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Death of a Ladysmith Hero.
The death occurred on Wednesday morning last at 121, St. Leonardgate, Lancaster, of Edward Johnson Gaulter, of H.M.S. Powerful. He was in Ladysmith 118 days during the siege, was invalided home, and died through consumption brought on by the privations of the investment. He had been in the navy 12 years, of which period he had served in China five years, and was in the Mediterranean squadron. He was on the Dreadnought during the Mediterranean manœuvres when the Victoria went down. Gaulter died at the residence of his sister.
(Morecambe Visitor, 28 November 1900)
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3RD ROYAL LANCASTER'S HOMECOMING.
On the arrival of the 3rd Batt. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Southampton they will be officially welcomed by the Mayor of Lancaster, Col. R. L. Hall, who is proceeding to the port of disembarkation on Saturday morning, accompanied by several of the aldermen, Councillors Jackson, Oglethorpe, and A. Bell, the Town Clerk (Mr. T. Carva Hughes), and beadle (Mr. Jackson).
The party will journey to Southampton by saloon, which will be attached to the military train expected in Lancaster early on Monday morning. The Corporation, in robes, will meet the returning troops. The colours will be returned between 12 and 1 o'clock on Monday, the ceremony taking place publicly on the Market-square.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 30 January 1902)
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3RD ROYAL LANCASTERS
AT HOME.
A MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION.
ENTHUSIASM IN THE COUNTY TOWN.
REGIMENTAL COLOURS RETURNED.
Familiar as Lancaster has become to the departure and homecoming of troops, no patriotic display has exceeded that which marked the return of the 3rd Battalion Royal Lancaster Militia. His Worship the Mayor (Colonel R. L. Hall, V.D.), was in a measure responsible for the additional enthusiasm and for the warmth of the reception. In response to the Mayor's invitation the tradespeople of the town made a profuse display of colour in all the principal streets, banners and bunting, and even more ornate displays, being conspicuous on every hand, with mottoes of "Welcome home" and sentiments of appreciation of the "Good Old 3rd." The Mayor and Reception Committee, who yesterday welcomed the troops at Southampton, arrived home last evening in anticipation of the functions reserved for to-[day.
The troop train left Southampton at 7.45 last night, arriving at Lancaster at 8.30 this morning. A stoppage en route was made at Wolverhampton for supper. The official arrangements for the arrival at Lancaster were admirably planned and executed. By the aid of military and police, one or two of whom were mounted, a large open space was reserved in the Station square, and similarly in the Market Square. The massed bands of the 2nd V.B. Royal Lancaster Regiment and of the Militia, under Bandmaster Wheeler, paraded on the arrival platform in good time, and amongst others noticed were Colonel Murray, Colonel Whalley, who for many years commanded the regiment; Captain Houghton, Captain Evans, Captain Trappes-Lomax, Mr. Fitzherbert-Brockholes, J.P., Mr. Fitzherbert (father of Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzherbert), Rev. W. B. Grenside, the venerable Vicar of Melling; and Captain North, of York.
The crowd on the bridge at the southern side of the station raised cheers as the train approached, which was immediately taken up by the dense crowds in the station precincts and along Meeting House-lane. A fanfare of fog signals followed, and the band struck up "The Conquering Heroes." The South-Western special drew along the platform, the bronzed and rugged warriors waved their helmets in response to the long and loud hurrahs, officers on the platform at one greeted returning officers, and friend greeted friend, while the station staff busied itself in clearing luggage compartments. No time was lost in getting the men into marching order, and to the accompaniment of spirited marches, including the "Soldiers of the King," the battalion marched to the Market-square. The cheering en route was something terrific. In spite of the efforts of the police and the military the thoroughfare became blocked with the surging throng. It was a sight to see the soldiers struggling through one by one, now and again one being noticed who had lost his helmet in the all too friendly pressure, or perhaps it was an officer holding his sword aloft to save it from damage. At last the stream of khaki had to be diverted through the Town Hall, the crowd having become inpenetrable, and as the Militia men marched down the steps of the Town Hall into the square the crowd had an excellent view, and the cheering was continuous. The troops were formed into a square, the inner line standing with fixed bayonets. The officers, led by Colonel North, then marched up to the front of the Town Hall steps, with the Mayor, in his scarlet robes, gold laced cockade, and wearing his massive chain, as the centre of an interesting and picturesque group. There was a big array of aldermen and councillors, the former in their robes of cerise red, and the latter in black gowns. A few academical gowns were noticed, and the Town Clerk, bewigged and robed, was in evidence. Leading elements of the town were well represented, and the upper windows of the Council Chamber were filled with wives and families of the members of the Council and others. The throng was immense, and many spectators obtained a view of the proceedings from the roofs of business premises surrounding the Square.
