POLICE GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1900. VOL. XVII., No. 1773. It is requested that the Admiralty and War Office Forms giving descriptions of Deserters, Ac., 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, DECEMBER 25, 1900. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. Atkin, William W. Aston, Thomas Babbs, Thomas Ballantyne, Wm. A. Barrett. John Barry, P. Belcher. Charles H Billson. James Alex. Bonham. H. Boyle, John Royal Artillery E. Surrey Regt. 1st York's L. I. Royal Artillery 4thManchstr R. Roy. Engineers Royal Artillery' Royal Artillery R. W. Kent R. R. Welsh Fus. COM- PLXN. labourer labourer baker weaver stone masn [ abourer ironmongr labourer labourer ENLISTMENT. DATE OF PLACE OF PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DATE OF PLACE OF London London Walsall London Ashtn- u- L Warley Woolwich London Maidstone Tipperary DESERTION OR ABSENCE. Clerkenwcll, Middx Hoxton, Middlesex Bilston, Staffs St. James. London S. Peter's. Staleybdge Stepney, Middlesex Plumstead, Kent S. Cuthbert's, Bed f rd St. Mary's- le-* Whitchurch, Salop London Kgstn- o- T Limerick London Portland Chatham Portsmth Dover Shorncliffe Wrexham jheart pierced arrow frms MARKS and REMARKS. crossed swords 1LN L It frm I LAB It frm sc rt hand scs head & wrist woman flag rt frm sc rt knee birthmark front abdomen mole It cheek * Graud, London Bradley, John Bradshaw, John Bryan, Joseph Bunn, Richard Burge, J. C. Butler. James Buxton, James Cole, Charles Collins, William Collis. John Royal Artillery Royal Artillery E. Lanes Regt. 3rd Middlesx R. R. Munster Fus. Durham L. I. R. Grds. Res. R Royal Artillery 12th Lancers Essex Regt. labourer labourer coach mkr whitesmith dairyman labourer contractor labourer groom barman Londondry Warwick Dublin Hounslow Gosport Liverpool Nwpt, Mon Hounslow Glasgow Stratford Noclin, Donegal Leamington, Wrwck Clonmel, Tipperary BethnalGrn. Middlx Lvmington, Hants Liverpool, Lanes, i South Normanton* j Walworth, Surrey St. Pancras, London Stratford, Essex Woolwich Woolwich Preston Woolwich Tralee Nwcstl- o- T Tr. London Ft. Rowner Colchester Warley sc rt arm & beneath rt collar bone 3 vac It faint tto under It frm sc It. knee JH It frm * Derby sc rt elbow scs rt cheek & rt elbow mole rt shoulder Colvin, John Cook, J. Cooper, John Cox, Samuel Crane, Richard Crump, Charles E. Curry, James Davies, James Devitt, P. Devitt, Wiliiam Royal Artillery N. Lanes Regt. Royal Artillery Royal Artillerv 4th Middlsx R. 4th Royal Fus. 3rdNrthmb. Fus Nrthmblnd Fus Ist R. LancsRsR Royal Artillery iron di i'SM- r labourer groom collier labourer labourer labourer tinsmith . tailor [ painter Glasgow Preston Guildford Sheffield Hounslow London Hexham Pontefract Preston Brmngham | Larbert, Stirling Preston, Lanes. | Hoi beach. Lincoln Wolverhampton * St. Pancras, Middlsx Westminster, Londn St. Patrick's, Dublin Kirkstall, Yorks London | Birminghain Aldershot Preston Portsmth Woolwich Woolwich Dover Leeds Nwcstl- o- Ti Stockport Aldershot, | sc front It, wrist dot ovr it eyebrow sc It thigh blue marks It arm sc below It knee 3 scs It side abdmn sailr dots It frm sc rt frm ' Staffs 2 scs rt neck AP pierced hrt rt frm • lot It frm sc forehead mole chest\ 2 anchors & bracelets back It frm faint anchor & cross rt frm Dibb, Oliver Donley, Ernest Duerden, J. Duncan, John Dwyer. Wm. Geo. Edwards. Albert J. Edwards, James Edwards, James Edwards, John Ellis. Gustav Ellis, Richard Emerson, John Enfield, William Evans, Alfred Fairfield, William Farmer, Charles Fitzpatrick, John Flagherty, Thomas Foden, John Fowler, Bernard S. lst Yorks L. I 2ndR. LncsRs. R N. Lanes Regt. Scottish Rifles 3rd Middlsx R. 4th Royal Fus. S. Wales Bordrs S. Wales Brdrs. Border Regt, Essex Regt. lst Yorks L. I. