PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1601. It is requested that the Admiralty and War Office Forms giving descriptions of Deserters, <£ c., from Her Majesty's Naval and Military Services, for insertion in the POLICE GAZETTE, and all communications in connection therewith, shall be addressed to THE EDITOR of the POLICE GAZETTE, New Scotland Yard, London, S. W. R. ANDERSON", Editor. WAR OFFICE, MAY 2, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. NAME. RKG. I NO. EIson, Joseph Fahy, Robert Farrington, Wm. E. Golden, Edward Johnston, Thomas Jones, Henry Kay, George Kelly, Edward Keogh, Edward Kerins. A. w COM- PLXN. 1st Gordon Hrs II. A. Med. Corps Derbyshire Rgt. • 2nd W. Kent R. Royal Artillery 2nd Dorset Rgt Royal Fusiliers lst Berks Regt. 2nd Seafrth Hrs Middlesex Regt. i HAIR. EYES. ENLISTMENT. DATE OF I PLACE OF DESERTION OR ABSENCE. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH I BORN. | DATE OF PLACE OF | MARKS AND REMARKS. labourer bookbinder plasterer paintr's lbr clerk gunmaker stevedore boatman labourer labourer 1st W. Riding K Royal Artillery A. Serv. Corps 2nd Cmron Hrs Royal Artillery Warwick llegt. 15th Hussars 2ndShrpshrL. l. Royal Artillery 2nd E. Kent ll. Middlesex R. West Riding R. Essex Regt, Royal Fusiliers Derbyshire Rgt, Royal Artilleryi R. Irish Rifles' 14th Hussars Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Glasgow London Leeds Woolwich London DaLston London Reading Frt. George Kngtn- o- T ' Stanraer, Wigtown Bermondscv. Surrey Idle. Bradford. Yorks Lewisham, Kent Chelsea, Middlx. Shoreditch, Middles. Poplar, Middlesex Northyd. Middlesex Inverness Walworth. Surrey frnch pis In- con feet nr. tailor labourer valet abourcr groom groom baker | labourer London Dublin London Edinburgh Hounslow Reading Swansea Manehestr Bristol I Cantrbury London St. Thomas. Dublin Battersea, Surrey Stoektn- o- Tees, Dur. Warwick St. Mary's, Warwick St. Mark's, Swansea Handsworth. B'ham Bedm i list er, Somrst Woolwich, Kent Kerwick, Richard Lackham, Arthur Lambert, Thos. W. Loft, William Loid, Walter Maguren, James Marvel, Thomas McLaughlan, Wm. Miller, Henry Moore, Joseph Neil. Edward O'Hagen, Charles O'Malley, T. o'Rourke, J. Pennington, Richard Pidgley, Charles Quayle, J. F. F. Ralston, John Rea, John R. Samson, Arthur Sansom, Walter Smyth, James Stanley, J. Stanley. James Stimson, Thomas Toole, John Tootle, James Turner, James Verinder, James Wilson. George Wood, Austin Wright, J. lst S. Lanes. R. Royal Artillery 2 nd Dragoon G. Royal Fusiliers 7th Hussars Scots Guards 2nd W. Kent R. Sea forth Hghrs Roya 1 Scots 2nd R. Ir. Rifles R HorseArtillry Scottish Rifles lst Life Guards lst Highlil L. I. N. Lanes. Regt 1st Welsh Rgt. R HorseArtillry lst Royal Scots 2nd Mddlsx 11. 2nd Mddlsx R 2nd Dragoon C. 2nd R. Ir. Rifles 2nd Lincoln 11. Royal Artillery 6th Dragoons Kth Hussars Iloyal Artillery loth Hussars 2ml8. Wles. Brds 11. Scots Fus. Manchester R. 2nd Mid. llsx R. plasterer labourer labourer costrmngr labourer carpenter labourer labourer labourer labourer Hounslow Hddrslield Grays, Essx Hounslow Basingstke St. Helens Northwich Warrngton Li verpool ' Dundee [ Highgate, Middlesx Huddersfield, Yorks Camden Tn Middsx Kingston, Surrey Nottingham Whit marina. Staffs. St. Helens, Lanes Liverpool, Lanes. Widnes, Lancashire