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74th (Dublin) Company

 

The 74th (Dublin) Company, part of the 16th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, sailed from Southampton on board the s.s. Canada on 11 April 1900, together with the 67th and 77th Companies and reinforcements for other units. They arrived in South Africa on 3 May.

The Company's regimental numbers ran from 15092 to 15224.

 

 

NAME	RANK	NO.	WHERE BORN (PARISH/ TOWN/ COUNTY)	ENLISTED (DATE & PLACE/ AGE/ OCCUPATION)	EMBARKED/ HOME/ DISCHARGED	OTHER
Barlow, H.	Captain	..				Invalided home March 1901
Dicks, V.	Lieutenant	..
Greer, T. McGregor	Lieutenant	..				Invalided home June 1900
Madan, F. M.	Lieutenant	..				On leave of absence
Wadmore, Alban	Lieutenant	..
Adams, James	Private	15092	Rathfriland, Rathfriland, Down	08.03.00 Newbridge, 21, draper	14.04.00/ __/ 03.06.01	Discharged Green Point Camp, Cape Town.
Applebe, John Thomas	Private	15093	Carrigtohal, Cork, Cork	25.01.00 Newbridge, 21, student	14.04.00/ __/ 17.05.01	Discharged Johannesburg
Austin, Ernest	Private	15094	Aldershot, Aldershot, Hampshire	01.03.00 Newbridge, 20, clerk	14.04.00/ __/ 31.05.01	Discharged Kimberley to take employment in Transport Office.
Austin, George	Private	15095	St Katherines, Dublin, Dublin	15.03.00 Newbridge, 23, shop assistant	14.04.00/ __/ 21.05.01	Discharged Kimberley to take employment in De Beers Mines.
Bates, Thomas	Private	15096	Fenagh, Bagnarstown, Carlow	22 03.00 Newbridge, 24, farmer	14.04.00/ 11.06.01/ 22.06.01
Beatty, Montgomery	Private	15097
Beckett, Harry	Quartermaster Sergeant	15098				Later served in a new Yeomanry company.
Blake, Arthur James	Private	15099
Blaquiere,Charles W. L. de	Private	15100				Later served in S.A., S.A.C.
Bryan, John Henry	Private	15101
Brady, Michael	Private	15102
Briscoe, Arthur Ferdinand	Corporal	15103				Discharged in S.A. __.03.01. Later served 131 Company.
Butler, Henry	Private	15104				Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01. Invalided home __.09.00.
Butler, William Mahoney	Corporal	15105				Later served in ASC, S.A.
Churchill, J.	Private	15106				Discharged in S.A. __.10.00.
Cooke Bertram	Private	15107
Copley, Robert	Private	15108				Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01.
Corrigan, Charles S.	Private	15109				Discharged in S.A. __.06.01.
Corrigan, Thomas A.	Private	15110				Discharged in S.A. __.10.00.
Coulter, Thomas B.	Private	15111				Later served as 1094 Private, Cape Police.
Crawford, Arthur	Private	15112				Discharged in S.A. __.04.01.
Creighton, Richard Howe	Private	15113
Cronin, Richard John	Sergeant	15114				DCM 29.11.00. Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01. Invalided home, __.03.01.
Dowling, William E.	Private	15115				Discharged in S.A. __.0401.
Curtin, Bryan Patrick	Private	15116				Discharged in S.A. __.02.01.
Darbey, John Morgan	Private	15117
Davis, James	Corporal	15118
Diamond, William John	Private	15119				Invalided home, __.08.00.
Donegan, Thomas Tobin	Private	15120				Later served in S.A. in J.M.R.
Doran, William Talbot	Private	15121				Invalided home, __.01.01.
Drake, Alfred Gordon	Private	15122				Later served 1158 Private, Cape Police
		15123
Ellis, Francis George	Private	15124
Fenning, John Edward	Private	15125				Discharged in S.A. __.04.01.
Fetherstonhaugh, Cuthbert	Private	15126	Moat, Moat, Westmeath	25.01.00 Newbridge, 34.8, gentleman	14.04.00/ __/ __	Died of pneumonia 27.04.00 on board the s.s. Canada.
Freer, Vernon C.	Private	15127				Discharged in S.A. __.05.01.
Froedman, Charles	Private	15128				Invalided home __.12.00.
Gardiner, Robert R.	Private	15129				Invalided home __.05.01.
Gavaican, Francis	Private	15130				Invalided home __.05.00.
Gaw, William	Private	15131				Invalided home __.03.00.
Gibbs, Oscar	Private	15132
Gibney, Joseph F.	Private	15133
Gillespie. John R.	Private	15134				Later served in S.A. in J.M.P.
Good, Henry L.	Private	15135				Discharged in S.A. __.05.01.
Goode, John	Private	15136
		15137
		15138
Harman, Partick	Private	15139				Discharged in S.A. __.04.01.
Harte, Michael J.	Sergeant	15140				Invalided home, __.02.01.
Hartley, James Edward	Private	15141				Discharged in S.A. __.09.00.
Hassard, Arthur	Corporal	15142				Invalided home, __.07.00.
Hendy, John	Private	15143				Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01. Discharged in S.A. __.05.01.
Henry, Frederick Charles E.	Private	15144				Invalided home __.07.00.
Hobson, Joseph Augustus	Private	15145				Invalided home __.01.01.
Hodge, Henry Boyd	Private	15146				Later served as 1107 Private, Cape Police.
