United Kingdom. South Africa Field Force Casualty List 1899-1902 by Oaklands

Hardcover, entitled "South Africa Field Force Casualty List 1899-1902" for casualties during the Anglo-Boer War (AKA The Second Boer War), the last of the gentleman's wars, is composed of five editions published re-published and bound together by Oaklands, to document the list of casualties from 1899-1902: 1) List of casualties, 21st March - 31st July 1900; 2) List of Casualties 1st August - 31st December 1900; 3) List of Casualties from 1st January to 30th June 1901; 4) List of casualties from 1st July 1901 to December 1901; 5) 1st January 1902 - 31st May 1902. The book records each casualty in the Household Regiments, their units, where they fell and their dates. It begins with a Roll of Honour (V.C.'s of the War), followed by a Foreword by M.G. Hibbard Fsans dated October 10, 1972, each edition with an Addenda and Corrigenda, along with a Table of Contents. As an example, the first edition for 21st March - 31st July 1900 includes: Staff; Naval Brigade; Cavalry (Household, Dragoon Guards (1st King's, 6th Carabiniers), Dragoons (2nd Scots Greys, 6th Inniskillings), Lancers (9th, 12th, 16th, 17th); Hussars (10th, 14th); Imperial Yeomanry; Royal Artillery (Horse, Field, Garrison); Royal Engineers; Infantry (3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards, 2nd Coldstrean Guards, 1st Scots Guards, The Royal Scots, The Royal West Surrey, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), King's Own Royal Lancaster, Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Fusiliers, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Bedford, Leicestershire, Royal Irish, P.W.O. Yorkshire, Lancashire Fusiliers, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Cheshire, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Scottish Rifles, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, East Lancashire, East Surrey, Duke of Conwall's Light Infantry, West Riding, Royal Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, South Lancashire, Welsh, Black Watch, Oxford Light Infantry, Essex, Derbyshire, Loyal North Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Royal Berkshire, Royal West Kent, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), Kings Royal Rifles, Witlshire, North Staffordshire, York and Lancaster, Durham Light Infantry, Highland Light Infantry, Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Irish Rifles, Connaught Rangers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Leinster Regiment, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Rifle Brigade); Royal Army Medical Corps; Army Service Corps; Army Ordnance Corps; Military Police; City of London Imperial Volunteers; Army Post Office Corps; Colonial Contingents (Overseas) (New South Wales Lancers, Australian Horse, South Australian Mounted Rifles, Royal Australian Artillery, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, Army Medical Corps, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Queensland Mounted Infantry, Tasmanian Mounted Infantry, Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1st West Australian Mounted Infantry, The Royal Canadian Regiment); Colonial Contingents (South Africa) (Bechuanaland Police, Border Horse, Brabant's Horse, British South Africa Police, Cape Medical Staff Corps, Cape Mounted Rifles, Cape Police, De Beers Maxim Battery, Diamond Fields Battery, Diamond Fields Artillery, Duke of Edinburgh's Volunteer Rifles, Cape Town Highlanders, 1st City Volunteers (Marshall's Horse), French's Scouts, Frontier Mounted Rifles, Kaffrarian Rifles, Kimberley Light Horse, Kimberley Regiment, Kimberley Town Guard, Kitchener's Horse, Lower Rhodesian Volunteers, Prince Alfred's Volunteer Guard, Mafeking Town Guard, Mafeking Miscellaneous, Montgomery's Scouts, Protectorate Regiment, Queenstown Rifle Volunteers, Rimington's Guides, Railway Pioneer Regiment, Rhodesian Regiment, Roberts' Horse); Indian Staff Corps; St. John Ambulance Brigade; Siege of Mafeking; Plumer's Force. The other four editions follow the same format, listing the various units that endured casualties in that time frame. The book contains 740 pages, printed in black ink, on an off-white paper stock, measuring 220 mm (w) x 340 mm (h) x 43 mm (d). A huge work of reference for scholars and researchers on the war. Near extremely fine.