[25] At Jhelum the 24th lost 4 officers and 70 men killed and wounded; the losses of the 13th at Azimghur were but little inferior.
[26] The Detachment of the 69th lost 3 men killed and 4 wounded.
[27] Afterwards Field-Marshal the Earl Roberts, V.C., K.G.
[28] In these operations—West Africa, 1887, 1892-3-4—the West India Regiment lost 3 officers and 15 men killed, 4 officers and 72 men wounded.
[29] A native officer holding a rank equivalent to that of Captain commanding a company.
[30] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment alone bears the Distinction "Defence of Kimberley." [See Appendix 2].
[31] On the score of expense the Secretary of State for War had refused to propose a credit for the re-armament of our Field Artillery with modern quick-firing weapons, with the result that throughout the campaign our guns were completely outranged and outclassed.
[32] The regiments which have been authorized to bear this battle honour are—
13th Hussars.
14th Hussars.
The Queens.
The King's Own.
Royal Fusiliers.
Devons.
Somerset Light Infantry.
West Yorkshire.
Lancashire Fusiliers.
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Scottish Rifles.
Inniskilling Fusiliers.
East Surrey.
Border.
Dorsets.
South Lancashire.
Middlesex.
King's Royal Rifles.
York and Lancaster.
Durham Light Infantry.
Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Connaught Rangers.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Rifle Brigade.
[33] The following regiments bear this distinction: