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I.L.H. 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I.L.H. 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NNP 15972 1748 15 , , , 15972 1748 16 and and CC 15972 1748 17 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1748 18 - - HYPH 15972 1748 19 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1748 20 Cummings Cummings NNPS 15972 1748 21 was be VBD 15972 1748 22 promoted promote VBN 15972 1748 23 corporal corporal JJ 15972 1748 24 by by IN 15972 1748 25 the the DT 15972 1748 26 Commander Commander NNP 15972 1748 27 - - HYPH 15972 1748 28 in in IN 15972 1748 29 - - HYPH 15972 1748 30 Chief chief NN 15972 1748 31 for for IN 15972 1748 32 gallantry gallantry NN 15972 1748 33 in in IN 15972 1748 34 the the DT 15972 1748 35 field field NN 15972 1748 36 . . . 15972 1749 1 During during IN 15972 1749 2 the the DT 15972 1749 3 first first JJ 15972 1749 4 week week NN 15972 1749 5 of of IN 15972 1749 6 November November NNP 15972 1749 7 , , , 15972 1749 8 orders order NNS 15972 1749 9 were be VBD 15972 1749 10 received receive VBN 15972 1749 11 for for IN 15972 1749 12 the the DT 15972 1749 13 1st 1st JJ 15972 1749 14 Battalion Battalion NNP 15972 1749 15 to to TO 15972 1749 16 proceed proceed VB 15972 1749 17 to to IN 15972 1749 18 Standerton Standerton NNP 15972 1749 19 _ _ NNP 15972 1749 20 en en IN 15972 1749 21 route route NN 15972 1749 22 _ _ NNP 15972 1749 23 to to IN 15972 1749 24 India India NNP 15972 1749 25 . . . 15972 1750 1 The the DT 15972 1750 2 2nd 2nd NNP 15972 1750 3 Battalion Battalion NNP 15972 1750 4 had have VBD 15972 1750 5 been be VBN 15972 1750 6 quartered quarter VBN 15972 1750 7 there there RB 15972 1750 8 for for IN 15972 1750 9 a a DT 15972 1750 10 considerable considerable JJ 15972 1750 11 time time NN 15972 1750 12 , , , 15972 1750 13 and and CC 15972 1750 14 a a DT 15972 1750 15 transfer transfer NN 15972 1750 16 of of IN 15972 1750 17 men man NNS 15972 1750 18 was be VBD 15972 1750 19 effected effect VBN 15972 1750 20 from from IN 15972 1750 21 one one CD 15972 1750 22 battalion battalion NN 15972 1750 23 to to IN 15972 1750 24 the the DT 15972 1750 25 other other JJ 15972 1750 26 . . . 15972 1751 1 The the DT 15972 1751 2 two two CD 15972 1751 3 battalions battalion NNS 15972 1751 4 spent spend VBD 15972 1751 5 Christmas Christmas NNP 15972 1751 6 together together RB 15972 1751 7 . . . 15972 1752 1 [ [ -LRB- 15972 1752 2 Illustration illustration NN 15972 1752 3 : : : 15972 1752 4 Devons Devons NNP 15972 1752 5 En En NNP 15972 1752 6 Route Route NNP 15972 1752 7 to to IN 15972 1752 8 Durban Durban NNP 15972 1752 9 ] ] -RRB- 15972 1752 10 On on IN 15972 1752 11 January January NNP 15972 1752 12 1st 1st NN 15972 1752 13 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1752 14 1902 1902 CD 15972 1752 15 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1752 16 the the DT 15972 1752 17 1st 1st NNP 15972 1752 18 Battalion Battalion NNP 15972 1752 19 entrained entrain VBD 15972 1752 20 at at IN 15972 1752 21 daylight daylight NN 15972 1752 22 for for IN 15972 1752 23 Durban Durban NNP 15972 1752 24 . . . 15972 1753 1 The the DT 15972 1753 2 battalion battalion NN 15972 1753 3 met meet VBD 15972 1753 4 with with IN 15972 1753 5 a a DT 15972 1753 6 great great JJ 15972 1753 7 reception reception NN 15972 1753 8 at at IN 15972 1753 9 Maritzburg Maritzburg NNP 15972 1753 10 , , , 15972 1753 11 where where WRB 15972 1753 12 a a DT 15972 1753 13 halt halt NN 15972 1753 14 was be VBD 15972 1753 15 made make VBN 15972 1753 16 for for IN 15972 1753 17 nine nine CD 15972 1753 18 hours hour NNS 15972 1753 19 . . . 15972 1754 1 Here here RB 15972 1754 2 each each DT 15972 1754 3 man man NN 15972 1754 4 was be VBD 15972 1754 5 presented present VBN 15972 1754 6 by by IN 15972 1754 7 the the DT 15972 1754 8 ladies lady NNS 15972 1754 9 of of IN 15972 1754 10 that that DT 15972 1754 11 place place NN 15972 1754 12 with with IN 15972 1754 13 a a DT 15972 1754 14 pipe pipe NN 15972 1754 15 , , , 15972 1754 16 half half PDT 15972 1754 17 a a DT 15972 1754 18 pound pound NN 15972 1754 19 of of IN 15972 1754 20 tobacco tobacco NN 15972 1754 21 , , , 15972 1754 22 and and CC 15972 1754 23 a a DT 15972 1754 24 pockethandkerchief pockethandkerchief NN 15972 1754 25 . . . 15972 1755 1 The the DT 15972 1755 2 battalion battalion NN 15972 1755 3 sailed sail VBD 15972 1755 4 from from IN 15972 1755 5 South South NNP 15972 1755 6 Africa Africa NNP 15972 1755 7 for for IN 15972 1755 8 India India NNP 15972 1755 9 , , , 15972 1755 10 with with IN 15972 1755 11 the the DT 15972 1755 12 following follow VBG 15972 1755 13 officers officer NNS 15972 1755 14 and and CC 15972 1755 15 922 922 CD 15972 1755 16 rank rank NN 15972 1755 17 and and CC 15972 1755 18 file:-- file:-- `` 15972 1755 19 Bt Bt NNP 15972 1755 20 . . . 15972 1756 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1756 2 - - HYPH 15972 1756 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1756 4 T.A.H. T.A.H. NNP 15972 1757 1 Davies Davies NNP 15972 1757 2 , , , 15972 1757 3 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1758 1 Bt Bt NNP 15972 1758 2 . . . 15972 1759 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1759 2 - - HYPH 15972 1759 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1759 4 M.G. M.G. NNP 15972 1760 1 Jacson Jacson NNP 15972 1760 2 . . . 15972 1761 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1761 2 E.C. E.C. NNP 15972 1762 1 Wren Wren NNP 15972 1762 2 . . . 15972 1762 3 " " '' 15972 1763 1 T.C.B. T.C.B. NNP 15972 1764 1 Holland Holland NNP 15972 1764 2 . . . 15972 1764 3 " " '' 15972 1765 1 G.H.I. G.H.I. NNP 15972 1766 1 Graham Graham NNP 15972 1766 2 . . . 15972 1767 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1767 2 T.B. T.B. NNP 15972 1768 1 Harries harrie NNS 15972 1768 2 . . . 15972 1768 3 " " '' 15972 1769 1 G.I. G.I. NNP 15972 1770 1 Watts Watts NNP 15972 1770 2 . . . 15972 1770 3 " " '' 15972 1771 1 D.H. D.H. NNP 15972 1771 2 Blunt Blunt NNP 15972 1771 3 . . . 15972 1771 4 " " '' 15972 1772 1 H.R. H.R. NNP 15972 1773 1 Gunning gun VBG 15972 1773 2 . . . 15972 1773 3 " " '' 15972 1774 1 S.T. S.T. NNP 15972 1775 1 Hailey Hailey NNP 15972 1775 2 . . . 15972 1775 3 " " '' 15972 1776 1 H.W.F. h.w.f. NN 15972 1777 1 Twiss Twiss NNP 15972 1777 2 . . . 15972 1777 3 " " '' 15972 1778 1 E.S.C. E.S.C. NNP 15972 1779 1 Willis Willis NNP 15972 1779 2 . . . 15972 1779 3 " " '' 15972 1780 1 W.E. W.E. NNP 15972 1781 1 Scafe Scafe NNP 15972 1781 2 . . . 15972 1781 3 " " '' 15972 1782 1 G.F.A. G.F.A. NNP 15972 1783 1 Kane Kane NNP 15972 1783 2 . . . 15972 1784 1 2nd 2nd NNP 15972 1784 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1784 3 C. C. NNP 15972 1784 4 Edward Edward NNP 15972 1784 5 - - HYPH 15972 1784 6 Collins Collins NNP 15972 1784 7 . . . 15972 1784 8 " " '' 15972 1785 1 " " `` 15972 1785 2 M.D. M.D. NNP 15972 1786 1 Young young JJ 15972 1786 2 . . . 15972 1786 3 " " '' 15972 1787 1 " " `` 15972 1787 2 C.W. C.W. NNP 15972 1788 1 Hext hext RB 15972 1788 2 . . . 15972 1788 3 " " '' 15972 1789 1 " " `` 15972 1789 2 A.M. A.M. NNP 15972 1789 3 Mills Mills NNP 15972 1789 4 . . . 15972 1789 5 " " '' 15972 1790 1 " " `` 15972 1790 2 R.C. R.C. NNP 15972 1791 1 Wrey wrey VB 15972 1791 2 . . . 15972 1792 1 Brevet Brevet NNS 15972 1792 2 - - HYPH 15972 1792 3 Major major JJ 15972 1792 4 and and CC 15972 1792 5 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 15972 1792 6 H.S.L. H.S.L. NNP 15972 1793 1 Ravenshaw Ravenshaw NNP 15972 1793 2 . . . 15972 1794 1 Of of IN 15972 1794 2 the the DT 15972 1794 3 above above JJ 15972 1794 4 , , , 15972 1794 5 it -PRON- PRP 15972 1794 6 may may MD 15972 1794 7 be be VB 15972 1794 8 noted note VBN 15972 1794 9 that that IN 15972 1794 10 the the DT 15972 1794 11 following follow VBG 15972 1794 12 left leave VBD 15972 1794 13 India India NNP 15972 1794 14 with with IN 15972 1794 15 the the DT 15972 1794 16 battalion battalion NN 15972 1794 17 in in IN 15972 1794 18 1899:-- 1899:-- CD 15972 1794 19 Bt Bt NNP 15972 1794 20 . . . 15972 1795 1 Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-Colonel NNP 15972 1795 2 M.G. M.G. NNP 15972 1796 1 Jacson Jacson NNP 15972 1796 2 . . . 15972 1797 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1797 2 E.C. E.C. NNP 15972 1798 1 Wren Wren NNP 15972 1798 2 . . . 15972 1798 3 " " '' 15972 1799 1 G.H.I. G.H.I. NNP 15972 1800 1 Graham Graham NNP 15972 1800 2 . . . 