Haste, William	Sergeant Major	15147				Discharged in S.A. 15.04.01
Horne, John	Private	15148				Later served in S.A.C.
Houston, Aubrey	Private	15149
Hunter, W. G.	Private	15150				Invalided home __.04.01.
Hunter, G. E.	Private	15151
Hutton, Charles	Private	15152				Later served as 1109 Private, Cape Police.
Hynes, William John	Private	15153
Jervise, Edwin	Private	15154				Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01. Later served as 1162 Private, Cape Police.
Johnstone, E. A.	Farrier Sergeant	15155				Later served in S.A., S.A.C.
Loverock, C. G.	Private	15156				Invalided home __.12.00.
Lahiff, Denis Robert	Private	15157				Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01.
		15158
Leech, Egbert	Private	15159				Invalided home __.05.00
Longan, Richard	Private	15160				Discharged in S.A. __.05.01.
Loverock, Mervyn Coote	Private	15161				Later served in S.A.
Lyle, Hugh Bateson	Private	15162				Invalided home __.12.00.
Lyons, Thomas	Private	15163				Discharged __.05.01.
McGovern, Thomas	Private	15164				Discharged S.A. __.05.01.
McCullagh, Huston	Private	15165				Invalided home __.04.01.
		15166
McKeon, David	Private	15167				Later transferred to S.A.C.
McMorran, John	Sergeant	15168				Later served 2728, 1st I.L.H.
		15169
		15170
Manley, Matthew	Private	15171				Invalided home __.12.00.
Newell, Charles	Private	15172				WW1 RE Captain KIA 1918 brother of Harry (NIH) and John (6UD)
Massey, T.	Private	15173				Later transferred to S.A.C.
Meehan, Arthur Francis	Private	15174				Invalided home __.06.00.
		15175
Moore, Richard Lionel E.	Corporal	15176				Invalided home __.06.00.
Moore, Hugh	Private	15177				Discharged in S.A. __.05.01.01
Moore, John	Private	15178				Invalided home __.04.01.
Murphy, Edward Alexander	Sergeant	15179
		15180
Newburn, Johnston Walter	Private	15181				Invalided home __.09.00. Later served as 1119 Private, Cape Police.
Nixon, James	Corporal	15182				Later served in 77th Company.
O'Callaghan, James	Private	15183				Lieutenant, 56th Company
		15184
O'Neill, George James	Private	15185				Hospital, Jacobsdal O.R.C.
Oakes, Norman Aston	Private	15186
Orford, Thomas Patrick	Private	15187
Parker, Henry	Private	15188
Poer, Harold C. C. de la	Private	15189
Poole, Henry Robert	Private	15190				Invalided home __.06.00.
Powell, Edward Darley	Private	15191				Discharged in S.A. __,05.01.
Wrey, Joseph	Private	15192				Commissioned to 32nd Company.
Rhind, William	Private	15193				Later transferred to S.A.C.
Reid, Joseph Harry Winston	Private	15194
Scott, James Fortescue	Private	15195				Later transferred to S.A.C.
Shanahan, W.	Private	15196				Discharged __.04.01.
Sheldon, Robert Macbeth	Private	15197				Discharged in S.A. __.05.01. Later 1076 Private, Cape Police.
		15198
Sheil, Peter	Private	15199
		15200
Sinclaire, Henry Pottinger	Private	15201				Later served in new Yeomanry in S.A.
Slattery, Thomas Plunkett	Private	15202				Later served in new Yeomanry, S.A.
Smith, John H.	Private	15203				Commissioned in A.S.C.
Smyth, William	Private	15204
Smith, John	Private	15205				Later served in 66th Yeomanry.
Stephens, George Wishart	Sergeant	15206				Invalided home, __.02.01.
Swanzy, James	Private	15207
Taylor, Otto Carl	Sergeant	15208				Invalided home, __.02.01.
Tennant, Harry Coote	Private	15209				Invalided home __.12.00.
Stakes, G.	Bugler	15210
Tinckler, John Herbert	Sergeant	15211
Wall, John	Corporal	15212				DCM 29.11.00. Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04.09.01. Mentioned in General Pretyman's Special Despatch of 18.04.01.
Waldron, George Christopher	Private	15213	Dublin, Dublin, Dublin	15.02.00, Newbridge, 23, engineer	14.04.00/ 09.07.01/ 15.07.01	Served in the Royal Navy in submarines in WW1.
Weldon, Ralphe	Private	15214				Invalided home __.01.01.
		15215
Whittaker, H.	Private	15216				Transferred to 1st I.L.H. Trooper 2485.
Whyte, Hatton Almet	Private	15217				Later served in new Yeomanry.
Wilkinson, Arthur Odlum	Private	15218
Wilson, Hazlett Hamilton	Sergeant	15219				Discharged in S.A., __.05.01.
Wilson, James	Private	15220				Later 1325 Trooper A Div. S.A.C.
Walsh, Jasper	Corporal	15221
Young, T. A.	Corporal	15222				Invalided __.12.00.
Reilly, James Joseph	Private	15223				Lieutentant 74th Company
Thompson, Cecil W.	Private	15224	__, London, Middlesex	18.01.00 Newbridge, 20, nil	14.04.00 (?)/ (?)/ (?)	Same number as John White
White, John Albert	Private	15224	Merion, Dublin, Dublin	27.03.00 Newbridge, 28, clerk	14.04.00/ 09.07.01/ 15.07.01	Same number as Cecil Thompson. Later served 1125 Private, Cape Police.