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in The Victorian soldier in Africa
Chapter DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526137913.00020
Online Publication Date:
30 Jul 2018
Open Access (free)

INDEX

Abbot, Trooper Thomas 152
Abbott, Corporal R. 169
’Abdullah, Khalifa 126, 150–1, 153
army of 137, 143, 150, 152
Abu Hamed 120, 144–5
Abu Klea Wells 117, 121
battle of (1885) 6, 117
Abu Kru (Gubat) 121
battle of (1885) 118
Adowa, battle of (1896) 140
Adye, Lieutenant-General Sir John 8, 81
Afghanistan 2, 9, 77, 125
Afghan War, Second (1878–80) 68, 77, 93
Ainslie, Quartermaster John 86–7, 91
Airey, General Sir Richard 5
Aldworth, Lieutenant-Colonel W. 166–7, 174n.2
Alexandria 6, 77–81
Alison, Brigadier Sir Archibald 28, 79–80
Alleman’s Nek, battle of (1900) 169
Amoafo, battle of (1874) 28–30
Anderson, Corporal D. W. 147
Anstey, Private S. 161
Anstruther, Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. 60–1, 63–4
Arabi Pasha 77–83, 85, 92
camp of 89, 91
armoured trains 77, 80, 85, 170
Army, Anglo-Egyptian 137, 143, 150, 152
Army, British 1, 5–6, 10–12, 72, 132, 159, 163, 165, 183, 188
discipline 12–13, 23, 38, 81
education 2–3, 9
image 12–16, 184
postal service 4, 6, 13, 35
recruitment 2, 12–13, 184
reservists 15, 78, 86, 160, 183–4, 187
Army, Egyptian 81, 84
camps 82–3
casualties 84, 87, 90–1, 99, 102–3, 105
fighting qualities 79, 90, 93, 138, 188
gunnery 80, 82–3, 85–6, 88–90, 147, 180
reformed 137–41, 146, 150, 152–3, 186
shooting 79–80, 84, 87–9
trenches 80, 82, 86–9, 94, 150, 180
Army, Mahdist 99–100, 112–13, 118–19, 121, 128, 139, 140–1, 144–6, 148
casualties 105, 108, 120, 123–4, 127, 140, 147, 153, 183
fighting qualities 103–4, 108, 120, 123, 143, 147, 151, 188
shooting 120, 126, 147
skirmishing 123, 126
tactics 107, 109, 117–18, 122, 124, 126, 150–2
trenches 103, 139, 147
see also ’Abdullah, Khalifa; Hadendowa Arabs; Osman Digna
Army, Zulu 35, 47–8, 61, 185
casualties 9, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53
mobility 38–40, 53, 188
shooting 46, 50
tactics 41–2, 44–50, 52–3
see also Cetshwayo
Army Hospital Corps 67, 70, 82, 84, 91
Army Post Office Corps 6, 77
Army Service Corps 63, 187–8
Asante people 20–1, 23–7, 31
fighting qualities 21–2, 27–30, 188
tactics 22, 27–30
Asantehene see Kofi Karikari, King
Astell, Captain Somerset 141, 143
Atbara Fort 144, 149
Atbara river 146–7
battle of (1898) 5, 147–8, 150, 186
Ayr Advertiser 50
Bain, Private 165
Baker, Sergeant G. 122
Baker, Major-General Valentine 99–104
Balfour, Lieutenant Charles B. 4, 83, 90
Balfour, Dr Harry H. 162
Baring, Sir E. (later Earl of Cromer) 102, 109, 140
Barrow, Major P. H. S. 104–5
Barwood, A. V. 79, 100, 106, 115, 126
Baynes, Captain Kenneth S. 86–7
Bechuanaland 132, 134, 187
Bedson, Private George 87
Beja group of tribes 99, 123
Bennett, Sergeant-Major Benjamin 25
Bennett, Corporal F. 123
Berber 99, 109, 112, 125, 144, 146
Beresford, Lord Charles 119
Best, Brian 35
Betts, Private G. 47
Bevan, Corporal W. G. 163
Beziudenhout, Piet 61
Black and White 5
Blackburn, Captain J. E. 119
‘Black Week’ 163
Blackwood’s Magazine 4–5, 8
blockhouses 72, 172
Bloemfontein (town and camp) 168, 182, 188
Blood (Ncome) River 38, 50
Boers 6–7, 9, 47–8, 61–2, 68, 74n.1, 132–4, 168, 171–3, 181
casualties 64–5, 67, 70, 164
mistreat natives 65, 171, 185
mobility 59, 159, 168, 170
shooting 59, 66–7, 69–73, 135, 161–4, 166, 173, 188
siegecraft 59, 71–3, 159–63
skirmishing 59, 63, 67, 69, 71, 73, 161–2, 166, 173, 188
tactics 63–4, 66, 74n.19, 168–70, 188–9
trenches 163–4, 166–7, 173
Bogle, Drummer 87, 93–4
Bolshaw, Sergeant J. F. 14–15
Bond, Private W. 79–80
Bond, Colonel W. D. 70
Booth, Sergeant Anthony 47
Borthwick, Oliver 10
Boscawen, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. E. 118
Botha, General Louis 168
Bowden, Private Arthur 183
Brackenbury, General Sir H. 4–5, 8, 28–9, 120
Bray, Private 171
Brecon County Times 10
Brett, E. H. 64
Bridge of Allan Reporter 50
Briggs, Lance-Sergeant W. 149
Brinton, Lieutenant John 5
Bristol Observer 10
Bromhead, Lieutenant Gonville 43–4
Bronkhurst Spruit, ambush (1880) 7, 63–4, 72
Brown, Private W. J. 188
Brownlow, Major William 65
Bryan, Lieutenant John 170, 186
Bryne, Trooper M. 152
Buckley, Private D. 43
Bull, René 5
Bullen, Private R. 180–1
Buller, General Sir Redvers 37, 48–9, 52–3
in the South African War 160, 162, 164–5, 168–9, 183–4
in the Sudan 105, 108, 121
Burleigh, Bennet 7, 100, 111n.44, 121, 153
Burnaby, Colonel F. 104, 117
Butler, Lieutenant-General Sir William 22, 127
Cairo 14, 77–8, 80, 86, 91–2, 102, 112, 114, 126, 138–44, 149, 153
Cambridge, Duke of 5
Camel Corps 115–19
Egyptian 119, 127, 152
Cameron, Private Donald 9, 88
Cameron, John 100, 107, 118
Campbell, Private Donald 88
Campbell, Captain H. Fletcher 45
Cape Colony 15, 36, 64, 132, 159, 170
Cardwell, Edward T. 5, 20, 22
reforms of 20, 31–2, 78, 92–3, 187
Carey, Lieutenant J. B. 51
Carrington, Major F., Horse 36–7, 60, 134
censorship 7, 15, 77, 93, 121, 130n.58, 181–2
Centane, battle of (1878) 36
Cetshwayo, Zulu king 38, 51, 53, 74n.1, 181
army of 41
Chard, Lieutenant John 40, 43, 185
Chelmsford, 2nd Baron (Lieutenant- General F. A. Thesiger) 37–44, 51–3, 59
columns of 38–9, 41–3, 50
criticised 49, 51, 53, 183
Child, Daphne 35
Childers, Hugh 93
Chin, Corporal 172
Chonlarton, Private W. 184
Churchill, Winston S. 5, 10–11
Churchward, Lieutenant W. S. 93
City of London Imperial Volunteers 169, 186
Clark, Sonia 35
Clarke, Private Thomas R. 148
Cochrane, Lieutenant W. F. D. 40
Coe, Private C. 50
Coghill, Lieutenant-Colonel Kendal 85–6, 90
Coke, Major-General J. Talbot 169
Colenso, battle of (1899) 159, 162, 164–5, 182
Colley, Major-General Sir George Pomeroy 61, 64–71, 73, 75n.41
colonial auxiliaries 36–9, 43, 47–9, 52–3, 59, 72, 132–4, 159, 186
Commeline, Lieutenant Charles 49, 57n.83, 60, 72
communications, 7, 46, 72, 135, 162, 167
heliograph 46, 102, 150, 160
telegraph 6–7, 25–6, 46, 68, 82, 85, 90, 92, 126, 132–4, 140, 187
concentration camps 171–3
Connan, Sergeant 107
Connaught, Duke of 83, 92
Cook, Lance-Corporal W. 114–15
Coombs, Sergeant Henry 67–8
Cordial, Drum Major 151
Cosser, Lance-Corporal J. A. 15, 185
Coveny, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 90, 108, 119–20, 188
Crann, Private Thomas 64
Crauford, Captain William 50
Crealock, Major-General H. H. 51
Crimean War (1854–6) 28, 77
Cronjé, General Piet 73, 166–8
Crow, Dr Harvey 63–4
Cunningham, Captain Boyd A. 171
Cunynghame, Sir Arthur 36–7
Curling, Lieutenant Henry 10
Daily Chronicle 6
Daily Mail 182
Daily News 3, 100
Daily Telegraph 5, 7, 100
Dalrymple-Hay, Second Lieutenant J. R. M. 73
Dalton, James L. 43
Danby, Sergeant William 104–5
Dartnell, Major John 40
Davies, Private George 49
Davies, Corporal Thomas 35
Davis, Major-General John 105–6
Daykin, Private F. 116
Deane, Colonel 66
De la Rey, General Koos 168
Denne, Lieutenant Henry W. D. 80–1, 93, 104–5, 107–9, 119–20
Devas, Corporal 160
De Wet, General Christiaan 168, 170–1, 186
De Wetsdorp 171
Dixon, Gunner 117
Dongola 115–16, 141, 143
campaign (1896) 137, 140
Doornkop, battle of (1900) 168–9, 183
Douglas, Captain Charles W. H. 70–1
Douglas, Private Walter 163
Dover Express 9
Dunn, J. N. 9
Dunne, Acting Commissary W. A. 185
Durnford, Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. 38–9, 41, 43
Eadon, Captain F. H. 151–2
Earle, Major-General William 119–20
Easterbrook, Private H. 165
Eastwood, Colour-Sergeant 151
Edwards, Captain C. Mackenzie 124–5
Egerton, Conductor Ralph 63–4, 74n.19
Egypt 4, 6, 9, 14, 77–9, 93, 112, 134, 144
army of occupation 15, 99–100, 137
barracks 12, 91–2, 137–8, 140–1
disease in 85, 92, 100, 185
intervention in (1882) 4, 6–7, 77–8, 135, 184, 187–8
invasions of 126, 139–40
Elandslaagte, battle of (1899) 159–61
Elmina, battle of (1873) 20–1
El Obeid, battle of (1883) 99
Elsdale, Major Henry 134–5
El Teb, two battles of (1884) 99–100, 103–6
Emery, Frank 2, 10, 35, 57n.83, 75n.32, 77, 109n.4, 114
Emmerson, Telegrapher H. 114
Eshowe, mission 38, 46, 50–1
Essex, Captain Edward 41
Etherington, Private Harry 117
Evans, Private Edward 41–2
Evening News 139
Eyers, Private E. 171
Eyre, Lieutenant-Colonel Philip H. 114, 120
Fante people 20–1, 25–6, 29–31, 185
Farley, Major J. J. B. 140–1, 143, 154n.29
farm burning 168, 171
Farmer, Lance Corporal 70
Farquharson, Corporal John 5
Fashoda 153, 157n.103
Fell, Lieutenant Robert B. 48–9
Fereira, Commandant Joachim 59–60
Ferguson, Private Francis 123, 127, 137–40