The Mayor, attended by the beadle and macebearers, advancing, said : - Colonel North, officers, and men of the 3rd Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, - We have already had the pleasure of welcoming you on the shores of old England; now we welcome you back to the town from which the regiment derives its name. When you left two years ago you honoured the old town by leaving in the charge of the Mayor and Corporation your colours - the colours of the regiment and the King's colours. When you left we had every confidence that you would not only keep up the fame of time-honoured Lancaster, but would win for yourselves fresh laurels and sustain the glorious name of the King's Own Regiment. (Cheers.) I do not wish to keep you here longer than possible, but I would like to say from the bottom of our hearts we welcome you home. We congratulate you, sir, on the distinction you have so well earned, and we congratulate the regiment on coming back with such a fine record. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here. You can see for yourselves the loyal welcome the Lancaster people wish to give you. It is only what you deserve, and what you have well earned by two years' long and arduous service. You have in action won for the regiment a name which I say we are proud to think of when we remember that you belong to the old town. I think the fact of Lancaster having sent so many battalions is something to be proud of. We congratulate you most heartily upon your arrival home. I have the greatest pleasure and the honour of returning to you, Colonel North, the King's colour, And I should like to call upon the ex-Mayor to present to you the regimental colour. While you have been away he has more than carried out the promises he made to you before you left old England, and therefore it was that he desired to have that privilege. (Cheers.)
The ex-Mayor, Alderman Preston, advancing, and speaking in a voice heard in every part of the Market square, said: Let me thank the Mayor, first of all, for giving me the opportunity of returning to you your regimental colours. Two years ago I accepted those colours from you, and promised to keep them as they should be kept during your absence from this country. We are all proud to have had the custody of those colours, for we felt that the men who owned them were doing their duty nobly and faithfully to this great kingdom of Britain. (Cheers.) Now I have the pleasure of giving back to you your glorious colours, and I must thank you, my good Mayor, for giving me the privilege. During the two years I was in office I looked forward to your return, thinking that possibly I might have this privilege, and I thank the Mayor from the bottom of my heart that he has granted it to me. I hope, men, that now you have arrived back in the good old town you may not have suffered much in your health whilst you have been away, and, as to the future, that you may have every blessing. I am sure it is the prayer of everyone in Lancaster. Colonel North, I have the pleasure in presenting to you the regimental colours.
As the colours were received by Lieutenants Black and Cottrell-Dormer, the band played the National Anthem, the crowd standing uncovered.
Colonel North, in responding, said there was an old saying, "Out of sight, out of mind," but it had not been so as regarded the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Lancasters. On arriving back at Old England they were greeted by the Mayor and Corporation at Southampton, an honour which the embarkation officer informed him been accorded to no other regiment. He could assure them they appreciated all their kindness. When the cold weather arrived out on the veldt, large bales of comforts and luxuries from Lancaster reminded them that they were not forgotten, and they had to thank the committee and all the ladies and gentlemen who had worked so arduously and subscribed so generously to these funds. This regiment was only one of many which had gone out to sustain the name and credit of this county. No less than eight Line and nine Militia battalions, besides contingents of Yeomanry and Volunteers and other units, had gone out from this county - a greater force than any other county in Great Britain or Ireland had sent out, so that they could see that the County Palatine had done its fair share in this crisis. If there was one thing they were proud of above all others it was in bearing the name of the good old town of Lancaster. The numbers present were a sufficient appreciation of the work they had done, and nobody felt more than he the honour they had done them. He could only hope that every regiment on its homecoming would have such a welcome as they had received. He was sure no one could have had a better. He concluded: "I beg to thank you and all our friends in Lancaster for all the kind things you have done and for all your kind acts, and I hope we may have some opportunity in our private and public lives of returning some of those kindnesses. (Cheers.)
