Volume 6 — DEATHS IN ACTION AND FROM DISEASE
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The following is a list of the officers who have died in South Africa from June 5th to December 19th, 1900:—
JUNE 1900
6.—Fever at Bloemfontein: Capt. G. Murrell. Fever at Johannesburg: Capt. the Hon. L. R. D. Gray. Fever at Kroonstad: Sec. Lieut. R. Forrester.
7.—In action at Roodeval: Lieut.-Col. B. Douglas, and Sec. Lieut. B. J. Horley. In action at Rhenoster: Capt. Gale. Fever at Kroonstad: Capt. G. P. Ellison. Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. A. J. G. Meek.
8.—Fever at Kroonstad: Lieut. Kerans. Dysentery at Bloemfontein: Maj. Power.
9.—Suddenly at Pretoria: Capt. W. G. Thomson. Fever at Wynberg: Capt. E. F. Harrison. Fever at Newcastle: Lieut. S. F. Brooks and Vet. Lieut. E. T. C. Ensor.
10.—Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. A. Byrne. Pneumonia at Johannesburg: Lieut. W. J. Berry.
11.—In action at Diamond Hill: Lieut.-Col. the Earl of Airlie, Maj. the Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue, Lieut. the Hon. C. W. H. Cavendish, and Lieut. W. B. L. Alt. In action at Almonds Nek: Capt. W. D. O’Brien, Capt. H. Mann, and Lieut. N. M. Johnson. Fever at Bloemfontein: Capt. T. S. Hichens. In action at Zand River: Maj. L. J. Seymour.
12.—In action at Diamond Hill: Capt. C. J. K. Maguire, Lieut. P. W. C. Drage, and Sec. Lieut. W. S. Luce.
13.—Fever at Newcastle: Capt. F. Hunnard, D.S.O.
14.—Wounds received at Zand River: Lieut. W. Harrison.
15.—Wounds received at Bappisfontein: Lieut. Hon. C. M. E. Freke. Wounds at Kroonstad: Lieut. Blanchard and Sec. Lieut. R. H. Hall.
17.—In action near Kwisa: Capt. M. Wilson.
19.—Fever at Cape Town: Surg. Lieut.-Col. J. S. Forrester.
20.—Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. B. B. Waddell-Dudley.
21.—Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. Kortwright.
22.—In action at Honing Spruit: Maj. H. T. de C. Hobbs. Fever at Wynberg: Sec. Lieut. W. G. Rait.
23.—Fever at Johannesburg: Capt. J. B. T. Pratt. Poisoning at Volksrust: Lieut. N. M’Lean.
24.—Wounds at Bloemfontein: Capt. Lord Kensington. Wounds at Heidelberg: Capt. F. J. Whittaker.
25.—In action at Ficksburg: Capt. E. B. Grogan and Lieut. G. L. D. Brancker.
27.—Fever at Dewetsdorp: Sec. Lieut. J. S. Preston.
28.—Fever at Kroonstad: Surg. Lieut.-Col. J. Creagh.
30.—Fever at Heilbron: Lieut. J. Hunter.
JULY 1900
1.—Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. G. P. Rayner.
3.—In action near Lindley: Sec. Lieut. W. G. Belcher.
6.—Wounds at Pleiserfontein: Maj. H. E. Oldfield. Dysentery at Johannesburg: Lieut. J. B. Grylls.
7.—Wounds received at Bethlehem: Capt. J. B. S. Alderson. In action at Rustenburg: Capt. Machattie. In action at Rietfontein: Capt. Currie and Lieut. Kirk.
11.—Fever at Durban: Lieut. P. W. Tindal-Atkinson, R.N. In action near Krugersdorp: Capt. D. R. Younger. In action at Nitral’s Nek: Lieut. T. Conolly, Lieut. G. F. Prichard, and Sec. Lieut. T. D. Pilkington. In action at Derdepoort: Sec. Lieut. K. K. Mackiller.
12.—Dysentery at Marrandellas: Capt. H. C. W. Hamilton.
16.—In action near Pretoria: Lieut. H. L. Borden and Lieut. G. B. Burch. Fever at Vrede: Vet. Lieut. Fenner.
19.—In action at Palmietfontein: Maj. Moore. Wounds at Pretoria: Capt. B. B. Church.
20.—Fever at Newcastle: Lieut. W. H. Kenyon.
22.—In action at Majate Pass: Capt. C. W. Robertson.
23.—In action at Retief’s Nek: Capt. Sir W. G. Barttelot. In action at Stabbert’s Nek: Capt. W. Gloster. Pneumonia at Pretoria: Capt. F. S. Kent.
24.—In action at Bronkhorst Spruit: Lieut. A. Ebsworth.
25.—Murdered at Pretoria: Col. C. W. H. Helyar. Wounds at Retief’s Nek: Maj. E. M. Wiltshire.
26.—Syncope at Pretoria: Sec. Lieut. W. V. St. C. M’Laren.
28.—Wounds at Potchefstroom: Lieut. Drew. Fever at Winburg: Sec. Lieut. H. B. D. Bird.
29.—In action at Stephanusdrai: Capt. E. Q. Robertson.
AUGUST 1900
5.—Wounds at Paardekop: Capt. M. S. Wellby.
6.—In action at Elands River: Lieut. J. W. Annat.
7.—Wounds at Durban: Capt. E. Lucas.
9.—In action at Rietfontein: Lieut. A. M. Knowles.
14.—At Naauwpoort: Lieut. and Quartermaster P. J. Gleeson. Wounds: Sec. Lieut. Gibson.
18.—At Pietermaritzburg: Sir W. Stokes, Consulting Surgeon to the Forces.
