District Notes
HARTLEPOOL

South African War Deserters 1899-1902
Extracted from The Northern Daily Mail

By the late S.F. Reed 04/03/2008

Atkinson, Henry; 15/05/1902; Royal Army Medical Corps; 1 Chester Road West Hartlepool.

Amor, Thomas; 24/10/1902; 12th Lancers; deserted in South Africa; gave himself up.

Angus, Roderick; 22 years;18/04/1900;5th Northumberland Fusiliers; Cleveland Street West Hartlepool; Shoemaker.

Bage, William; 25/03/1901; page 3 column 4; R.A.; since 26/12/1900; arrested in Whitby Street; 11 days hard labour at Durham.

Behrans, Sidney; 21/01/1902; Royal Garrison Artillery.

Blake, Joseph; 11/10/1899; page 3 column 3; D.L.I. (2/10); handed over to an escort.

Brannon, James; 04/01/1902; D.L.I.

Brown, Frederick; Pte.; 19/03/1900; page 3 column 5; 3rd Yorks.; waiting an escort.

Carney, Edward; 09/07/1902; Royal Scots Fusiliers; from/at Chatham.

Cavanagh, John; 28/12/1899; alias James McDonald deserted from Northumberland Fusiliers in 1891 also R.A. 1893.

Cavanagh; 02/01/1900; page 3 column 6; Royal Artillery; waiting escort.

Canavan, Peter; 22/10/1900; page 3 column 5; 4th Northumberland Fusiliers; apprehended in Church Street; sent to Durham for 14 days.

Chandler, Charles; 19/08/1901; page 3 column 5; 3rd D.L.I.; on 13/08/1901.

Crowther, Arthur; 03/09/1900; page 3 column 4; 6th Dragoon Guards; 14 days; ‘a finely built man’.

Daisy, Robert; 14/07/1902; Northumberland Fusiliers; Gazetted on 22/09/1897; deserted for 6 years.

Delaney, Thomas; 06/07/1903; Northumberland Militia.

Dixon, Middleton; 04/09/1901; page 3 column 5; H.M.S. Sansperall at Sheerness; 21 years.

Edwards, Thomas; 05/05/1902; Gloucester Regiment; at Orfield Barracks; missing since 1899.

Evans, Edward; Pte.; 16/03/1900; page 3 column 5; 1st D.L.I.; gave himself up in Stockton Street West Hartlepool.

Fitzmaurice, Cornelius; 11/12/1899; 3rd Durham Militia; Bookbinder; 43 years; 21 High Street Hartlepool.

Frain, William; 13/07/1903; D.L.I.; 3rd Battalion; 27 years; Labourer; Arch Street West Hartlepool.

Gibson, Jas.; 06/11/1901; 5th Northumberland Fusiliers.

Haneley, Michael; 04/01/1902; 4th D.L.I.

Hart, Charles; 01/07/1910; page 3 column 1; R.F.A.

Harrison, John; Pte.; 18 years; 18/04/1900; page 3 column 6; 4th D.L.I. of 34 Clayton Street West Hartlepool; March 1899.

Haydock, Wm.; 11/08/1903; H.M.S. Lancaster; Stoker; arrested at 12 Durham Street Hartlepool.

Hird, Oswald Valentine; 23 years; 27/06/1900; deserted 12th Lancers & R.H. Artillery.

Holbeck, Harry; 11/10/1899; page 3 column 3; D.L.I. (2/10); handed over to escort.

Hogarth, James; 24 years; 15/08/1902; D.L.I. at Newcastle; found in house at Coulson Passage Hartlepool.

Hope, Ernest; 12/03/1902; 1st D.L.I.; 21 Dundas Street.

Hughs, Charles; 07/06/1901; page 3 column 3; R.A.; gave himself up.

Kelly; Pte.; 14/06/1900; page 3 column 5; Durham Artillery; description in Police Gazette.

Kingston, Joseph; Pte.; 09/12/1901; page 3 column 3; Coldstream Guards at Newcastle 15/02; enlisted at West Hartlepool.

Lawson, James; 11/06/1902; 4th Northumberland Fusiliers.

Lee, Joseph; 05/02/1900; page 3 column 6; Artillery, West Division; waiting escort.

