R.  Welsh Fus.  – Lt.  F.H. Nagle
    2/Lancashire Fus.  – Lt.  E.M. Barrett
    1/Leicestershire  – Capt.  G.  Walsh
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  – W.B. Eaves & H.C. Donald
    Sick laying down, 20; convalescent, 233
    Wounded laying down, 9; convalescent, 8
    For duty on voyage  – Rev.  Mr.  White
    The following on passage home:
    Bishop of Natal
    Reserve of Officers  – Capts.  A.G.G. Tozer & H.E. Bamfylde
    3/Northumberland Fus.  – Capt.  F.C. Turner
    1/R.  Fusiliers  – Capts.  A.C. Annesley & C.C. Carr
    1/Derbyshire  – Maj.  E.A.G. Gossett
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  – C.  Colin Campbell, S.L. Stephens, & W.  Edwards
    Army Chaplain  – Rev.  G.H. Colbeck
    Due at Southampton Jan.  28.

    The Rameses arrived at Gibralter on Wednesday from Malta and transshipped to the Hawarden Castle 4 cos.  from Malta’s garrison for South Africa .  The Hawarden Castle sailed from Gibralter for the Cape yesterday.

p10a, b & c.  Note here. .303 rifle article "Rifle of the Future”

        
London Times 12/01/01 (Saturday)
p10b    The Aurania left for England January 8 with the following invalids:
    10/Hussars  – 2/Lt.  Hon.  E.B. Meade
    3/E.  Kent  – 2/Lt.  V.T.D. Palmer
    1/Suffolk  – Lt.  F.T.D. Wilson
    1/Yorkshire  – Lt.  C.F.C. Jarvis
    1/Gloucestershire  – 2/Lt.E.M.H. Raynsford
    2/Wiltshire  – 2/Lt.  A.C. Magor
    Army Vet.  Dept.  – Maj.  E.  Day, Capt.  J.G. O’Donel, Lt.  F.W. Hunt
    I.Y.  – Maj.  W.H. Wyndham Quin, Capts.  G.L. Derriman & F.E. Lane-Fox, Qm.  G.F. Shaw
    Kaffrarian Rifles  – Lt.  J.H. Beswick
    17/Lancers  – Capt.  C.A.S. Warner
    2/Linconshire  – Lt.  H.C.W. Hoskyns
    2/Somerset L.I.  – Capt.  E.G. Elger
    2/Cheshire  – 2/Lt.  F.  Berkeley
    1/W.  Riding  – Maj.  H.D. Thorold
    2/Seaforth Highlanders  – 2/Lt.  P.G. Anstruther
    Militia Medical Staff  – Surg.  Capt.  J.T. Simpson
    2/V.B. York & Lancaster  – Capt.  H.A. Lownds
    N.S.W. Med.  Staff.  – Lt.  G.S. Samuelson
    Victorian M.I.  – Lt.  J.L. Lilley
    Cape M.  Rifles  – Lt.  J.C. Judd
    Sick laying down,65; convalescent, 527
    Wounded laying down, 33; convalescent, 33
    For duty on voyage:
    RAMC  – Lt.-Col.  D.F. Franklin, Civil Surgs.  B.J. Collingwood, D.L. Griffiths, W.G. Sutherland, L.T. Whelan, & F.  Brinckwell
    Army Chaplain Rev.  P.  O’Toole
    Army Nurses  – E.  Lewis, A.E. Davidson, C.L. Agg, M.  Goodhue, E.C. Smith, J.  Cowan & C.  McCleary
    N.Z. Nurse  – N.D. Redstone
    With the following on passage home:
    S.  Staffordshire  – Lt.-Col.  H.C. Savage
    KOSB  – 2/Lt.  G.  Barron
    1/R.  Irish Rifles  – Maj.  F.J. Tobin, Capt.  P.G.W. Eckford
    Queenstown Rifle Vols.  – Lts.  H.  Fisher-Rowe & A.F. Anderson
    Kitchener’s Horse  – Surg.  Capt.  J.B. Stanley
    Canadian Arty.  – Capt.  H.J. Mackie
    W.  India   – Lt.  N.M. Gepp
    Manchester   – Lt.  J.H.L. Sims
    Civil Vet.  Surg.  – T.R. Runciman
    1/N.  Lancashire  – Lt.  W.  Clifford
    3/Manchester  – Capt.  R.B. Hopkins
    2/R.  Scots  – 2/Lt.  A.F. Lumsden
    RE  – Capt.  A.H. Dumaresq
    Canadian Dragoons  – Lts.  J.H. Elmsley & C.  T.  Van Strabnenzee
    I.Y.  – Capt.  G.W. Graves
    Imp.  L. Horse  – Col.  A.G. Pawle
    ASC  – Capt.  C.F. Moores
    Civil Vet.  Surg.  F.C. Pineo
    Asst.  Engineer  – Barker
    Due at Southampton Jan.  28

    39 men (OR’s) of the RAMC will embark in the Avoca for South Africa .

