Honour to the unreturning brave, the brave who will return no more. We shall not see their faces again. In the service of their Sovereign and their country they have undergone the sharpness of death, and sleep their eternal sleep thousands of miles away in the green solitudes of South Africa. Their places, their comrades, their saddles will know them no more, for they will never return to us as we knew them. But in a nobler and a higher sense, have they not returned to us to-day? They return to us with a message of duty, of courage, of patriotism. They return to us with a memory of high duty faithfully performed. They return to us with the inspiration of their example. Peace, then, to their dust. Honour to their memory. Scotland for ever! [_A copy of the speech was presented to every Trooper of the Regiment, with Lord Rosebery's best wishes._] CHAPTER VII. The following very valuable history is kindly communicated by the officers of the Regiment:-- HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS, 1899-1902. The Regiment received orders to mobilise for service in South Africa on September 7th, 1899. Mobilisation was completed on October 17th, 1899. Absent, 1 man (No. 3325, Pte. Kimber). _Nov. 5th._--Headquarters and B Squadron embarked at Glasgow on s.s. _Ranee_. The following officers embarked:-- Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. P. Alexander. Major W. H. Hippisley. Major H. F. T. Hawley. Capt. J. Crabbie, Act. Quarter-Master. Capt. and Adjt. A. D. Miller. Capt. E. A. Maude. Lieut. E. Usher. Lieut. A. Lawson. Lieut. F. Swetenham. Second Lieut. I. A. Finlay. Lieut. R. E. McI. Lomer (3rd Dn. Gds.), Transport Officer, attached. Major A. F. Russel, R.A.M.C. Vety.-Lieut. H. A. Sullivan, A.V.D. Owing to an outbreak of pink eye A and C Squadrons had to be entirely remounted. 16th.--C Squadron left Edinburgh for Southampton, and embarked on s.s. _British Princess_, having taken over commandeered horses at Aldershot. The following officers embarked:-- Capt. C. W. M. Fielden. Capt. C. J. Maxwell. Lieut. C. P. Foster. Lieut. B. D. Fordyce. Second Lieut. W. Long. Second Lieut. Hon. W. McClintock Bunbury. _Nov. 17th._--A Squadron left Edinburgh, and proceeded via Dublin to Cork, and embarked on s.s. _Antillian_ at Queenstown, after taking over a squadron of horses from the 17th Lancers. The following officers embarked:-- Major W. C. Middleton. Capt. W. F. Collins. Lieut. J. C. Harrison. Lieut. A. G. Seymour. Lieut. Hon. A. J. M. St. Clair. Second Lieut. G. G. Middleton. Casualties:--No. 3382 Pte. Hay, died of disease. _Dec. 6th._--Headquarters and B Squadron disembarked at Cape Town and marched to Maitland Camp.