The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902
CHAPTER XV.
THE FIRST BATTALION.
1900-1902.
SOUTH AFRICA (CONTINUED): SLABBERT’S NEK: THE BRANDWATER BASIN: BERGENDAL: MONUMENT HILL: LYDENBURG: THE MOUNTED INFANTRY OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT 332
APPENDICES.
1. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE XVIIIth ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT FROM THE TIME OF ITS FORMATION IN 1684 TO THE END OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1902, AND THE PLACES WHERE IT HAS BEEN QUARTERED IN TIME OF PEACE 375
2. CASUALTY ROLL 385
3. OFFICERS OF THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTALIONS WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES BETWEEN 1805 AND 1816 403
4. ROLL OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT TO WHOM HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, MEDALS FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, AND FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT 404
5. THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN: COLONEL LAWRENCE’S ORDER OF JUNE 8, 1898 414
6. THE SOLDIER’S KIT IN SOUTH AFRICA 416
7. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF TRAINS 417
8. DIARY SHOWING MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST BATTALION IN THE NORTH OF THE TRANSVAAL BETWEEN APRIL 12, 1901, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1901 418
9. SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE REGIMENT 422
10. MEMORIALS OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT 431
11. TABLE SHOWING THE FORMER NUMBERS AND PRESENT NAMES OF THE INFANTRY REGIMENTS OF THE REGULAR ARMY 440
INDEX 443
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE NORTH TRANSEPT OF ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN _Frontispiece_
LITHOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF LORD WOLSELEY’S LETTER _facing_ viii
MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE AFGHAN, EGYPTIAN, AND NILE CAMPAIGNS 231
MEMORIALS TO THOSE WHO FELL IN SOUTH AFRICA 305, 374
LIST OF MAPS.
NO. 1. BLENHEIM, RAMILLIES, OUDENARDE, AND MALPLAQUET _facing_ 60
NO. 2. THE LOW COUNTRIES ” 78
NO. 3. BASIN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ” 116
NO. 4-5. CHINA AND BURMA ” 160
NO. 6. THE CRIMEA ” 188
NO. 7. NEW ZEALAND ” 220
NO. 8-9. THE WAR IN EGYPT, 1882--THE NILE EXPEDITION ” 286
NO. 10. SOUTH AFRICA ” 442
CORRIGENDA.
page line 40 24 _for_ Lieut. G. Roberts _read_ S. Roberts. 69 10 ” Colonel Crosby ” Cosby. 70 1 of footnote ” ” ” ” ” 121 10 ” ” Lieut. D. Edwards ” Edwardes. 128 4 ” ” Lieut. C. W. Davis ” G. W. Davis. { 3 ” ” Lieut. H. J. Stephenson ” H. F. Stephenson. 147 {15 ” ” Lieut. G. W. Stackpoole ” G. W. Stacpoole. {17 ” ” Ens. T. E. Esmond ” T. E. Esmonde. 160 28 ” Lieut. W. F. Cockburn ” W. P. Cockburn. 165 4 of footnote ” Capt. G. W. Stackpole ” G. W. Stacpoole.
The Campaigns and History of
The Royal Irish Regiment.