South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 8): From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900Creswicke, Louis
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South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 8): From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
Sandwith)--56th and 57th Co. Bucks; 58th Co. Berks; 59th Co.
Oxford. 16th Battalion (Lieut.-Colonel Ridley)--63rd Co. Wilts;
64th Co. Cheshire; 65th Co. Suffolk; 66th Co. York. 17th
Battalion (Lieut.-Colonel Moore ?)--60th Co. North Irish,
Belfast; 61st Co. South Irish, Dublin. 18th Battalion--67th,
70th, and 71st Co. Sharpshooters. 19th Battalion
(Lieut.-Colonel Rodney ?)--69th Co. Sussex; 68th Co. Paget's
Corps; 72nd Co. Rough Riders; 73rd Co. Paget's Corps.
Each battalion consisted of four companies of 116 each.
Colonel Viscount Downe, who was serving on Lord Roberts's staff
in South Africa, was elected to command a brigade of the
Imperial Yeomanry, and Lieutenant the Hon. R. F. Molyneux,
Royal Horse Guards, was selected as his aide-de-camp.
Lord Dunraven's Battalion of Sharpshooters embarked for Africa
to join the Rhodesian Force on the 6th of April. It was
composed of four companies. The 67th, under the command of
Captain Crum (late 52nd Regiment), was accompanied by
Lieutenants Langford, Jones, Curley, and Dyke. The 75th,
commanded by Major Warden (late Middlesex Regiment), was
accompanied by Lieutenants Gabbett, Power, Warde, and
Bosanquet. The 70th Company, comprising the Scottish Unit under
Colonel Hill (late 12th Lancers), was accompanied by
Lieutenants Clark, Torrance, Hotchkiss, and Andrews. The
remaining company was commanded by Sir Savile Crossley.
The Earl of Dunraven, the founder of the corps, went to South
Africa as Supernumerary Captain on the Battalion Staff.
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