The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902

by G. le M. Gretton

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1896. MASHONALAND.

Killed	Private W. Wickham.
Died of disease	Private E. Lyons.
Wounded	Lieutenant S. G. French; Privates T. Mahony and James M‘Kay.

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1900-1902. SOUTH AFRICA.

Casualties of the Royal Irish Regiment.

Officers.
Killed—
1900.
Feb.	12.	Captain S. G. French	Operations for the relief of Mafeking.
July	23.	Captain W. Gloster	Slabbert’s Nek.
1901.
Jan.	7-8.	Captain F. L. Fosbery	Monument Hill, Belfast.
Died of wounds—
1900.
June	1.	Captain Sir John E. C. Power, Bart. (5th Battalion, attached to Irish Yeomanry).	Wounded between Kroonstad and Lindley.
July	8.	Captain J. B. S. Alderson	Wounded at Bethlehem.
Sept.	3.	Captain R. R. Arbuthnot	Wounded at Ottoshop, Western Transvaal.
Died of disease—
1900.
May	24.	2nd Lieutenant A. C. S. Fletcher	Bloemfontein.
1902.
March	21.	Captain G. A. Ashfordby-Trenchard (5th Battalion, attached to 23rd Mounted Infantry).	Elandsfontein
Wounded—
1900.
Feb.	14.	Major H. M. Hatchell	Jacobsdal.
April	29.	Captain R. A. Smyth	Thabanchu.
May	20.	Lieutenant M. H. E. Welch	Near Lindley.
July	7.	Captain T. Warwick Williams (Volunteer company).	Bethlehem.
July	23.	Captain E. F. Milner (severely)	Slabbert’s Nek.
1901.
Jan.	7-8.	Captain E. F. Milner (severely)	Monument Hill, Belfast.
Oct.	24.	Lieutenant J. A. M. J. P. Kelly	Near Koffyfontein.
Nov.	6.	Major B. J. C. Doran (In command of a column).	Strydomsvlei, near Willowmore.
Injured—
		Captain G. Hearn (4th Battalion).

Non-Commissioned Officers and Men.
Killed—
1900.
May 4.	6435	Private	P. Murphy	Near Brandfort.
May 10.	4055	”	J. M‘Lean.
	6035	”	A. Eaton	Near Winburg.
June 28.	5291	”	P. Ryan	Klipplaat Drift.
July 7.	6512	”	M. Donovan	Bethlehem.
	3853	”	M. Carroll	”
July 23-24.	2343	Sergeant	J. Keyton	Slabbert’s Nek.
	6217	Corporal	T. Ryan	”
	1049	Private	J. Gardiner (3rd batt.)	”
	6559	”	M. Nagle	”
	6529	”	M. Power	”
	3425	”	M. Keating	”
July 26.	5583	Corporal	C. Hogan	Naauwpoort Nek.
July 28.	3493	Lance-Corporal W. O’Farrell		Slaapkranz.
Sept. 7.	3798	Private	M. Dawson	Near Lydenburg.
	944	”	J. Connolly (5th Batt.).	”
1901.
Jan. 7-8,	3614	Lance-Corporal J. Denison		Monument Hill, Belfast.
	4348	”	G. Dowie	” ”
	3733	Private	J. Barry	” ”
	1198	”	J. Colwell (4th batt.)	” ”
	5295	”	M. Dundon.	” ”
	858	”	W. Grindon (3rd batt.)	” ”
	6447	”	M. M‘Grath	” ”
	3439	”	J. Shea	” ”
March 14.	140	”	M. Keogh	Krugerspost.
Nov. 20.	6154	Sergeant	W. Brady	Rietfontein.