St. John's, Sligo labourer labourer milkman | 1 labourer j cycle trade! mason's lbr j waterman j miner miner | tailor | groom labourer Igardener ( miner ( labourer I labourer ( labourer labourer porter ( bkmr's lbr mechanic labourer hairdresser labourer clerk baker brick makr frnoh plshr milkman lalnmrer labourer I carman St. Helen's Glasgow London Hounslow Northmptn Glasgow Hounslow Coatbridge Glencorse Belfast Hounslow Glasgow Bury Hamilton Preston London Hounslow G lasgow London Woolwich | Leeds Newry Sheffield Seaforth Lorn Ion Dublin Preston j Dais ton Bassaleg jAyr [ Chester Ishornclifft 11J T rt wrist . sc it side spine 2 sc. s top head F man's head rt frm " to Warley tto x flgs trefoil x It frm tto bk It frm scrs rt elbw side back 2 scs back nk girl flg A. Mack hrt dgr E B rt frm linear sc rt side eyebrow sc rt thmb E K It frm sc lower lip crucifixion front It frm sc rt side ehst linear so rt ruretiugr sc It frhd It testicle atrophied jdots It frm scs rt calf moles neck ' sc baek It. hand sc rt elbow isc It side abdomen " Fermanagh • to Hamilton small sc It elbow | J. Brown It frm J M rt frm sc It side lul sc below It ahldr blade sc It frm mole It thigh mole outside It. knee sc rt haunch sc inside rt shin sc over rt cheek sc rt leg (' Pidgley Harriet Marchant rt frm sc over rt eyebrow 1 R PR LR SR It frm AR CRI rt frm | lots It frm D hand I Minnie front rt frm use under chin true love anc It frm sun marks face nk arms " Antrim | sm sc rt sd « nk svrl brn stains legs td crs flgs breast various bth arms mole It frm se It index finger mole on breast Dover rose crossed flags clspd Inula It frm York Belfast Sheffield Woolwich Dundalk Dublin rn route' Shomeliffi Peinbrk Dk Ayr bust It uppr arm 2 blue | Ashtn- u- L sc small ot back I Woolwich , « It chk DISCHARGED FOR MISCONDUCT. REG. NO. 621 » i 2nd Lincoln Rgt Royal Artillery lancaster Rgt. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 2nd Shrops. L. l. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery ' Royal Artillery COM- PLXN. HAIR. CAUSE OF 1) 18- OHAROK AS 8TATBKON I'AJW'H MEXT CERT PARISH AND j DAT E OF. PLACE t COUNTY IN WHICH, DIS- I DIS- BORN. | CnABGE.| MARKS AND REMARKS. Ilarge sc outside It knee ttd It frm linear KJ front rt arm se It knee and shiti " Longford Ive Hcrll bust ftuh x hands rt frm 11* 1 It frm bird It frm anc ship bk rt frm HC uvr rt eye figure lion rt frm W J R It arm [*• It cheek * e- forehead " eybrw man dot- It frm sc forehead xlla_'- » Zri frm O It frm Adams, John Alexander, Walter Anderson. William Barrett, Alfred Bilbo, Charles Albert Brown, Henry C. Brown, John Bull, John Cameron, Donald Church, Harry Church, R. Clinton. Michael Collins, Wm. Hy. Connley, Joseph Conway. Charles Conway, Richard Davies, Richard F. Day. E. Day, Geo. Wm. Donovan, George scs on head star & 20 It frm girl with flgs Brtnnia flg lion rt frm scs It eyebrow back of lid nape neck scr cntr frhd birthmark rt buttock tto both frms blue line rt frm. se It side neck sc on nose * tto dots It frm isc back both t humbs scr rt cheek rt shin tto mark It elbw spade W dog's head It frm se eybrw scs forehead rt groin sc head sc inner side rt leg scr bk head It hnd rt frm mole It frm sailr crs wmn rt frm hrtswd rt hnd MAC It frm dot It hnd scs frhd It kn brn stain under It