II.
Died of Wounds.
| No. | Rank and Name. | Place of Death. | Cause. | Date. | Remarks. |
| | 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 | " " |
| 5745 | " Brady | Colenso | " | " | " Pieter's Hill |
| 6299 | " Kelly | Maritzburg | " | 8/3/00 | " " |
| 5349 | " Bracken | " | " | 16/3/00 | " Hart's Hill |
| 3094 | Sgt. Broughton | Dundee | " | 22/10/99 | " 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 | |
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III.
Deaths by Disease.
| No. | Rank and Name. | Place of Death. | Cause. | Date. | Remarks. |
| 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 | " Cummings | 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 | " Cassidy | 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 | |
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IV.
List of Wounded.
Reg.
No. | Rank and Name. | Date. | Place. | Nature of Wound. | Remarks. |
| | Capt. M. Lowndes | 20/10/99 | Talana | g.s. leg | |
| | " Dibley | " | " | g.s. head | |
| | Lieut. Perreau | " | " | g.s. shoulderd | |
| 5686 | Pte. Gray | " | " | |
| 2753 | " Frahill | " | " | |
| 5310 | " Black | " | " | |
| 4815 | " Doyle | " | " | |
| 4700 | " Leonard | " | " | |
| 4894 | Sgt. Grace | " | " | |
| 5430 | Pte. Babester | " | " | |
| 5317 | " Maher | " | " | |
| 4790 | " O'Brien | " | " | |
| 5047 | " Greer | " | " | |
| 4359 | " Smith | " | " | |
| 4699 | " Callaghan | " | " | |
| 4931 | " Righton | " | " | |
| 5947 | " Dwyer | " | " | |
| 43 | Sgt.-Maj. Burke | " | " | |
| 3770 | Col.-Sgt McNeice | " | " | |
| 5426 | Sgt. Walton | " | " | |
| 3139 | " McKenna | " | " | |
| 6264 | Pte. Carroll | " | " | |
| 6125 | " Dempsey | " | " | |
| 5038 | " Richardson | " | " | |
| 5523 | " Ryan | " | " | |
| 4620 | " Summerville | " | " | |
| 5635 | " Tracey | " | " | |
| 6084 | " Brady | " | " | |
| 4910 | Dmr. Brudnell | " | " | |
| 5078 | Pte. Gorman | " | " | |
| 5643 | " Cullen | " | " | |
| 5011 | " Brennan | " | " | |
| 4382 | " Jordan | " | " | |
| 4766 | " Murphy | " | " | |
| 4592 | " Cullen | " | " | |
| 6096 | " Gilhooley | " | " | |
| 3704 | " Kearns | " | " | |
| 4857 | " Butler | " | " | |
| 4767 | " Byrne | " | " | |
| 6022 | " Cassin | " | " | |
| 5156 | " Fitzpatrick | " | " | |
| 5118 | " Magee | " | " | |
| 5142 | " Murray | " | " | |
| 5063 | " Kelly | " | " | |
| 5595 | " Reynolds | " | " | |
| 4948 | " Wilby | " | " | |
| 5634 | L.-Cpl. Keenan | " | " | |
| 4593 | Pte. Flood | " | " | |
| 5137 | " McGrath | " | " | |
| 4785 | " Hopkins | " | " | |
| 5531 | " Hatt | " | " | |
| 4444 | " Creegan | " | " | |
| 4347 | " Lahey | " | " | |
| 5914 | " Coyle | 15/11/99 | Armr. Train | shell, arm | |
| | Capt. Shewan | 15/12/99 | Colenso | g.s. thigh | |
| 4341 | Sgt. Doherty | " | " | g.s. shoulders | |
| 4986 | L.-Sgt. Gibbons | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 5668 | " Taylor | " | " | g.s. shoulder | |
| 3150 | Sgt. Towey | " | " | g.s. hand and foot | |
| 501 | " Hamilton | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 5108 | " Bodkin | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5628 | L.-Sgt. Church | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5374 | Cpl. Loughran | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 6684 | Pte. O'Brien | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 5117 | " Lillis | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 4589 | " Whelan | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 5637 | " Taylor | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 4898 | " Walker | " | " | g.s. head | |