19.—Wounds at Crocodile Drift: Lieut. H. Bradburn.
20.—In action at Klip Drift: Lieut.-Col. Spreckley. In action at Haman’s Kraal: Lieut. R. F. Flowers. Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. J. Leash.
21.—In action at Ottoshoop: Lieut. A. G. Gilpin.
23.—In action at Geluk: Capt. A. Savory.
25.—At Durban: Lieut.-Col. A. G. S. Wade-Gregory. In action: Lieut. J. H. Robbins.
26.—In action near Brandwater Basin: Capt. W. S. Clarke.
27.—In action at Bergendal: Capt. G. L. Lysley and Lieut. Abbot. Wounds at Nylstroom: Lieut. D. M. M. Oliver.
28.—Sunstroke: Capt. W. B. Norwood.
29.—Wounds: Capt. E. G. Campbell. Wounds at Nooitgedacht: Capt. A. D. Plomer.
30.—Wounds received at Bergendal: Capt. W. H. W. Steward. Wounds at Waterval Onder: Lieut. J. L. Lawlor.
SEPTEMBER 1900
3.—Wounds at Mafeking: Capt. R. Arbuthnot. Wounds received at Belfast: Lieut. J. C. Harrison.
7.—Wounds received at Newcastle: Maj. Hilliard.
10.—In action at Welverdiend: Lieut. T. B. Maddocks.
12.—In action at Wonderfontein: Lieut. R. J. L. White.
16.—In action at Hekpoort: Lieut. H. T. Stanley.
19.—From blood poisoning contracted at the Tugela: Lieut. J. T. Lowry.
24.—Fever at Barberton: Lieut. L. H. Gilliat.
OCTOBER 1900
1.—In action at Kruger’s Post: Sec. Lieut. H. W. Cuming.
4.—In action near Lindley: Capt. H. Wiltshire.
6.—In action near Bultfontein: Lieut. A. H. Thomas.
9.—Wounds received at Kaap Muiden: Capt. G. L. Paget. In action at Kaap Muiden: Capt. A. D. Stewart. In action at Dwarsvlei: Sec. Lieut. J. R. Williams-Ellis. Fever at Pretoria: Sec. Lieut. P. A. M’Cutchan.
13.—In action at Machadodorp: Capt. H. W. Taylor. In action at Dalmanutha: Lieut. F. W. Wylam and Lieut. P. A. T. Jones. In action at Jagersfontein: Lieut. E. M. Hanbury.
14.—In action at Ventersburg Road Station: Lieut. H. K. Attfield.
16.—In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. A. W. Swanston.
17.—Tuberculosis at Pretoria: Capt. E. St. A. Pearse.
19.—In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. N. Calvert.
20.—In action at Weltevreden: Capt. G. E. B. Wood.
21.—In action near Frederikstad: Lieut. E. H. Finch.
25.—In action at Frederikstad: Capt. W. L. Baillie. In action at Vrede: Lieut. J. C. Browne.
29.—Fever at Pretoria: Prince Christian Victor.
30.—In action at Ventersburg: Maj. J. Hanwell.
NOVEMBER 1900
1.—Wounds received at Syferfontein: Capt. W. B. Chappell-Hodge.
2.—In action at Witkop: Capt. Chalmers. Of hepatitis at Wynberg: Capt. J. Loughlin.
5.—In action near Bothaville: Lieut.-Col. P. W. J. Le Gallais, Capt. F. Engelbach, and Lieut. W. A. G. Williams, D.S.O.
9.—Wounds at Vrede: Sec. Lieut. H. G. W. Woodhouse.
10.—Wounds received at Bothaville: Maj. N. C. Welsh.
12.—Fever at Standerton: Lieut. H. P. Pigott.
13.—Fever at Mooi River: Capt. N. M. Lynch. At Barberton: Capt. L. H. Hawkes. Wounds at Kimberley: Lieut. W. Rolfe.
16.—In action at Thabanchu: Sec. Lieut. L. Paxton.
21.—Disease at Daniel’s Kriel: Capt. M. K. Crozier.
23.—In action at Tiger’s Kloof: Lieut. A. M. Southey.
28.—Disease at Prieska: Capt. H. Masterman.
29.—In action at Rhenoster Kop: Lieut.-Col. G. E. Lloyd, D.S.O. Wounds at Krugersdorp: Lieut. H. G. Berghuys.
30.—Wounds near Ladybrand: Lieut. W. H. Dobbie.
DECEMBER 1900
3.—Fever at Pretoria: Col. L. J. A. Chapman. Fever at Pietermaritzburg: Capt. H. D. Marshall.
5.—Concussion of the brain at Germiston: Lieut. H. C. Ingram.
7.—Fever at Pretoria: Vet. Lieut. D. C. Barningham.
9.—Wounds at Lichtenburg: Lieut. F. Arbuthnot.
10.—Fever at Pietermaritzburg: Lieut.-Col. Stoneman.
11.—Lightning at Dundee: Lieut. J. F. Thompson-Pegge. In action at Vryheid: Lieut. W. A. D. Lippert.
12.—Wounds at Vryheid: Lieut.-Col. J. M. Gawne and Lieut. W. E. S. Woodgate.
13.—In action at Nooitgedacht: Lieut.-Col. N. Legge, D.S.O., Capt. J. A. E. MacBean, Capt. A. J. C. Murdoch, Capt. W. Atkins, Lieut. J. C. C. Reid, Capt. H. de C. Moody, Lieut. W. Skene, Lieut. A. C. Campbell. Fever at Springfontein: Lieut. Lord O’Hagan. Fever at Pretoria: C. W. P. Dalyell.
19.—Disease at Cape Town: Maj. E. G. Giles.