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 3rd Coldstrm G. Royal Artillery 3rd Scots Gds. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery W. Riding Rgt. Durham L. I. Fraser, Wm. Galatas, Louis Galloway, Walter Garrett, Ernest Gilbey, William Greenough, Jas. W. Hamilton, Alex. Hannawav, John Hargreaves, William Hart, J. Hazell, Henry Geo. Hemmingway, A. Hobson, John Hope, Albert Hy. Hudson, William Hughes, James Hume, William A. Hunter, John Johnson, John Jones, Harold Jones, Harry Jones, Harry Jones, James Kelly, Hugh Kingston, Charles Kitchen, Harry Laurie, Robert Ed. Lee, Arthur Lindsay, Edward J, Livingstone, Walter Highland L. I. S. Lanes Regt. 8th Hussars lst Yorks L. I. R. Welsh Fus. Roy. Horse Art.! Scottish Rifles Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Army Ser. Corps| Roy. Horse Arf.; lst Yorks L. I R. Innis. Fus. Roy. Horse Art. lst Yorks L. I. N. Lanes Regt. lst Yorks L. I. Royal Artillery Oxford L. I. Royal Artillery 2nd LivrpoolR. 4th Rifle Brig. Royal Artillery R. Innis. Fus. Royal Artillery York & Lane R. j Royal Artillery j W. Yorks Regt. Army Ord. Crps Royal Artillery! 4th Warwick R. 2nd Hghlnd L. I. Nrthmbld Fus. Leinster Regt. R. Horse Gds. Highland L. I. Royal Artillery Res. R. Lancers R. Scots Fus. 1st Yorks L. I. miner postman driver labourer labourer labourer collier collier gardener labourer | 27 Pontefract Liverpool I Preston Aberdeen Hounslow London Nwprt. Mn. Nwpt, Mon Stratford Sthend- o- S Castleford, Yorks Liverpool Blackburn, Lanes S. Nicholas, Abrdeen Islington, Middlesx Westbourne Grove* Mountain Ash, Glam. Mountain Ash, Glam^ Charlton, Kent Limerick ( lighthouse cross swords anc It frm Aldershot mole below It nipple Preston sc rt frm J back It haud mole back Hamilton birthmark under rt eye Woolwich Andrew on spray rt frm AD It frm Dover j^ cs It elbow & forehead * London Nwpt. Mon. Icoal sc It eye Newport coal sc corner It eye & bridge nose Carlisle 12 scs rt hip 3 back & I back neck Warley \ 2 birds & woman rt frm man It collier labourer labourer labourer bootmaker mechanic labourer I labourer gardener [ joiner labourer moulder ostler butcher miner iron workr moulder collier labourer seaman Dewsbury London Beverley Stroud Greenwich London Kilkenny Dublin Chestrfield Liverpool Batley, Yorks Rotherhithe, Surrey S. William's, Sheffild xMinchinhampton* Liverpool Hitchin, Herts Wexford Monomoling, Wxfrd Southwell, Notts St. Anthony's, Li vrpl Perth iCardross, Dumbartn Liverpool Montreal, Canada Liverpool j Liverpool, Lanes Pontefract Attercliffe, Yorks Tipperary jS. Chad's. Shrewsbry London Plaistow, Essex Hamilton Barony, Lanark Glasgow jNevvry. Armagh London Aldershot ILeeds, Yorkshire | st. Helens, Lanes smith's mte miner weaver carman collier spinner tailor fireman cable raakr labourer London Wakefield Banbridge