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Belingwe Field Force Raised late 1896 Source: Roll of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men entitled to the Medal or Clasp for Operations in Matabeleland and Mashonaland in 1896, Together with those who have forfeited the same by misconduct. Cape Times Limited, St. Georges Street, Cape Town, 1898 Staff Belingwe Column Corps |
| Laing | Tyrie | Major | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Frankland | Sir Frederick | Staff-Captain | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Taylor | George | Lieutenant-P.M. | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Lichtenstein | A. | Lieutenant-Quartermaster | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Chivers | N. | Lieutenant-R.O. | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Hallett | J. G. Taylor- | Regimental Sergeant Major | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Hardy | J. W. | Bugler | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Cook | James | Electrician | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Stuart-Steer | W. A. | Trooper-Ass.-Comm. | Belingwe Staff | ||
| Hare | P. | Trooper | Belingwe Staff |
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Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Hopper | Harman | Captain | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Caldecott | F. R. | Lieutenant | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Garcia | A. L. | Sergeant | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Halkett | C. H. | Sergeant | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Money | A. | Sergeant | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Parry | F. C. | Sergeant-Gunner | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Daniell | W. T. | Corporal | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column M.M.P. attached | ||
| Le Vierge | F | Corporal | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column M.M.P. attached | ||
| Valentine | E. J. | Corporal | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bennett | J. M. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bredenberg | G. D. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Cedarland | Edward | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Dawson | G. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Dickson | R. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Judge | T. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Huband | W. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Hamilton | A. C. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Hillier | H. W. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Gron | C. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| McGilvary | J. A. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| McClelland | F. A. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Potgieter | L. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column M.M.P. attached | ||
| Parker-Toulson | J. G. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Snowden | F. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wood | J. H. | Trooper | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Beers | H. | Gunner | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Elliott | W. | Gunner | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Whitty | J. T. | Gunner | Maxim Troop, Belingwe Column |
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A Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Yonge | G. A. | Lieutenant | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bates | F. A. | Lieutenant | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Blake | L. R. | Sergeant | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Blakey | H. | Corporal | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Low | James | Corporal | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Byrne | J. P. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bushnell | C. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Cook | Archie | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Cook | John | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Dick | Duncan | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Inverdale | A. B. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Laidlaw | W. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Merry | J. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Nauhaus | C. F. W. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| O'Donovan | P. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| O'Hagan | M. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Pyke | C. C. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Roodt | S. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Sievert | C. H. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Todd | Robert | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Venacke | J. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Waits | J. W. | Trooper | A Troop, Belingwe Column |
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B Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Beisley | P. S. | Lieutenant | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bell | A. H. | Lieutenant | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Lawrence | A. P. | Sergeant | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wiley | H. | Sergeant | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Davey | T. W. | Corporal | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Hall | J. | Corporal | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Scot-Rodgers | C. | Corporal | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Young | W. H. | Corporal | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Adendorff | G. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Anderson | W. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Brean | M. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Browne | R. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Gerber | E. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Howell | B. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| James | F. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Knight | A. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Lord | H. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Stephens | W. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Stewart | A. M. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Sullivan | J. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Taylor | James | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Terry | W. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wynn | J. | Trooper | B Troop, Belingwe Column |
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C Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Jackson | S. N. G. | Lieutenant | C Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Clifford | W. | Farrier Sergeant | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Good | M. | Sergeant | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Gott | George | Sergeant | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Evans | J. | Corporal | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Forbes | R. K. | Corporal | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Gunn | J. | Corporal | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Cameron | A. D. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Crawford | W. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Descalzi | G. G. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Fairbank | E. D. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Foster | J. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Hughes | M. H. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Jackson | W. H. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Jon | H. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Masters | L. S. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Miller | W. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Petersen | V. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Possett | N. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Thomas | H. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Warham | W. K. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column | ||
| Williams | A. O. | Trooper | C Troop Belingwe Column |
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D Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Campbell | D. | Lieutenant-Trand. | D Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Howe | C. E. | Lieutenant-Trand. O. | D Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Moore | W. | Lieutenant-Conductor | D Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Walsh | Charles | Sergeant | D Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Adam | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Bill | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Brink | Valtain | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Chris | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Clow | Andries | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Constant | John | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Cornelius | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Manuel | J. | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Manuel | W. | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Meas | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Pole | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Poppie | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Prins | E. | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Sampé | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Scott | E. | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Smith | A. | Driver | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Adam | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Adam | J. | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Andries | P. | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bob | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Charlie | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Cornets | Jan | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Davis | Joseph | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Farney | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Geldenhaus | Petruis | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| George | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Gert | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Gert | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Jacob | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Jim | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Joet | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Johannis | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Johannis | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Johannis | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| John | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Klass | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Mento | America | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Penn | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Phillip | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Picannie | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Piet | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Sjambok | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Skonsuon | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Smouse | Jim | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Talla | Tom | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Tom | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Vellium | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Weldon | John | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | ||
| Willie | Leader | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column | |||
| Smith | H. | Horse Boy | Cape Boys, Belingwe Column |