| 5687 | " Enright | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 5869 | " Mackey | " | " | g.s. knee | |
| 5584 | " Carr | " | " | g.s. hip | |
| 6145 | " Byrne | " | " | g.s. elbow | |
| 6103 | " Cooney | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 4997 | " Ludlow | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 4201 | Dmr. Webb | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 5970 | L.-Cpl. Cooper | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 6094 | " Hanley | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5760 | Pte. Brown | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5765 | " Welsh | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 4545 | " Flood | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 4959 | " Smith | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 5672 | " Sanders | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5661 | " Murphy | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 4582 | " McCarthy | " | " | g.s. head | |
| 4395 | " Ellis | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 4290 | Sgt. Hunt | " | " | g.s. wrist and thigh | |
| 4987 | Pte. Reilly | " | " | |
| 4552 | " Kelly | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 3362 | Dmr. Murphy | " | " | |
| 4411 | Pte. Murray | " | " | |
| 5716 | " Lahey | " | " | |
| 6038 | " Kelly | " | " | |
| 3013 | Sgt. Healey | " | " | |
| 4726 | Pte. O'Brien | " | " | |
| 5848 | " Townsend | " | " | |
| 5834 | Pte. McBride | " | " | g.s. hip | |
| 5520 | " Hackett | " | " | |
| 4441 | L.-Sgt. Merry | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 5023 | L.-Cpl. Hayes | " | " | g.s. feet | |
| 4543 | Pte. Keating | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 6123 | " Kelly | " | " | |
| 4800 | " Walsh | " | " | |
| 4226 | " Reilly | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 6137 | " O'Brien | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 2442 | " Leary | " | " | |
| 5151 | " Clark | " | " | |
| | Maj. English | 20/1/00 | Vent. Spruit | g.s. leg | |
| 6105 | L.-Cpl. Kidd | " | " | g.s. neck | |
| 6796 | Pte. Burke | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 6285 | " Healey | " | " | g.s. back | |
| 3141 | " Rooney | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 4644 | " Burke | " | " | g.s. hip, thigh | |
| 5997 | " Davis | " | " | g.s. thigh, leg | |
| 5458 | " Burke | " | " | g.s. neck | |
| 5873 | " Hunt | " | " | g.s. head | |
| 5659 | " Walsh | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5069 | " Lee | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 6121 | " Brien | " | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 2892 | L.-Sgt. Ryan | 21/1/00 | " | g.s. foot | |
| 3548 | Sgt. Cragg | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 6047 | Pte. Cole | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 6391 | " Richardson | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| 4898 | L.-Cpl. Walker | " | " | |
| 6366 | Pte. Molloy | " | " | g.s. right leg | |
| 6310 | " Gibney | " | " | g.s. leg | |
| 5883 | " Marshall | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 5283 | " Shaughnessey | " | " | g.s. left leg | |
| 5904 | " Edwards | " | " | g.s. right hand | |
| 4636 | Cpl. Reynolds | " | " | g.s. chin | |
| 4368 | Pte. Githens | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 5056 | " Lordan | 22/1/00 | " | g.s. thigh | |