Ferguson, Private Robert 23, 28, 30
Festing, Colonel F. W. 20–1
Fielding, Viscount 89
Fife, Lieutenant Hugh 167, 169, 177n.59
Finn, Surgeon E. H. 125
Firket 126
battle of (1896) 141, 143
First World War (1914–18) 11
Fitzgerald, Private P. 42
Forbes, Archibald 3, 12
Forde, Sergeant 142–3
Forster, W. E., Education Act of (1870) 1–2
Fraser, Private George C. 170
Fraser Major T. 69–70
Free State Express 9
French, Major-General J. D. P. 160, 186
Frere, Sir Henry Bartle 38, 59
Fripp, Charles 5
Frontier Light Horse 37, 47–9
Fry, Colour-Sergeant G. 166
Gakdul Wells 116, 121
Gamble, Private Robert 82
Gardner, Lieutenant M. S. 167
garrisons 1, 15, 59, 71–2, 78–9, 81, 99–100, 160, 187
Gatacre, Major-General W. F. 145–7, 160
Geddes, Private 91
Gemaizah, battle of (1888) 139
Gerrotty, Private M. 38
Gibson, Corporal J. 150–1
Gifford, Lord 26
Gilham, Rifleman George H. 23, 30
Gingindlovu, battle of (1879) 50–1, 53
Ginnis, battle of (1885) 4, 113, 127, 138
Gittins, Trooper T. 82, 84
Gladstone William E. 109, 112
criticised 71, 108–9, 121, 189
government of 61, 65, 78, 93, 99, 102, 112, 121, 125, 132
Glasson, Private James 181
Gleichen, Lieutenant Count Edward 115–16
Glyn, Colonel Richard T. 38, 49
Godfrey, Private Charles 50
Gold Coast 20–1, 23–6, 31
Gomer, Sapper R. 187
Gordon, Major-General Charles 99, 108, 112, 117–19, 128n.1, 147, 151, 189
death of 7, 112, 120–1, 123, 140, 150
memorial service 153
relief expedition (1884–5) 4, 7, 112, 127–8, 135, 137, 139, 181, 184, 188
Gordon-Duff, Lieutenant Lachlan 167, 169
Goshen, republic of 132, 134
Graham, Major-General Gerald 82, 85
brigade of 82–4, 87, 89
criticised 105, 108, 125
in eastern Sudan (1884) 100, 102–3, 105–9; (1885) 112, 122–3
Graham, Private John 49
Graham, Private L. 160
Grant, Lieutenant M. H. 173
Granville, Lord 102
Graphic 5, 50, 100
Greaves, Adrian 35
Green, Colonel A. O. 100–2, 144
Greenfield, Reverend C. E. 172
Greig, Sergeant-Major 93
Grieve, Lance-Sergeant Colin 144, 148, 187
Griffiths, Private G. 43
Guards Brigade 86, 90, 92–3
gunboats 137, 143, 146, 150, 153
guns, artillery 28, 30, 36–7, 59–60, 132–3
in Boer War 61–2, 65–9, 71–3
in Egyptian intervention 77, 80, 82–90
in the South African War 160, 162, 164–6, 169–71, 188
in the Sudan 102–3, 105–6, 116, 118, 120, 123, 126–7, 137, 143, 147, 150–1, 153
in Zulu War 39–42, 45, 47, 49–50, 52–3
Hadendowa Arabs 99–100, 107–8, 188
Hafir, battle of (1896) 143
Hamilton, Colonel Ian 69, 160
Hamilton, Sergeant William 168
Harding, Private Thomas 43
Harness, Lieutenant-Colonel A. 39, 42
Harrison, Lieutenant H. A. C. 63
Hart, Major-General Fitzroy 71, 164
Harward, Lieutenant H. H. 47
Hashin, battle of (1885) 123, 125
Haslam, Corporal R. 123, 125
Haughton, Private H. 167
Hausa 21, 25–6, 30
Hawkins, Corporal A. 189
Hawkins, Corporal F. 173
Healey, Sergeant R. D. 89, 93
Heidelberg 62, 64
Helpmekaar 41, 49
Henwood, Private William 184
Hewett, Admiral Sir William H. 107
Hicks, Lieutenant-General William 99, 138
Higginson, Lieutenant 40
Highland Brigade
in Egypt 86–8, 93, 94n.2
in the South African War 163, 165, 181, 183
Hill, Lance-Corporal G. 172
Hipkin, Private Arthur 147–8
Hitchcock, Sergeant J. E. 181
Hlobane mountain, battle of (1879) 48
Hobhouse, Emily 173
Holland, Private James 9
Holman, Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. L. 124
Holme, Norman 10
Home, Major Robert 23
Hook, Private Henry 185
Hooper, Sergeant Josh S. 2–3, 46
Howard, Hon. Hubert 182
Hughes, Private F. 165
Hume, Lieutenant J. J. F. 64
Hunter, Colonel Archibald 140–1, 143–4, 182
Husband, Sergeant Edward E. 170
Hutchinson, Corporal 48–9
Hutton, Lieutenant Edward 5
Illustrated London News 5, 46, 100, 133
Imperial Light Horse 160, 186
Imperial Yeomanry 186
India 2, 145
native forces of 85, 93, 123–4
reinforcements from 6, 15, 67–9, 78, 81, 100, 122, 160, 187
see also Tirah campaign
Ingogo river 67–8, 70
Isandlwana 8, 14, 35, 42–3, 51
battle of (1879) 9–10, 40–3, 45–7, 49, 77, 108
camp 38, 40–1
Ismailia 6, 78, 81–3, 85–6
Jackson, F. W. D. 35, 40
Jackson, Tabitha 1–2
James, Private D. 167
James, Private W. 168
Jekyll, Lieutenant H. 25
Jewell, Corporal 186
Johnston, Private William 166
Jones, Sergeant Evan 183
Jones, Colonel H. S. 4