    The Norman arrived at Southampton last evening.  The following were listed:
    British Commissioner for Basutoland Sir Godfrey Lagdon    
    Col.  Hanbury Williams

        
London Times 14/01/01 (Monday)
p8b    The Angola arrived at Queenstown with 430 remounts from London.  She embarked 230 more and sailed for South Africa at 4 30 p.m. yesterday.
    The Algeria will sail for South Africa from Albert Docks to-morrow with 20 officers and 240 men with 300 horses all for 3/DG
    The Norfolk, at Albert Docks , has taken on 300 horses for South Africa .  Sailing date not mentioned.

Note Here  – A 2 column article on the Mafeking Siege Stamps with amounts of messages despatched and number of stamps printed.

London Times 15/01/01 (Tuesday)
p8b    The hospital ship Avoca sailed from Southampton for South Africa yesterday afternoon.

London Times 16/01/01 (Wednesday)
p8a    The Algeria left Albert Docks yesterday afternoon ,on the 4 o’clock tide, with 17 officers, 241 men and 228 horses for South Africa .  Listed were:
    1/Dragoon Guards  –  Capt.  Quicke, Capt.  Williams, Lt.  Gray, 2/Lts.  Harris , Longworth & Adams & 142 men and 160 horses
    3/Dragoon Guards  – Capt. Annesley   2/Lt.  Hankey, 70 men and 68 horses
    AOC  – 27 men
    RAMC  – 3 men
    2/R.  Warwickshire  – Lt.  Leigh
    Northumberland Fus.  – 1 man.
    KOSB  – Capt.  Fraser
    Civil Vet Surg.  – Mr.  Runciman
    Civil Surgs.  – Messrs.  Black, Baker, Murrogh, Symington, Bishop, and Gray

p8d    The Scot left for England on January 9 with the following:
    RA  – Capt.  T.B. Wood (for England)
    I.Y.  – Lt.  J.A. Crocker (for Madeira)
    1/S.  Staffordshire  – 2/Lt.  W.Y. Miller (for England)
    2/R.  Irish Rifles  – Maj.  A.  Festing (for Forcados)

Cape Times Weekly Edition    16/01/01
p11    The Langton Grange from New Orleans has arrived at Cape Town,  Monday with 833 horses and will unload at Port Elizabeth.

p24    Dateline London, Jan. 13.    The Norfolk and the Angola with 960 remounts sailed Saturday for South Africa . The Algeria will sail on Tuesday afternoon for South Africa with 260 Dragoons.
        
London Times 17/01/01 (Thursday) Nothing Noted

London Times 18/01/01 ((Friday) Nothing Noted

London Times 19/01/01 (Saturday) Nothing Noted.  Seems things are slowing.

London Times 21/01/01 (Monday)
p5e    Dateline Cape Town , January 20.    The Lake Erie, with 400 men of Lord Strathcona’s Corps on board, sailed to-day for Canada.

    Dateline Adelaide, Jan.  20.      The South Australian Government has engaged the Ormizan to convey its 5th contingent to the Cape.  Due to leave within a fortnight.

p11b    The Dunvegan Castle arrived at Southampton on Saturday evening with Gens.  Talbot-Coke, Douglas and Broadwood.

London Times 22/01/01 (Tuesday)
p11a    The Victoria sailed from Queenstown at 4 30 pm yesterday for the Cape with the following listed:
    3/DG  – a small detachment already on board  – plus
    3/DG  –   18 officers, 1 warrant officer and 498 men.  Maj.  Sir A.F. Lushington in command.
    Connaught Rangers  – 1 officer
    RAMC  – 1 officer, 6 civil surgeons
    Army Victualling Dept.  – 1 officer

    The Manhattan collided with the Canada at Southampton on Saturday.  The Manhattan embarked at Albert Docks yesterday morning a detachment of the 7/DG consisting of 10 officers, 125 men and 420 horses.  She will call at Queenstown to embark 54 officers and men and 100 horses.  She will also call at Gibralter to embark an additional 300 men

    Dateline Alexandria, Jan 21.  The Menes has sailed for Gibralter with 300 men to be transshipped to another vessel (The Manhattan ?)

        
London Times 23/01/01 (Wednesday) Queen Victoria has died.  (22/01/01). So ends an era.
    Nothing else noted.

Cape Times Weekly Edition    23/01/01
p1    Dateline Pretoria, Jan. 17.    Here a notice prohibiting wearing of khaki and other Brit. uniform.

p8    Dateline Durban, Jan. 17.    The St. Anderw left here today for Cape Town and England with 25 officers, 462 invalids and 400 details.

p11    The Lake Erie sailed for England and Canada with 400 men of Strathcona’s Horse.  Two Boer P.O.W. escaped from the transport Mongolia on Saturday. Looking for them in the vicinity of Kalk Bay.

p25    Dateline Durban, Jan. 21.    150 undesirables sailed today in the Briton for Algoa Bay where they will transfer to the Moor and sail for Europe.  The Manilla sails Wednesday with 18 invalid officers, 400 men and 14 persons "suffering from insanity”.