| 4794 | " Murray | 23/1/00 | " | g.s. right forearm | |
| 4689 | L.-Sgt. O'Higgins | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 4384 | Pte. Ring | " | " | g.s. head, shoulder | |
| 5888 | " Kenny | " | " | g.s. head, shoulder | |
| 6484 | " Duffy | " | " | g.s. hip | |
| 5882 | Sgt.-Dmr. Smith | 25/1/00 | " | |
| 5900 | Pte. Mason | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 6569 | " Conroy | " | " | g.s. foot | |
| | 2nd Lieut. Lane | 23/2/00 | Hart's Hill | g.s. head | |
| | " Dennis | " | " | g.s. left leg | |
| 2872 | Pte. Wade | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 4012 | " Armstrong | " | " | |
| 3303 | " Timmins | " | " | |
| 5167 | Pte. McDonnell | " | " | |
| 5928 | " Pender | " | " | g.s. right hand | |
| 4791 | " Connor | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 4817 | " Iliffe | " | " | |
| 4559 | " McCabe | " | " | |
| 2426 | " O'Beirne | " | " | |
| 6522 | " Ryan | " | " | g.s. right hip | 1st Battalion |
| 5461 | L.-Cpl. Dennehy | " | " | |
| 5387 | Pte. Brannagan | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 4771 | " Johnston | " | " | g.s. left thigh | |
| 5765 | " Ward | " | " | g.s. arm and knee | |
| 4557 | " McCarthy | " | " | g.s. back | |
| 5811 | " Ryan | " | " | g.s. arm | |
| 2921 | " Thompson | " | " | |
| 6355 | " Fagan | " | " | |
| 148 | " Metcalf | " | " | g.s. right arm | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 2096 | " Farrell | " | " | |
| 1557 | " Kinsella | " | " | |
| 4530 | " Brown | " | " | g.s. groin | |
| 5684 | " Hetherston | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 6333 | " Newsome | " | " | g.s. left arm | |
| 3631 | " McDonald | " | " | g.s. left shoulder | |
| 1997 | " Brady | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 6110 | " Kelly | " | " | |
| 2387 | " Strain | " | " | g.s. buttock | |
| 3068 | " Adams | " | " | |
| 5069 | " Lee | " | " | |
| 4424 | " Mulvaney | " | " | |
| 4621 | " Hyland | " | " | g.s. left thigh | |
| 5836 | " Cullen | " | " | g.s. right wrist | |
| 3313 | " Concannon | " | " | g.s. right shoulder | |
| 6498 | " Flannagan | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 1741 | " Burke | " | " | g.s. left arm | |
| 2422 | " Morgan | " | " | |
| 2787 | " Brien | " | " | g.s. left knee | |
| 4325 | " Curran | " | " | g.s. left leg | |
| 6108 | " Bernes | " | " | |
| 5908 | " McDonald | " | " | |
| 1881 | " Reynolds | " | " | | 4th R.D. Fus. |
| 4015 | " Lynch | " | " | |
| 2348 | " Maddox | " | " | g.s. left shoulder | |
| 4029 | " Quirk | " | " | |
| 6217 | " Valentine | " | " | |
| 3881 | " Talbot | " | " | |
| 6314 | " Early | " | " | |
| 5224 | " McNeill | " | " | |
| 4277 | " Mack | " | " | |
| 4994 | " Knoctor | " | " | g.s. right leg | |
| 3441 | " O'Grady | " | " | g.s. left hand | 4th R.D. Fus. |
| 5982 | " Tighe | " | " | g.s. head | |
| 347 | " Doyle | " | " | g.s. left hand | |
| 6130 | " Mason | " | " | | 3rd R.D. Fus. |
| 5141 | " Kirwan | " | " | g.s. right foot | |
| 4569 | " Gorman | 27/2/00 | Pieter's Hill | g.s. shoulder | |
| 5399 | " Connor | " | " | |
| 5828 | " Kegney | " | " | |
| 847 | " Mangan | " | " | | 3rd R.D. Fus. |
| 1716 | " Quinn | " | " | | " |
| 5716 | " Leahy | " | " | |
| 5981 | " Broad | " | " | |
| 5698 | " Toomey | " | " | |
| 350 | " Murphy | " | " | | 3rd R.D. Fus. |
| 1846 | " Kealey | " | " | | " |
| 4741 | " Moore | " | " | |
| 4903 | Cpl. Marshall | " | " | |
| 5379 | Pte. Pryor | " | " | |
