Chapter XX: Appendix: Composition of Lieut.-General Ian Hamilton's Force

DIVISIONAL STAFF

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL IAN HAMILTON.
C.B., D.S.O.

_A.D.C.s_--Captain de Heriez Smith.
Captain Balfour, late 11th Hussars.
Captain Maddocks, R.A.
Captain Duke of Marlborough, I.Y.

_A.A.G._--Lieut.-Colonel Le Gallais, 8th Hussars.

_D.A.A.G.s_--Captain Vallentin, Somerset L.I.
Captain Gamble, Lincoln Regiment.
Captain Atcherley, A.S.C.
Captain Kirkpatrick, R.E.

_Provost Marshal_--Captain Sloman, East Surrey Regiment.

_Div. Signalling Officer_--Captain Ross, Norfolk Regiment.

_P.M.O._--Colonel Williams, N. S. Wales A.M.C.

_Divisional Troops_--Rimington's Guides under Major Rimington, Inniskilling Dragoons.

2ND MOUNTED INFANTRY BRIGADE

BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. RIDLEY

_A.D.C._--Captain Hood, Coldstream Guards.

_Brigade Major_--Lieut-Colonel Mitford, East Surrey Regiment.

_Staff Officers_--Captain Sir T. MacMahon, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Captain Eustace Crawley, 12th Lancers.

2ND MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS

Lieut.-Colonel de Lisle, Commanding Durham Light Infantry.

_Staff Officer_--Captain Fanshawe, Oxford L.I.

_6th M.I. Battalion_--Captain Pennefather, Welsh Regiment.

_New South Wales Mounted Rifles_.

_West Australians_.

1 Pom-pom.

5TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS

Lieut.-Colonel Dawson, I.S.C.

_Staff Officer_--Captain Ballard, Norfolk Regiment.

_5th M.I. Battalion_--Major Lean, Warwick Regiment.

_Roberts' Horse_--Captain Baumgartner, East Lancashire Regiment.

_Marshall's Horse_--Captain Corbett.

_Ceylon M.I._--Major Rutherford,

1 Pom-pom.

6TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS

Lieut.-Colonel Legge, 20th Hussars.

_Staff Officer_--Captain Hart, East Surrey Regiment.

_2nd M.I. Battalion_--Major Dobell.

_Kitchener's Horse_--Major Cookson, I.S.C.

_Lovat's Scouts_--Major A. Murray.

1 Pom-pom.

7TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS

Lieut.-Colonel Bainbridge, Buffs.

_Staff Officer_--Captain Hamilton, Oxford L.I.

_7th M.I. Battalion_--Major Welch.

_Burmah M.I._--Captain Copeman.

1 Pom-pom.

P BATTERY

_Ammunition Column_--Major Mercer, R.H.A.

_Bearer Company and Field Hospital_--New South Wales Army Medical Corps.

2ND CAVALRY BRIGADE

BRIGADIER-GENERAL BROADWOOD

_A.D.C._--Captain Aldridge, R.H.A.

_Brigade-Major_--Captain Hon. T. Brand, 10th Hussars.

_Signalling Officer_--Captain Sloane Stanley, 12th Lancers.

_Household Cavalry_--Lieut.-Colonel Galley.

_10th Lancers_--Lieut-Colonel Fisher.

_12th Lancers_--Lieut.-Colonel Earl of Airlie.

_Q Battery, R.A._

_Ammunition Column_--Captain Kincaid, R.A.

_Bearer Company._

_Field Hospital._

19TH BRIGADE

MAJOR-GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN

_A.D.C.s_--Captain Hood, R.M.L.I.
Lieut. Dorrien Smith, Shropshire L.I.

_Brigade Major_--Major Inglefield, East Yorkshire Regiment.

_74th Battery_--Major MacLeod.

_2nd Duke of Cornwall L.I._--Lieut.-Colonel Ashby.

_Shropshire L.I._--Lieut.-Colonel Spens.

_Gordon Highlanders_--Lieut.-Colonel MacBean.

_Royal Canadians_--Lieut.-Colonel Otter.

_Bearer Company and Field Hospital._

21ST BRIGADE

MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE-HAMILTON

_A.D.C._--Lieut. Frazer, Cameron Highlanders.

_Brigade Major_--Major Shaw, Derbyshire Regiment.

_76th Battery_--Major Campbell.

_1st Royal Sussex_--Lieut.-Colonel Donne.

_1st Derby_--Major Gossett.

_1st Cameron_--Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy.

_City Imperial Volunteers_--Brigadier-Colonel MacKinnon; Colonel The Earl of Albemarle.

_Bearer Company._

_Field Hospital._

DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY

LIEUT.-COLONEL WALDRON, R.F.A.

_8lst Battery._

_82nd Battery_--Major Conolly.

_1 Section of Five-inch guns_--Captain Massey.

_Ammunition Column_--Captain Hardman.

EFFECTIVE FIGHTING STRENGTH

11,000 Men. 4,600 Horses. 8,000 Mules. 36 Field guns. 2 Five-inch guns 23 Machine guns. 6 Pom-poms.

The force left Bloemfontein, April 22. Arrived at Pretoria on June 5. Distance traversed, 401 miles in a straight line. Time on the march, 45 days. Halts, 10 days.

General actions on nine days:
Israel's Poorte, April 25.
Houtnek, April 30 and May 1.
Welkom, May 4.
Sand River, May 10.
Affair of Lindley, May 20.
Doornkop (Florida), May 29.
Six Mile Spruit (Pretoria), June 4.
Diamond Hill, June 11 and 12.

Eighteen days' skirmishes.

Towns captured:
Thabanchu.
Winburg.
Ventersburg.
Kroonstadt.
Lindley.
Heilbron.
Johannesburg.
Pretoria.