15972 1801 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1801 2 T.B. T.B. NNP 15972 1802 1 Harries harrie NNS 15972 1802 2 . . . 15972 1802 3 " " '' 15972 1803 1 G.I. G.I. NNP 15972 1804 1 Watts Watts NNP 15972 1804 2 . . . 15972 1804 3 " " '' 15972 1805 1 D.H. D.H. NNP 15972 1805 2 Blunt Blunt NNP 15972 1805 3 . . . 15972 1805 4 " " '' 15972 1806 1 H.R. H.R. NNP 15972 1807 1 Gunning gun VBG 15972 1807 2 . . . 15972 1807 3 " " '' 15972 1808 1 S.T. S.T. NNP 15972 1809 1 Hayley Hayley NNP 15972 1809 2 . . . 15972 1809 3 " " '' 15972 1810 1 H.W.F. h.w.f. NN 15972 1811 1 Twiss twiss UH 15972 1811 2 . . . 15972 1812 1 Bt Bt NNP 15972 1812 2 - - HYPH 15972 1812 3 Major Major NNP 15972 1812 4 and and CC 15972 1812 5 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 15972 1812 6 H.S.L. H.S.L. NNP 15972 1813 1 Ravenshaw Ravenshaw NNP 15972 1813 2 . . . 15972 1814 1 The the DT 15972 1814 2 following follow VBG 15972 1814 3 officers officer NNS 15972 1814 4 of of IN 15972 1814 5 the the DT 15972 1814 6 battalion battalion NN 15972 1814 7 remained remain VBD 15972 1814 8 behind behind RB 15972 1814 9 in in IN 15972 1814 10 South South NNP 15972 1814 11 Africa:-- Africa:-- NNP 15972 1814 12 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1814 13 C.W. C.W. NNP 15972 1815 1 Park Park NNP 15972 1815 2 , , , 15972 1815 3 A.D.C. A.D.C. NNP 15972 1815 4 , , , 15972 1815 5 commanding command VBG 15972 1815 6 a a DT 15972 1815 7 column column NN 15972 1815 8 . . . 15972 1816 1 Captain captain NN 15972 1816 2 and and CC 15972 1816 3 Bt.-Major Bt.-Major NNP 15972 1816 4 E.M. E.M. NNP 15972 1816 5 Morris Morris NNP 15972 1816 6 , , , 15972 1816 7 South South NNP 15972 1816 8 African African NNP 15972 1816 9 Constabulary Constabulary NNP 15972 1816 10 . . . 15972 1817 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1817 2 Bartlett Bartlett NNP 15972 1817 3 , , , 15972 1817 4 D.A.A.G. D.A.A.G. NNP 15972 1818 1 for for IN 15972 1818 2 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 15972 1818 3 . . . 15972 1818 4 " " '' 15972 1819 1 Vyvyan Vyvyan NNP 15972 1819 2 , , , 15972 1819 3 Provost Provost NNP 15972 1819 4 Marshal Marshal NNP 15972 1819 5 , , , 15972 1819 6 Barberton Barberton NNP 15972 1819 7 . . . 15972 1819 8 " " '' 15972 1820 1 Travers traver NNS 15972 1820 2 , , , 15972 1820 3 South South NNP 15972 1820 4 African African NNP 15972 1820 5 Constabulary Constabulary NNP 15972 1820 6 . . . 15972 1821 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1821 2 - - HYPH 15972 1821 3 General General NNP 15972 1821 4 Lyttleton Lyttleton NNP 15972 1821 5 met meet VBD 15972 1821 6 the the DT 15972 1821 7 battalion battalion NN 15972 1821 8 at at IN 15972 1821 9 Howick Howick NNP 15972 1821 10 on on IN 15972 1821 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1821 12 way way NN 15972 1821 13 to to IN 15972 1821 14 Durban Durban NNP 15972 1821 15 , , , 15972 1821 16 and and CC 15972 1821 17 wished wish VBD 15972 1821 18 them -PRON- PRP 15972 1821 19 " " `` 15972 1821 20 farewell farewell JJ 15972 1821 21 . . . 15972 1821 22 " " '' 15972 1822 1 The the DT 15972 1822 2 following follow VBG 15972 1822 3 telegram telegram NN 15972 1822 4 was be VBD 15972 1822 5 received receive VBN 15972 1822 6 at at IN 15972 1822 7 Durban Durban NNP 15972 1822 8 from from IN 15972 1822 9 Lord Lord NNP 15972 1822 10 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 15972 1822 11 , , , 15972 1822 12 commanding command VBG 15972 1822 13 the the DT 15972 1822 14 forces force NNS 15972 1822 15 in in IN 15972 1822 16 South South NNP 15972 1822 17 Africa:-- africa:-- NN 15972 1822 18 " " '' 15972 1822 19 To to IN 15972 1822 20 O.C. O.C. NNP 15972 1823 1 1st 1st NNP 15972 1823 2 Devon Devon NNP 15972 1823 3 Regiment Regiment NNP 15972 1823 4 , , , 15972 1823 5 Durban Durban NNP 15972 1823 6 . . . 15972 1824 1 " " `` 15972 1824 2 From from IN 15972 1824 3 Lord Lord NNP 15972 1824 4 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 15972 1824 5 , , , 15972 1824 6 Johannesburg Johannesburg NNP 15972 1824 7 . . . 15972 1825 1 " " `` 15972 1825 2 Please please UH 15972 1825 3 express express VB 15972 1825 4 to to IN 15972 1825 5 officers officer NNS 15972 1825 6 and and CC 15972 1825 7 men man NNS 15972 1825 8 of of IN 15972 1825 9 the the DT 15972 1825 10 Regiment Regiment NNP 15972 1825 11 under under IN 15972 1825 12 your -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1825 13 command command NN 15972 1825 14 my -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1825 15 high high JJ 15972 1825 16 appreciation appreciation NN 15972 1825 17 of of IN 15972 1825 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1825 19 services service NNS 15972 1825 20 in in IN 15972 1825 21 South South NNP 15972 1825 22 Africa Africa NNP 15972 1825 23 during during IN 15972 1825 24 the the DT 15972 1825 25 war war NN 15972 1825 26 , , , 15972 1825 27 which which WDT 15972 1825 28 has have VBZ 15972 1825 29 already already RB 15972 1825 30 enhanced enhance VBN 15972 1825 31 the the DT 15972 1825 32 great great JJ 15972 1825 33 reputation reputation NN 15972 1825 34 of of IN 15972 1825 35 the the DT 15972 1825 36 Regiment Regiment NNP 15972 1825 37 . . . 15972 1826 1 In in IN 15972 1826 2 bidding bid VBG 15972 1826 3 you -PRON- PRP 15972 1826 4 good good JJ 15972 1826 5 - - HYPH 15972 1826 6 bye bye UH 15972 1826 7 , , , 15972 1826 8 I -PRON- PRP 15972 1826 9 associate associate VBP 15972 1826 10 myself -PRON- PRP 15972 1826 11 with with IN 15972 1826 12 all all DT 15972 1826 13 your -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1826 14 comrades comrade NNS 15972 1826 15 remaining remain VBG 15972 1826 16 in in IN 15972 1826 17 the the DT 15972 1826 18 country country NN 15972 1826 19 in in IN 15972 1826 20 hearty hearty JJ 15972 1826 21 wishes wish NNS 15972 1826 22 for for IN 15972 1826 23 your -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1826 24 future future JJ 15972 1826 25 good good JJ 15972 1826 26 luck luck NN 15972 1826 27 . . . 15972 1826 28 " " '' 15972 1827 1 It -PRON- PRP 15972 1827 2 should should MD 15972 1827 3 be be VB 15972 1827 4 added add VBN 15972 1827 5 to to IN 15972 1827 6 the the DT 15972 1827 7 records record NNS 15972 1827 8 of of IN 15972 1827 9 the the DT 15972 1827 10 battalion battalion NN 15972 1827 11 , , , 15972 1827 12 which which WDT 15972 1827 13 throughout throughout IN 15972 1827 14 two two CD 15972 1827 15 years year NNS 15972 1827 16 and and CC 15972 1827 17 three three CD 15972 1827 18 months month NNS 15972 1827 19 had have VBD 15972 1827 20 fought fight VBN 15972 1827 21 and and CC 15972 1827 22 marched march VBD 15972 1827 23 incessantly incessantly RB 15972 1827 24 in in IN 15972 1827 25 South South NNP 15972 1827 26 Africa Africa NNP 15972 1827 27 , , , 15972 1827 28 that that IN 15972 1827 29 it -PRON- PRP 15972 1827 30 had have VBD 15972 1827 31 never never RB 15972 1827 32 once once RB 15972 1827 33 experienced experience VBN 15972 1827 34 the the DT 15972 1827 35 slightest slight JJS 15972 1827 36 trace trace NN 15972 1827 37 of of IN 15972 1827 38 an an DT 15972 1827 39 " " `` 15972 1827 40 unfortunate unfortunate JJ 15972 1827 41 incident incident NN 15972 1827 42 , , , 15972 1827 43 " " '' 15972 1827 44 and and CC 15972 1827 45 had have VBD 15972 1827 46 during during IN 15972 1827 47 that that DT 15972 1827 48 time time NN 15972 1827 49 lost lose VBD 15972 1827 50 only only RB 15972 1827 51 three three CD 15972 1827 52 prisoners prisoner NNS 15972 1827 53 of of IN 15972 1827 54 war war NN 15972 1827 55 , , , 15972 1827 56 two two CD 15972 1827 57 of of IN 15972 1827 58 whom whom WP 15972 1827 59 lost lose VBD 15972 1827 60 their -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1827 61 way way NN 15972 1827 62 in in IN 15972 1827 63 the the DT 15972 1827 64 dark dark NN 15972 1827 65 at at IN 15972 1827 66 Geluk Geluk NNP 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9 long long JJ 15972 1828 10 continuous continuous JJ 15972 1828 11 treks trek NNS 15972 1828 12 during during IN 15972 1828 13 the the DT 15972 1828 14 war war NN 15972 1828 15 are be VBP 15972 1828 16 summarized summarize VBN 15972 1828 17 as as IN 15972 1828 18 under under IN 15972 1828 19 . . . 