The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War Part 20

To the large majority of those present the ceremony was probably merely a spectacular entertainment, but its real significance was borne fully home to us, even without the sight of more than one poor woman, silently weeping from the re-opening of the never-healed wound in her heart. For there is nothing truer than that a victory is only less terrible than a defeat, and as the sad strains of the wailing music fell on our ears, our thoughts flew back through the many happy years of good-comrades.h.i.+p we had spent with the gallant friends whom we have never ceased to mourn, and whose names will be treasured memories as long as the regiment endures.

But with the opening of the gates by our Colonel-in-Chief a fresh chapter in the history of the regiment commenced, and all that remains for us who share in the triumph of the present is to emulate in the future the n.o.ble deeds of those who gave their lives in willing, cheerful sacrifice for their sovereign, their country, and their regiment.

THE END.

[Ill.u.s.tration: The South African Memorial, Natal.]

APPENDIX

I.

ROLL OF DEATH CASUALTIES.

KILLED IN ACTION.

No. Rank and Name. Place of Cause. Date. Remarks.

Death.

----+-----------------+---------------+------------+--------+-------- Capt. Weldon Talana Hill Killed in action 20/10/99 5103 Pte. Cahill " " "

5794 " Merrill " " "

5933 " Crotty " " "

5918 " Callaghan " " "

5795 " Balfe Chieveley " 15/11/99 Armoured Train 5031 " Birney " " " "

5546 " O'Shea Colenso " 1/11/99 While on patrol, M.I.

Lieut. Henry " " 15/12/99 3441 Sgt. Hayes " " "

4488 Pte. Smith " " "

5930 " Sinnott " " "

5123 " Broderick " " "

5319 L.-Cpl. Coyne " " "

5833 Pte. Dillon " " "

4795 " Murphy " " "

4380 " Doolan " " "

4299 " McAlpine " " "

5044 " Moore " " "

4560 " Clifford " " "

4838 " Flood " " "

6287 L.-Cpl. Gibson " " "

6134 Pte. Pea.r.s.e " " "

6044 L.-Cpl. Cathcart " " "

4462 Pte. Murphy " " "

6165 " Bennett " " "

6297 " Campion " " "

4679 " Bowen Potgieter's Drift " 8/2/00 Capt. Hensley Venter's Spruit " 20/1/00 5668 L.-Sgt. Taylor " " "

Lt.-Col. Sitwell Hart's Hill " 24/2/00 Capt. Maitland " " "

4261 Cpl. Seymour " " "

4871 Pte. White " " "

5359 " Galbraith " " "

6296 " Allen Pieter's Hill " 27/2/00 3303 " Timmins Hart's Hill " 24/2/00 Militia 4th R.D.F.

4012 " Armstrong " " " Militia 5th R.D.F.

2037 " Whelan " " " "

2872 " Wade " " " "

5073 " Kinsella Pieter's Hill " 27/2/00 5618 " Purcell " " "

1769 Sgt. Brennan " " " Section 'D'

1717 Pte. s.h.i.+rwin " " " Militia 5th R.D.F.

2327 " Grimes " " " "

5573 " Tyrrell Near Talana " 20/10/99 5987 Pte. Mahoney Near Talana " 20/10/99 4864 " Byrne " " "

5861 " McGuire Chieveley " 15/11/99 Armoured train 2112 " Kelly Hart's Hill " 23/2/00 Section 'D'

6171 " Kavanagh Colenso " 15/12/99 6011 Cpl. Sinnot Steelkoolspruit " 25/10/01 4621 Pte. Hyland Nr. Krugersdorp Murdered by Boers 6/1/01 Found riddled with bullets

II.

DIED OF WOUNDS.

No. Rank and Name. Place of Cause. Date. Remarks.

Death.

----+-----------------+--------------+---------+--------+-------- 2nd-Lt. Genge Talana Hill Of wounds 21/10/99 1166 C.-Sgt. Anderson " " "

5263 Pte. Johnston Maritzburg " 27/11/99 Arm. train disaster 3467 Clr.-Sgt. Gage " " 20/12/99 Battle of Colenso 6293 Pte. Crosbie Spearman's Cmp " 26/1/00 " Venter's Spruit 1823 " Finnegan Hart's Hill " 25/2/00 Section 'D'

219 " Oldham Chieveley " 3/3/00 Battle of Hart's Hill 3648 " Norton Maritzburg " 2/3/00 Battle of Hart's Hill 5745 " Brady Colenso " " Battle of Pieter's Hill 6299 " Kelly Maritzburg " 8/3/00 Battle of Pieter's Hill 5349 " Bracken " " 16/3/00 Battle of Hart's Hill 3094 Sgt. Broughton Dundee " 22/10/99 Battle of Talana 2753 Pte. Frahill " " 28/11/99 " "

4029 " Quirke Colenso " 1/3/00 " Colenso 5706 " McEvoy Johannesburg " 11/11/01 6347 " Nugent Bakenlaagte " 31/10/01 5710 " Keegan Dthala " 8/10/03

III.