At the call of the Mayor cheers were given for the Royal Lancaster Regiment and for Colonel North, who, raising his helmet, called on the Royal Lancasters to give cheers in response for the Mayor and the ex-Mayor, and the soldiers' cheers were endorsed by the crowd. Forming into marching order, the battalion proceeded to the Barracks, where a breakfast, provided by the Mayor, was served, and the usual steps in connection with disembodiment proceeded.
MEDAL DISTRIBUTION.
After breakfast the men were drawn up in the Barracks Square, where, in the presence of a very large company of friends and relatives from a distance and a fashionable district assembly, Colonel Murray presented the officers and men with the South African medal. Addressing the battalion, he said : "Colonel North, officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, 3rd king's Own, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you home to your native land. I have also much pleasure in presenting, in the name of his Most gracious Majesty, the medals that you have gained in South Africa. They have been well won, and you may be justly proud to wear them. I trust that you will live long to do so, and that they may then be handed down to your descendants, to be kept as a reminder of men who came to the front at duty's call, and assisted in maintaining the honour of their country.
After the distribution Col. North thanked Col. Murray for making the presentation and for the kind things he had said about the battalion.
Cheers were given for Colonel Murray, Colonel North, the Mayor of Lancaster, who was present, and others. Each man received a new cloth suit, a muffler and cap, and in the course of an hour or two the khaki regiment became civilian, and gradually disappeared, a special train conveying a large proportion home to Manchester, from which district the battalion was largely recruited.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 5 February 1902)
The death occurred on Wednesday morning last at 121, St. Leonardgate, Lancaster, of Edward Johnson Gaulter, of H.M.S. Powerful. He was in Ladysmith 118 days during the siege, was invalided home, and died through consumption brought on by the privations of the investment. He had been in the navy 12 years, of which period he had served in China five years, and was in the Mediterranean squadron. He was on the Dreadnought during the Mediterranean manœuvres when the Victoria went down. Gaulter died at the residence of his sister.
(Morecambe Visitor, 28 November 1900)
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3RD ROYAL LANCASTER'S HOMECOMING.
On the arrival of the 3rd Batt. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Southampton they will be officially welcomed by the Mayor of Lancaster, Col. R. L. Hall, who is proceeding to the port of disembarkation on Saturday morning, accompanied by several of the aldermen, Councillors Jackson, Oglethorpe, and A. Bell, the Town Clerk (Mr. T. Carva Hughes), and beadle (Mr. Jackson).
The party will journey to Southampton by saloon, which will be attached to the military train expected in Lancaster early on Monday morning. The Corporation, in robes, will meet the returning troops. The colours will be returned between 12 and 1 o'clock on Monday, the ceremony taking place publicly on the Market-square.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 30 January 1902)
_____________________________________________________________
3RD ROYAL LANCASTERS
AT HOME.
A MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION.
ENTHUSIASM IN THE COUNTY TOWN.
REGIMENTAL COLOURS RETURNED.
Familiar as Lancaster has become to the departure and homecoming of troops, no patriotic display has exceeded that which marked the return of the 3rd Battalion Royal Lancaster Militia. His Worship the Mayor (Colonel R. L. Hall, V.D.), was in a measure responsible for the additional enthusiasm and for the warmth of the reception. In response to the Mayor's invitation the tradespeople of the town made a profuse display of colour in all the principal streets, banners and bunting, and even more ornate displays, being conspicuous on every hand, with mottoes of "Welcome home" and sentiments of appreciation of the "Good Old 3rd." The Mayor and Reception Committee, who yesterday welcomed the troops at Southampton, arrived home last evening in anticipation of the functions reserved for to-[day.