1902.
Jan. 27.	5062	Private	T. Corbett	Mexico, near Winburg.
Died of wounds—
1900.	2958	Private	W. Costan	Wounded at Bethlehem, July 7.
	289	”	E. Brophy (3rd batt.)	” ” ”
	63	”	H. Azelby	” ” ”
	6114	”	M. Wheelan	” ” ”
	2066	”	P. Stewart	Wounded at Slabbert’s Nek, July 23-24.
1900.	6413	Private	M. Holden	Wounded at Slabbert’s Nek, July 23-24.
	489	”	D. Devereux (3rd batt.)	” ” ”
1901.	4882	Sergeant	J. Jones	Wounded at Monument Hill, Belfast, January 7-8.
	724	Private	J. Clancy (4th batt.)	” ” ”
	3923	”	J. Donovan	” ” ”
	1989	”	J. Fitzgerald	” ” ”
	6331	”	T. Murphy	” ” ”
	2494	”	J. Ryan (5th batt.)	Wounded at Krugerspost, March 14.
	2744	”	L. Taylor	Defence of train at Wildfontein, March 22.
1902.	1040	”	J. Brett.	Defence of blockhouse near Lydenburg, March 22.
Accidentally killed or drowned—
1900.
Dec. 30.	5871	Private	B. Walsh	Near Zand river farm.
1901.
Feb. 23.	6375	”	P. Murphy	Modder river.
Sept. 9.	4247	”	W. Sweeney	Near Jagersfontein.
Nov. 20.	5845	”	D. Kehoe	” Lydenburg.
1902.
Feb. 22.	——	Conductor F. Stanners (attached)		” ”
March 31.	3185	Private	M. Cullen (4th Batt.)	” ”
Died of disease—
Non-commissioned officers—
3750, Orderly-Room Sergeant P. Broderic; 2762, Sergeant-Drummer T. Morey; 4313, Sergeant J. Cheasty; 3157, Sergeant H. Healey; 5804, Corporal W. Fagan; 5130, Corporal P. Murphy.
Drummer—5672, M. Wall.
Private soldiers—
5411, J. Brennan; 138, J. Brien (4th Batt.); 6260, L. Clancy; 32, P. Carthy (3rd Batt.); 1858, J. Clince (3rd Batt.); 4106, E. Clouter; 5400, M. Coveney; 4256, J. Craven; 4227, C. Daly; 1823, P. Dempsey (3rd Batt.); 6606, W. Donoghue; 3767, P. Dunne; 6305, J. Evett; 3146, P. Eustace; 3951, J. Fagan; 6346, R. Field; 6248, J. Fenelon; 6219, J. Fleming; 6335, W. Foran; 1444, J. Giltrap (3rd Batt.); 1918, J. Gorman (5th Batt.); 580, J. Hanton (3rd Batt.); 6797, J. Houghton; 1578, J. Hill (5th Batt.); 2909, B. Holohan (4th Batt.); 274, P. Kane (3rd Batt.); 6363, A. Kavanagh; 939, T. Kavanagh (3rd Batt.); 6542, P. Keating; 586, W. Kelly (3rd Batt.); 6031, J. Lee; 4719, J. M‘Namara; 83, W. M‘Namara (5th Batt.); 6228, J. Martin; 3846, M. Malone; 4414, J. Moran; 6264, J. Mulcahy; 6153, P. Mulcahy; 5273, G. Murphy; 1670, J. Murphy (3rd Batt.); 131, P. Murphy (3rd Batt.); 2111, M. Murray (4th Batt.); 4084, M. M‘Guinness; 6513, J. O’Neill; 6397, T. Power; 2326, J. Pyte (4th Batt.); 6453, J. Quirke; 4708, A. Stafford; 3419, W. Scannell; 1471, J. Sinnott (3rd Batt.); 4871, J. Slattery; 3620, R. J. Walsh; 1458, G. Webster (4th Batt.); 6350, W. Whitmore.