arm mole back of nccksc rt buttock iWindle, Lancashire Everton, Lanes. Lambeth. Surrey Kingston, Surrey Kentish Tn. London Knocknany* Highgate, ^ liddlesx Old Monkland, Lurk [ Coatbridge, Lanark iShankhill, Antrim Eckitigton, I jerbysh Loughed, Antrim Westport, Mayo Hamilton, Lanark Bootle, Lanes. Li m chouse, London St. Luke's, London Barony, Lanark Dundee, Forfar Crayford, Kent Baines, J. W. Boston, George Connor, Timothy J. Conway. George Day. John Graham, Thomas Lees, James Murray. Edward Owen, Willian John Robinson, John Webb, Charles Young, Dennis |> ortcr labourer collier worm cuttr blacksmith caster labourer clerk labourer POM) porter collier Lazenby, Yorkshire Lambeth. Ixmdon Wednesbury, Staffs. Thornton, Yorks S. James', Dublin (" arrack- o- Shnnon* I Walsall, Statford Byntloran, Donegal IHolbeach, Lincoln | Bolton, Lancashire Stepney, l> ondou Manchester. I^ ancs. 2 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1899. ARMY RESERVE. ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. REG. NO. COM- PLXN. Kennedy, James Lambert, Lawrence Lawrie, Chas. Lawson, Wm. Lee, Thomas Lemay, William Luton, James McDonald, John Miles, Albert Morris, David J. 3rd Shrops. L. I. 3nl Suffolk R. 3rd Manchstr R West Div. R. E. Sligo Artillery Clare Artillery 3rd Hi<.' hld L. I. 3rcl Wilts Regt, 3rd Wilts Regt. l3rd Wilts Regt. 3rd Highld L. I. 3rd Sussex Rgt 3rd R. Highrs. 3rd Wilts Regt. 3rd Wilts Regt. 6th Royal Fus. Wstrn. Div. R. E. Durham Art. 3rd Wilts Regt. Wstrn. Div. R. E. Murphy, Patrick Parsons, Eli Pittard, Herbert Robberts, William Roberts, James Roberts, Robert Rodgers. H. Ryan, Thomas Sampson, Archibald Scott, Isaac Charles Durham Artllry 3rd Norfolk R. 3rd Shrops. L. I. 3rd W. Kent R. 3rd Wilts R< jt. 3rd Suffolk R. Monmouth R. E. 3rd Wilts Regt, Wstrn. Div. R. E Wstrn. Div. R. E. 3rd Hitrh. L. I. 3rd W. Yorks R 3rd Shrops. L. I. labourer carter cabint mkr labourer labourer butcher porter farmer leathr drssr rivetter ENLISTMENT. DATE OF PLACE OF Kilmrnck Swindon London London Devizes Shrewsbry Salisbury Ballina London Ayr groom musician labourer ihp's stwrd hawker tailor labourer printer blacksmith labourer Shrewsbry Bury St. Ed Man chest r Newport Sligo Ennis, Clre Glasgow Chippnhm Devizes Devizes PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. I) A ' I I; OF PLACE OF Greenock, Renfrew Christchurch, Wilts Bethnal Green, Mdx Shifnal, Salop St. Mary's, Bristol Broughton, Lanes, ' ortobello, Ednbrgh Kelgarvin Deptford, Kent 23 Troon. Ayr 18 Ayr Devizes London London Devizes Shrewsbry Devices Gal way London Ayr Dressage, Salop Lucknow, India Trinity, Salford St. Paul's,* Tuam, Co. Galway Abby, Co. Clare *> ovan, Lanark Poplar, Middlesex Yatton, Wilts. Bridport, Devon iron workr butcher mill worker labourer painter dk labourer bargeman furnace 11111 tailor boatman labourer labourer engine clnr collier labourer mill workr labourer lther drssr brklyrs lbr electrician Coatbridge lOldinonldand, LnrK Brighton Brighton, Sussex Dundee Dundee, Forfar Devizes I Devizes | Fnsbry Bks Tottrdwn* Gateshead Swindon ; Swansea St. John's, Salisbury Cardiff. Glamorgan Whiteehapl, Middsx St. Philip's Marsh* Bo th well. Lanrkshre Wootton Bassett* St. John's, Swansea' [ labourer gardener carter I labourer labourer I labourer Ideal carrier 1 labourer ! labourer 1 boatman Dowlais Salisbury j Newport* Salisbury . Plymouth J Dundee Swansea Monmouth B. St. Edmd Finsbury MARKS AND REMARKS. tmbstone rt frm flwr love W W It small sc rt frm sc on chest hand in hand It wrist blue dot It frm V R rt frm I LL Fane dot I L H A It frm dot web It thumb Shrewsbry sc It frm Bury St. Ed dot front It frm Ashtn- u- L V R It frm Plymouth * Spennymoor, Durham Sligo face pitted smallpox scs both bttks Ennis sc ovr rt eye anc rt frm man It frm Hamilton sc It forehead Devizes : Devizes cross flags I C etc. It frm Devizes [ Limerick, Ireland Horsington. Somerst Taunton, Somerset Weston, Somerset St. David's, Exeter* Lift Forfar St. Mary's. Swansea St. Mary'sBirknhead Woodton, Bungay* Newport, I- o- Wight Hamilton [ blue dot base It thumb Chichester smll dots ttcl both frms sc rt knee en route* < * to Perth Devizes [ 2 old & 3 more recent vacc It arm Devizes FnsbryBks jW H It frm S G It wrist anc rt frm Plymouth * Bristol Sunderlnd ( mole back rt arm Devizes sc over It eye * Swindon, Wilts Plymouth | tto crs dots It frm * GLamor? an Monmouth Devizes Plymouth Devizes Plymouth en route* Plymouth Monmouth Bury* Finsbury labourer t labourer jcollier Monmouth tto marks rt frm & hand * Devon * to Perth H & 4 dots It frm scr back It hand * St. Edmunds * Suffolk sc blw knee rt lea: blue mark It wrst ISunderland! Sunderland | 18 Apr. Sunderland'wart It thmbsmll pc deficient rtear I E. Dereham, Win burgh, Dereham 17 Apr. Norwich Iscr back rt hand | Shrewsbry jSt. Giles', Lndn. Midx 17 Apr. Shrewsbry [ anchor It frm London iSt. George's, Middx. 21 Apr. Maidstone scrs frhd rt cheek I L I R rt frm Ramsbury , Kilburn, London 117 Apr. Devizes Ipswich Ipswich. Suffolk 24 Apr. Bury* * St. Edmunds Monmouth St. Thomas', Dublin'l7 Apr. I Monmouth'mole on It cheek Devizes j St. John's, Swindon 17 Apr. Devizes A W etc. It- frm Plymouth St. Mary's, Exeter l."> Apr. Plymouth wmn & hrt It frm sailr < fc cross rt Newport ISt. Woollo's, Newprt; 15 Apr. Plymouth Glasgow York Shrewsbry Edinburgh St. Helen's, Laucas. Tredegar. Monmouth Apr. Apr. Apr. Hamilton York Shrewsbry K C rt frm small sc over back rt elbow sc back rt chest ADMIRALTY. Description of Deserters from Her Majesty's Sea Service. NO. NAME. SHIP DESERTED FROM. WHERE BORN. COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. MARKS AND REMARKS. Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Vivid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Collingwood, deserter Circe, deserter Pembroke, deserter Impregnable, straggler Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Vivid, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr Galatea, deserter Pembroke, deserter Wildfire, deserter stoker, 2nd class stoker stoker, 2nd class signalman stoker, 2 nd class stoker, 2nd class stoker stoker dom. 3rd class Stoker, 2nd class Dry pool, Hull Liverpool Hammersmith, London Wyke, Weymouth Bridgetown, Glasgow Westland Row, Dublin Chelton, Kent Woodstock, Cork Camborne, Cornwall Rotherhithe, Surrey cross & flowers rt arm 0 & dot It stoker stoker stoker, 2nd class stoker, 2nd class private R. M. L. I. stoker A. B. Sittingbourne, Kent Moss Side, Manchester Castlcmagner, Cork St. Gorbal's, Glasgow Clerkenwell, London Glasgow Marylebone, Middlesex small sc under rt eye anchor J L F