London Times 24/01/01 (Thursday)
p9f    The Tantallon Castle left for England January 17 with the following on passage home:
    Staff  – Gen.  Sir F.  Carrington
    S.  Wales Borderers  – Capt.  W.E. Lawrence
    RA  – Lt.-Col.  E.S. May
    S.  Lancashire  – Capt.  E.T. James
    Indian Staff  – Capt.  E.  Peach
    I.Y.  – Capt.  G.R. Crosfield, Lt.  G.  Ayres
    Remount Dept.  – Capt.  C.  Cottrell Dormer
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  E.A. Houseman, W.H. Pegg, H.A. Ballance
    5/R.  Munster Fus.  – Capt.  W.E.G. Plummer (for Forcados)
London Times 25/01/01 (Friday)
p4e    The Salamis left for England January 21 with the following on passage home:
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  W.A. Scott, W.P. Park, A.  Taylor

    The St.  Andrew left for England January 22 with the following invalids:
    5/Lancers  – Lt.  E.E. West
    I.Y.  – Lt.-Col.  C.  Baron
    Royal Scots  – Capt.  C.  Daniel
    Marshall’s Horse  – Lt.  T.C. Fryer
    Sick laying down, 29; convalescent, 651
    Wounded laying down, 14; convalescent 67
    For duty on voyage:
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  R.M.W. Wilson, W.F. Macfarlane
    Army Nurses  – M.G. Halkett, M.  Paterson, E.  Pilcher
    With the following on passage home:
    Rifle Brigade  – Capt.  G.M.A. Ellis
    3/R.  Welsh Fus.  – Lt.  G.F.E. Cotton
    Civil Vet.  Surg.  W.L. Cockburn
    W.  India Regt.  – 2/Lt.  W.F. Gilchrist
    3/R.  Munster Fus.  – Lt.  A.W.J.F. Abbott
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  J.  Blackwood
    Due at Southampton Feb.  19.

        
London Times 26/01/01 (Saturday)
p13d & e     The Lake Erie left for England , Jan.  20, having on board the following en route for Canada:
    Lord Strathcona’s Corps  – Lt.-Col.  S.B. Steele;  Majs.  D.M. Howards, G.W. Cameron, R.  Belcher, A.M. Jarvis; Capts.  R.M. Courtney, J.J. MacDonald, E.F. Mackie, C.B. Keenan, F.L. Cartwright; Lts.  A.E. Christie, A.W. Strange, J.E. Leckie, M.  White-Fraser, G.H. Kirkpatrick, W.  Parker, F.  Harper, H.S. Tobin, G.E. Laidlaw, J.E. Snider, E.J. Steele; Vet.  Lt.  G.T. Stevenson and 379 men.
    R.  Canadian Staff  – Lt.-Col.  J.L. Biggar
    Canadian Defence Dept.  – Lt.  J.A. Simpson
    Canadian Inf.  – Capts.  J.H.C. Ogilvy, A.J. Boyd, Lt.  F.E. Leach and 15 men
    With the following on passage home:
    Durham L.I.  – Lt.-Col.  W.C. Ross
    Staff  – Capt.  J.A. Leedman
    Reserve of Officers  – Capt.  Sir.  G.  Arthur
    A.D.C. to Gen.  Carrington  –   Lt.  A.C. Peach
    Bethune’s M.I.  – Lt.  S.  Woodhouse
    Chaplains Revs.  E.M. Molesworth, B.  O’Riley
    Civil Vet.  Surg.  R.  Portious
    I.Y. Hospital  – Nurses M.D. Stephenson, S.  Cooper, A.E. Cable

    The Scot arrived at Southampton yesterday.

London Times 28/01/01 (Monday)
p6d    The Dunottar Castle left for England on Jan.  23, with the following on passage home:
    4/S.  Staffordshire  – Col.  F.  Charrington
    2/CG  – Capt.  J.  McC.  Steele

London Times 29/01/01 (Tuesday)
p11f    The hospital ship Dunera sailed from Southampton yesterday afternoon for South Africa taking 24 officers, 2 civil surgeons, 6 chaplains, 9 nursing sisters and 88 details.  Lt.-Col.  Smith, Hampshire Regt., in charge.
    The hospital ship Nubia, from Durban and ct, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning, bringing 19 officers, 5 ladies and 313 men.
    The Aurania arrived at Southampton , bringing 41 officers, 20 ladies, & 967 men and a number of time expired men for a total of 1,164.
    The transport Catalonia arrived at Colombo Jan.  9, bringing 630 Boer prisoners.  One named, Commandant Boshof.  Two deaths at sea from pneumonia.  Also reported a few cases of measles.

