The Record of a Regiment of the Line - Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire - Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 by M. Jacson
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2nd Lieutenant H.W.F. Twiss.
Captain and Adjutant H.S.L. Ravenshaw. Captain and Quartermaster H. Honner. Warrant Officer Sergeant-Major G.E. Mitchell. The following officers were attached for duty to the battalion:-- Major Burnside, R.A.M.C., in medical charge. Lieutenant E.G. Caffin, Yorkshire Regiment. Lieutenant H.W.R. Cowie, Dorset Regiment. Lieutenant A.M. Tringham, The Queen's West Surrey Regiment. Lieutenant J.A. Byrne, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Lieutenant E.E.M. Walker, Somersetshire Light Infantry. [Illustration: En Route to Ladysmith] The following officers were absent from the battalion on leave in England:-- Captain W.B. Lafone. Captain G.M. Gloster. Lieutenant H.N. Field. Colonel J.H. Yule, commanding the battalion, was appointed to the command of the Indian Infantry Brigade, South Africa, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general. Major A.G. Spratt was placed in charge of the depot and details left at Jullunder. The Regiment arrived without incident on September 21st at Bombay, having halted, for a few hours only, at the following places:-- |
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