15972 1829 1 The the DT 15972 1829 2 miles mile NNS 15972 1829 3 are be VBP 15972 1829 4 measured measure VBN 15972 1829 5 off off RP 15972 1829 6 the the DT 15972 1829 7 map map NN 15972 1829 8 simply simply RB 15972 1829 9 from from IN 15972 1829 10 place place NN 15972 1829 11 to to IN 15972 1829 12 place place NN 15972 1829 13 and and CC 15972 1829 14 from from IN 15972 1829 15 camp camp NN 15972 1829 16 to to IN 15972 1829 17 camp camp NN 15972 1829 18 , , , 15972 1829 19 and and CC 15972 1829 20 they -PRON- PRP 15972 1829 21 do do VBP 15972 1829 22 not not RB 15972 1829 23 include include VB 15972 1829 24 the the DT 15972 1829 25 distances distance NNS 15972 1829 26 marched march VBD 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5 Redvers Redvers NNP 15972 1830 6 Buller Buller NNP 15972 1830 7 . . . 15972 1830 8 _ _ NNP 15972 1830 9 August August NNP 15972 1830 10 7th 7th NN 15972 1830 11 till till IN 15972 1830 12 October October NNP 15972 1830 13 2nd 2nd NN 15972 1830 14 , , , 15972 1830 15 1900 1900 CD 15972 1830 16 . . . 15972 1831 1 Zandspruit zandspruit NN 15972 1831 2 to to IN 15972 1831 3 Lydenburg Lydenburg NNP 15972 1831 4 , , , 15972 1831 5 271 271 CD 15972 1831 6 miles mile NNS 15972 1831 7 in in IN 15972 1831 8 54 54 CD 15972 1831 9 days day NNS 15972 1831 10 , , , 15972 1831 11 including include VBG 15972 1831 12 all all DT 15972 1831 13 halts halt NNS 15972 1831 14 . . . 15972 1832 1 _ _ NNP 15972 1832 2 Trek Trek NNP 15972 1832 3 under under IN 15972 1832 4 General General NNP 15972 1832 5 Walter Walter NNP 15972 1832 6 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 15972 1832 7 . . . 15972 1832 8 _ _ NNP 15972 1832 9 April April NNP 15972 1832 10 13th 13th NN 15972 1832 11 till till IN 15972 1832 12 September September NNP 15972 1832 13 2nd 2nd NN 15972 1832 14 , , , 15972 1832 15 1901 1901 CD 15972 1832 16 . . . 15972 1833 1 Lydenburg Lydenburg NNP 15972 1833 2 , , , 15972 1833 3 Secoconi Secoconi NNP 15972 1833 4 's 's POS 15972 1833 5 country country NN 15972 1833 6 , , , 15972 1833 7 Middleburg Middleburg NNP 15972 1833 8 , , , 15972 1833 9 Swazi Swazi NNP 15972 1833 10 Border Border NNP 15972 1833 11 , , , 15972 1833 12 Bethel Bethel NNP 15972 1833 13 , , , 15972 1833 14 Springs Springs NNP 15972 1833 15 , , , 15972 1833 16 Middleburg Middleburg NNP 15972 1833 17 , , , 15972 1833 18 Bothas Bothas NNP 15972 1833 19 Berg Berg NNP 15972 1833 20 , , , 15972 1833 21 and and CC 15972 1833 22 country country NN 15972 1833 23 north north NN 15972 1833 24 of of IN 15972 1833 25 the the DT 15972 1833 26 railway railway NN 15972 1833 27 line line NN 15972 1833 28 . . . 15972 1834 1 1006 1006 CD 15972 1834 2 miles mile NNS 15972 1834 3 in in IN 15972 1834 4 141 141 CD 15972 1834 5 days day NNS 15972 1834 6 , , , 15972 1834 7 including include VBG 15972 1834 8 all all DT 15972 1834 9 halts halt NNS 15972 1834 10 . . . 15972 1835 1 On on IN 15972 1835 2 the the DT 15972 1835 3 evening evening NN 15972 1835 4 of of IN 15972 1835 5 January January NNP 15972 1835 6 1st 1st NN 15972 1835 7 the the DT 15972 1835 8 Regiment regiment NN 15972 1835 9 embarked embark VBD 15972 1835 10 on on IN 15972 1835 11 the the DT 15972 1835 12 s.s s.s NNP 15972 1835 13 . . NNP 15972 1835 14 _ _ NNP 15972 1835 15 Armenian Armenian NNP 15972 1835 16 _ _ NNP 15972 1835 17 , , , 15972 1835 18 and and CC 15972 1835 19 was be VBD 15972 1835 20 followed follow VBN 15972 1835 21 by by IN 15972 1835 22 the the DT 15972 1835 23 2nd 2nd JJ 15972 1835 24 battalion battalion NN 15972 1835 25 Gordon Gordon NNP 15972 1835 26 Highlanders Highlanders NNPS 15972 1835 27 , , , 15972 1835 28 who who WP 15972 1835 29 embarked embark VBD 15972 1835 30 on on IN 15972 1835 31 January January NNP 15972 1835 32 2nd 2nd NN 15972 1835 33 . . . 15972 1836 1 On on IN 15972 1836 2 January January NNP 15972 1836 3 3rd 3rd NN 15972 1836 4 the the DT 15972 1836 5 ship ship NN 15972 1836 6 conveying convey VBG 15972 1836 7 the the DT 15972 1836 8 two two CD 15972 1836 9 regiments regiment NNS 15972 1836 10 sailed sail VBD 15972 1836 11 for for IN 15972 1836 12 Bombay Bombay NNP 15972 1836 13 , , , 15972 1836 14 which which WDT 15972 1836 15 port port NN 15972 1836 16 was be VBD 15972 1836 17 reached reach VBN 15972 1836 18 on on IN 15972 1836 19 January January NNP 15972 1836 20 18th 18th NN 15972 1836 21 . . . 15972 1837 1 Lord Lord NNP 15972 1837 2 Northcote Northcote NNP 15972 1837 3 , , , 15972 1837 4 the the DT 15972 1837 5 Governor Governor NNP 15972 1837 6 of of IN 15972 1837 7 Bombay Bombay NNP 15972 1837 8 , , , 15972 1837 9 received receive VBD 15972 1837 10 the the DT 15972 1837 11 two two CD 15972 1837 12 regiments regiment NNS 15972 1837 13 on on IN 15972 1837 14 disembarkation disembarkation NN 15972 1837 15 and and CC 15972 1837 16 addressed address VBD 15972 1837 17 them -PRON- PRP 15972 1837 18 , , , 15972 1837 19 congratulating congratulate VBG 15972 1837 20 them -PRON- PRP 15972 1837 21 on on IN 15972 1837 22 their -PRON- PRP$ 15972 1837 23 good good JJ 15972 1837 24 work work NN 15972 1837 25 in in IN 15972 1837 26 South South NNP 15972 1837 27 Africa Africa NNP 15972 1837 28 . . . 15972 1838 1 The the DT 15972 1838 2 Devons Devons NNPS 15972 1838 3 entrained entrain VBD 15972 1838 4 the the DT 15972 1838 5 same same JJ 15972 1838 6 evening evening NN 15972 1838 7 for for IN 15972 1838 8 Shahjehanpur Shahjehanpur NNP 15972 1838 9 in in IN 15972 1838 10 the the DT 15972 1838 11 United United NNP 15972 1838 12 Provinces Provinces NNP 15972 1838 13 . . . 15972 1839 1 The the DT 15972 1839 2 honours honour NNS 15972 1839 3 gained gain VBN 15972 1839 4 by by IN 15972 1839 5 the the DT 15972 1839 6 officers officer NNS 15972 1839 7 and and CC 15972 1839 8 men man NNS 15972 1839 9 of of IN 15972 1839 10 the the DT 15972 1839 11 battalion battalion NN 15972 1839 12 were be VBD 15972 1839 13 as as IN 15972 1839 14 follows:-- follows:-- ADD 15972 1839 15 1 1 CD 15972 1839 16 . . . 15972 1840 1 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1840 2 Yule Yule NNP 15972 1840 3 to to TO 15972 1840 4 be be VB 15972 1840 5 C.B. C.B. NNP 15972 1841 1 2 2 LS 15972 1841 2 . . . 15972 1842 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1842 2 - - HYPH 15972 1842 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1842 4 Park Park NNP 15972 1842 5 to to TO 15972 1842 6 be be VB 15972 1842 7 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1842 8 - - HYPH 15972 1842 9 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1842 10 and and CC 15972 1842 11 Aide Aide NNP 15972 1842 12 - - HYPH 15972 1842 13 de de NNP 15972 1842 14 - - NN 15972 1842 15 Camp Camp NNP 15972 1842 16 to to IN 15972 1842 17 the the DT 15972 1842 18 King King NNP 15972 1842 19 . . . 15972 1843 1 3 3 LS 15972 1843 2 . . . 15972 1844 1 Major Major NNP 15972 1844 2 Davies Davies NNP 15972 1844 3 , , , 15972 1844 4 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1844 5 , , , 15972 1844 6 to to TO 15972 1844 7 be be VB 15972 1844 8 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1844 9 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1844 10 - - HYPH 15972 1844 11 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1844 12 . . . 15972 1845 1 4 4 LS 15972 1845 2 . . . 15972 1846 1 Major Major NNP 15972 1846 2 Curry Curry NNP 15972 1846 3 granted grant VBD 15972 1846 4 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1847 1 5 5 CD 15972 1847 2 . . . 15972 1848 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1848 2 Jacson Jacson NNP 15972 1848 3 to to TO 15972 1848 4 be be VB 15972 1848 5 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1848 6 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1848 7 - - HYPH 15972 1848 8 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1848 9 on on IN 15972 1848 10 promotion promotion NN 15972 1848 11 to to IN 15972 1848 12 the the DT 15972 1848 13 rank rank NN 15972 1848 14 of of IN 15972 1848 15 Major Major NNP 15972 1848 16 . . . 15972 1849 1 6 6 CD 15972 1849 2 . . . 15972 1850 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1850 2 Norton Norton NNP 15972 1850 3 Goodwyn Goodwyn NNP 15972 1850 4 , , , 15972 1850 5 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1850 6 , , , 15972 1850 7 to to TO 15972 1850 8 be be VB 15972 1850 9 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1850 10 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1850 11 - - HYPH 15972 1850 12 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1850 13 on on IN 15972 1850 14 promotion promotion NN 15972 1850 15 to to IN 15972 1850 16 the the DT 15972 1850 17 rank rank NN 15972 1850 18 of of IN 15972 1850 19 Major Major NNP 15972 1850 20 . . . 