Passenger list of the HM Troopship BIRKENHEAD, wrecked on the rocks at Cape Agulhas, South Africa 26th February 1852. Rank Name Unit Survived ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Peter Allen 43rd Regiment Y Private Edward Ambrose 43rd Regiment Y Private George Anderson 74th Highlanders N Private John Anderson 43rd Light Infantry N Private D Andrews 60th Rifles Y Private A Anthers 2nd Regiment Y Gunner John Archbold Birkenhead Y Private Thomas Archer 12th Regiment N Private J Armstrong 12th Regiment N Stoker John Ashbolt Birkenhead Y Private John Banden 2nd Regiment Y Assistant Engineer Benjamin Barber Birkenhead Y Private Abraham Bark 6th Royal Regiment N Private Barrett 12th Regiment N Private Archibald Baxter 74th Highlanders N Private Michael Beckett 6th Royal Regiment N Private T Bellingham 12th Regiment N Private John Bennie 74th Highlanders N Private James Bernard 73rd Regiment N Seaman Henry Bewhill Birkenhead Y Private James Biggam 73rd Regiment N Private H Birmingham 73rd Regiment N Private Joseph Birt 91st Regiment N Private Robert Blackie 74th Highlanders N Cornet Bond 12th Lancers Y Lieutenant A H Booth 73rd Regiment N Private W Boswell 12th Regiment N Able Seaman John Bowen Birkenhead Y Private William Boyce 74th Regiment Y Ensign Boylan 2nd Regiment N Private George Brackley 43rd Regiment Y Private George Bradley 12th Regiment N Private Daniel Brennan 43rd Light Infantry N Private William Brennan 73rd Regiment N Private James Brian 91st Regiment N Private George Bridges 12th Regiment Y Master W Brodie Birkenhead N Private Joseph Bromley 6th Royal Regiment N Private James Brookland 60th Rifles N Private William Brown 6th Royal Regiment N Private James Brown 60th Rifles N Private Walter Bruce 74th Highlanders N Private Joseph Bryan 6th Royal Regiment N Private William Bryan 6th Royal Regiment N Private E Bryan 73rd Regiment N Private Patrick Bryan 6th Royal Regiment N Private James Buckingham 91st Regiment N Private W Buckley 73rd Regiment N Private Daniel Buckley 73rd Regiment N Private W Budd 2nd Regiment Y Private William Bullen 43rd Light Infantry N Private D Bunker 43rd Regiment Y Private Joseph Burke 2nd Regiment N Private William Burlon 60th Rifles Y Private William Burton 73rd Regiment N Private William Bushe 73rd Regiment Y Private William Bushe 6th Regiment Y Sergeant William Butler 91st Regiment N Private John Butler 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Byrne 73rd Regiment N Private J Byrne 12th Regiment N Private John Byrne 43rd Light Infantry N Private Michael Caffery 73rd Regiment N Private James Callaghan 60th Rifles N Private John Cantaneech 74th Highlanders N Private D Carey 91st Regiment Y Private Patrick Carrigan 6th Royal Regiment N Private M Carrington 12th Regiment N Private Thomas Cash 73rd Regiment Y Private Dennis Caulfield 6th Royal Regiment N Private James Cavanagh 91st Regiment N Private Thomas Cave 43rd Light Infantry N Private M Cellars 12th Regiment N Private Thomas Chadwick 2nd Regiment Y Private William Chapman 60th Rifles N Stoker Henry Cheesman Birkenhead Y Stoker William Chuse Birkenhead Y Private William Clark 91st Regiment N Private William Clarke 6th Regiment Y Private William Clay 2nd Regiment N Private John Clements 73rd Regiment N Private Alfred Clifford 6th Royal Regiment N Private M Clince 12th Regiment N Private Coalborn 12th Royal Lancers N Private G Cocker 45th Regiment N Private James Coe 2nd Regiment N Seaman Thomas Coffin Birkenhead Y Private Richard Coleman 2nd Regiment N Private Mathew Collins 73rd Regiment N Private John Colrenshaw 6th Royal Regiment N Private Thomas Con 6th Regiment Y Private John Congham 91st Regiment Y Private William Connel 45th Regiment N Private