DEATHS BY DISEASE.

No. Rank and Name. Place of Cause. Date. Remarks.

Death.

5102 Pte. Phelan Frere Enteric 24/12/99 642 Q.M.S. Hynes Maritzburg Pneumonia 7/1/00 2865 Sgt. Linehan Pretoria Dysentery 16/12/99 5519 Pte. Brennan Maritzburg Abscess liver 7/1/00 3498 " Dunphy " Dysentery 19/1/00 6129 " Homan Mooi River Enteric 22/2/00 4593 " Keating " " 15/2/00 5368 " Walsh Cape Town Tumour brain 26/11/99 2775 " Ward Ladysmith Enteric 7/2/00 5317 " Maher Estcourt " 8/3/00 6510 " Tobin Ladysmith Dysentery 22/3/00 5909 " Dixon " " 25/3/00 5801 " Martin Chieveley " 24/4/00 5790 Pte. Greene Mooi River Enteric 15/4/00 2nd Lt. Dennis Aliwal North " 2/5/00 1600 Pte. O'Brien " " " 3rd R.D. Fus.

4791 " O'Connor Mooi River " 3/5/00 5200 " Hart " Fractured thigh 1/5/00 3380 " c.u.mmings Aliwal North Enteric pneumonia 5/5/00 3rd R.D. Fus.

3760 " Keogh Chieveley Enteric "

4012 " Mack Aliwal North " 12/5/00 5847 " O'Carroll " Enteric phthisis 15/5/00 4566 " Gray Kimberley Enteric 17/5/00 5622 " Corr Maritzburg Ague 28/2/00 4131 Cpl. Looney Woolwich Dysentery 24/3/00 Lieut. Ely At sea Enteric 15/4/00 6049 Pte. Neill Kimberley " 23/5/00 6309 L.-Cpl. McGinley " " 8/6/00 6608 Pte. Behan " " 19/6/00 4686 " Ears Wynberg " 25/6/00 7049 " Roach Heidelberg Pneumonia 14/7/00 5881 " Pooley " Enteric 18/7/00 4499 O.R.S. Hanrahan Maritzburg g.s. skull 2/7/00 Suicide 5873 Pte. Hunt At sea Enteric 26/4/00 3998 " Kenny Krugersdorp Pneumonia 12/9/00 1741 " Burke Johannesburg " 11/9/00 Section 'D'

4737 Cpl. Wilson Maritzburg " 27/10/00 5741 Pte. Dwyer Germiston Enteric 31/10/00 5697 " Davis Pretoria 29/11/00 Died in hospital, prisoner of war 5181 " Clark Kaalfontein Lightning 24/11/00 6800 " Connor Johannesburg Enteric 25/11/00 5967 " Sutton Krugersdorp Jaundice 18/1/00 2961 " Ambrose Johannesburg Enteric 3/2/01 6770 " Ca.s.sidy Bloemfontein " 22/3/01 1346 " Hanlon Maritzburg " 5/4/00 6109 " Buckley Cork Insane 3910 L.-Cpl. Stewart Gaskraal " 28/8/01 6491 Pte. O'Connor " " "

5532 " Peel Krugersdorp Enteric 14/8/01 4657 " Mooney " " 22/12/01 5397 " Melia Kroonstad " 27/12/01 5540 " Quinn Krugersdorp Drowned 14/1/02 6028 Sgt. Pearson At sea Enteric 7/2/02 5303 Pte. Furlong Aden Heat apoplexy 29/5/02 4938 " Moore " Heart disease 9/8/02 4921 Sgt. Smith " Syncope 13/9/02 4565 Pte. Dunne " Multiple neuritis 10/10/02 5686 " Gray Diseased liver 11/10/02 3661 " Mooney Krugersdorp Enteric 6/7/01 4th R.D. Fus.

6332 " Merrigan Aden " 8/11/02 7547 Boy Roberts Dthala Pneumonia 8/3/03 7182 Pte. Dempsey " Enteric 13/10/03 5944 " Wynne Aden Consumption 2/3/04

IV.

LIST OF WOUNDED.