London Times 30/01/01 (Wednesday)
p3d    Dateline Wellington, Jan.  26.    The 6th New Zealand contingent (580 men) has sailed for South Africa via Auckland.  (no ship mentioned)

p4a    Dateline Gibralter, Jan.  29.    The Menes has arrived from Alexandris with 300 M.I..  They will be transhipped to the Manhattan, which will sail to-day for the Cape.

Cape Times Weekly Edition    30/01/01 Nothing Noted

London Times 31/01/01 (Thursday)
p6d    The Idaho left for England , January 26 with the following invalids:
    17/Lancers  – Maj.  C.J. Anstruther
    2/Lincolnshire  – Lt.  C.J. Rennie
    I.Y. Scouts  – Capt.  F.  Campbell
    1/Northumberland Fus.  – Lt.  St.  J.  E.  Montague
    I.Y.  – Lt.  J.H. Roberts
    With the following on passage home:
    I.Y.  – Lt.-Col.  R.B. Colvin, Capt.  Viscount Maitland, Lts.  R.W. Purvis, R.  Wynne
    Army Vet.  Dept.  – Civil Vet Surgs.  F.  Lindsay, J.R. Farran, C.D. Robinson
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  C.B. Pasley, G.  Park, G.  Paxton, A.  Spong, J.T. Leon & Dresser A.  Hawkins
    Due St.  Vincent Feb.  9, Albert Docks Feb.  17.

    The Manilla left for England , January 27 with the following invalids:
    6/DG  – Lt.-Col.  A.  Sprot
    2/W.  Surrey  – Capt.  O’B.  Z.  Darrah
    1/Leinster  – Lt.  E.V. Raynes
    R.  Lancaster  – Lt.  H.W. Compton (attached)
    I.Y.  – Lt.  B.F. Greenwell
    R.E.  – Maj.  F.M. Glubb
    2/Manchester  – Capt.  A.G. Sharp
    1/Rifle Brig.  – 2/Lt.  M.B. White
    RAMC  – Lts.  W.M. Power, E.B. Knox
    Army Nursing Sisters  – C.G. Hanbury
    For duty on voyage:
    RAMC  – Capt.  N.  Faichnie, Civil Surgs.  A.  Young, S.H. White
    Nursing Sisters P.  Clapham, A.  Couper, G.  Milne-Miller
    Due Las Palmas, Feb.  15, Southampton Feb.  23.

    A severe measles outbreak among POW at St.  Helena.

        
London Times 01/02/01 (Friday) Nothing noted.

London Times 02/02/01 (Saturday)
p5f    The Orotava left for England , January 29 with the following invalids:
    J Batty.  RHA  – Maj.  P.H. Enthoven
    17/Lancers  – Lt.  the Hon.  W.R. Wyndham
    2/Northumberland Fus.  – Capt.  J.A.C. Somerville
    2/R.  Warwickshire  – 2/Lt.  R.H. Higgins
    2/E.  Kent  – 2/Lt.  C.H.p. O’Hagan
    Gordon Highlanders  – Capt.  F.R. Gregson (attached)
    S.  Rhodesian Vol.  – Lt.  J.  Sampson
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  J.U.R. Gardiner
    With the following on passage home:
    Lord Strathcona’s Corps  – Lt.  M.H. White-Fraser
    2/Leicestershire  – 2/Lt.  A.W.S. Brock
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  H.W. Dudgeon
    Civil Vet.  Surgs.  – H.F. Vulliamy, F.G. Woodroffe
    Due Las Palmas , Feb.  11 and Southampton , Feb.  16

London Times 04/02/01 (Monday) Nothing noted

London Times 05/02/01 (Tuesday) Nothing noted

London Times 06/02/01 (Wednesday)
p3c    Dateline St.  Helena, Feb.  5.        649 Boer prisoners arrived here Sunday on board the Mongolian.  The Canadian also disembarked 210 troops.

Cape Times Weekly Edition    06/02/01
p7    Dateline Durban Jan 31. The Mohawk sails today with 200 invalids. The City of Vienna sails 08 Feb. with 600 invalids.
    Dateline Bulawayo, Feb. 4.    "One of the troopers concerned in the recent Grand Hotel riot died from remorse in fear of the trial which starts tomorrow.