P rt arm dots It sc It eyebrow girl rt forearm birth mark It forearm It arm ttd NAME. OR CORPS OR SHIP. Catterall, W. Early, W. Foley, P. Garrard, C. Kelly, D. Machesary, J. McCarthy. J. POLICE GAZETTE IN WHICH ADVERTISED. Liverpool Regt, Antrim Artillery 8th Hussars 3rd Norfolk Regt, 3rd W. Riding Regt, 3rd Scottish Rifles Army Service Corps DATE. I NO. OF ADVT. NAME. McGhee, D. Ragan, J. Shields. R. Smyth, J. Thirtle, S. Thompson, J. Williams, A. CORPS OR SHIP. 3rd Scottish Rifles Northampton Regt. 3rcl Scottish Rifles 3rd Yorkshire Regt. 3rd Dragoon Guards 3rd K. Royal Rifles R. Army Med. Corps POLICE GAZETTE IN WHICH ADVERTISED. DATE. | NO. OP ADVT. LONDON PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY's STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. J. KELIHer & Co., 22. CHARING CROSS, S. W. ; 33, KING WILLIAM STREET, E. C. -, AND MARSHALSEA WORKS, BORO1, S. E. Austin, William Bates, Joseph Beadon. John Bell, John Drum, W. N. Flood, Joseph Hargreaves, Henry Jones, Arthur Kimblin, James McCready, John O'Reilly, Edmund Power, Thos. F. Travel's, Henry J. Taylor, Harry Trewin, William Williams, Griffith J llothwell,' Nrthmptnj H difax, Vorks Liverpool, Lanes. I Kirkdale, Lanes. Sanfoul, Dublin Liverpool, Lanes. | Plymouth, Devon ! Warrington, Lanes. Barony. Lanark Balbriggan, Dublin S. Peter& Paul, Tippy London, Middlesex Ware, Herts. Killingholme* Bethesda. Carnarvon ttd rt tiMi sc It knee sc forehead se It side cntre back cntre forehead small sc under front rt knee 2 scs back 1 rt sh julder dot It frm sc boil rt side npek sc rt shoulder 3 moles rt shldr sc under left knee shield gun & c ttd front rt frm crs sc rt frm dots base both tlimbs red mark It side chest and wrist small dis. It side neck sc rt index finger anchor It frm birth mrk rtsdeabdran * Linclnshr tto mermaid rt frm shoe linshr labourer groom collier clerk sailor labourer labourer ' vanraan clerk clerk groom waiter farm labr E. Lanes. Regt. Northamptn R. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery R. Horse Art. Royal Artillery Northamptn R. E. Lancs. Rgt, 2nd Lverpool R. Royal Artillery Liverpool Rgt. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery E. Lancs. Regt. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Smith. Charles Smith, Ernest Smith, William E. Spicer, Daniel Sturgess, Leonard Symonds, Walter Ward, John Webb, John Williams, Harry Williams. Thomas Wilson. James Wilson, Peers Wyse, James Bain, John Barnes, Charles Collier, Samuel Collins, Henry Connor, John Crabtree, John Crawford, William Culkin, William Davis. W. Donnelly, James Downes, William Duggan, Henry Eaton, R. Ford, Arthur Foster. John Fox, Thomas Gallasher, David Green, Geo. Henry Hayward, George Humphries, Harry 3rd R. Scots Fus 3rd Wilts R. 6th R, Fusiliers 6th R. Fusiliera 3rd Wilts R. 3rd Shrops. L. I. 3rd Wilts R. 3rd Conn. Rngrs 3rd W. SUIT. R. 3rd R. Scots Fus Monmouth R. E. 3rd Wilts Regt. Wstrn. Div. R. E. 3rd Wilts Regt. Wstrn. Div. R. E. 3rd R. Highrs. Wstrn. Div. R. E. Monmouth R. E. 3rd Suffolk R. 6th R. Fusiliers Bennett, Thomas Bradshaw, Thos. Colman, Frank Dell, Fredk. Finucane. Patk. Hackett, Fredk. Hook, Ben Hyde, Wm. , Kemp, John H. May. Fredk. J. Maytum, Alfd. McCorkell, Henry McSweeney. John McVittie, Hugh Neil James Park, Michael Wright, George