15972 1851 1 7 7 LS 15972 1851 2 . . . 15972 1852 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1852 2 Travers Travers NNP 15972 1852 3 granted grant VBD 15972 1852 4 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1853 1 8 8 LS 15972 1853 2 . . . 15972 1854 1 Captain captain NN 15972 1854 2 and and CC 15972 1854 3 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 15972 1854 4 Ravenshaw Ravenshaw NNP 15972 1854 5 to to TO 15972 1854 6 be be VB 15972 1854 7 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1854 8 - - HYPH 15972 1854 9 Major Major NNP 15972 1854 10 . . . 15972 1855 1 9 9 CD 15972 1855 2 . . . 15972 1856 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1856 2 Masterson Masterson NNP 15972 1856 3 to to TO 15972 1856 4 be be VB 15972 1856 5 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1856 6 - - HYPH 15972 1856 7 Major Major NNP 15972 1856 8 and and CC 15972 1856 9 awarded award VBD 15972 1856 10 the the DT 15972 1856 11 Victoria Victoria NNP 15972 1856 12 Cross Cross NNP 15972 1856 13 . . . 15972 1857 1 10 10 CD 15972 1857 2 . . . 15972 1858 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1858 2 E.M. E.M. NNP 15972 1858 3 Morris Morris NNP 15972 1858 4 to to TO 15972 1858 5 be be VB 15972 1858 6 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1858 7 - - HYPH 15972 1858 8 Major Major NNP 15972 1858 9 . . . 15972 1859 1 11 11 CD 15972 1859 2 . . . 15972 1860 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1860 2 Emerson Emerson NNP 15972 1860 3 granted grant VBD 15972 1860 4 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1861 1 12 12 CD 15972 1861 2 . . . 15972 1861 3 " " '' 15972 1862 1 Willis Willis NNP 15972 1862 2 granted grant VBD 15972 1862 3 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1863 1 _ _ NNP 15972 1863 2 Attached Attached NNP 15972 1863 3 Officers Officers NNP 15972 1863 4 _ _ NNP 15972 1863 5 . . . 15972 1864 1 13 13 CD 15972 1864 2 . . . 15972 1865 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1865 2 Tringham Tringham NNP 15972 1865 3 , , , 15972 1865 4 the the DT 15972 1865 5 Queen Queen NNP 15972 1865 6 's 's POS 15972 1865 7 , , , 15972 1865 8 granted grant VBN 15972 1865 9 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1866 1 14 14 CD 15972 1866 2 . . . 15972 1867 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1867 2 Cowie Cowie NNP 15972 1867 3 , , , 15972 1867 4 Dorset Dorset NNP 15972 1867 5 Regiment Regiment NNP 15972 1867 6 , , , 15972 1867 7 granted grant VBD 15972 1867 8 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1868 1 The the DT 15972 1868 2 following follow VBG 15972 1868 3 officers officer NNS 15972 1868 4 of of IN 15972 1868 5 the the DT 15972 1868 6 1st 1st JJ 15972 1868 7 Battalion Battalion NNP 15972 1868 8 were be VBD 15972 1868 9 mentioned mention VBN 15972 1868 10 in in IN 15972 1868 11 dispatches:-- dispatches:-- -LRB- 15972 1868 12 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1868 13 Yule Yule NNP 15972 1868 14 -- -- : 15972 1868 15 once once RB 15972 1868 16 . . . 15972 1869 1 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1869 2 - - HYPH 15972 1869 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1869 4 Park Park NNP 15972 1869 5 , , , 15972 1869 6 A.D.C.--twice A.D.C.--twice NNP 15972 1869 7 . . . 15972 1870 1 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1870 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1870 3 - - HYPH 15972 1870 4 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1870 5 Davies Davies NNPS 15972 1870 6 , , , 15972 1870 7 D.S.O.--twice D.S.O.--twice NNP 15972 1870 8 . . . 15972 1871 1 Brevet Brevet NNP 15972 1871 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1871 3 - - HYPH 15972 1871 4 Colonel Colonel NNP 15972 1871 5 Jacson Jacson NNP 15972 1871 6 -- -- : 15972 1871 7 twice twice RB 15972 1871 8 . . . 15972 1871 9 " " '' 15972 1872 1 " " `` 15972 1872 2 Goodwyn goodwyn NN 15972 1872 3 -- -- : 15972 1872 4 twice twice RB 15972 1872 5 . . . 15972 1873 1 Major Major NNP 15972 1873 2 Curry Curry NNP 15972 1873 3 , , , 15972 1873 4 D.S.O.--twice D.S.O.--twice NNP 15972 1873 5 . . . 15972 1874 1 Brevet brevet JJ 15972 1874 2 - - HYPH 15972 1874 3 Major major JJ 15972 1874 4 Ravenshaw Ravenshaw NNS 15972 1874 5 -- -- : 15972 1874 6 four four CD 15972 1874 7 times time NNS 15972 1874 8 . . . 15972 1874 9 " " '' 15972 1875 1 Masterson Masterson NNP 15972 1875 2 , , , 15972 1875 3 V.C.--twice V.C.--twice NNP 15972 1875 4 . . . 15972 1876 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1876 2 W.B. W.B. NNP 15972 1877 1 Lafone lafone NN 15972 1877 2 -- -- : 15972 1877 3 twice twice RB 15972 1877 4 . . . 15972 1877 5 " " '' 15972 1878 1 Bartlett Bartlett NNP 15972 1878 2 -- -- : 15972 1878 3 once once RB 15972 1878 4 . . . 15972 1878 5 " " '' 15972 1879 1 Travers traver NNS 15972 1879 2 , , , 15972 1879 3 D.S.O.--once D.S.O.--once NNP 15972 1879 4 . . . 15972 1879 5 " " '' 15972 1880 1 Wren wren UH 15972 1880 2 -- -- : 15972 1880 3 once once RB 15972 1880 4 . . . 15972 1880 5 " " '' 15972 1881 1 Smyth Smyth NNP 15972 1881 2 - - HYPH 15972 1881 3 Osbourne osbourne NN 15972 1881 4 -- -- : 15972 1881 5 twice twice RB 15972 1881 6 . . . 15972 1881 7 " " '' 15972 1882 1 Luxmore luxmore NN 15972 1882 2 -- -- : 15972 1882 3 once once RB 15972 1882 4 . . . 15972 1883 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1883 2 Field Field NNP 15972 1883 3 -- -- : 15972 1883 4 twice twice RB 15972 1883 5 . . . 15972 1883 6 " " '' 15972 1884 1 Emerson Emerson NNP 15972 1884 2 , , , 15972 1884 3 D.S.O.--three D.S.O.--three NNP 15972 1884 4 times time NNS 15972 1884 5 . . . 15972 1884 6 " " '' 15972 1885 1 Willis Willis NNP 15972 1885 2 , , , 15972 1885 3 D.S.O.--once D.S.O.--once NNP 15972 1885 4 . . . 15972 1885 5 " " '' 15972 1886 1 Tringham Tringham NNP 15972 1886 2 , , , 15972 1886 3 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1887 1 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1887 2 attached)--once attached)--once NN 15972 1887 3 . . . 15972 1887 4 " " '' 15972 1888 1 Cowie Cowie NNP 15972 1888 2 , , , 15972 1888 3 D.S.O. D.S.O. NNP 15972 1889 1 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1889 2 attached)--twice attached)--twice NNP 15972 1889 3 . . . 15972 1889 4 " " '' 15972 1890 1 Twiss Twiss NNP 15972 1890 2 -- -- : 15972 1890 3 once once RB 15972 1890 4 . . . 15972 1890 5 " " '' 15972 1891 1 Harris Harris NNP 15972 1891 2 -- -- : 15972 1891 3 once once RB 15972 1891 4 . . . 15972 1891 5 " " '' 15972 1892 1 Green green JJ 15972 1892 2 -- -- : 15972 1892 3 once once RB 15972 1892 4 . . . 15972 1892 5 " " '' 15972 1893 1 Watts Watts NNP 15972 1893 2 -- -- : 15972 1893 3 once once RB 15972 1893 4 . . . 15972 1893 5 " " '' 15972 1894 1 Gardiner gardiner NN 15972 1894 2 -- -- : 15972 1894 3 once once RB 15972 1894 4 . . . 15972 1895 1 _ _ NNP 15972 1895 2 Non Non NNP 15972 1895 3 - - HYPH 15972 1895 4 commissioned commission VBN 15972 1895 5 Officers Officers NNPS 15972 1895 6 and and CC 15972 1895 7 Men Men NNPS 15972 1895 8 . . . 15972 1895 9 _ _ NNP 15972 1895 10 The the DT 15972 1895 11 following follow VBG 15972 1895 12 were be VBD 15972 1895 13 granted grant VBN 15972 1895 14 Distinguished Distinguished NNP 15972 1895 15 Conduct Conduct NNP 15972 1895 16 Medals:-- medals:-- NN 15972 1895 17 Colour Colour NNP 15972 1895 18 - - HYPH 15972 1895 19 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1895 20 Payne Payne NNP 15972 1895 21 . . . 15972 1895 22 " " '' 15972 1896 1 Horswell Horswell NNP 15972 1896 2 . . . 15972 1896 3 " " '' 15972 1897 1 Palmer palmer NN 15972 1897 2 . . . 15972 1897 3 " " '' 15972 1898 1 Burnell Burnell NNP 15972 1898 2 . . . 15972 1898 3 " " '' 15972 1899 1 Webb Webb NNP 15972 1899 2 . . . 15972 1899 3 " " '' 15972 1900 1 Aplin Aplin NNP 15972 1900 2 . . . 15972 1901 1 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1901 2 Pitt Pitt NNP 15972 1901 3 . . . 15972 1901 4 " " '' 15972 1902 1 Downing Downing NNP 15972 1902 2 . . . 15972 1902 3 " " '' 15972 1903 1 Hudson Hudson NNP 15972 1903 2 . . . 15972 1903 3 " " '' 15972 1904 1 Williams Williams NNP 15972 1904 2 . . . 15972 1905 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1905 2 - - HYPH 15972 1905 3 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1905 4 Poulter Poulter NNP 15972 1905 5 . . . 