London Times 07/02/01 (Thursday)
p11a & b    The Roslin Castle left Southampton yesterday afternoon with 70 officers and 845 men for South Africa .  Among the number were some for St.  Helena.
    The Honorius embarked a number of details and 350 horses at Albert Docks yesterday morning.  She sailed in the afternoon for Queenstown to embark more horses for South Africa .
    The Briton left for England Jan.  30 with the following on passage home:
    Staff  – Lt.-Gen.  Sir.  A.  Hunter, Majs.  A.F. King, J.F. Bagot
    I.Y.  – Capt.  W.F. Roben, Lts.  Sir W.  Miller, W.R.K. Mainwaring, W.H. Bishop

        
London Times 08/02/01 (Friday)
p5b & c    Dateline Sydney, Feb.  7.    The Gen.  of Communications at Cape Town has telegraphed that the troopships Ranee, Antillian, British Princess, and the Custodian have left Cape Town for Sydney and are due to arrive between Feb.  25 & March 5.  The Maplemore has also left Cape Town for Sydney.  About 1,000 men with horses are expected to be despatched to South Africa from here in earley March.

p11a & b    The Scot, Arundel Castle, Tantallon Castle and Dunolly Castle have been requisitioned by the Government to convey the first detachment of the newly-enrolled I.Y. from Southampton to Cape Town.  The Scot is due to sail the 9th, the Arundel Castle on Monday and the Tantallon Castle and Dunolly Castle will leave on the 16th.
    The Lake Erie was at Las Palmas on the 6th and is due Albert Docks on Wednesday, the 13th.  On Fridat the 22nd, Strathcona’s Horse leaves Liverpool for Halifax, N.S. in the Numidian.

London Times 09/02/01 (Saturday)
p13d    The Mohawk left for England February 5 with the following invalids:
    Staff  – Maj.-Gen.  J.E. Boyes
    I.Y.  – Capts.  G.E. Prideaux-Brune, G.  Clark
    ASC  – Capt.  C.D. Christopher
    1/Hampshire  – Lt.  A.T. Beckwith
    Army Pay Dept.  – Maj.  F.G. Hamley
    RAMC  – Maj.  F.J. O’Donnell
    7/Hussars  – Capt.  C.B. Fritz-Henry
    Worcester  – Lt.  W.A. Bowen
    Sick laying down, 7: convalescent, 363
    Wounded laying down, 2; convalescent, 26
    For duty on voyage:
    Civil Surgs.  H.C. Clark, S.B. Hulke
    Nursing Sisters L.G. Castle, M.H. Griffiths
    Chaplain Rev, Bell
    Due Las Palmas Feb.  12, Southampton Feb.  27.
    The Norham Castle left for England Feb.  6 with the following on passage home:
    6/Bengal Inf.  – Capt.  F.de B.  Young
    I.Y.  – Sapt.  Sir S.  Scott
    Civil Surg.  S.B. Scott

    The Idaho arrived at St.  Vincent on Thursday with 784 time expired and left for England yesterday

        
London Times 11/02/01 (Monday)

London Times 12/02/01 (Tuesday)
p7a    The Arundel Castle sailed from Southampton yesterday for South Africa .  The following were listed:    
    I.Y.  – Capts.  Biggs, Irving, 2/Lts.  Bridges, Moncrieffe and 245 men.

    The hospital ship Nubia left Southampton yesterday afternoon with a full complement of nurses and a number of details.  Maj.  Mallins, in command.

London Times 13/02/01 (Wednesday) No Shipping Noted
p2f    Note: Here starts a listing of M.I.D.’s (MID) for the war up to the dated time.
p3a    Note: Div.  Staff.  Maj.  Vandeleur (MID)
p4b    Note: 1/DG Lt.-Col.  Burn-Murdoch (MID)
p4e    Note: Medical Officer’s M.I.D.’s    (MID)
p7d    Note Lt.  F.D. Farquhar, CG listed here

Cape Times Weekly Edition    13/02/01
p4    Figures for recruiting in the Cape. Railway Pioneers, Cycle Corps, Mine Guard, Imperial L.I., Brabant, Kaffrarian, Queen’s Town, Marshall’s, Border, Eastern, P.o.W.L.H., C.I.C. Bodyguard, Johannesburg, Scottish, S.A.L.H., Kitchener’s.
    Mr. Kipling donates a Maxim.

p8    Dateline Bulawayo, Feb. 9.    "Six of the B.S.A. troopers accused of having participated in a riot at the Grand Hotel have been acquitted. The trial of the remaining five is proceeding”


London Times 14/02/01 (Thursday)
p3a    Note: Continuation and Completion of the M.I.D. ‘s (MID)