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E Troop, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Stoddart | James | Captain | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| McCallum | M. | Lieutenant | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wilson | A. J. | Lieutenant-Quartermaster | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Pope | T. J. | Lieutenant-Quartermaster | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Thomas | D. J. | Medical Officer | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Coates | F. | Sergeant | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Douglas | R. | Sergeant | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Duffy | J. | Corporal | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Nash | S. | Corporal | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Beaty-Pownall | C. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Beaver | F. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Bedford | A. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Berggrist | Robert | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Carlsen | C. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Coutts | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Grant | F. R. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Howitz | E. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Jahnsen | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Laing | J. R. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Logan | J. A. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Luckhurst | F. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Lyons | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| McLellan | A. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| McLeod | K. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Nickless | A. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Palmer | W. R. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Randall | J. J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Reece | Robert | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Skews | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| St Aubyn | A. W. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Stone | G. W. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Stone | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Tannahill | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Walsh | M.G. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wilks | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column | ||
| Woest | J. | Trooper | E Troop, Belingwe Column |
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Scouts, Belingwe Column Corps |
| Brabant | J. S. | Captain | Scouts, Belingwe Column | ||
| Lynch | W. P. | Lieutenant | Scouts, Belingwe Column | ||
| Posselt | H. | Lieutenant | Scouts, Belingwe Column | ||
| Mitchell | J. O. | Sergeant | Scouts, Belingwe Column | ||
| O'Reilly | Sergeant | Scouts, Belingwe Column | |||
| Southey | R. D. | Sergeant | Scouts, Belingwe Column | ||
| Wilson | W. R. | Sergeant | Scouts, Belingwe Column |
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Tyrie Laing provides a substantially different roll in The Matabele Rebellion 1896, with the Belingwe Field Force , D.T. Laing. |
| Tyrie Laing | D. | Captain | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Frankland | Sir Frederick | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Pope | T. Jackson | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Stoddart | James | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Wilson | A. J. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Clifford | W. J. | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Jackson | S. N. G. | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| McCallum | Malcolm | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Wilson | W. R. | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Daniell | W. T. | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Le Vierge | F. | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Beaty Pownall | W. C. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Bergqvist | Gustav Robert | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Bushnell | J. C. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Cameron | A. D. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Cook | John | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Cook | James | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Cook | Archie | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Cremer | C. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Descalzie | G. G. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Douglas | R. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Huband | M. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Inverdale | A. B. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Laidlaw | Walter | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Levine | P. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Low | James | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Luckhurst | F. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Lyle | W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Lynch | W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| McGilvray | J. A. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Miller | W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Mitchell | J. C. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Nauhaus | C. F. W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Paulsen | C. H. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Paulsen | Harry | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Pike | C. C. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Posselt | N. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Posselt | Harry | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Roodts | S. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||||
| Sheldrake | W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Snowdon | F. H. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Vallentine | Edwin | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Warham | W. K. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Yorke | B. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Belingwe Field Force | |||||
| 10 Cape Boys | Belingwe Field Force | ||||
| 15 Zambesi Boys | Belingwe Field Force |
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On 6th May 1896, Captain Hopper joined the Belingwe Field Force having travelled from Victoria with the following: |
| Hopper | Harman (Herman) | Captain | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Caldecott | F. R. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Anderson | W. | Surgeon Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Nolan | Sergeant Major | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Perry | Sergeant Major | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Tate | Sergeant Major | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Weale | Sergeant Major | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Clark | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Halkett | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Mepartland | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Berry | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Carruthers | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Forbes | R K. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Goddard | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Hillier | H. W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Noakes | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| O'Reilly | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Potgieter | L. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Southey | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Van der Walt | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Whitaker | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Wray | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force |
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On 26th May a further relief force arrived via Tuli and included: |
| Brabant | Captain | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Sporsell | Captain | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Beisly | P. S. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Bell | A. H. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Campbell | Donald. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Chivers | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Howe | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Lichtenstein | "Jumbo" | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Moore | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Posselt | H. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Yonge | G. A. | Lieutenant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Coats | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Lawrence | A. P. | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Money | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Perry | Francis Charles | Sergeant | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Duffy | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Hall | John | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Nash | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Roger | Charles Scott | Corporal | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Anderson | W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Beavor | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Carlsen | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Coutts | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Dick | Duncan | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Grant | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Horwitz | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Jansen | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Judge | T. M. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Laing | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Levin | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Logan | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Lyons | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| McLellan | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| McLeod | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| McVeau | Archibald | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Morgan | Charles Oglethorpe | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Nickless | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Palmer | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Randell | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Reece | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Skews | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| St Aubyn | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Stewart | A. M. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Stone | G. W. | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Stone | (not G W) | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Tannahill | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Toulson | John George Parker | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Walsh | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| West | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Wilks | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | |||
| Woest | John Tobias | Trooper | Belingwe Field Force | ||
| Robertson | Volunteer | Belingwe Field Force |
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At 30th May the strength of the column was approximately: Staff - 3 officers, 3 N.C.O.s Maxim Troop - 2 officers, 28 N.C.O.s A Troop - 2 officers, 28 N.C.O.s B Troop - 2 officers, 27 N.C.O.s Laager Troop (including hospital) - 20 N.C.O.s Cape Boys - 3 officers, 65 N.C.O.s Scouts - 1 officer, 6 N.C.O.s Remount - 1 officer, 3 N.C.O.s Native Contingent - 2 white officers, 2 N.C.O.s, men 330 |