15972 1905 6 " " '' 15972 1906 1 Young young JJ 15972 1906 2 . . . 15972 1906 3 " " '' 15972 1907 1 Rowe rowe UH 15972 1907 2 . . . 15972 1908 1 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1908 2 Hansford Hansford NNP 15972 1908 3 . . . 15972 1909 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1909 2 Boulton Boulton NNP 15972 1909 3 . . . 15972 1909 4 " " '' 15972 1910 1 Davies davy NNS 15972 1910 2 . . . 15972 1911 1 The the DT 15972 1911 2 following following JJ 15972 1911 3 non non JJ 15972 1911 4 - - JJ 15972 1911 5 commissioned commissioned JJ 15972 1911 6 officers officer NNS 15972 1911 7 and and CC 15972 1911 8 men man NNS 15972 1911 9 were be VBD 15972 1911 10 mentioned mention VBN 15972 1911 11 in in IN 15972 1911 12 dispatches:-- dispatches:-- JJ 15972 1911 13 Colour Colour NNP 15972 1911 14 - - HYPH 15972 1911 15 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1911 16 Palmer Palmer NNP 15972 1911 17 -- -- : 15972 1911 18 four four CD 15972 1911 19 times time NNS 15972 1911 20 . . . 15972 1911 21 " " '' 15972 1912 1 Payne Payne NNP 15972 1912 2 -- -- : 15972 1912 3 twice twice RB 15972 1912 4 . . . 15972 1912 5 " " '' 15972 1913 1 Horswell Horswell NNP 15972 1913 2 -- -- : 15972 1913 3 once once RB 15972 1913 4 . . . 15972 1913 5 " " '' 15972 1914 1 Burnell Burnell NNP 15972 1914 2 -- -- : 15972 1914 3 once once RB 15972 1914 4 . . . 15972 1914 5 " " '' 15972 1915 1 Webb Webb NNP 15972 1915 2 -- -- : 15972 1915 3 once once RB 15972 1915 4 . . . 15972 1915 5 " " '' 15972 1916 1 Burchell burchell NN 15972 1916 2 -- -- : 15972 1916 3 once once RB 15972 1916 4 . . . 15972 1917 1 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1917 2 Hudson Hudson NNP 15972 1917 3 -- -- : 15972 1917 4 once once RB 15972 1917 5 . . . 15972 1917 6 " " '' 15972 1918 1 Downing down VBG 15972 1918 2 -- -- : 15972 1918 3 once once RB 15972 1918 4 . . . 15972 1918 5 " " '' 15972 1919 1 Young young JJ 15972 1919 2 -- -- : 15972 1919 3 twice twice RB 15972 1919 4 . . . 15972 1919 5 " " '' 15972 1920 1 Poulter poulter NN 15972 1920 2 -- -- : 15972 1920 3 once once RB 15972 1920 4 . . . 15972 1920 5 " " '' 15972 1921 1 Curtis Curtis NNP 15972 1921 2 -- -- : 15972 1921 3 once once RB 15972 1921 4 . . . 15972 1922 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1922 2 - - HYPH 15972 1922 3 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 1922 4 Rowe Rowe NNP 15972 1922 5 -- -- : 15972 1922 6 twice twice RB 15972 1922 7 . . . 15972 1923 1 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1923 2 Hayes Hayes NNP 15972 1923 3 -- -- : 15972 1923 4 once once RB 15972 1923 5 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1923 6 promoted promote VBN 15972 1923 7 sergeant sergeant NN 15972 1923 8 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1923 9 . . . 15972 1924 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1924 2 - - HYPH 15972 1924 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1924 4 Cummings cumming NNS 15972 1924 5 -- -- : 15972 1924 6 once once RB 15972 1924 7 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1924 8 promoted promote VBN 15972 1924 9 corporal corporal JJ 15972 1924 10 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1924 11 . . . 15972 1925 1 Private private JJ 15972 1925 2 Brimicombe Brimicombe NNP 15972 1925 3 -- -- : 15972 1925 4 twice twice RB 15972 1925 5 . . . 15972 1925 6 " " '' 15972 1926 1 Norman Norman NNP 15972 1926 2 -- -- : 15972 1926 3 three three CD 15972 1926 4 times time NNS 15972 1926 5 . . . 15972 1926 6 " " '' 15972 1927 1 Cox cox NN 15972 1927 2 -- -- : 15972 1927 3 twice twice RB 15972 1927 4 . . . 15972 1927 5 " " '' 15972 1928 1 Smith Smith NNP 15972 1928 2 -- -- : 15972 1928 3 once once RB 15972 1928 4 . . . 15972 1928 5 " " '' 15972 1929 1 Youlden Youlden NNP 15972 1929 2 -- -- : 15972 1929 3 once once RB 15972 1929 4 . . . 15972 1929 5 " " '' 15972 1930 1 Clay clay NN 15972 1930 2 -- -- : 15972 1930 3 once once RB 15972 1930 4 . . . 15972 1930 5 " " '' 15972 1931 1 Edwards Edwards NNP 15972 1931 2 -- -- : 15972 1931 3 once once RB 15972 1931 4 . . . 15972 1931 5 " " '' 15972 1932 1 Hayman hayman NN 15972 1932 2 -- -- : 15972 1932 3 once once RB 15972 1932 4 . . . 15972 1932 5 " " '' 15972 1933 1 Davies davy NNS 15972 1933 2 -- -- : 15972 1933 3 once once RB 15972 1933 4 . . . 15972 1933 5 " " '' 15972 1934 1 Hansford Hansford NNP 15972 1934 2 -- -- : 15972 1934 3 twice twice RB 15972 1934 4 . . . 15972 1934 5 " " '' 15972 1935 1 Boulton Boulton NNP 15972 1935 2 -- -- : 15972 1935 3 once once RB 15972 1935 4 . . . 15972 1936 1 [ [ -LRB- 15972 1936 2 Illustration illustration NN 15972 1936 3 : : : 15972 1936 4 Monument Monument NNP 15972 1936 5 Erected erect VBN 15972 1936 6 in in IN 15972 1936 7 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1936 8 Cemetery Cemetery NNP 15972 1936 9 ] ] -RRB- 15972 1936 10 The the DT 15972 1936 11 following follow VBG 15972 1936 12 is be VBZ 15972 1936 13 a a DT 15972 1936 14 list list NN 15972 1936 15 of of IN 15972 1936 16 the the DT 15972 1936 17 killed kill VBN 15972 1936 18 and and CC 15972 1936 19 wounded wound VBN 15972 1936 20 and and CC 15972 1936 21 of of IN 15972 1936 22 those those DT 15972 1936 23 who who WP 15972 1936 24 died die VBD 15972 1936 25 of of IN 15972 1936 26 disease disease NN 15972 1936 27 during during IN 15972 1936 28 the the DT 15972 1936 29 campaign:-- campaign:-- : 15972 1936 30 _ _ NNP 15972 1936 31 Officers Officers NNPS 15972 1936 32 : : : 15972 1936 33 Killed kill VBN 15972 1936 34 . . . 15972 1936 35 _ _ NNP 15972 1936 36 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1936 37 W.B. W.B. NNP 15972 1937 1 Lafone lafone NN 15972 1937 2 . . . 15972 1938 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1938 2 Field Field NNP 15972 1938 3 . . . 15972 1938 4 " " '' 15972 1939 1 Dalzel Dalzel NNP 15972 1939 2 . . . 15972 1939 3 " " '' 15972 1940 1 Price price NN 15972 1940 2 - - HYPH 15972 1940 3 Dent dent NN 15972 1940 4 . . . 15972 1941 1 2nd 2nd NNP 15972 1941 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1941 3 Cumin Cumin NNP 15972 1941 4 . . . 15972 1941 5 " " '' 15972 1942 1 Carey Carey NNP 15972 1942 2 . . . 15972 1943 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1943 2 Walker Walker NNP 15972 1943 3 , , , 15972 1943 4 Somerset Somerset NNP 15972 1943 5 Light Light NNP 15972 1943 6 Infantry Infantry NNP 15972 1943 7 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1943 8 attached attach VBN 15972 1943 9 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1943 10 . . . 15972 1944 1 _ _ NNP 15972 1944 2 Wounded Wounded NNP 15972 1944 3 . . . 15972 1944 4 _ _ NNP 15972 1944 5 Captain Captain NNP 15972 1944 6 Lafone Lafone NNP 15972 1944 7 -- -- : 15972 1944 8 twice twice RB 15972 1944 9 . . . 15972 1944 10 " " '' 15972 1945 1 Masterson Masterson NNP 15972 1945 2 . . . 15972 1945 3 " " '' 15972 1946 1 Luxmore luxmore NN 15972 1946 2 . . . 15972 1947 1 2nd 2nd NNP 15972 1947 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1947 3 Twiss Twiss NNP 15972 1947 4 . . . 15972 1947 5 " " '' 15972 1948 1 " " `` 15972 1948 2 Scafe Scafe NNP 15972 1948 3 . . . 15972 1948 4 " " '' 15972 1949 1 Kane Kane NNP 15972 1949 2 . . . 15972 1950 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1950 2 Caffin Caffin NNP 15972 1950 3 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1950 4 attached attach VBN 15972 1950 5 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1950 6 . . . 15972 1950 7 " " '' 15972 1951 1 Tringham Tringham NNP 15972 1951 2 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1951 3 attached attach VBN 15972 1951 4 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1951 5 . . . 15972 1951 6 " " '' 15972 1952 1 Byrne Byrne NNP 15972 1952 2 ( ( -LRB- 15972 1952 3 attached attach VBN 15972 1952 4 ) ) -RRB- 15972 1952 5 . . . 15972 1953 1 2nd 2nd NNP 15972 1953 2 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 15972 1953 3 Gunning Gunning NNP 15972 1953 4 . . . 15972 1953 5 " " '' 15972 1954 1 Hayley Hayley NNP 15972 1954 2 . . . 15972 1954 3 " " '' 15972 1955 1 Green green JJ 15972 1955 2 . . . 15972 1956 1 _ _ NNP 15972 1956 2 N.C.O. N.C.O. NNP 15972 1957 1 's 's POS 15972 1957 2 and and CC 15972 1957 3 Men Men NNP 15972 1957 4 . . . 