p10c     The Bavarian left for England January 8 ( ?  Typo, I suspect.  Feb.  8) with the following invalids:
    9/Lancers  – Lord F.  Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
    RFA  – 2/Lt.  H.W.T. Elam
    Cape GA  – Lt.  E.C. Gates
    3/E.  Kent  – Maj.  A.H. Tylden-Patterson
    1/Suffolk  – Lt.  A.S. Peebles
    1/W.  Riding  – Capt.  N.B. Bainbridge, Lt.  E.N. Townsend
    4/Derby  – Lt.-Col.  N.L. Pearse
    3/Durham L.I.  – Lt.  J.S. Barwick
    I.Y.  – Col.  H.W. Feilden
    16/Lancers  – Lt.  A.W. MacArthur-Onslow, 2/Lt.  H.  Gilmour
    6/ E.D.  RGA  – 2/Lt.  W.V.I. Mathews
    RE  – Lt.  L.A. Sherrard
    4/Lancaster  – Capt.  A.W.H. Saunders-Knox-Gore
    2/Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.  – Capt.  F.M.J.D. Rhodes
    3/Border  – Capt.  R.W.H. Woodburne
    2/Wiltshire  – Lt.  M.C. Richards
    Reserve of Officers  – Capt.  H.W. Calverley
    Nursing Sisters E.S. Soley, E.  Holland
    Sick laying down, 38; convalescent, 241
    Wounded laying down, 21; convalescent, 16
    For Duty on Voyage:
    RAMC  – Lt.  B.  Pares
    Chaplain Rev.  E.A. Irwin
    Army Nurses – Sisters M.  Taylor, M.  Beale, M.F. Lightfoot
    With the following on passage home:  
    Lumsden’s Horse  – Lt.  C.E. Crane
    3/Worcester  – Sec.  (?  Lt. )  C.C.W. Maude
    3/ R.  Irish Fus.  – Lt. & Qm.  G.H. Osborne
    2/Norfolk  – Lt.-Col.  L.H. Phillips
    ASC  – Capt.  E.  Studdert
    Thorneycroft’s M.I.  – Lt.  Hon.  M.  Hill-Trevor
    2/Leinster  – Maj.  W.  Seton
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  S.H. Sharpe, C.L. Dunn, A.N. Walker, F.E. Taylor, S.E. Denyer, R.M. Cowie, J.  Anderson, H.J. Baldwin, F.M. Alfred, W.  Wright, H.N. Good, R.W.E. Roe, W. Mayo
    Due at St.  Vincent Feb.  25 and Southampton Mar.  7.

    The Lake Erie arrived of Gravesend early yesterday morning and was docked at Albert Docks this morning.  The following were listed:    
    Lt.-Col.  S.B. Steele, in command;  Majs.  D.M. Howards, G.W. Cameron, R.  Belcher, A.M. Jarvis; Capts.  R.M. Courtney, J.J. MacDonald, E.F. Mackie, C.B. Keehan, M.D., F.L. Cartwright; Lts.  A.E. Christie, A.W. Strange, J.E. Leckie, M.H.  White-Fraser, G.H. Kirkpatrick, W.  Parker, F.  Harper, H.S. Tobin, G.E. Laidlaw, J.R. Snider, E.J. Steele; Vet.  Lt.  G.T. Stevenson and 343 men.

    The Aurania will embark, at Southampton , 14 officers and 312 men of the RE for the Cape.
    The Donolly Castle will embark, at Southampton , Saturday, 5 officers and 530 men of the I.Y. for South Africa .
    6 officers and 350 men of the I.Y. will embark in the Tantallon Castle for the Cape.

            
London Times 15/02/01 (Friday)
p11a    The Algeria with detachments of 1/DG & 3/DG arrived at Cape Town on Feb.  12

London Times 16/02/01 (Saturday)
p7d    Dateline Melbourne, Feb.  15.  The 5th Victorian contingent consisting of 1,000 mounted men, with 250 Volunteers for Tullibardine’s Horse, sailed for Cape Town to-day.  (Nos ship mentioned).

p14d     The Canada left for England February 12 with the following invalids:
    1/Northumberland Fus.  – 2/Lt.  B.  Evans
    1/N.  Staffordshire  – 2/Lt.  L.G. Williams
    2/S.  Wales Borderers  – Lt.  W.C. Curgenven, 2/Lt.  P.A. Grogan
    Vet.  Dept.  – Capt.  E.W. Landner
    Sick laying down, 30; convalescent, 262
    Wounded laying down, 9; convalescent, 8
    For duty on voyage:
    Civil Surgeon P.E. Adams
    Rev.  W.H. Jaffray
    Nursing Sisters H.  Steel, M.  Herbert
    With the following on passage home:
    4/Hussars  – 2/Lt.  H.J. Grisewood
    Imp.  Light Horse  – Lt.  E.A. Hallingham
    Civil Vet.  Surgs.  – S.  Stockman, W.W. Brownlass, J.M. Lund, T.  Rennie, A.  Leach
    Due at Madeira Feb.  24 and Southampton Feb.  28

    The Kildonan Castle left for England February 13 with the following invalids:
    RFA  – Maj.  G.W. Biddulph
    3/Norfolk  – Maj.  H.H.F. Eden
    2/E.  Surrey  – 2/Lt.  P.M. Whale
    2/Seaforth Highlanders  – Lt.  E.A.B. Clive
    I.Y.  – Lt.-Col.  H.W.M. Bonham
    RA Staff  – 2/Lt.  C.L. Hickling
    3/E.  Lancashire  – 2/Lt.  H.S.L. Hemming
    1/KRRC  – Maj.  H.F. Pakenham
    RAMC  – Maj.  L.  Haywood, Civil Surgs.  A.B. Dunne, V.W. Low
    Canadian Dragoons  – Lt.  R.E.W. Turner
    Sick laying down, 21; convalescent, 170
    Wounded laying down, 2; convalescent 7
    For duty on voyage:
    Civil Surgs.  W.T. Milton, A.C. Turner, H.S. Thomas,
    Nursing Sisters M.J. De Montmorency, G.W. Wood, F.C.H. Colbourne, J.N. Wilson
    Hospital Dressers A.D.V. Blathwayt, A.C. Ransford
    With the following on passage home:
    Reserve of Officers  – Capt.  R.  Tremaine
    I.Y.  – Lt.  G.  Benson
    Rhodesian Field Force  – Lt.  G.P.L. Pemberton
    Due Las Palmas Feb.  27 and Southampton Mar.  4