Patrick Cooney 73rd Regiment N Private John Cooper Marines Y Private John Cordie 91st Regiment Y Private Charles Cornell 2nd Regiment N Private John Cosgrove 43rd Light Infantry N Private J Costello 12th Regiment N Private David Cousin 74th Highlanders N Corporal Benjamin Cousins 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Cowan 74th Highlanders N Private J Cragg 12th Regiment N Private John Crocker 6th Royal Regiment N Able Seaman Edward Croker Birkenhead Y Assistant Surgeon William Culhane Birkenhead Y Private H Cull 2nd Regiment N Private B Cummings 12th Regiment N Private Patrick Cunnyngham 91st Regiment Y Corporal Francis Curtis 60th Rifles N Private Daniel Daley 91st Regiment N Able Seaman Thomas Daley Birkenhead Y Private Thomas Daniels Marines Y Mrs Darkins Civilian Y Private George Darsey 73rd Regiment N Private Charles Dawson 73rd Regiment N Private William Day 2nd Regiment N Private William De Bank 43rd Light Infantry N Private Hugh Deegan 73rd Regiment N Assistant Engineer Deely Birkenhead N Private James Delayney 91st Regiment N Private W Demmack 12th Regiment N Private Thomas Dews 43rd Light Infantry N Private Hugh Dickson 6th Royal Regiment N Private William Dobson 73rd Regiment Y Private M Dockery 45th Regiment N Private John Dodd 12th Lancers Y Private Robert Dolan 12th Regiment Y Private William Donald 74th Highlanders N Private David Donaldson 74th Highlanders N Private William Donnel 43rd Light Infantry N Private Henry Double 2nd Regiment Y Private Patrick Doyle 73rd Regiment N Colour Sergeant John Drake Marines Y Stoker Thomas Drew Birkenhead Y Seaman Thomas Driackford Birkenhead Y Private James Drury 91st Regiment N Private J Dudley 73rd Regiment N Able Seaman Thomas Dunn Birkenhead Y Private J Durkin 12th Regiment N Able Seaman John Dyke Birkenhead Y Private Eli Eliot 60th Rifles N Private J England 12th Regiment N Private J Englison 12th Royal Lancers N Private James Evans 91st Regiment N Private Hugh Feeley 73rd Regiment N Private Charles Ferguson 74th Regiment Y Private J Field 12th Regiment N Private R Finn 6th Royal Regiment N Able Seaman Robert Finn Birkenhead Y Private T Fitzgerald 12th Regiment N Private Mathew Fitzpatrick 73rd Regiment N Private James Fitzpatrick 73rd Regiment Y Private Michael Flanagan 73rd Regiment N Private P Flanagan 12th Regiment N Private T Flanley 12th Regiment N Private William Fletcher 6th Royal Regiment N Private Patrick Flinn 91st Regiment Y Private William Flynn 73rd Regiment N Able Seaman Thomas Forbes Birkenhead Y Private William Forbes 2nd Regiment N Private Ford 91st Regiment N Private Henry Foss 60th Rifles Y Private William Frank 74th Highlanders N Private O Freeman 12th Regiment N Private Michael French 73rd Regiment N Private Thomas Frost 60th Rifles N Private W Fynn 12th Regiment N Private Partick Gaffey 91st Regiment N Boy 1st Class W Gale Birkenhead Y Stoker Edward Gardner Birkenhead Y Private Gavin 73rd Regiment N Private Michael Gavin 73rd Regiment N Lieutenant Geradol 43rd Foot Y Private James Gibson 74th Highlanders N Private James Gildea 2nd Regiment Y Private George Gilham 43rd Light Infantry N Private Thomas Ginn 43rd Regiment Y Private T Gleeson 2nd Regiment Y Private P Gleeson 6th Regiment Y Private James Goldin 6th Regiment Y Private D R Goman 74th Highlanders N Private Charles Gowan 74th Highlanders N Private John Grady 6th Royal Regiment N Private J H Graham 74th Highlanders N Private Joseph Grant 91st Regiment N Private John Grant 73rd Regiment N Private R Green 73rd Regiment Y Private J Green 2nd Regiment N Private John Greenleaf 2nd Regiment N Private A Grimshaw 12th Regiment N Mrs Gwichar Civilian Y Private Patrick Hagg 91st Regiment N Private Stephen Haggan 91st Regiment N