15972 1957 5 _ _ NNP 15972 1957 6 _ _ NNP 15972 1957 7 Killed Killed NNP 15972 1957 8 and and CC 15972 1957 9 died die VBD 15972 1957 10 of of IN 15972 1957 11 wounds wound NNS 15972 1957 12 and and CC 15972 1957 13 diseases disease NNS 15972 1957 14 . . . 15972 1957 15 _ _ NNP 15972 1957 16 Private Private NNP 15972 1957 17 Taylor Taylor NNP 15972 1957 18 , , , 15972 1957 19 died die VBD 15972 1957 20 of of IN 15972 1957 21 disease disease NNP 15972 1957 22 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1957 23 . . . 15972 1957 24 " " '' 15972 1958 1 Forman Forman NNP 15972 1958 2 , , , 15972 1958 3 killed kill VBD 15972 1958 4 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1958 5 . . . 15972 1958 6 " " '' 15972 1959 1 Salter salter JJ 15972 1959 2 " " `` 15972 1959 3 " " '' 15972 1959 4 " " '' 15972 1959 5 Nolloth Nolloth NNP 15972 1959 6 , , , 15972 1959 7 died die VBD 15972 1959 8 of of IN 15972 1959 9 disease disease NNP 15972 1959 10 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1959 11 . . . 15972 1959 12 " " '' 15972 1960 1 Richards Richards NNP 15972 1960 2 " " `` 15972 1960 3 " " `` 15972 1960 4 " " '' 15972 1960 5 " " `` 15972 1960 6 Edwards Edwards NNP 15972 1960 7 " " '' 15972 1960 8 " " '' 15972 1960 9 " " '' 15972 1960 10 " " `` 15972 1960 11 Paddon Paddon NNP 15972 1960 12 " " '' 15972 1960 13 " " `` 15972 1960 14 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 15972 1960 15 . . . 15972 1960 16 " " '' 15972 1961 1 Hayward Hayward NNP 15972 1961 2 " " `` 15972 1961 3 " " `` 15972 1961 4 " " '' 15972 1961 5 " " '' 15972 1961 6 Morgan Morgan NNP 15972 1961 7 , , , 15972 1961 8 died die VBD 15972 1961 9 of of IN 15972 1961 10 wounds wound NNS 15972 1961 11 " " '' 15972 1961 12 " " `` 15972 1961 13 Manley Manley NNP 15972 1961 14 , , , 15972 1961 15 died die VBD 15972 1961 16 of of IN 15972 1961 17 disease disease NN 15972 1961 18 " " '' 15972 1961 19 " " `` 15972 1961 20 Goff Goff NNP 15972 1961 21 , , , 15972 1961 22 killed kill VBD 15972 1961 23 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 15972 1961 24 . . . 15972 1961 25 " " '' 15972 1962 1 Brockett Brockett NNP 15972 1962 2 , , , 15972 1962 3 killed kill VBD 15972 1962 4 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1962 5 . . . 15972 1962 6 " " '' 15972 1963 1 Cook Cook NNP 15972 1963 2 , , , 15972 1963 3 died die VBD 15972 1963 4 of of IN 15972 1963 5 disease disease NNP 15972 1963 6 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1963 7 . . . 15972 1963 8 " " '' 15972 1964 1 Banfield Banfield NNP 15972 1964 2 , , , 15972 1964 3 died die VBD 15972 1964 4 of of IN 15972 1964 5 wounds wound NNS 15972 1964 6 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1964 7 . . . 15972 1964 8 " " '' 15972 1965 1 Sullivan Sullivan NNP 15972 1965 2 , , , 15972 1965 3 died die VBD 15972 1965 4 of of IN 15972 1965 5 disease disease NN 15972 1965 6 " " '' 15972 1965 7 " " `` 15972 1965 8 Woolacott Woolacott NNP 15972 1965 9 , , , 15972 1965 10 died die VBD 15972 1965 11 of of IN 15972 1965 12 disease disease NN 15972 1965 13 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 15972 1965 14 . . . 15972 1965 15 " " '' 15972 1966 1 Penfold penfold JJ 15972 1966 2 " " `` 15972 1966 3 " " `` 15972 1966 4 " " '' 15972 1966 5 " " `` 15972 1966 6 Silvester Silvester NNP 15972 1966 7 " " '' 15972 1966 8 " " `` 15972 1966 9 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1966 10 . . . 15972 1966 11 " " '' 15972 1967 1 Marsh Marsh NNP 15972 1967 2 " " `` 15972 1967 3 " " `` 15972 1967 4 " " '' 15972 1967 5 " " `` 15972 1967 6 Nunn Nunn NNP 15972 1967 7 " " '' 15972 1967 8 " " '' 15972 1967 9 " " '' 15972 1967 10 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1967 11 - - HYPH 15972 1967 12 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1967 13 Leonard Leonard NNP 15972 1967 14 , , , 15972 1967 15 died die VBD 15972 1967 16 of of IN 15972 1967 17 disease disease NNP 15972 1967 18 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1967 19 . . . 15972 1968 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1968 2 Evans Evans NNP 15972 1968 3 , , , 15972 1968 4 died die VBD 15972 1968 5 of of IN 15972 1968 6 disease disease NNP 15972 1968 7 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1968 8 . . . 15972 1968 9 " " '' 15972 1969 1 Parrott Parrott NNP 15972 1969 2 , , , 15972 1969 3 killed kill VBD 15972 1969 4 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 15972 1969 5 . . . 15972 1969 6 " " '' 15972 1970 1 Arthur Arthur NNP 15972 1970 2 , , , 15972 1970 3 died die VBD 15972 1970 4 of of IN 15972 1970 5 disease disease NN 15972 1970 6 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 15972 1970 7 . . . 15972 1970 8 " " '' 15972 1971 1 Luck Luck NNP 15972 1971 2 " " `` 15972 1971 3 " " `` 15972 1971 4 " " '' 15972 1971 5 " " `` 15972 1971 6 Mathews Mathews NNP 15972 1971 7 " " '' 15972 1971 8 " " `` 15972 1971 9 " " '' 15972 1971 10 " " `` 15972 1971 11 Clements Clements NNP 15972 1971 12 " " '' 15972 1971 13 " " `` 15972 1971 14 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1971 15 . . . 15972 1971 16 " " '' 15972 1972 1 Seager Seager NNP 15972 1972 2 , , , 15972 1972 3 died die VBD 15972 1972 4 of of IN 15972 1972 5 wounds wound NNS 15972 1972 6 " " '' 15972 1972 7 " " `` 15972 1972 8 Connabeer Connabeer NNP 15972 1972 9 , , , 15972 1972 10 died die VBD 15972 1972 11 of of IN 15972 1972 12 disease disease NN 15972 1972 13 " " '' 15972 1972 14 " " `` 15972 1972 15 Swannell Swannell NNP 15972 1972 16 " " '' 15972 1972 17 " " '' 15972 1972 18 " " '' 15972 1972 19 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1972 20 - - HYPH 15972 1972 21 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1972 22 Spear Spear NNP 15972 1972 23 , , , 15972 1972 24 died die VBD 15972 1972 25 of of IN 15972 1972 26 disease disease NN 15972 1972 27 . . . 15972 1973 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1973 2 Litton Litton NNP 15972 1973 3 , , , 15972 1973 4 killed kill VBD 15972 1973 5 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1973 6 . . . 15972 1973 7 " " '' 15972 1974 1 Vinnicombe Vinnicombe NNP 15972 1974 2 , , , 15972 1974 3 died die VBD 15972 1974 4 of of IN 15972 1974 5 disease disease NN 15972 1974 6 . . . 15972 1974 7 " " '' 15972 1975 1 Down down RB 15972 1975 2 " " `` 15972 1975 3 " " `` 15972 1975 4 " " `` 15972 1975 5 Rowland Rowland NNP 15972 1975 6 " " '' 15972 1975 7 " " `` 15972 1975 8 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1975 9 - - HYPH 15972 1975 10 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1975 11 Pratt Pratt NNP 15972 1975 12 , , , 15972 1975 13 killed kill VBD 15972 1975 14 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1975 15 . . . 15972 1976 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1976 2 Bibb Bibb NNP 15972 1976 3 , , , 15972 1976 4 killed kill VBD 15972 1976 5 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1976 6 . . . 15972 1976 7 " " '' 15972 1977 1 Harvey harvey NN 15972 1977 2 " " `` 15972 1977 3 " " '' 15972 1977 4 " " `` 15972 1977 5 Woods Woods NNP 15972 1977 6 , , , 15972 1977 7 died die VBD 15972 1977 8 of of IN 15972 1977 9 wounds wound NNS 15972 1977 10 received receive VBD 15972 1977 11 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1977 12 . . . 15972 1977 13 " " '' 15972 1978 1 Hornsby hornsby UH 15972 1978 2 , , , 15972 1978 3 died die VBD 15972 1978 4 of of IN 15972 1978 5 wounds wound NNS 15972 1978 6 received receive VBD 15972 1978 7 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1978 8 . . . 15972 1979 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1979 2 Milton Milton NNP 15972 1979 3 , , , 15972 1979 4 died die VBD 15972 1979 5 of of IN 15972 1979 6 disease disease NNP 15972 1979 7 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1979 8 . . . 15972 1979 9 " " '' 15972 1980 1 Firminger firminger RB 15972 1980 2 " " `` 15972 1980 3 " " `` 15972 1980 4 " " '' 15972 1980 5 " " `` 15972 1980 6 Vicary Vicary NNP 15972 1980 7 " " '' 15972 1980 8 " " '' 15972 1980 9 " " '' 15972 1980 10 " " `` 15972 1980 11 Newbury Newbury NNP 15972 1980 12 " " '' 15972 1980 13 " " '' 15972 1980 14 " " '' 15972 1980 15 " " '' 15972 1980 16 Lane Lane NNP 15972 1980 17 " " '' 15972 1980 18 " " '' 15972 1980 19 " " '' 15972 1980 20 " " `` 15972 1980 21 Sheridan Sheridan NNP 15972 1980 22 " " '' 15972 1980 23 " " '' 15972 1980 24 " " '' 15972 1980 25 " " `` 15972 1980 26 Horswell Horswell NNP 15972 1980 27 " " '' 15972 1980 28 " " '' 15972 1980 29 " " `` 15972 1980 30 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1980 31 - - HYPH 15972 1980 32 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1980 33 Vern Vern NNP 15972 1980 34 , , , 15972 1980 35 killed kill VBD 15972 1980 36 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1980 37 . . . 