    The Carisbrooke Castle left for England Feb.  13, with the following on passage home:
    I.Y. Col.  Le Roy Lewis, Capt.  Wells
    Due Southampton Mar.  1.

        
London Times 18/02/01 (Monday)
p10a , b & c    Maj.-Gen.  Sir A.  Hunter was among the passengers in the Briton, which arrived at Southampton Saturday morning.
    The Columbian left Albert Docks Saturday with the following listed:
    2 Cos.  M.I. total of 260 men
    1/King’s Own  – Capt.  Marker
    Highland L.I.  – Capt.  Armstrong
    The Columbian will call at Queenstown for a further 200 mounted men.

    The Dunolly Castle sailed from Southampton Saturday with the followning listed:
    I.Y.  – Capts.  Thomas, Griffiths, Dugdale, Hare, Judkins and 530 men.

    The Tantallon Castle sailed from Southampton Saturday with the following:
    CG  – Lt.-Col.  Sir H.S. Rawlinson, in charge.
    I.Y.  – Capts.  Travers, Bowley, Dyer, Lts.  Henshaw, Blair, Innes & 350 men.

    The Orotava arrived at Southampton Saturday with the following invalids:
    J Batty.  RHA  – Maj.  P.H. Enthoven
    17/Lancers  – Lt.  the Hon.  W.R. Wyndham
    2/Northumberland Fus.  – Capt.  J.A.C. Somerville
    2/R.  Warwickshire  – 2/Lt.  R.H. Higgins
    2/E.  Kent  – 2/Lt.  C.H.P. O’Hagan
    Gordon Highlanders  – Capt.  F.R. Gregson (attached)
    S.  Rhodesian Vol.  – Lt.  J.  Sampson
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  J.U.R. Gardiner
    With the following on passage home:
    Lord Strathcona’s Corps  – Lt.  M.H. White-Fraser ( Note: He is listed as having arrived with the Canadian contingent in the Lake Erie. ??)
    2/Leicestershire  – 2/Lt.  A.W.S. Brock
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  H.W. Dudgeon
    Civil Vet.  Surgs.  – H.F. Vulliamy, F.G. Woodroffe
    Due Las Palmas , Feb.  11 and Southampton , Feb.  16

    The Idaho arrived at Gravesend on Saturday and anchored, having lost the tide.  She had on board about 900 troops and the following listed invalids:
    17/Lancers  – Maj.  C.J. Anstruther
    2/Lincolnshire  – Lt.  C.J. Rennie
    I.Y. Scouts  – Capt.  F.  Campbell
    1/Northumberland Fus.  – Lt.  St.  J.  E.  Montague
    I.Y.  – Lt.  J.H. Roberts
    With the following on passage home:
    I.Y.  – Lt.-Col.  R.B. Colvin, Capt.  Viscount Maitland, Lts.  R.W. Purvis, R.  Wynne
    Army Vet.  Dept.  – Civil Vet Surgs.  F.  Lindsay, J.R. Farran, C.D. Robinson
    RAMC  – Civil Surgs.  C.B. Pasley, G.  Park, G.  Paxton, A.  Spong, J.T. Leon & Dresser A.  Hawkins

    The St.  Andrew arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with over 1,000 invalids and time-expired men.  Listed were:
    Rifle Brigade  – Capt.  Ellis, in charge
    I.Y.  – Col.  Barton, & Corporal Dodd

    The Kelvingrove will to-day embark     at Albert Docks details of 3/Bedfordshire Regt, R.A., & etc, with 200 remounts.

    
London Times 19/02/01 (Tuesday) Nothing Noted

London Times 20/02/01 (Wednesday)    
p11b    The Colombian left Queenstown at 3:50 yesterday afternoon.  She was late getting away due to late arrival of stores and ammunition.  She embarked 5 officers and 136 men of the 4/King’s Royal Rifles and 1 officer and 60 men of the 8/Hussars and 5 civil surgeons and 150 remounts.

Cape Times Weekly Edition    20/02/01
p22    The Dunvegan Castle arrived in Cape Town with the following military passengers:
Lt.-Col. Aspinall, Capt. J. Corballes, Maj. Phillips, C.M.G..

