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    Between January and September 1901, 6,864 British militia reinforcements were sent to South Africa, including 591 mounted infantry from Malta and the UK who embarked between January and May 1901, 29 artillerymen who embarked in May 1901, 103 engineers who embarked in September 1901, and 5,881 infantry including over 5,000 from the UK who embarked between March and June 1901 and 804 from Malta who embarked in March 1901.

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    Between January and September 1901, 6,864 British militia reinforcements were sent to South Africa, including 591 mounted infantry from Malta and the UK who embarked between January and May 1901, 29 artillerymen who embarked in May 1901, 103 engineers who embarked in September 1901, and 5,881 infantry including over 5,000 from the UK who embarked between March and June 1901 and 804 from Malta who embarked in March 1901.

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    Between January and September 1901, 6,864 British militia reinforcements were sent to South Africa, including 591 mounted infantry from Malta and the UK who embarked between January and May 1901, 29 artillerymen who embarked in May 1901, 103 engineers who embarked in September 1901, and 5,881 infantry including over 5,000 from the UK who embarked between March and June 1901 and 804 from Malta who embarked in March 1901.

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    Strength and Embarkation Dates of

    Militia Reinforcements
    Sent to South Africa
    1 January to 30 September 1901

    Mounted Infantry:
    1 Company
    Detachments of 13 others
    From Malta 88
    From Home 503

    Total 591
    Embarked between 2/1/1901 and 6/5/1901
    Arrived between 26/1/1901 and 25/5/1901

    Moutain & Garrison Artillery:


    1 Company Norfolk Embodied by Special Army Order of 1 Company Hants
    & Isle of Wight
    Embarked 6/5/1901
    Arrived 29/5/1901

    Engineers:
    1 Company Royal Monmouth 103
    Embarked 7/9/1901
    Arrived 25/9/1901

    Infantry:

    From Home:
    5/Royal Fusiliers
    5/Lancashire Fusiliers
    3/Scottish Rifles
    3/East Surrey
    3/Royal Sussex
    3/South Staffordshire
    5/Manchester
    5/Royal Irish Rifles
    Total 5,067
    Embarked between 29/3/1901 and 17/6/1901
    Arrived betwen 23/4/1901 and 10/7/1901

    From Malta:
    3/Loyal North Lancashire 804
    Embarked 2/3/1901
    Arrived 28/3/1901
    Total Infantry 5,881

    Support Troops:
    Total 13
    Total 6,864 including support troops

    Royal Commission on the South African War, 1903, App. 5

    Copyright GFN 1994.

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