15972 1981 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1981 2 Bamsey Bamsey NNP 15972 1981 3 , , , 15972 1981 4 killed kill VBD 15972 1981 5 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1981 6 . . . 15972 1981 7 " " '' 15972 1982 1 Fair fair JJ 15972 1982 2 " " '' 15972 1982 3 " " '' 15972 1982 4 " " `` 15972 1982 5 Roper Roper NNP 15972 1982 6 " " '' 15972 1982 7 " " '' 15972 1982 8 " " `` 15972 1982 9 Davidson Davidson NNP 15972 1982 10 " " '' 15972 1982 11 " " '' 15972 1982 12 " " `` 15972 1982 13 Curtis Curtis NNP 15972 1982 14 " " '' 15972 1982 15 " " '' 15972 1982 16 " " `` 15972 1982 17 Marden Marden NNP 15972 1982 18 " " '' 15972 1982 19 " " '' 15972 1982 20 " " `` 15972 1982 21 Brown Brown NNP 15972 1982 22 " " '' 15972 1982 23 " " '' 15972 1982 24 " " `` 15972 1982 25 Newcombe Newcombe NNP 15972 1982 26 " " '' 15972 1982 27 " " `` 15972 1982 28 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1982 29 - - HYPH 15972 1982 30 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1982 31 Pigeon Pigeon NNP 15972 1982 32 , , , 15972 1982 33 died die VBD 15972 1982 34 of of IN 15972 1982 35 wounds wound NNS 15972 1982 36 received receive VBD 15972 1982 37 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1982 38 . . . 15972 1983 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1983 2 Bevan Bevan NNP 15972 1983 3 , , , 15972 1983 4 died die VBD 15972 1983 5 of of IN 15972 1983 6 wounds wound NNS 15972 1983 7 received receive VBD 15972 1983 8 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1983 9 . . . 15972 1984 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1984 2 Page Page NNP 15972 1984 3 , , , 15972 1984 4 died die VBD 15972 1984 5 of of IN 15972 1984 6 wounds wound NNS 15972 1984 7 received receive VBD 15972 1984 8 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 1984 9 . . . 15972 1985 1 Private Private NNP 15972 1985 2 Vern Vern NNP 15972 1985 3 , , , 15972 1985 4 died die VBD 15972 1985 5 of of IN 15972 1985 6 disease disease NN 15972 1985 7 . . . 15972 1985 8 " " '' 15972 1986 1 Rosser rosser NN 15972 1986 2 died die VBD 15972 1986 3 of of IN 15972 1986 4 disease disease NN 15972 1986 5 . . . 15972 1986 6 " " '' 15972 1987 1 Clotworthy clotworthy JJ 15972 1987 2 " " `` 15972 1987 3 " " `` 15972 1987 4 " " `` 15972 1987 5 Turner Turner NNP 15972 1987 6 " " '' 15972 1987 7 " " '' 15972 1987 8 " " `` 15972 1987 9 Ponting ponte VBG 15972 1987 10 " " '' 15972 1987 11 " " '' 15972 1987 12 " " `` 15972 1987 13 Rawbone Rawbone NNP 15972 1987 14 " " '' 15972 1987 15 " " '' 15972 1987 16 " " '' 15972 1987 17 Jeffries Jeffries NNP 15972 1987 18 , , , 15972 1987 19 died die VBD 15972 1987 20 of of IN 15972 1987 21 wounds wound NNS 15972 1987 22 . . . 15972 1987 23 " " '' 15972 1988 1 Young Young NNP 15972 1988 2 , , , 15972 1988 3 died die VBD 15972 1988 4 of of IN 15972 1988 5 disease disease NN 15972 1988 6 . . . 15972 1988 7 " " '' 15972 1989 1 Davidson Davidson NNP 15972 1989 2 " " `` 15972 1989 3 " " `` 15972 1989 4 " " `` 15972 1989 5 Cunningham Cunningham NNP 15972 1989 6 " " '' 15972 1989 7 " " `` 15972 1989 8 Lance Lance NNP 15972 1989 9 - - HYPH 15972 1989 10 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1989 11 Murfin Murfin NNP 15972 1989 12 , , , 15972 1989 13 died die VBD 15972 1989 14 of of IN 15972 1989 15 disease disease NN 15972 1989 16 . . . 15972 1990 1 Private private JJ 15972 1990 2 Livermore livermore NN 15972 1990 3 " " '' 15972 1990 4 " " `` 15972 1990 5 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 1990 6 Wright Wright NNP 15972 1990 7 " " '' 15972 1990 8 " " `` 15972 1990 9 Private Private NNP 15972 1990 10 Humphrey Humphrey NNP 15972 1990 11 , , , 15972 1990 12 killed kill VBD 15972 1990 13 . . . 15972 1990 14 " " '' 15972 1991 1 Bowles Bowles NNP 15972 1991 2 , , , 15972 1991 3 died die VBD 15972 1991 4 of of IN 15972 1991 5 disease disease NN 15972 1991 6 . . . 15972 1991 7 " " '' 15972 1992 1 Watts Watts NNP 15972 1992 2 " " `` 15972 1992 3 " " `` 15972 1992 4 " " `` 15972 1992 5 Meade Meade NNP 15972 1992 6 " " '' 15972 1992 7 " " '' 15972 1992 8 " " `` 15972 1992 9 Phillips phillip NNS 15972 1992 10 " " '' 15972 1992 11 " " '' 15972 1992 12 " " `` 15972 1992 13 Kingham Kingham NNP 15972 1992 14 " " '' 15972 1992 15 " " '' 15972 1992 16 " " '' 15972 1992 17 Winsor Winsor NNP 15972 1992 18 , , , 15972 1992 19 killed kill VBD 15972 1992 20 Reitfontein Reitfontein NNP 15972 1992 21 . . . 15972 1992 22 " " '' 15972 1993 1 Mayne Mayne NNP 15972 1993 2 , , , 15972 1993 3 died die VBD 15972 1993 4 of of IN 15972 1993 5 disease disease NN 15972 1993 6 . . . 15972 1993 7 " " '' 15972 1994 1 Tayler Tayler NNP 15972 1994 2 " " '' 15972 1994 3 " " '' 15972 1994 4 " " `` 15972 1994 5 Pike Pike NNP 15972 1994 6 " " '' 15972 1994 7 " " '' 15972 1994 8 " " `` 15972 1994 9 Trenchard Trenchard NNP 15972 1994 10 " " '' 15972 1994 11 " " '' 15972 1994 12 " " '' 15972 1994 13 Salter Salter NNP 15972 1994 14 , , , 15972 1994 15 killed kill VBD 15972 1994 16 Geluk Geluk NNP 15972 1994 17 . . . 15972 1994 18 " " '' 15972 1995 1 Cole Cole NNP 15972 1995 2 " " `` 15972 1995 3 " " `` 15972 1995 4 " " `` 15972 1995 5 Mcgrath Mcgrath NNP 15972 1995 6 " " '' 15972 1995 7 " " '' 15972 1995 8 " " `` 15972 1995 9 Smith Smith NNP 15972 1995 10 " " '' 15972 1995 11 " " '' 15972 1995 12 " " '' 15972 1995 13 Lashbrook lashbrook NN 15972 1995 14 , , , 15972 1995 15 died die VBD 15972 1995 16 of of IN 15972 1995 17 wounds wound NNS 15972 1995 18 . . . 15972 1995 19 " " '' 15972 1996 1 Rowe Rowe NNP 15972 1996 2 , , , 15972 1996 3 died die VBD 15972 1996 4 of of IN 15972 1996 5 disease disease NN 15972 1996 6 . . . 15972 1996 7 " " '' 15972 1997 1 Holmes Holmes NNP 15972 1997 2 " " `` 15972 1997 3 " " `` 15972 1997 4 " " `` 15972 1997 5 Conian conian JJ 15972 1997 6 " " '' 15972 1997 7 " " '' 15972 1997 8 _ _ NNP 15972 1997 9 N.C.O. N.C.O. NNP 15972 1998 1 's 's POS 15972 1998 2 and and CC 15972 1998 3 Men Men NNPS 15972 1998 4 Wounded wound VBN 15972 1998 5 . . . 15972 1998 6 _ _ NNP 15972 1998 7 Private Private NNP 15972 1998 8 Bidwell Bidwell NNP 15972 1998 9 . . . 15972 1998 10 " " '' 15972 1999 1 Turner Turner NNP 15972 1999 2 . . . 15972 1999 3 " " '' 15972 2000 1 Pirouet pirouet NN 15972 2000 2 . . . 15972 2000 3 " " '' 15972 2001 1 Spiller Spiller NNP 15972 2001 2 . . . 15972 2001 3 " " '' 15972 2002 1 Laycock Laycock NNP 15972 2002 2 . . . 15972 2002 3 " " '' 15972 2003 1 Wright Wright NNP 15972 2003 2 . . . 15972 2004 1 Col.-Sergeant Col.-Sergeant NNP 15972 2004 2 Webb Webb NNP 15972 2004 3 . . . 15972 2005 1 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2005 2 Shapland Shapland NNP 15972 2005 3 . . . 15972 2005 4 " " '' 15972 2006 1 Bradford Bradford NNP 15972 2006 2 . . . 15972 2007 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2007 2 - - HYPH 15972 2007 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2007 4 Millward Millward NNP 15972 2007 5 . . . 15972 2008 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2008 2 - - HYPH 15972 2008 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2008 4 Bennet Bennet NNP 15972 2008 5 . . . 15972 2009 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2009 2 - - HYPH 15972 2009 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2009 4 Whitman Whitman NNP 15972 2009 5 . . . 15972 2010 1 Private private JJ 15972 2010 2 Cox Cox NNP 15972 2010 3 . . . 15972 2010 4 " " '' 15972 2011 1 Norman Norman NNP 15972 2011 2 . . . 15972 2011 3 " " '' 15972 2012 1 Palmer palmer NN 15972 2012 2 . . . 15972 2012 3 " " '' 15972 2013 1 Webber Webber NNP 15972 2013 2 . . . 15972 2013 3 " " '' 15972 2014 1 Lemon lemon NN 15972 2014 2 . . . 15972 2015 1 Private private JJ 15972 2015 2 Lock lock NN 15972 2015 3 . . . 15972 2015 4 " " '' 15972 2016 1 Hutchings hutching NNS 15972 2016 2 . . . 15972 2016 3 " " '' 15972 2017 1 Bevan Bevan NNP 15972 2017 2 . . . 15972 2017 3 " " '' 15972 2018 1 Orchard Orchard NNP 15972 2018 2 . . . 15972 2018 3 " " '' 15972 2019 1 Spreadbury Spreadbury NNP 15972 2019 2 . . . 15972 2019 3 " " '' 15972 2020 1 Barnett Barnett NNP 15972 2020 2 . . . 