Joubert, Commandant Frans 63
Joubert, Piet 62, 65, 67, 70–1
Judson, Private James 90
Kassassin 82–3, 87
two battles of (1882) 84–6
Kean, Sergeant A. 164
Kelly, Bandsman P. 166
Khambula, camp and battle of (1879) 47–9
Khartoum 99, 112, 115, 118–20
capture of (1885) 7, 112, 118, 120–1
Kimberley 160, 162, 168
Kirbekan, battle of (1885) 120, 188
Kitchener, Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert
in the South African War 166–7, 172–3, 181
in the Sudan 5, 7, 139–41, 143–4, 146–7, 149–50, 153, 185
Knight, Ian 35
Kofi Karikari, King 21, 25–7, 31
Komati Poort 170–1
Korti 112, 116, 119, 121
Kosheh, fort and village 126–7, 143
Kruger, Paul 62, 71
Kumase 20, 25, 27, 30–1, 181
Ladysmith 160, 165, 168, 183, 189
siege of (1899–1900) 13, 159, 161–3
Laing’s Nek 65, 68, 70, 169
battle of (1881) 65–8
Lambert, Trooper 173
Lambert, Gunner H. 163
Lambert, James 52–3
Lanyon, Sir W. O. 61–2
Law, Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil 169, 172
Learmonth, Bandsman P. 148
letter-writing 1–2, 4–6, 12, 71–2, 92, 122, 139
difficulty of 3–4, 35, 113–14
shortcomings of 7, 10–11, 15–16, 18nn. 53–4, 28, 30–1, 40, 180–1
value of 1, 5, 7–11, 13–16, 29, 49, 66, 77, 137, 159, 164–6, 180, 184, 189
Lewis, Sergeant Charles 26–7
Lison, Private 151
Littler, Corporal Philip 173
Lloyd, Lieutenant Francis 125, 180
Long, Colonel C. J. 164
Lovat scouts 186
Lunny, Sergeant-Major 65–6
Lydenburg 46, 74n.12
Lyons, Private 162
Macaulay, Private 79
McChesney, Sergeant 89
MacDonald, Alex 100
MacDonald, Private D. 146
Macdonald, Major-General Hector A. 7, 70, 152, 166
McGraw, Lance-Sergeant S. 31
machine-gun 77, 103, 126, 133, 137, 184
Gardner 100, 106, 117, 124, 132
Gatling 25, 30, 45, 50, 52, 65, 81–2, 87, 100, 127
Maxim 141, 149, 151, 153, 165
Mackintosh, Major 172
McLean, Private Lauchlan 79
McLeod, Colonel John 27
McNeill, Major-General Sir John 28, 123–5
Macpherson, Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan 86
McRae, Private Peter 100, 102
Madden, Sergeant Jeremiah 9, 65–6
Mafeking 132, 134, 160, 162
Magersfontein, battle of (1899) 163, 165, 181–3
Mahdi see Mohammad Ahmad al-Mahdi
Mahmud, Emir 146–7
Main, Lieutenant Thomas R. 36, 38, 45
Maiwand, battle of (1880) 77
Majuba hill 169
battle of (1881) 59, 69–71, 73, 77, 160–1, 167, 189
Malcolm, Lieutenant H. H. L. 86
Manchester Examiner 100
Mansell, Dr 45–6
Marchand, Commandant Jean-Baptiste 153
Marching Over Africa 2, 35
Marling, Lieutenant Percy S. 65, 68, 70–1, 85, 100–2, 104–5, 108, 117–18, 188
Martin, Rifleman 182
Martin, Colonel Roland 151–2
Martin, Private W. G. 103
Matthews, Father 165
Matthews, Private H. 144–5
Maurice, Major-General Sir J. F. 5
Maxwell, Lance-Corporal Wallace 166
medals 13, 15, 31, 71, 89–90, 94, 109, 126–7, 180–1
khedival 14, 94, 127, 149
Victoria Cross 31, 61, 70, 100, 104, 123, 152, 161, 185
medical support 133, 184
in Asante War 23, 25
in Boer War 63–4, 67–8, 70
in Egypt 83, 91–3
in the South African War 108, 121–2, 124, 128, 138, 140–1, 148, 168, 188
in the Sudan 108, 121–2, 124, 128, 138, 140–3, 148
in Zulu War 45–6, 50
Meiklejohn, Captain Matthew F. M. 161
Meiklejohn, Lieutenant R. F. 146
Melvill, Lieutenant Teignmouth 41
Metemmeh 118, 139
Methuen, Lieutenant-General Lord P. S. 133, 135, 136n.18, 160, 162–4, 183, 186–8
Midland Counties Express 9
Middleton, Corporal F. H. 116–18, 122
Modder river 166–7
battle of (1899) 163
Mohammad Ahmad al-Mahdi 7, 99, 126
tomb of 150
Monks, Corporal F. 151
Moody, Sergeant W. G. 150
Moore, Captain G. C. 25
Moore, Major H. G. 37
Morgan, Drill-Sergeant 150–1
Moriarty, Captain D. B. 46–7
Morning Post 5, 10
Morris, Donald 35
Morris, Private George 38
Morris, Lance-Sergeant W. J. 65–6
Morrison, Private John 102–3
Morrison, Sergeant Roderick 144, 147
Mostyn, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Savage 25
Mount Prospect, camp 65, 67–8
mounted infantry 36, 59–60, 65–6, 72, 132–4
in Egypt 80, 82, 84, 91
in the South African War 168, 170, 181
in the Sudan 100, 105–7, 115, 117
in Zulu War 37, 39–42, 47–53
Mowbray, Lieutenant W. H. H. C. 29
Muirhead, Trooper 40, 42
Munro, Private R. 181
Murphy, Sergeant 146–7
Murray, Captain Hon. Andrew 153, 157n.103
Napoleon, Prince Louis (The Prince Imperial) 35, 50
Nason, Major 152
