Arts Club, London: January 1903.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
INTRODUCTION[1]
I.HOW THE CORPS WAS RAISED AND EQUIPPED[7]
II.PREPARING FOR THE FRONT—DEPARTURE FROM CALCUTTA[40]
III.OUTWARD BOUND[68]
IV.NEARING THE GOAL—DISEMBARKATION AT CAPE TOWN AND EAST LONDON[85]
V.AN INTERLUDE—THE RESULTS OF SANNA’S POST[96]
VI.BY RAIL AND ROUTE MARCH TO BLOEMFONTEIN[109]
VII.IMPRESSIONS OF BLOEMFONTEIN—JOIN THE 8TH MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT ON OUTPOST[127]
VIII.THE BAPTISM OF FIRE—LUMSDEN’S HORSE AT OSPRUIT (HOUTNEK)[144]
IX.AFTER OSPRUIT—SOME TRIBUTES TO MAJOR SHOWERS AND OTHER HEROES[175]
X.PRISONERS OF WAR[191]
XI.TOWARDS PRETORIA—LUMSDEN’S HORSE SCOUTING AHEAD OF THE ARMY FROM BLOEMFONTEIN TO THE VAAL RIVER[208]
XII.JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA IN OUR HANDS[230]
XIII.ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION AT IRENE, KALFONTEIN, ZURFONTEIN, AND SPRINGS—THE PRETORIA PAPER-CHASE[248]
XIV.ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS—BOER SCOUTING—A RECONNAISSANCE TO CROCODILE RIVER—FAREWELL TO COLONEL ROSS[270]
XV.A MARCH UNDER MAHON OF MAFEKING TO RUSTENBURG AND WARMBATHS—IN PURSUIT OF DE WET[286]
XVI.EASTWARD TO BELFAST AND BARBERTON UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND MAHON[313]
XVII.MARCHING AND FIGHTING—FROM MACHADODORP TO HEIDELBERG AND PRETORIA UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND DICKSON[340]
XVIII.HOMEWARD BOUND—APPROBATION FROM LORD ROBERTS—CAPE TOWN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS—FAREWELL TO SOUTH AFRICA[359]
XIX.THE RETURN TO INDIA—WELCOME HOME—HONOURS AND ORATIONS—DISBANDMENT[377]
XX.A STIRRING SEQUEL—THE STORY OF THOSE WHO STAYED—MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE[409]

APPENDICES

I.ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT[427]
II.MOBILISATION SCHEME FOR LUMSDEN’S HORSE[437]
III.THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK[446]
IV.LIST OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.S, AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED DECORATIONS, COMMISSIONS, OR CIVIL APPOINTMENTS[454]
V.HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS[456]
VI.HONORARY RANK IN THE ARMY[461]
VII.LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND[462]
VIII.FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CORPS[476]
IX.LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE[480]
X.THE FINAL ACCOUNTS[483]
XI.REPORT OF TRANSPORT SERGEANT[485]
XII.TOPICAL SONG BY A TROOPER[490]
INDEX[491]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