Lodge, George; 06/02/1903; 19th Yorkshire Regiment; at Richmond.

Makin, Samuel; 13/01/1905; 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

Maley, James; 27/07/1903; Hounslow Militia.

Maley, Phillip Jnr.; 27/07/1903; Hounslow Militia;(see Phillip Snr. 31/07/1903 D&D)

McIntosh, Joseph; Pte.; 16/03/1900; page 3 column 5; 1st D.L.I.; gave himself up in Stockton Street West Hartlepool.

Middleton, Dixon; 04/09/1901; HMS Sasperell.

Mills, Thomas; 30/07/1900; page 3 column 5; 4th Scottish Rifles; since December 12th 1899.

Mitchell, James; Pte.; 29/10/1901; Northumberland Fusiliers.

Moir, Alfred; Pte.; 11/06/1900; Durham Light Infantry; sent to Durham Jail 14 days.

Morrison, Thomas; 07/07/1902; Northumberland Fusiliers.

Noble, Herbert; 19/08/1901; 3rd D.L.I. on the 13/08/1901.

O’Conner, Charles; 12/08/1901; 1st Scottish Borders.

O’Neill, Charles; 08/09/1902; Yorkshire Regiment; deserted 5 months ago.

O’Neill, Charles; 14/02/1902; Yorkshire Regiment.

O’Neill, Charles; 26/12/1902; 1st Yorks; deserted from Richmond 26/11/1902.

Parkin, James; 08/10/1900; page 3 column 5; Royal Artillery; waiting for escort.

Patterson, Charles G.; 29/07/1901; page 3 column 3; Durham Artillery Militia; remanded.

Richards, Arthur; 08/09/1899; page 5 column 5; 3rd D.L.I.

Ryan, Albert; (since 13/07) ; 05/08/1903; Durham Artillery Militia; 30 years; 9 Cleveland Street Hartlepool.

Sanderson, James; 07/12/1900; 91st Battalion R.A.; November 1899; handed over to escort.

Shepherd, Richard; Pte.; 19/03/1900; page 3 column 5; 13th Hussars; gave up ‘sick of being dogged about’.

Shillito; 35/03/1902; 4th West Yorks.

Simpson, John; Pte.; 11/06/1900; page 3 column 5; Northumberland Fusiliers; sent to Durham Jail to wait escort.

Smith, Joseph; 22/07/1901; D.L.I.; 17 years.

Smith, Riley; 03/07/1901; page 3 column 6; 4th Durham Infantry; ‘never took the Queen’s shilling’.

Smith, William George; 24/02/1902; Royal Artillery.

Sparrow, Thomas H. Bernard Gibson; 20/04/1903; HMS Northumberland; stationed at Chatham; 19 years.

Sparshott, Thomas Wm.; 31/01/1902; Royal Horse Artillery.

Stephenson, Thomas; Pte.; 20/06/1900; page 3 column 3; Northumberland Fusiliers; 38 Lilly Street Hartlepool; committed to Durham prison for escort.

Templeton, Thomas; Pte.; 00/05/1900; 5th Northumberland Fusiliers arrested in Lynn Street.

Thompson, James; 15/11/1901; page 4 column 2; Durham Artillery Militia; deserted at Whitely Camp in August 1900.

Thompson, John Herbert; 06/04/1901; page 3 column 3; deserter from R.A. 2/04; 11th Battalion; stationed at Newcastle.

Thompson, Thomas; Pte.; 23/02/1900; page 2 column 6; K.O.S.B.; deserted army in August 1898; enlisted at Dumfries.

Thornton, George; 19/04/1901; Durham Artillery Militia; since May 1900.

Turner, Henry; 02/12/1901; page 4 column 2; Durham Artillery Militia; absent since 17/05/1900; arrested at home Ann Street.

Walsh, James; 12/10/1900; page 3 column 4; R.A.; joined at Maryhill, Glasgow.

Walters, Robert; Gunner; 13/07/1900; page 3 column 5; Durham Artillery; overstayed his pass.

Weir, James; 05/09/1899; Durham Artillery Militia; Cleveland Street; fined 40 shillings.

Wetherall, Arthur; 18/06/1902; D.L.I. Militia at Strensall; of Wardle Street West Hartlepool.

Wilson, Alfred; 04/01/1902; 1st D.L.I.