Natal 4, 15, 36, 38, 40, 43, 46, 49, 59, 64–5, 67, 133, 159–60, 164, 166, 169, 182, 185, 188
Mounted Police 37, 41–2, 65
Native Contingent 40, 43, 185
Native Pioneers 39–40
Natal Witness 9
native auxiliaries 21–2, 27, 30, 36–40, 45, 47–8, 50, 52–3, 60, 116, 121, 132, 172, 180, 185
bearers 25–6, 30–1, 115, 119, 124, 133, 180, 185
drivers 73, 107, 124, 180
labourers 23–4, 26, 31, 133, 144, 185
messengers 7, 185
scouts 26, 52, 107, 132, 180, 184–5
Naval Brigades 187
in Asante War 21–2, 24–7, 29–31
in Boer War 65, 68–9
in Egypt 77–8, 80–1, 87, 89
in the South African War 162, 169
in the Sudan 100, 102, 107, 114, 116–19, 124, 126
in Zulu War 45–6
Nelson, Drum-Major D. 147
Newdigate, Major-General E. 51
newspapers 1, 4–11, 49, 59, 71, 77, 93, 100, 107, 135, 151, 159, 173, 181–3, 186
Nicholson’s Nek, battle of (1899) 160–2
Nicol, Captain J. 26–7
Nile, river 7, 99, 112, 114, 117–19, 128, 138, 141, 144–5, 150, 153, 187
campaign see Gordon relief expedition
Noble 24 the, The 10
Northey, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis 53
Ntombe river, battle of (1879) 35, 46–7
Nyamaga, battle of (1878) 36
Nyezane river, battle of (1879) 45
observation balloons 122, 125, 132, 134–5, 162
O’Callaghan, Sergeant M. O. 53, 72
officers, British
in Egyptian Army 137, 140–1, 143, 152–3
relations with other ranks 141, 145–6, 148, 164–5, 183
as war correspondents 4–5, 11, 50
Omdurman 144, 149–53
battle of (1898) 5, 137, 150–2, 165, 182–3, 186, 188
Omissi, David 11
Orange Free State (later Orange River Colony) 61, 64, 170, 181, 187
Osbourne, Lieutenant George S. 160, 165–6
Osman Digna 99, 152
army of 104, 109, 122–4, 137
camp of 105, 108
Paardeberg, battle of (1900) 159, 166–7, 174
Pakenham, Thomas 1
Pall Mall Gazette 99
Park, Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil W. 162, 182
Parminter, Private W. 162
Paterson, Drummer George 14, 88, 92
Paulton, James M. 100
Payne, Lieutenant A. V. 46
Peacock, Captain F. M. 170–1
Pearson, Colonel C. K. 38, 45–6, 185
Pedi people 35–6, 60, 188
Pexton, Private H. 147
Philip, Sergeant John 80, 84, 94
Pickup, Private Walter 149
Pine-Coffin, Captain John E. 181, 185–6
Plumer, Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. O. 170
poetry 1, 93–4, 109, 139, 148, 180–1
Porter, Surgeon 122, 124
Potchefstroom 61–2, 72–3, 74n.12
Powell, Sapper 91
Pra, river 21, 24–6
Pretoria 61–4, 72, 74n.12, 168–9
Pretorius, Marthinus 62
Price, Private James 11
Price, Julius M. 133, 135
Prior, Melton 30, 100, 111n.44
Pulleine, Lieutenant-Colonel H. 40–1
purchase, abolition of 31–2
railways 112, 125–6
Egyptian 80–3, 85, 89–90, 92, 100, 114, 140, 143
South African 133, 160, 168–71
Sudan Military 7, 144–5
see also armoured trains
Rait, Captain A. J. 25, 28, 30, 32
Ramleh 79, 81
Rawlinson, Captain Sir Henry 5
Reade, Winwoode 20
Red River expedition (1870) 4, 112, 128n.14
Red Soldier, The 2, 35
regiments (cavalry) in alphabetical order
Dragoon Guards (1st King’s) 9, 51–3, 65–6
Dragoon Guards (4th) 82, 84, 91
Dragoon Guards (5th) 161
Dragoon Guards (7th) 82, 84
Dragoons (6th, Inniskilling) 132, 134
Hussars (10th) 104–5, 110n.15
Hussars (15th) 68
Hussars (18th) 116
Hussars (19th) 85–6, 90, 102–4, 118–21
Hussars (20th) 123, 127, 137–9
Lancers (5th) 122–5, 161
Lancers (17th) 14, 51–3
Lancers (21st) 5, 137, 149–52
Life Guards 5, 9, 82–4
Royal Scots Greys 172
regiments (Guards) in alphabetical order
Coldstream 123, 181
Grenadier 113, 115–16, 125, 149–51, 153
Scots 4, 79, 82–3, 91–2, 121
regiments (infantry) in alphabetical order
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 50, 86, 163, 165–6, 171–2, 182, 184
Black Watch 9, 14, 23–31, 77, 79, 86–90, 92–3, 94n.2, 97n.108, 100, 102–3, 105–8, 119–21, 155n.39, 163, 165–6, 181–2
Buffs 3, 35, 45
Connaught Rangers 35, 37, 51, 59–60, 63–4
Devonshire 160–5, 172–3, 182–4, 189
Dorsetshire 165, 169, 172
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 80–5, 126, 166–9, 172, 174n.2, 181, 184, 186
Duke of Edinburgh’s Lanarkshire (99th) 45, 47–50
Essex 114
Gloucestershire 160–2, 166–8, 170–1, 180–1
Gordon Highlanders 4, 13, 68–71, 80–1, 86–8, 92–3, 97n.108, 100, 102–4, 160–3, 167, 169, 172–4, 182–3
Highland Light Infantry 9, 86–8, 163, 168, 181
King’s Own (4th) 38