From Drawings, and from Photographs by Messrs. Johnston & Hoffmann, Kapp & Co., Bourne & Shepherd, and Harrington & Co., Calcutta; Messrs. Elliott & Fry, London, and others.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D.M. LUMSDEN, C.B. (Photogravure)Frontispiece
SIR PATRICK PLAYFAIR, C.I.E.facing page[1]
HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON, VICEROY OF INDIA”[8]
BEHAR CONTINGENT OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE”[14]
MYSORE AND COORG CONTINGENT”[18]
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE”[26]
COLONEL LUMSDEN, C.B., SIR PATRICK PLAYFAIR, C.I.E., COLONEL MONEY, MAJOR EDDIS, MR. HARRY STUART
OFFICERS OF THE CORPS”[30]
COLONEL LUMSDEN, MAJOR SHOWERS, CAPTAINS TAYLOR, BERESFORD, NOBLETT, RUTHERFOORD, CHAMNEY, CLIFFORD, AND STEVENSON, LIEUTENANTS CRANE, NEVILLE, SIDEY, AND PUGH
MESSING AT CALCUTTA”[34]
HORSES IN CAMP AT CALCUTTA”[40]
ON PARADE, CALCUTTA”[44]
TAKING HORSES ON BOARD TRANSPORT 28”[52]
EMBARKATION AT CALCUTTA”[56]
H.E. THE VICEROY ADDRESSING THE CORPS”[60]
B COMPANY LUMSDEN’S HORSE LEAVING CALCUTTA”[64]
THE REGIMENT IN CALCUTTA”[72]
MAXIM-GUN CONTINGENT”[76]
CAPTAIN HOLMES, SERGEANT DALE, C.V.S. DICKENS, N.J. BOLST, P.T. CORBETT
SURMA VALLEY LIGHT HORSE. CONTINGENT OF LUMSDEN’S B COMPANY”[80]
MAJOR (LOCAL COLONEL) W.C. ROSS, C.B.”[117]
TRANSPORT AND WATER CARTS”[132]
OUTLYING PICKET TAKING UP POSITION”[136]
HOUTNEK, SHOWING POSITIONS OF BRITISH AND BOER TROOPS”[144]
N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[156]
SERGEANT F.S. McNAMARA, LANCE-SERGEANT J.S. ELLIOTT, CORPORAL A. MACGILLIVRAY, R.U. CASE, C.A. WALTON, A.F. FRANKS, J.S. SAUNDERS, R.N. MACDONALD, L. GWATKIN WILLIAMS
BRINGING HALF-RATIONS UP TO NORMAL”[213]
N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[214]
H.J. MOORHOUSE, A.K. MEARES, W.K. MEARES, H.W. PUCKRIDGE, R.G. DAGGE, R.P. WILLIAMS, R.C. NOLAN, T.G. PETERSEN, S. DUCAT
N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[230]
CORPORAL L.E. KIRWAN, J.S. CAMPBELL, C.E. TURNER, E.S. CHAPMAN, G. INNES WATSON, C.E. STUART, C. CARY-BARNARD, E.S. CLIFFORD, H. GOUGH
INVALIDED HOME AFTER THE SURRENDER OF PRETORIA”[248]
J. SKELTON, R.P. HAINES, H.W. THELWALL, C.K. MARTIN, H.S. CHESHIRE, H.B. OLDHAM, M.H. LOGAN, J.V. JAMESON, H. HOWES
NIGHT IN CAMP”[296]
PHILIP STANLEY”[306]
TRANSPORT DRIVERS”[320]
T. HARE SCOTT, H.G. PHILLIPS, R.P. ESTABROOKE, J. BRAINE, R. PRINGLE, W. BURNAND
TRANSPORT DRIVERS”[324]
L. DAVIS, LEO H. BRADFORD, C.W. LOVEGROVE, S.W. CULLEN, F.C. MANVILLE, F.C. THOMPSON
THE LAUNDRY”[328]
H.P. BROWN, A TYPICAL TROOPER”[340]
N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[346]
SERGEANT A.H. LUARD, CORPORAL G. LAWRIE, F.G. BATEMAN, L. KINGCHURCH, IAN SINCLAIR, PERCY COBB, HARVEY DAVIES, C.E. CONSTERDINE, D. ROBERTSON
N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[360]
SERGEANT G.E. THESIGER, CORPORAL W.T. SMITH, E.B. MOIR-BYRES, J.A. BROWN, H. EVETTS, J.L. STEWART, H.N. SHAW, E.S. CLARKE, B.E. JONES
GAZETTED TO THE REGULAR ARMY”[366]
CORPORAL F.S. MONTAGU BATES, H.S.N. WRIGHT, J.D.L. ARATHOON, S.L. INNES, F.W. WRIGHT, R.G. COLLINS, A.E. NORTON, W. DOUGLAS-JONES, T.B. NICHOLSON
RECEIVING THE MAYOR OF CAPE TOWN’S FAREWELL ADDRESS ON THE SOUTH ARM”[372]
CHEERING IN RESPONSE”[372]
HOME FROM SOUTH AFRICA—N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[378]
SERGEANTS STOWELL, DONALD, RUTHERFOORD, FOX, FARRIER-SERGEANT EDWARDS, LANCE-CORPORAL GODDEN, S.C. GORDON, E.A. THELWALL, A.P. COURTENAY
HOME FROM SOUTH AFRICA—N.C.O.S AND TROOPERS”[384]
SERGEANT J. BRENNAN, H. NICOLAY, A. ATKINSON, C.H. JOHNSTONE, G. SMITH, N.V. REID, W.R. WINDER, R.M. CRUX, L.K. ZORAB
MEMBERS OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE WHO JOINED THE JOHANNESBURG POLICE, DECEMBER 1900”[410]
SILVER STATUETTE, PRESENTED TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LUMSDEN”[418]
TABLET IN ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, CALCUTTA”[424]