Private John Haggart 91st Regiment Y Private John Haher 73rd Regiment N Private S Hales 2nd Regiment Y Private William Halfpenny 73rd Regiment Y Private William H Hall 73rd Regiment N Private Arthur Hamilton 60th Rifles N Private Peter Hamilton 74th Highlanders N Private James Handley 6th Royal Regiment N Leading Stoker Thomas Handrain Birkenhead Y Private Patrick Hanley 73rd Regiment N Private J Hanlon 60th Rifles Y Private John Hannen 73rd Regiment N Master's Assistant C W Hare Birkenhead N Sergeant Harold 74th Regiment Y Private John Harper 91st Regiment N Private Joseph Harris 6th Royal Regiment N Boatswain T Harris Birkenhead N Able Seaman Samuel Harris Birkenhead Y Able Seaman Thomas Harris Birkenhead Y Private Thomas Harrison 74th Highlanders N Corporal Joseph Harrison 43rd Light Infantry N Private Harrison 43rd Regiment Y Private F Hart 12th Regiment N Private Richard Hartley 74th Regiment Y Private S Hayward 12th Regiment N Private Henry Hayward 91st Regiment N Private M Healey 43rd Regiment Y Private Michael Hearty 12th Regiment Y Private James Henderson 74th Regiment Y Private Alexander Hendry 74th Highlanders N Private John Herin 43rd Regiment Y Sergeant William Hicks 43rd Light Infantry N Private Thomas Higgins 12th Regiment Y Clerk G W S Hire Birkenhead Y Private John Holden 91st Regiment Y Private H Holmes 73rd Regiment N Private Michael Horhet 43rd Regiment Y Private Thomas Hortly 6th Regiment Y Stoker John Hoskins Birkenhead Y Private Robert Houchin 73rd Regiment N Private J Houghton 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Howard 2nd Regiment N Boy J R Howard Birkenhead Y Private Mark Hudson 91st Regiment Y Private Joseph Hudson 6th Royal Regiment N Mrs Hudson Civilian Y Private R Hunt 6th Regiment Y Private David Hunter 74th Highlanders N Private Michael Hurley 73rd Regiment N Private Patrick Hussey 91st Regiment N Private G Hutchings 12th Royal Lancers N Private John Irvin 12th Regiment Y Private Simon Jacobs 60th Rifles N Private Henry Jacobs 6th Royal Regiment N Private Thomas Jays 91st Regiment N Pay+Pursers Steward J Jeffrey Birkenhead Y Private James Johnson 12th Regiment Y Private Samuel Johnston 12th Regiment N Private George Justice 91st Regiment N Private Henry Keane 6th Royal Regiment N Private Thomas Keans Marines Y Private William Kearns 73rd Regiment N Private Adam Keating 45th Regiment Y Private Michael Kelcher 60th Rifles N Private T Kelcher 12th Regiment N Stoker George Kelley Birkenhead Y Private J Kelley 12th Regiment N Private William Kelley 60th Rifles N Private Kelley 43rd Light Infantry N Private Patrick Kelly 91st Regiment N Private Timothy Kelly 73rd Regiment N Private M Kelly 6th Royal Regiment N Private Geroge Kemp 91st Regiment N Private C Kerrigan 12th Regiment Y Sergeant Kilberry 73rd Regiment Y Stoker John King Birkenhead Y Private D Kirkford 74th Regiment Y Private James Kirkwood 74th Highlanders N Private John Kitchen 6th Regiment Y Private William Kitching 6th Royal Regiment N Assistant Engineer Kitchingham Birkenhead N Private George Knight 2nd Regiment N Private John Kriffe 74th Regiment Y Captain, Main Top James Lacey Birkenhead Y Private A Lackie 60th Rifles Y Private Joseph Ladd 60th Rifles N Private M Laffey 60th Rifles Y Staff Surgeon Laing N Corporal William Laird 74th Highlanders N Private John Lamb 91st Regiment Y Private C Lambden 12th Regiment N Private John Lancey 91st Regiment Y Private Thomas Langan 12th Regiment Y Able Seaman Thomas Langmand Birkenhead Y Private Thomas Larkin 73rd Regiment N Private Patrick Lavery 2nd Regiment N Private M Lawler 12th Regiment N Private George Lawrence 73rd Regiment N Private E Lee 12th Regiment N Able Seaman John Lewis Birkenhead Y Private John Lewis 6th