King’s Royal Rifle Corps (60th) 5, 50, 65, 67–9, 79, 81, 85–6, 93, 103, 162
Lancashire Fusiliers 149–50, 165
Lincolnshire 144–50
Loyal North Lancashire 181
Manchester 160–1
North Staffordshire 137, 140–3, 145
Northumberland Fusiliers 149, 151
Perthshire Volunteers, later Cameronians (90th) 36–7, 47–9, 52, 164
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 9, 23, 86, 88, 97n.108, 126–7, 144–9, 151, 153, 155nn.39 and 53, 170
Rifle Brigade 23–4, 26, 28–30, 149, 151
Rutlandshire (58th) 9, 50, 52–3, 61, 65–6, 69–70, 72
Royal Berkshire 122–4
Royal Irish (18th) 85
Royal Irish Fusiliers 89, 102, 149, 161–2
Royal Scots 132–4, 170
Royal Scots Fusiliers 50–3, 59, 61, 65, 72–3
Royal Sussex 116–18
Royal Warwickshire 144, 146, 148–51, 153
Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd) 23–5, 31
Royal West Kent 4, 85, 114–15
Seaforth Highlanders 5, 9, 81, 89–90, 93, 144, 146–51, 166, 170, 172, 182, 185, 187
Shropshire Light Infantry 138
Somerset Light Infantry (13th) 8, 35–7, 47, 160, 164, 170, 172–3, 182
South Staffordshire 35, 46, 59, 79–80, 114, 120
2nd Warwickshire, later South Wales Borderers (24th) 35, 38, 173, 183 (1/24th) 9, 35–6, 40–1, 44, 52 (2/24th) 10–11, 35–6, 38, 40–3
West India 21, 25
York and Lancaster 84–5, 89, 103, 107
Rice, Lance-Corporal T. 181
Richards, Sapper Arthur 24, 26
Riding, Sergeant-Major Clement 144
rifles 45, 49, 71, 73, 120, 160, 165, 167, 172
Martini Henry 36, 38, 45
Snider 24, 29
Riley, Sergeant Charles 87–8
Roberts, Field Marshal Lord F. S. 71, 93, 164, 167–9, 171, 182
Robertson, Private 121
Robinson, Corporal A. E. 169
Roe, Corporal William 52, 61
Rolfe, Captain Ernest 24, 28–30, 33n.21, 106
Romilly, Commander F. 69
Roodewal railway station 6, 168
Rorke’s Drift, defence of (1879) 10, 43–5, 71, 185
depot 38, 40–1, 49
Rose, Dr A. 83, 85, 92
Rose, Lance-Corporal A. W. 181
Ross, Private 170
Rowlands, Colonel H. 36–8
Roy, Private J. W. 44
Royal Army Medical Corps 144, 188
Royal Artillery 8, 10, 21, 25, 36, 39, 45, 47, 49, 82, 85, 89, 93, 102, 118, 123, 132, 149–51, 165, 168
Royal Engineers 3, 23–6, 30, 36, 40, 49, 51–2, 59–60, 72, 82, 85, 92, 100–2, 114–15, 118–19, 123–4, 132–4, 144, 170–1, 173, 181, 187
Royal Marines 4, 9, 20–1, 77, 79–86, 89, 93, 100, 103, 107, 123–4
Ruddick, Private J. 182
Rundle, Major-General Leslie 7, 141
Russell, Lieutenant-Colonel Baker 22, 26, 28, 30, 52, 60
Rustenburg 74n.12
Salisbury, 3rd Marquess of 140
Sarras 114, 140, 143
Schuinshoogte hill 65
battle of (1881) 67–8, 70
Scott-Stevenson, Captain A. 106–9
Scudamore, Francis 100
Secretan, A. J. 42–3
Sekhukhune 35–7, 59–61
sepoys, letters of 11, 18n.63
Seton-Karr, Lieutenant H. W. 4, 80, 87–8
Shirley, Lance-Sergeant George 149
Sinkat 99, 109
Skelley, Alan 3
sketches 5, 133, 135, 137, 180–1
Skinner, Corporal George 144–5, 148
Smith, Private S. 79–80
Smith-Dorrien, Major-General H. L. 167
Smithies, Private Harold D. 124
Snape, Private George 79
soldiers, Australian 122, 125, 171, 186
soldiers, British
and drink 12, 38, 61, 81, 87, 106, 134, 138, 145, 184
long-service 31, 73, 93, 97n.108, 134, 187
marriage of 13, 18n.66
and religion 13–14, 72, 150, 153, 184
short-service 15, 35–6, 53, 69, 73, 92–3, 144, 160, 164, 187
views on officers 11, 13, 15, 53, 72, 92–3, 148, 150, 163–4, 183
views on pro-Boers 172–3, 179n.105
voyages of 23, 50, 79, 100–1
warrior ethos of 13–14, 188
soldiers, Canadian 167, 186
soldiers, New Zealand 186
soldiers, Scottish 2, 159–60, 163, 166
soldiers, Sudanese 90, 118, 122, 127, 138–9, 143, 146–7, 149, 152–3, 185–6, 188
soldiers, west country 2, 159–60, 163, 166
Somerset County Gazette 8
South Wales Daily News 8
South Wales Weekly and Daily Telegram 9
Spear, Private A. 189
‘special’ correspondents see war correspondents
Spencer, Dr H. A. 173
Spion Kop, battle of (1900) 164–5, 187
Spraggs, Sergeant 92
Spratt, Reverend C. M. 71
Stagg, Private E. 188
Standard 93, 100
Standerton, siege of (1880–1) 71–2, 74n.12
Stanley, Henry M. 20
Stanton, Captain Edward 5
steamers 112, 114, 118–19, 121, 140, 143–5
Steevens, George Warrington 182
Stellaland, republic of 132, 134
Stephens, Private E. 43–4, 56n.52
Stephenson, General Sir Frederick 127
Steven, Private John 9
Stewart, Major-General Sir Herbert 69, 100, 116–18, 121
Stewart, Lieutenant William 145