Wounded—
1900.
Feb. 10.	4723	Sergeant W. Leggett	Klip Drift.
Feb. 27.	4893	” J. Peebles	Paardeberg.
	3623	Lance-Corporal R. Foster	”
	5386	Private M. Connell	”
	6317	” F. Ennis	”
Feb. 27.	6186	Private A. Freeman	Paardeberg.
	3442	” M. Shaughnessy	”
	6255	” D. Fitzgerald	Ramah.
	6249	” M. Delohery	”
March 31.	2808	” P. Brown	Sannah’s Post.
	5490	” M. Cain	”
	5218	” J. Everett	”
April.	5878	Lance-Corporal T. Holland	March from Thabanchu to Pretoria.
May.	5108	Sergeant F. M‘Tighe, severely	” ” ”
June.	5186	Lance-Corporal H. Cross, severely	” ” ”
	3167	Private R. Dwyer	” ” ”
	3076	” W. Nolan, severely	” ” ”
	3094	” J. Murray, severely	” ” ”
	3594	” P. Maher, severely	” ” ”
June 28.	3747	Lance-Corporal J. Maher	Klipplaat Drift.
June 29.	3702	Private J. Doyle	Drift over the Zand river.
July 6.	1426	” T. Allen	Bethlehem.
	4983	” J. Keadid	”
July 7.	4243	Col.-Sergt. T. Mahony, severely	”
	3911	Corporal P. Smith, severely	”
	6162	” R. Cant, severely	”
	4710	Lance-Corpl. M. Reid, severely	”
	5267	” M. Sullivan	”
	795	Private J. Parsons, severely	”
	257	” T. Hughes (3rd Batt.)	”
	6613	” D. Kenny, severely	”
	1659	” J. Giltrap (3rd Batt.), severely	”
	6331	” J. Murphy, severely	”
	3267	” K. Sealey	”
	6393	” C. Meehan, severely	”
	6254	” J. Murphy, severely	”
	6203	” J. Noctor, severely	”
	3387	” M. Meara, severely	”
	1845	” J. Hartigan (3rd Batt.)	”
	5974	” J. Mooney	”
	866	” W. Carley (3rd Batt.), severely	”
	1724	” P. Fitzgerald, severely	”
	99	” J. Dahy, severely	”
	2354	” P. Mackay, severely	”
	206	” J. Purcell, severely	”
	3450	” W. Ryan, severely	”
	6492	” J. Ryan, severely	”
	3862	” P. Whelan, severely	”
	2756	” P. Cherry, severely	”
	3334	” M. Kelly, severely	”
	2595	” W. Hally, severely	”
	1330	” P. Doyle, severely	”
	3377	” M. Butler	”
	5604	” J. Crotty, severely	”
	4385	” J. Deane, severely	”
	5974	” J. Mooney	”
July 7.	410	Private J. Gardner (3rd Batt.), severely	”
	1456	” J. Devereux, severely	”
	2353	” J. Lander	”
	6609	” J. Power	”
1900.
July.	7827	Lance-Sergt. W. M‘Donnell, severely	Volunteer company Bethlehem.
	7952	Corporal W. Wilson, severely	” ”
	7895	Private P. Beaumont	” ”
	7834	” T. Brophy	” ”
	7854	” T. Carroll	” ”
	7844	” A. Collins, severely	” ”
	7883	” T. M‘Cormick, severely	” ”
	7879	” R. Malone, severely	” ”
July 23-24.	1967	Sergeant T. M‘Guinness, severely	Slabbert’s Nek.
	3562	Lance-Corp. J. Williams, severely	”
	4506	Private J. Kavanagh, severely	”
	4817	” J. Coghlan	”
	630	” R. Foley (3rd Batt.), severely	”
	2456	” H. Keogh	”
	2625	” D. Hearney	”
July 26.	6230	” F. Belford, severely	Naauwpoort Nek.
July 28.	6489	” W. Sinnott, severely	Slaapkranz.
	2143	” J. Moore, severely	”
	1217	” M. Quirke (3rd Batt.), severely	”
	3848	” P. M‘Namara	”
	4188	” J. Kelly, severely	”
Sept. 7.	1989	” P. Connors	Near Lydenburg.
	3831	” J. Fitzpatrick	”
Nov. 6.	4892	” C. Wilks	Bothaville.
	6189	” W. Foulkes	”
	6249	” M. Delohery	”
Dec. 26.	6565	” B. Boyle, dangerously	On railway near Pan.
	1604	” J. Dalton, slightly	” ”
1901.
Jan. 7-8.	5217	Sergeant W. Bullock	Monument Hill, Belfast.
	2608	Lance-Corporal M. Spillane, severely	” ”
	5808	Drummer C. Abbott, severely	” ”
	6196	Private W. Burke, severely	” ”
	1558	” P. Cavanagh, severely	” ”
	6129	” W. Butler, severely	” ”
	6200	” T. Doyle, severely	” ”
	2611	” J. Flynn, severely	” ”
	1561	” J. Jones	” ”
	2133	” P. Lacey (3rd Batt.), severely	” ”
	1680	” J. Lawlor	” ”
	6407	” J. O’Brien, severely	” ”
	3308	” J. O’Brien	” ”
	2228	” R. O’Brien, severely	” ”
	4077	” J. O’Keeffe, severely	” ”
	878	” W. Connors (3rd Batt.), severely	” ”
Jan.	4609	Private W. Power, dangerously	Monument Hill, Belfast.
	6485	” T. Reilly, severely	” ”
	1222	” J. Ryan, severely	” ”
	3053	” W. Ryan, severely	” ”
	3348	” J. Sheehan, severely	” ”
	4735	” J. Smith, severely	” ”
Jan. 29.	3595	” J. Radigan	Tabaksberg.
Mar. 14.	2512	” D. Doyle, severely	Kruger’s Post.
	1011	” J. Dalton, severely	”
	1914	” J. Kane, severely	”
May 5.	5314	Drummer G. Radford	Haartebeestfontein.
	4071	Private J. Cooney	”
Aug. 21.	7876	” T. Lea	Wonderfontein.
Oct. 7.	6753	” P. Walsh	Witklip.
	5590	Lance-Corp. A. Clinton	Snyman’s Post.
Oct. 19.	6564	Private T. Murphy	”
1902.
Mar. 19.	3263	Sergeant T. M‘Hale, severely	Defence of blockhouse near Lydenburg.
	3725	Private J. Flynn (4th Batt.), severely	” ”
	6664	Private C. O’Neill, dangerously	” ”
	3769	” J. Kelly, severely	” ”
	1542	” J. Barnes, severely	” ”
	5594	” S. O’Donoghue, severely	” ”
	5526	” J. Matley, severely	” ”
	6469	” T. Connors, severely	” ”
1900.	The following men were severely injured:—
	5731 Private J. Crooke and 3413 Private C. O’Brien.