Royal Regiment N Private Henry Lombrest 6th Royal Regiment N Private John Lowrie 74th Highlanders N Private Charles Lucas 60th Rifles N Lieutenant Lucas 73rd Regiment Y Private Patrick Lynch 73rd Regiment Y Private George Lyons 43rd Regiment Y Private Michael Maber 73rd Regiment N Private Edward MacLoed 74th Highlanders N Private Francis Mackenley 91st Regiment N Private James Mackinnon 74th Highlanders N Private James Maher 60th Rifles N Private Malachi 73rd Regiment N Private M Malay 2nd Regiment Y Private D Maloney 73rd Regiment Y Private Cornelius Maloney 6th Royal Regiment N Private Thomas Maloney 6th Royal Regiment N Private Patrick Maloney 6th Royal Regiment N Private J Maloney 73rd Regiment Y Private George Marsh 2nd Regiment N Private John Martin 2nd Regiment N Private Henry Mather 60th Rifles Y Boy 2nd Class Charles Mathews Birkenhead Y Private William Mathieson 91st Regiment N Corporal M Mathison 74th Highlanders N Private Alexander Mathison 74th Highlanders N Private W Matravis 12th Regiment N Quartermaster Henry Maxell Birkenhead Y Private Thomas Maxwell 74th Highlanders N Private Patrick May 73rd Regiment Y Private John Mayn 6th Royal Regiment N Private John McAcy 60th Rifles N Private William McAnley 74th Highlanders N Stoker John McCabe Birkenhead Y Private Patrick McCann 6th Royal Regiment N Able Seaman John McCarthy Birkenhead Y Assistant Engineer J McClaymont Birkenhead N Private P McCrery 2nd Regiment Y Private J McDermot 12th Regiment N Private John McDonald 12th Regiment Y Private John McElarney 74th Highlanders N Private Alex McFadden 91st Regiment N Private James McGregor 74th Regiment Y Private John McKee 74th Regiment Y Private T McKenzie 2nd Regiment N Corporal McManus 2nd Regiment N Private Allem McMay 91st Regiment Y Private T McMorrow 12th Regiment N Private Thomas McMullin 74th Regiment Y Private James McMurray 73rd Regiment N Private John McQuade 43rd Light Infantry N Private David McQuade 60th Rifles N Private A Meally 12th Regiment N Private Hugh Mears 6th Royal Regiment N Private William Measures 91st Regiment N Mrs Mellins Civilian Y Sailmaker's Mate James Messum Birkenhead Y Ensign Metford 6th Royal Regiment N Private Alexander Miller 74th Highlanders N Private George Miller 74th Highlanders N Private James Millham 6th Royal Regiment N Private A Mills 2nd Regiment N Private A Montgomery 91st Regiment N Mrs Montgomery Civilian Y Private James Moon 91st Regiment N Private Charles Mooney 2nd Regiment N Private John Moore 91st Regiment N Private James Moore 60th Rifles N Private John Moore 2nd Regiment Y Private T Morgan 12th Regiment N Private Michael Morgan 6th Royal Regiment N Private R Morrison 12th Regiment N Private James Morton 74th Highlanders N Private J Mullany 12th Regiment N Private Patrick Mullins 91st Regiment Y Private R Munns 12th Regiment N Private D Munro 74th Regiment Y Private Alexander Murdock 74th Highlanders N Private John Murphy 73rd Regiment N Private Thomas Murray 73rd Regiment N Private James Nasson 2nd Regiment N Private A Nathaniel 74th Regiment Y Carpenter's Mate William Neal Birkenhead Y Private John Nelson 74th Highlanders N Mrs Nesbit Civilian Y Able Seaman Charles Noble Birkenhead Y Private John Northoven Marines Y Private Thomas Nutall 60th Rifles Y Private J Owen 12th Regiment N Private James Oxley 2nd Regiment N Private Michael O'Brien 73rd Regiment Y Private Patrick O'Brien 60th Rifles N Private William O'Connell 73rd Regiment N Private Michael O'Connell 2nd Regiment N Private D O'Connor 12th Regiment N Second Master J O'Davis Birkenhead N Private John O'Reilly 73rd Regiment Y Private Robert Page 2nd Regiment Y Private W Palmer 12th Regiment N Private Michael M Parklin 43rd Light Infantry N Private