Stinchcombe, Private 168
Straghan, Colonel Abel 88
Stream, Private C. 103–4
Suakin 3, 99, 101–2, 105, 107–9, 122–5, 137–8, 180, 184, 186, 188
–Berber railway 112, 122, 125
expedition see Sudan, campaigns
Sudan 5–6, 10, 108–9, 112, 125, 138–40, 144, 165, 182, 187–8
campaigns (1884) 99–100, 102, 188 (1885) 6, 122–5 (1896–8) 2, 5, 7, 137, 140, 144
see also Dongola, campaign; Gordon, relief expedition
Suez Canal 77, 81, 99, 128
supplies 24–7, 30, 71–3, 102, 133, 135, 184
in Egypt 82–3, 93, 138, 140
in South African War 160, 163–5, 167, 188
in the Sudan 112, 114–15, 119, 121, 123–4, 126, 145, 149
in Zulu War 41, 46, 49, 51
Swarbrick, Trooper F. 152
Swazi people 36, 60, 185
Symons, Captain W. Penn 40
Talbot, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. R. 9, 84
Tamai 105, 123–5, 139
battle of (1884) 18n.59, 100, 106–8
Tanner, Brigadier-General Orvil B. 89
Taylor, Lance-Corporal A. 181
Tel-el-Kebir 14, 82, 86, 91, 100
battle of (1882) 9, 77, 87–90, 92–3, 94n.2, 99, 104–5
Tewfik, Khedive 77, 94, 149, 152
Thomas, Private John 38
Thomas, Private P. 43
Thompson, Trooper Clifford 152
Thompson, Guardsman Percy 151, 153
Thompson, Ralph 6
Tippet, Major C. H. 182
Tirah campaign (1897) 160, 165
Tofrik, battle of (1885) 124–5
Tokar 99, 101–2, 105, 109, 140, 143
Toski, battle of (1889) 137–40, 143
Trafford, Captain Lionel 116–18
transport 65, 123, 133, 140, 148, 184
in Asante war 20, 25, 30
camel 83, 102, 106, 108, 115–19, 121–2, 124–5, 144, 148, 184
in Egypt 77, 81, 83, 85, 93
whale boat 112, 114–15, 119–20, 184, 187
in Zulu War 38, 51, 53
see also railways; steamers
Transvaal 6, 35–6, 38, 46, 59–61, 63–5, 71, 168, 170
Tripper, Private H. 84
Troup, Dr R. W. 30–1
Tuck, Private M. M. 66, 70
Tucker, Major Charles 46–7
Tugela (Thukela) river 4, 46, 187
defences 164–5
Turnbull, Private J. 147
Tweebosch, battle of (1902) 186
Tweefontein, battle of (1901) 186
Ulundi 47, 50–1
battle of (1879) 9, 52–3, 60
Um Dibaykarat, battle of (1899) 153
Unsworth, Lance-Corporal A. 150, 152
Uys, Piet 47
Vaal Krantz, battle of (1900) 164
Vallentin, Major John M. 182
Venables, Private Joseph 9, 66
Vereeniging, peace of (1902) 173–4
Verrier, Gunner Harry 168–9
Victoria, Queen 92–3, 99
Villiers, Frederic 100, 111n.44
Vlakfontein 171
Volunteers 169–70, 186
Wad Najumi 139–40
Wadi Halfa 112, 114–15, 126–8, 138, 140, 144
Wakefield, Corporal 139, 154n.11
Wakkerstroom 7, 72, 74n.12
Walton, Corporal W. 120
war artists 5–6, 30, 133, 135
war correspondents 1, 7–9, 15, 59, 114, 126, 133, 135, 180–2
in Asante War 20, 29
in Egypt 77, 93
in the South African War 2, 5, 181–3
in the Sudan 100, 107, 111n.44, 141, 148, 151, 182–3
in Zulu War 49–50, 183
Warren, Major-General Sir Charles 132–4
Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser 44
Washing of the Spears, The 35
Wauchope, Major-General A. 155n.39, 163
Wavell, Lord A. 13
Wedlake, Trooper E. P. 139
Western Morning News 100
White, Sir George 160
Whiting, Lance-Corporal 149–50
Wigan Observer 9
Willcock, Captain Stephen 162
Williams, Private Charles 123
Williams, Corporal F. 187–8
Williams, Reverend F. J. 173
Williams, Private Richard 84, 91
Williamson, Private Alex 182–3
Willis, Private 184
Wilmot, Lieutenant Eardley 21
Wilshaw, Private L. 165
Wilson, Captain A. K. 104
Wilson, Sir Charles 118–19
Wingate, Major-General Sir F. Reginald 7, 153
Winsloe, Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. C. 72–3
Wolrige-Gordon, Captain R. 51–3
Wolseley, Field Marshal Viscount 4–5, 51, 59, 61, 125, 184–5
in Asante War 20–3, 25–31
in Egypt 78–9, 81–2, 86–7, 91–3
in relief of Gordon 112, 116, 118, 120–1, 127
Wood, General Sir H. Evelyn 71, 73
in Asante War 22, 28–31
in Zulu War 3, 37–8, 47–9, 51
Wood, Private T. 168, 186
Wood, Staff-Sergeant Wallace H. 187
Woodgate, Lieutenant Edward 21
Woods, Dr A. A. 50
Wormald, Lieutenant Frederick 152
Worth, Private H. 165
Xhosa people 36
Gcaleka 36–7
Ngqika 36–7
Young, Private George 147
Young, Sergeant-Major William 165
Zululand 3, 5–6, 9, 14–15, 36, 38–53, 59, 186–7
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Framing the moron

The social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era