| 2368 | " Byrne | " | " | |
| 4878 | " Clark | " | " | |
| 6524 | " Quaid | " | " | |
| 1554 | " Brennan | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 5757 | " Kelly | " | " | |
| 5284 | " Farrell | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 3361 | " Brady | " | " | | " |
| 1765 | " Fagan | " | " | |
| 6429 | " Fox | " | " | |
| 4777 | " Mullane | " | " | |
| 3253 | " Mellington | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 5280 | " Daly | " | " | |
| 639 | " Whelan | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 6139 | " Dignam | " | " | |
| 2917 | " Ferris | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 3242 | " McHale | " | " | | " |
| 3266 | " Evans | " | " | |
| 1377 | " Farrell | " | " | |
| 4474 | " McLoughlin | " | " | |
| 6113 | " McCormack | " | " | |
| 1651 | " Kinsella | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 3639 | " Brien | " | " | | " |
| 3282 | " O'Brien | " | " | g.s. hand | |
| 1846 | " Gradwell | " | " | | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 174 | " Lawless | " | " | g.s. foot, right hand | " |
| 1284 | " Molloy | " | " | | " |
| 1508 | " Donnelly | " | " | |
| 5704 | " Kennedy | " | " | |
| 2236 | " Tuite | " | " | g.s. right heel | 5th R.D. Fus. |
| 4317 | " Carpenter | " | " | |
| 3231 | " Mallon | 21/7/00 | Zuikerbosch | g.s. right thigh | 4th R.D. Fus. |
| 2853 | " O'Brien | " | " | g.s. left thigh | " |
| 1143 | Pte. Stanton | " | " | | 4th R.D. Fus. |
| 2961 | Col.-Sgt. Cossey | " | " | |
| | Maj. English | " | " | slight shell splinter, eye | |
| 6786 | Pte. Reilly | 15/9/00 | Nr. Frdkstdt. | | On convoy duty |
| 2392 | Sgt. James | 21/9/00 | " | very slight g.s. leg | |
| 6070 | Pte. Angleton | 2/10/00 | Near Irene | g.s. foot | With M.I. |
| | Lieut. Haskard | 27/2/00 | Pieter's Hill | right elbow | |
| | 2nd Lieut. Bradford | " | " | shoulder | |
| 2692 | Pte. Doyle | 31/12/00 | Nr. Krugersdorp | g.s. buttock | |
| 5767 | " Lang | " | Nooitgedacht | |
| 2052 | " Armstrong | 2/2/01 | Gatsrand | g.s. left arm, very slight | |
| 6265 | " Roach | " | " | g.s. right leg, slight | |
| 4981 | " Sheehan | " | Nr. Carolina | g.s. neck | |
| 5718 | " Kavanagh | " | " | g.s. left knee | |
| 4365 | " Moran | " | " | g.s. left shoulder | |
| 4680 | " Fitzgerald | " | " | g.s. left arm | |
| 6057 | " Goff | " | " | g.s. chest | |
| 5433 | " Holmes | 28/8/01 | Gaskraal | |
| 4840 | " Nolan | " | " | |
| 4858 | " Butler | 27/7/01 | Nr. Wonderfontein | |
| 4680 | " Fitzgerald | 25/10/01 | Swartzfontein | g.s. hand, severe | |
| 5706 | " McEvoy | " | " | g.s. buttock, groin | |
| 3761 | Sgt. Carroll | 30/10/01 | Bakenlaagte | g.s. leg, very slight | |
| 4473 | Pte. Hand | " | " | g.s. knee, severe | |
| 4448 | " Murphy | " | " | g.s. foot, slight | |
| 4513 | " Connor | " | " | g.s. hip, severe | |
| 5706 | " Moran | " | " | g.s. hand, severe | |
| 6347 | " Nugent | " | " | g.s. abdomen | |
| 4686 | Cpl. Curtis | 15/12/99 | Colenso | g.s. hand | |
| 5548 | Pte. Metcalf | " | " | g.s. left leg | |
| 4453 | " White | " | " | g.s. both legs | |
| 6330 | L.-Cpl. Matthews | 21/1/00 | Vent. Spruit | g.s. leg | |
| 5330 | Pte. Holohan | 27/2/00 | Pieter's Hill | |
| 5973 | Cpl. Gaffney | 7/10/03 | Aden Hntlnd. | g.s. severe, foot | |
| 6367 | Pte. Daly | " | " | g.s. very slight | |
| 5584 | " Carr | " | " | g.s. severe, chest | |
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V.
Battle of Talana.
Reported Missing since October 21st, 1899.