Thomas Peacock 60th Rifles N Private Joseph Penning 43rd Light Infantry N Private George Peters 43rd Regiment Y Private John Peters 2nd Regiment Y Private P Peters 2nd Regiment Y Private J Pettifer 12th Regiment N Able Seaman John Phalan Birkenhead Y Private David Pratt 91st Regiment N Private George Price 2nd Regiment N Private Thomas Pride 74th Highlanders N Private Charles Prince 6th Royal Regiment N Private T Purcell 12th Regiment N Private Edward Quin 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Quinn 2nd Regiment N Private George Randall 73rd Regiment N Stoker George Randall Birkenhead Y Private Charles Ranshaw 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Rees 60th Rifles N Private John Rennington 6th Royal Regiment N Assistant Engineer C R Renwick Birkenhead Y Private C Reynolds 12th Regiment N Masters Assistant R B Richards Birkenhead Y Private John Riddlesden 43rd Light Infantry N Private John Rider 6th Royal Regiment N Private D Riorden 43rd Light Infantry N Carpenter J Roberts Birkenhead N Staff Asst Surgeon Robertson N Private Thomas Robertson 74th Highlanders N Lieutenant W G Robinson 73rd Regiment N Private J Robinson 91st Regiment Y Private J Roche 12th Regiment N Cornet Rolt 12th Royal Lancers N Private James Rowley 2nd Regiment N Private William Russel 60th Rifles N Ensign Russel 74th Highlanders N Able Seaman Martin Ruth Birkenhead Y Private Ebenezer Rutherford 74th Highlanders N Private Patrick Ryan 6th Royal Regiment N Master Commanding R Salmond Birkenhead N Private M Schofield 12th Lancers Y Private Philip Scott 73rd Regiment N Private H Scutts 60th Rifles N Private William Sedgwood 91st Regiment N Lieutenant Colonel Seton 74th Highlanders N Private J Sharp 74th Regiment Y Private John Sharp 74th Highlanders N Private William Sharp 43rd Regiment Y Private G Shaughnessy 2nd Regiment N Private Duncan Shaw 74th Highlanders N Private Daniel Shea 73rd Regiment N Private P Sheeham 73rd Regiment N Private Timothy Sheehan 43rd Light Infantry N Private R Shepherd 12th Regiment N Private Robert Shepherd 73rd Regiment N Private G Sheppard 43rd Light Infantry N Private Thomas Simmons 2nd Regiment N Private John Simon 12th Regiment Y Private Patrick Smith 91st Regiment N Private Robert Smith 74th Highlanders N Private W Smith 12th Regiment N Private W S Smith 91st Regiment N Private George Smith 73rd Regiment N Private John Smith 91st Regiment N Corporal Smith 91st Regiment N Private William Smith 12th Regiment Y Private John Smith 2nd Regiment Y Private Thomas Smith 60th Rifles Y Private Thomas Smith 6th Royal Regiment N Able Seaman John Smith Birkenhead Y Private William Sooter 60th Rifles Y Second Master R D Speer Birkenhead N Private Thomas Spicer 6th Royal Regiment N Private W Springs 12th Regiment N Mrs Spruce Civilian Y Private J Stanfield 60th Rifles Y Private John Stanley 91st Regiment Y Private Michael Starr 6th Royal Regiment N Private William Steward 74th Highlanders N Private Robert Steward 74th Highlanders N Private Patrick Stokes 60th Rifles N Ordinary Seaman Able Stone Birkenhead Y Private James Story 60th Rifles N Sergeant John Straw 12th Royal Lancers N Private James Sullivan 73rd Regiment N Private T Sullivan 43rd Light Infantry N Private D Sullivan 73rd Regiment Y Private John Sullivan 73rd Regiment Y Private Mark Summerton 6th Royal Regiment N Private John Sweeny 91st Regiment N Private James Tarney 91st Regiment N Private Patrick Taylor 73rd Regiment Y Private George Taylor 74th Regiment Y Sergeant Terbe 6th Regiment Y Private Nathaniel Thomas 2nd Regiment N Private Adam Thompson 74th Highlanders N Private J Thompson 12th Regiment N Private John Thompson 74th Highlanders N Private James Thompson 60th Rifles N Private