The troop train left Southampton at 7.45 last night, arriving at Lancaster at 8.30 this morning. A stoppage en route was made at Wolverhampton for supper. The official arrangements for the arrival at Lancaster were admirably planned and executed. By the aid of military and police, one or two of whom were mounted, a large open space was reserved in the Station square, and similarly in the Market Square. The massed bands of the 2nd V.B. Royal Lancaster Regiment and of the Militia, under Bandmaster Wheeler, paraded on the arrival platform in good time, and amongst others noticed were Colonel Murray, Colonel Whalley, who for many years commanded the regiment; Captain Houghton, Captain Evans, Captain Trappes-Lomax, Mr. Fitzherbert-Brockholes, J.P., Mr. Fitzherbert (father of Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzherbert), Rev. W. B. Grenside, the venerable Vicar of Melling; and Captain North, of York.
The crowd on the bridge at the southern side of the station raised cheers as the train approached, which was immediately taken up by the dense crowds in the station precincts and along Meeting House-lane. A fanfare of fog signals followed, and the band struck up "The Conquering Heroes." The South-Western special drew along the platform, the bronzed and rugged warriors waved their helmets in response to the long and loud hurrahs, officers on the platform at one greeted returning officers, and friend greeted friend, while the station staff busied itself in clearing luggage compartments. No time was lost in getting the men into marching order, and to the accompaniment of spirited marches, including the "Soldiers of the King," the battalion marched to the Market-square. The cheering en route was something terrific. In spite of the efforts of the police and the military the thoroughfare became blocked with the surging throng. It was a sight to see the soldiers struggling through one by one, now and again one being noticed who had lost his helmet in the all too friendly pressure, or perhaps it was an officer holding his sword aloft to save it from damage. At last the stream of khaki had to be diverted through the Town Hall, the crowd having become inpenetrable, and as the Militia men marched down the steps of the Town Hall into the square the crowd had an excellent view, and the cheering was continuous. The troops were formed into a square, the inner line standing with fixed bayonets. The officers, led by Colonel North, then marched up to the front of the Town Hall steps, with the Mayor, in his scarlet robes, gold laced cockade, and wearing his massive chain, as the centre of an interesting and picturesque group. There was a big array of aldermen and councillors, the former in their robes of cerise red, and the latter in black gowns. A few academical gowns were noticed, and the Town Clerk, bewigged and robed, was in evidence. Leading elements of the town were well represented, and the upper windows of the Council Chamber were filled with wives and families of the members of the Council and others. The throng was immense, and many spectators obtained a view of the proceedings from the roofs of business premises surrounding the Square.
The Mayor, attended by the beadle and macebearers, advancing, said : - Colonel North, officers, and men of the 3rd Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, - We have already had the pleasure of welcoming you on the shores of old England; now we welcome you back to the town from which the regiment derives its name. When you left two years ago you honoured the old town by leaving in the charge of the Mayor and Corporation your colours - the colours of the regiment and the King's colours. When you left we had every confidence that you would not only keep up the fame of time-honoured Lancaster, but would win for yourselves fresh laurels and sustain the glorious name of the King's Own Regiment. (Cheers.) I do not wish to keep you here longer than possible, but I would like to say from the bottom of our hearts we welcome you home. We congratulate you, sir, on the distinction you have so well earned, and we congratulate the regiment on coming back with such a fine record. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here. You can see for yourselves the loyal welcome the Lancaster people wish to give you. It is only what you deserve, and what you have well earned by two years' long and arduous service. You have in action won for the regiment a name which I say we are proud to think of when we remember that you belong to the old town. I think the fact of Lancaster having sent so many battalions is something to be proud of. We congratulate you most heartily upon your arrival home. I have the greatest pleasure and the honour of returning to you, Colonel North, the King's colour, And I should like to call upon the ex-Mayor to present to you the regimental colour. While you have been away he has more than carried out the promises he made to you before you left old England, and therefore it was that he desired to have that privilege. (Cheers.)