    The Kinfauns Castle, sailing for home today, with the following military passengers:
General Gordon, Col. the Hon. H.C. Duncombe, Capt. Burnett Hitchcock, Col. Trotter, Capt. Fielden, Maj. Seckham.

p24    Dateline London, Feb. 19, 1901.    100 troopers of Strathcona’s Horse stated they intend to return to South Africa and join the Constabulary after a vacation in Canada.

    Dateline London, Feb. 16, 1901.  The fth Victorian Contingent numbering 1,000 men with 250 volunteers for the Marquis of Tullibardine’s Scottish Horse, have sailed for South Africa .

London Times 21/02/01 (Thursday)    
p6a & b    The Lusitania left Liverpool for Halifax with a small amount of returning Canadian troops.
    The new steamer Tongariro (7,661 Tons) has been requisitioned by the Government to take I.Y to the Cape.  Due to leave London on the 26th.
    The Kelvin Grove left Southampton yesterday afternoon  for South Africa      with 207 remounts.
    The Manchester Merchant from Table Bay , yesterday, passed Gravesend fot Albert Docks .  The Tagus from Table Bay,  arrived at Southampton yesterday.  The Beacon Grange, for Table Bay via Fiume, left Newport Monday.

London Times 22/02/01 (Friday)
p10a    The Simla left for England Feb.  18 with the following invalids:
    RAMC  – Capt.  F.S. Brereton
    3/DG  – 2/Lt.  H.R. Dyer
    2/Worcester  – Capt.  J.P.S. Maitland
    1/Highland L.I.  – Maj.  Hon.  H.J. Anson
    RFA  – Lt.  H.E.S. Wynne
    2/Scots Guards  – Lt.  Hon.  E.C. Gordon-Lennox
    9/KRRC  – Lt.  W.P. Hunt
    1/Border Regt.  – Lt.  E.H.H. Lees
    Loch’s Horse  – Lt.-Col.  J.H. Hodgson
    4/Bedford  – Capt.  H.C. Franks
    18/Hussars  – Lt.  C.J. Thackwell
    1/S.  Lancashire  – 2/Lt.  A.  Davidson
    Army Vet Dept.  – Capt.  R.W. Raymond
    1/Cameron Highlanders  – Lt.  J.W. Sandilands
    I.Y.  – Maj.  E.D. Cooper
    Sick laying down, 27; convalescent 171
    Wounded laying down, 9; convalescent, 52
    With the following on passage home:
    I.Y.  – Maj.  Hon.  H.V. Duncombe
    RAMC  – Civil Surg.  M.W. Renton

    To-day a detachment of 660 men will embark in the Gaul.  The following were listed:     I.Y.  – Capts.  Clarke, Stallard, Hulse, Morling, Coleman, and Cadiz; Lts.  Furley, Brouncker, Lorimer, Gale, Fernie, and Earle.
    Another detachment of 220 men and Capts.  Angus & Milbank and Lts.  Holme and Fuller will embark in the Dunottar Castle at Southampton to-morrow.

p10e     Note: Maj.  Monck, CG appointed Brigade Maj.

            
London Times 23/02/01 (Saturday)
p12a & b    A detachment of 12 officers and 660 men of the I.Y. embarked yesterday, at Southampton ,  in the Gaul for South Africa .  The Gaul sailed at 10 p.m.
    A detachment of 6 officers and 660 men of the I.Y. and 3 men of the RAMC are due to embark in the Orotava, Monday, at Southampton for South Africa .

    The Manilla arrived at Plymouth yesterday with the following invalids:
    6/DG  – Lt.-Col.  A.  Sprot
    2/W.  Surrey  – Capt.  O’B.  Z.  Darrah
    1/Leinster  – Lt.  E.V. Raynes
    R.  Lancaster  – Lt.  H.W. Compton (attached)
    I.Y.  – Lt.  B.E. Greenwell
    R.E.  – Maj.  F.M. Glubb
    2/Manchester  – Capt.  A.G. Sharp
    1/Rifle Brig.  – 2/Lt.  M.B. White
    RAMC  – Lts.  W.M. Power, E.B. Knox
    Army Nursing Sisters  – C.G. Hanbury
    For duty on voyage:
    RAMC  – Capt.  N.  Faichnie, Civil Surgs.  A.  Young, S.H. White
    Nursing Sisters P.  Clapham, A.  Couper, G.  Milne-Miller
    406 men, invalids.
    The Manilla landed 3 officers and 114 men at Plymouth and then left for Southampton to land the remainder.

p14b    Note: Burn-Murdoch, 1Dns.  mentioned here (Gazette)

London Times 25/02/01 (Monday)
p6e & f    The Numidian sailed from Liverpool with a number of Lord Strathcona’s Horse bound for home.
    A draft of 220 I.Y. left Southampton in the Dunottar Castle for South Africa .
    The Lake Erie embarked 300 M.I. and 35 officers at Albert Docks Saturday.  She will call at Queenstown for further details.