John Tierney 6th Royal Regiment N Able Seaman R Tiggle Birkenhead Y Private W Tigne 12th Regiment N Able Seaman George Till Birkenhead Y Private Michael Tonen 73rd Regiment N Private Edward Torpy 6th Royal Regiment N Private William Tuck Marines Y Private H Tucker 43rd Light Infantry N Private George Tully 6th Royal Regiment N Boy 1st Class Benjamin Turner Birkenhead Y Private Francis Turner 74th Highlanders N Private Henry Vernon 2nd Regiment Y Private Samuel Vesse 2nd Regiment N Private Vickery 43rd Light Infantry N Private James Wade 6th Regiment Y Private T Wales 12th Regiment N Private J Walker 2nd Regiment N Private Robert Walker 74th Highlanders N Private G Walker 12th Regiment Y Private John Wallis 60th Rifles N Private T Walsh 91st Regiment N Private E Walshe 6th Regiment Y Private John Wamsley 91st Regiment Y Private P Ward 12th Regiment Y Private Daniel Waters 12th Regiment Y Private George Watson 74th Highlanders N Private B Webster 2nd Regiment N Private Maurice Welch 43rd Light Infantry N Private William Welch 6th Regiment Y Private George Weller 2nd Regiment N Private George Wells 12th Regiment Y Private C Wells 73rd Regiment N Private J West 6th Royal Regiment N Private James West 43rd Regiment Y Private W H Wheeler 2nd Regiment N Mr Andrew White Civilian N Private Thomas White 6th Royal Regiment N Private G White 2nd Regiment Y Chief Engineer W Whyham Birkenhead N Private William Wilkins 60th Rifles N Private William Wilkinson 60th Rifles N Private W Wilson 12th Regiment N Private James Wilson 60th Rifles N Private James Wilson 73rd Regiment N Boatswain's Mate Edward Wilson Birkenhead Y Able Seaman George Windon Birkenhead Y Private Alex Winnington 91st Regiment N Private Fred Winterbottom 91st Regiment Y Private William Wood 73rd Regiment Y Stoker John Wood Birkenhead Y Private William Woodman 91st Regiment N Seaman William Woodward Birkenhead Y Private James Woodward 43rd Regiment Y Private Thomas Woolfall 2nd Regiment N Private William Woolward 60th Rifles N Private J Wootton 12th Regiment N Private Benjamin Worill 2nd Regiment Y Private George Worth 6th Royal Regiment N Captain Wright 91st Regiment Y Private William Wybrow 91st Regiment N Private Christopher Wyer 91st Regiment N Boy 1st Class George Wyndham Birkenhead Y Private John Yule 12th Regiment Y Private (Bandsman) Zwyker 2nd Regiment N ------------------------------------------------------------------ Of the 693 persons aboard the military contingent was made up as follows. 2nd Foot (The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1 Ensign 1 Sergeant 50 Men 6th Foot (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) 1 Ensign 1 Sergeant 60 Men 12th Lancers (9th/12th Royal Lancers) 2 Cornets 1 Sergeant 5 Men 12th Foot (Suffolk Regiment) 1 Sergeant 68 Men 43rd Light Infantry (1st Battalion Oxford and 1 Lieutenant Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) 1 Sergeant 40 Men 45th Foot (1st Battalion Nottinghamshire and 1 Warrant Officer Derby Regiment) 1 Sergeant 15 Men 73rd Foot (2nd Battalion Royal Highland Regiment) 2 Lieutenant 1 Ensign 1 Sergeant 70 Men 74th Foot (2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry) 1 lieutanant Colonel 1 Ensign 1 Warrant Officer 60 Men 91st Foot (1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland 1 Captain Highlanders) 2 Sergeants 100 Men Others on board were made up of 31 Children 25 Women 1 Naval Surgeon 17 Ship's Officers 125 Crew 3 Military Surgeons A further 68 Crew members remain unidentified due to the lack of proper record keeping. --------------------------------------------------------------------- This list was extracted from the pages of the book "The Drums of the BIRKENHEAD" by David Bevan F.R.G.S. F.B.S.C.