The ex-Mayor, Alderman Preston, advancing, and speaking in a voice heard in every part of the Market square, said: Let me thank the Mayor, first of all, for giving me the opportunity of returning to you your regimental colours. Two years ago I accepted those colours from you, and promised to keep them as they should be kept during your absence from this country. We are all proud to have had the custody of those colours, for we felt that the men who owned them were doing their duty nobly and faithfully to this great kingdom of Britain. (Cheers.) Now I have the pleasure of giving back to you your glorious colours, and I must thank you, my good Mayor, for giving me the privilege. During the two years I was in office I looked forward to your return, thinking that possibly I might have this privilege, and I thank the Mayor from the bottom of my heart that he has granted it to me. I hope, men, that now you have arrived back in the good old town you may not have suffered much in your health whilst you have been away, and, as to the future, that you may have every blessing. I am sure it is the prayer of everyone in Lancaster. Colonel North, I have the pleasure in presenting to you the regimental colours.
As the colours were received by Lieutenants Black and Cottrell-Dormer, the band played the National Anthem, the crowd standing uncovered.
Colonel North, in responding, said there was an old saying, "Out of sight, out of mind," but it had not been so as regarded the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Lancasters. On arriving back at Old England they were greeted by the Mayor and Corporation at Southampton, an honour which the embarkation officer informed him been accorded to no other regiment. He could assure them they appreciated all their kindness. When the cold weather arrived out on the veldt, large bales of comforts and luxuries from Lancaster reminded them that they were not forgotten, and they had to thank the committee and all the ladies and gentlemen who had worked so arduously and subscribed so generously to these funds. This regiment was only one of many which had gone out to sustain the name and credit of this county. No less than eight Line and nine Militia battalions, besides contingents of Yeomanry and Volunteers and other units, had gone out from this county - a greater force than any other county in Great Britain or Ireland had sent out, so that they could see that the County Palatine had done its fair share in this crisis. If there was one thing they were proud of above all others it was in bearing the name of the good old town of Lancaster. The numbers present were a sufficient appreciation of the work they had done, and nobody felt more than he the honour they had done them. He could only hope that every regiment on its homecoming would have such a welcome as they had received. He was sure no one could have had a better. He concluded: "I beg to thank you and all our friends in Lancaster for all the kind things you have done and for all your kind acts, and I hope we may have some opportunity in our private and public lives of returning some of those kindnesses. (Cheers.)
At the call of the Mayor cheers were given for the Royal Lancaster Regiment and for Colonel North, who, raising his helmet, called on the Royal Lancasters to give cheers in response for the Mayor and the ex-Mayor, and the soldiers' cheers were endorsed by the crowd. Forming into marching order, the battalion proceeded to the Barracks, where a breakfast, provided by the Mayor, was served, and the usual steps in connection with disembodiment proceeded.
MEDAL DISTRIBUTION.
After breakfast the men were drawn up in the Barracks Square, where, in the presence of a very large company of friends and relatives from a distance and a fashionable district assembly, Colonel Murray presented the officers and men with the South African medal. Addressing the battalion, he said : "Colonel North, officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, 3rd king's Own, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you home to your native land. I have also much pleasure in presenting, in the name of his Most gracious Majesty, the medals that you have gained in South Africa. They have been well won, and you may be justly proud to wear them. I trust that you will live long to do so, and that they may then be handed down to your descendants, to be kept as a reminder of men who came to the front at duty's call, and assisted in maintaining the honour of their country.
After the distribution Col. North thanked Col. Murray for making the presentation and for the kind things he had said about the battalion.
Cheers were given for Colonel Murray, Colonel North, the Mayor of Lancaster, who was present, and others. Each man received a new cloth suit, a muffler and cap, and in the course of an hour or two the khaki regiment became civilian, and gradually disappeared, a special train conveying a large proportion home to Manchester, from which district the battalion was largely recruited.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 5 February 1902)