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Many people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the course of the eugenic movement (1900–30). Such social control efforts are easier to understand when we consider the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric propagandists invoke to frame their potential victims. This book details the major rhetorical themes employed within the context of eugenic propaganda, drawing largely on original sources of the period. Early in the twentieth century the term “moron” was developed to describe the primary targets of eugenic control. This book demonstrates how the image of moronity in the United States was shaped by eugenicists.

This book will be of interest not only to disability and eugenic scholars and historians, but to anyone who wants to explore the means by which pejorative metaphors are utilized to support social control efforts against vulnerable community groups.
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Churchyard and cemetery

Tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire

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This book reviews the burial history of central North Yorkshire. In exploring the social history of burial in rural areas, the book aims to encompass some of the principles underpinning 'l'histoire des mentalites'. The book considers the issue of churchyard closure. Churchyard closure generally signalled that burial space was made available elsewhere, and in most cases before 1894 this meant that the churchyard itself had been extended. The book reviews the incidence of churchyard extension, which was commonplace during the nineteenth century. The Burial Acts introduced legislation that permitted vestries to establish burial boards, which could raise loans repayable through the rates to fund the laying out of new cemeteries. In central North Riding, a total of eighteen burial boards were in operation before 1894, and the book reviews in detail the operation of the ten largest boards in that group. The Burial Acts maintained and even strengthened the hold of the Church of England on burial space, by substantially increasing the amount of consecrated land under its control. The book also addresses the contention that the new legislative context for burial in the twentieth century might then introduce the opportunity for a substantial centralisation of burial provision. Finally, the book reviews the pattern of burial provision in 2007 compared with 1850, and concludes that there is evidence of both continuity and change.
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Church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c. 1635–66

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The debate on the polity of the church was at the centre of the religious debates in the British Atlantic world during the middle decades of the seventeenth-century. From the Covenanter revolution in Scotland, to the congregationalism of the New England colonies, to the protracted debates of the Westminster assembly, and the abolition of the centuries-old episcopalian structure of the Church of England, the issue of the polity of the church was intertwined with the political questions of the period. This book collects together essays focusing on the conjunction of church polity and politics in the middle years of the seventeenth century. A number of chapters in the volume address the questions and conflicts arising out of the period’s reopening and rethinking of the Reformation settlement of church and state. In addition, the interplay between the localities and the various Westminster administrations of the era are explored in a number of chapters. Beyond these discussions, chapters in the volume explore the deeper ecclesiological thinking of the period, examining the nature of the polity of the church and its relationship to society at large. The book also covers the issues of liberty of conscience and how religious suffering contributed to a sense of what the true church was in the midst of revolutionary political upheaval. This volume asserts the fundamental connection between church polity and politics in the revolutions that affected the seventeenth-century British Atlantic world.