15972 2020 3 " " '' 15972 2021 1 Cox cox NN 15972 2021 2 . . . 15972 2021 3 " " '' 15972 2022 1 Hay hay UH 15972 2022 2 . . . 15972 2022 3 " " '' 15972 2023 1 Page page NN 15972 2023 2 . . . 15972 2023 3 " " '' 15972 2024 1 King King NNP 15972 2024 2 . . . 15972 2024 3 " " '' 15972 2025 1 Saunders saunder NNS 15972 2025 2 . . . 15972 2025 3 " " '' 15972 2026 1 Wheaton Wheaton NNP 15972 2026 2 . . . 15972 2026 3 " " '' 15972 2027 1 Stapley Stapley NNP 15972 2027 2 . . . 15972 2027 3 " " '' 15972 2028 1 Brazil Brazil NNP 15972 2028 2 . . . 15972 2028 3 " " '' 15972 2029 1 West West NNP 15972 2029 2 . . . 15972 2029 3 " " '' 15972 2030 1 Onyett Onyett NNP 15972 2030 2 . . . 15972 2030 3 " " '' 15972 2031 1 Winson Winson NNP 15972 2031 2 . . . 15972 2031 3 " " '' 15972 2032 1 Dudley Dudley NNP 15972 2032 2 . . . 15972 2032 3 " " '' 15972 2033 1 Lott Lott NNP 15972 2033 2 . . . 15972 2033 3 " " '' 15972 2034 1 Hornsby hornsby UH 15972 2034 2 . . . 15972 2034 3 " " '' 15972 2035 1 Fordham Fordham NNP 15972 2035 2 . . . 15972 2035 3 " " '' 15972 2036 1 Turner Turner NNP 15972 2036 2 . . . 15972 2036 3 " " '' 15972 2037 1 Varndell Varndell NNP 15972 2037 2 . . . 15972 2037 3 " " '' 15972 2038 1 Mower Mower NNP 15972 2038 2 . . . 15972 2038 3 " " '' 15972 2039 1 Taylor Taylor NNP 15972 2039 2 . . . 15972 2040 1 Colour Colour NNP 15972 2040 2 - - HYPH 15972 2040 3 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 2040 4 Burchell Burchell NNP 15972 2040 5 . . . 15972 2041 1 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 2041 2 Williams Williams NNP 15972 2041 3 . . . 15972 2041 4 " " '' 15972 2042 1 Hawkins hawkin NNS 15972 2042 2 . . . 15972 2043 1 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2043 2 Lovell Lovell NNP 15972 2043 3 . . . 15972 2043 4 " " '' 15972 2044 1 Saunders saunder NNS 15972 2044 2 . . . 15972 2045 1 Private private JJ 15972 2045 2 Lupton Lupton NNP 15972 2045 3 . . . 15972 2045 4 " " '' 15972 2046 1 Harford Harford NNP 15972 2046 2 . . . 15972 2046 3 " " '' 15972 2047 1 Parrott Parrott NNP 15972 2047 2 . . . 15972 2047 3 " " '' 15972 2048 1 Mahoney mahoney NN 15972 2048 2 . . . 15972 2048 3 " " '' 15972 2049 1 Allen Allen NNP 15972 2049 2 . . . 15972 2049 3 " " '' 15972 2050 1 Curtiss Curtiss NNP 15972 2050 2 . . . 15972 2050 3 " " '' 15972 2051 1 O'Brien O'Brien NNP 15972 2051 2 . . . 15972 2051 3 " " '' 15972 2052 1 Brown Brown NNP 15972 2052 2 . . . 15972 2052 3 " " '' 15972 2053 1 Gray Gray NNP 15972 2053 2 . . . 15972 2053 3 " " '' 15972 2054 1 Anstey anstey RB 15972 2054 2 . . . 15972 2054 3 " " '' 15972 2055 1 Lucas Lucas NNP 15972 2055 2 . . . 15972 2056 1 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 15972 2056 2 Leach Leach NNP 15972 2056 3 . . . 15972 2057 1 Private private JJ 15972 2057 2 Capp Capp NNP 15972 2057 3 . . . 15972 2057 4 " " '' 15972 2058 1 Gander Gander NNP 15972 2058 2 . . . 15972 2059 1 Private private JJ 15972 2059 2 Gregory Gregory NNP 15972 2059 3 . . . 15972 2059 4 " " '' 15972 2060 1 Reynolds reynold NNS 15972 2060 2 . . . 15972 2060 3 " " '' 15972 2061 1 Devitte Devitte NNP 15972 2061 2 . . . 15972 2061 3 " " '' 15972 2062 1 Osmonde Osmonde NNP 15972 2062 2 . . . 15972 2062 3 " " '' 15972 2063 1 Burge Burge NNP 15972 2063 2 . . . 15972 2063 3 " " '' 15972 2064 1 Newton Newton NNP 15972 2064 2 . . . 15972 2064 3 " " '' 15972 2065 1 Reed reed VB 15972 2065 2 . . . 15972 2066 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2066 2 - - HYPH 15972 2066 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2066 4 Bromford Bromford NNP 15972 2066 5 -- -- : 15972 2066 6 twice twice RB 15972 2066 7 . . . 15972 2067 1 Private private JJ 15972 2067 2 Rowe Rowe NNP 15972 2067 3 . . . 15972 2067 4 " " '' 15972 2068 1 Sussex Sussex NNP 15972 2068 2 . . . 15972 2068 3 " " '' 15972 2069 1 Ward Ward NNP 15972 2069 2 . . . 15972 2069 3 " " '' 15972 2070 1 Smith Smith NNP 15972 2070 2 . . . 15972 2070 3 " " '' 15972 2071 1 Easton Easton NNP 15972 2071 2 . . . 15972 2071 3 " " '' 15972 2072 1 Legatt Legatt NNP 15972 2072 2 . . . 15972 2073 1 Col.-Sergeant Col.-Sergeant NNP 15972 2073 2 Palmer Palmer NNP 15972 2073 3 . . . 15972 2074 1 Private private JJ 15972 2074 2 Bray Bray NNP 15972 2074 3 . . . 15972 2075 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2075 2 - - HYPH 15972 2075 3 Corporal Corporal NNP 15972 2075 4 Spear Spear NNP 15972 2075 5 . . . 15972 2076 1 Private private JJ 15972 2076 2 Kean Kean NNP 15972 2076 3 . . . 15972 2076 4 " " '' 15972 2077 1 Welch Welch NNP 15972 2077 2 . . . 15972 2077 3 " " '' 15972 2078 1 Peckham Peckham NNP 15972 2078 2 . . . 15972 2079 1 Lance Lance NNP 15972 2079 2 - - HYPH 15972 2079 3 Corpl Corpl NNP 15972 2079 4 . . . 15972 2080 1 Quick quick JJ 15972 2080 2 . . . 15972 2081 1 Private private JJ 15972 2081 2 Burns burn NNS 15972 2081 3 . . . 15972 2081 4 " " '' 15972 2082 1 Simmons simmon NNS 15972 2082 2 . . . 15972 2082 3 " " '' 15972 2083 1 Palmer palmer NN 15972 2083 2 . . . 15972 2084 1 Total total JJ 15972 2084 2 number number NN 15972 2084 3 of of IN 15972 2084 4 killed kill VBN 15972 2084 5 and and CC 15972 2084 6 wounded wound VBN 15972 2084 7 and and CC 15972 2084 8 died die VBD 15972 2084 9 of of IN 15972 2084 10 disease:-- disease:-- NNP 15972 2084 11 Killed kill VBN 15972 2084 12 and and CC 15972 2084 13 died die VBN 15972 2084 14 of of IN 15972 2084 15 disease disease NN 15972 2084 16 . . . 15972 2085 1 Wounded wound VBN 15972 2085 2 . . . 15972 2086 1 Officers officer NNS 15972 2086 2 7 7 CD 15972 2086 3 12 12 CD 15972 2086 4 N.C.O. n.c.o. NN 15972 2087 1 's 's POS 15972 2087 2 and and CC 15972 2087 3 men man NNS 15972 2087 4 91 91 CD 15972 2087 5 85 85 CD 15972 2087 6 Total total JJ 15972 2087 7 casualties casualty NNS 15972 2087 8 195 195 CD 15972 2087 9 A a DT 15972 2087 10 large large JJ 15972 2087 11 memorial memorial NN 15972 2087 12 is be VBZ 15972 2087 13 erected erect VBN 15972 2087 14 to to IN 15972 2087 15 the the DT 15972 2087 16 memory memory NN 15972 2087 17 of of IN 15972 2087 18 those those DT 15972 2087 19 who who WP 15972 2087 20 fell fall VBD 15972 2087 21 on on IN 15972 2087 22 January January NNP 15972 2087 23 6th 6th NN 15972 2087 24 at at IN 15972 2087 25 Wagon Wagon NNP 15972 2087 26 Hill Hill NNP 15972 2087 27 , , , 15972 2087 28 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 2087 29 , , , 15972 2087 30 on on IN 15972 2087 31 the the DT 15972 2087 32 spot spot NN 15972 2087 33 where where WRB 15972 2087 34 the the DT 15972 2087 35 charge charge NN 15972 2087 36 took take VBD 15972 2087 37 place place NN 15972 2087 38 . . . 15972 2088 1 It -PRON- PRP 15972 2088 2 bears bear VBZ 15972 2088 3 the the DT 15972 2088 4 following following JJ 15972 2088 5 inscription inscription NN 15972 2088 6 : : : 15972 2088 7 To to IN 15972 2088 8 the the DT 15972 2088 9 glory glory NN 15972 2088 10 of of IN 15972 2088 11 God God NNP 15972 2088 12 , , , 15972 2088 13 and and CC 15972 2088 14 in in IN 15972 2088 15 memory memory NN 15972 2088 16 of of IN 15972 2088 17 the the DT 15972 2088 18 following follow VBG 15972 2088 19 Officers Officers NNPS 15972 2088 20 , , , 15972 2088 21 Non Non NNP 15972 2088 22 - - HYPH 15972 2088 23 Commissioned commission VBN 15972 2088 24 Officers Officers NNPS 15972 2088 25 , , , 15972 2088 26 and and CC 15972 2088 27 Men Men NNPS 15972 2088 28 of of IN 15972 2088 29 the the DT 15972 2088 30 1st 1st JJ 15972 2088 31 Battalion Battalion NNP 15972 2088 32 Devonshire Devonshire NNP 15972 2088 33 Regiment Regiment NNP 15972 2088 34 , , , 15972 2088 35 who who WP 15972 2088 36 fell fall VBD 15972 2088 37 in in IN 15972 2088 38 the the DT 15972 2088 39 gallant gallant JJ 15972 2088 40 and and CC 15972 2088 41 successful successful JJ 15972 2088 42 charge charge NN 15972 2088 43 made make VBN 15972 2088 44 across across IN 15972 2088 45 this this DT 15972 2088 46 place place NN 15972 2088 47 by by IN 15972 2088 48 three three CD 15972 2088 49 companies company NNS 15972 2088 50 during during IN 15972 2088 51 the the DT 15972 2088 52 fight fight NN 15972 2088 53 on on IN 15972 2088 54 6th 6th JJ 15972 2088 55 January January NNP 15972 2088 56 , , , 15972 2088 57 1900 1900 CD 15972 2088 58 . . . 15972 2089 1 Siege Siege NNP 15972 2089 2 of of IN 15972 2089 3 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 15972 2089 4 . . . 15972 2090 1 Captain Captain NNP 15972 2090 2 W.B. 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