Woolwich Pontefract Preston Glasgow Durham Lancaster Wrexham Brixton. Surrey Royland, Yorks Mullevally, Armagh Preston, Sussex Swinton, Yorks Hereford Barony, Lanark S. James, Sunderland Edge Hill, Liverpool Chester, Chester Limerick Sheerness Ipswich London Mauritius London Athlone Portsmth Halifax Nwcstl- o- T ic under rt eye sc It cheek sc It frm tip middle It fingr deficnt sc forehead Gloucestershire ttd rt wrst Maltese cross It frm lost upper front teeth vac 3 It arm sc front forehead vac 8 It arm sc back neck & It shoulder en route* Warringtn Dundalk Limerick Wrexham Aldershot Hamilton Aldershot Aldcrshot Aldershot labourer striker barber labourer labourer miner labourer carter black smth ! weaver . heart & c It frm * to Hamilton jsc & LG rt frm [ fig sailor's bust knot anc & c rt frm heart arrow rt frm 2 scs small bck brown stain below rt buttock eyebrows meet mole rt chest large sc front chest blue sc It eyebrow sc back It frm [ sc It thigh & It bead Woolwich Limerick Woolwich Limerick Preston Limerick en route* Oxford Coventry Rose anchor It frm blue sc over rt eye sc It knee mole rt groin cut sc back head 1' It frm TH It leg sc back head * to Newcastle sc It cheek It elbow & back head sc outer It eye labourer painter grocer labourer draper labourer slater surveyor bolt maker miner Kgstn- o- T ICroydon, Surrey , London ( Islington, Middlesx Nwcstl- o- T Kingston, Hull j: Wexford Taghmon, Wexford f Ardclack, Nairn, N. B jGovan, Lanark jSt. Peter, Ashtn- u- L Annascaul, Kerry j Kilmarnck [ Spitalfields, London Sheffield | I) unnington, Yorks | Glasgow Glasgow Chorley Tralee Curragh Cp Dublin Waterford Mauritius Pontcfract Glasgow York Woolwich Woolwich isc back neck & It kneecap [ several small scs back ttd 3rd It finger ' Northampton • ards small sc bridge nose coal sc back rt shldr sc back It. hnd anchor It frm faint ttng rt frm sc rt kneecap man's face rt frm anchor triangle It Colchester jdot It frm slightly knock kneed Walworth Nwcstl- o- T en route* London Hamilton Ewshot Ballincollgi Ayr Limerick Isc rt wrist IVI frm * to Clonmel dot each hand sc each knee isc abdomen sailor dancing on barrel rt frm [ scs It cheek It side neck Lloyd, A. E. Mack, Thomas Major, Walter M'Carthy, Timothy McKenzie, James Mercer, Robert Oldham, William O'Shea, John Page, William Parker, Alfred Manchester Newport, Monmth St. Sepulchre's* Kircubbin, Down Dailyfraid, Cork Crowle, Lincoln Liverpool, Lanes Sheffield, Yorks Lambeth, Surrey Glasgow, Lanark 2 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, NovEMBER 20, 1900. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. BEG. NO. COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. ENLISTMENT | DESERTION OR ABSENCE. PAEI8H AND jcOUNTY IN WHICH; PLACE OF BORN. DATE OF| PLACE OF MARKS AND REMARKS Ibirthnrark ejuga& tric legion It side cross Hags & actress it frm spot front It arm ' Manor sc centre back TP X rt fnn sailor girl & c It frm girl TOM& ort IR rt frm * Down sc It side back dot back rt hau l ttd It trra sc It side & back bead sc It leg Ac several small back dots It forearm RC centre forehead dot It frm sc It eybrw & back sc back It hand sc ovr It blade bone dot rt frm sc both knees & rt cheek Prince Wales feather & knot It frm scs rt hip It side head Parr. Frank Payne, Robert Peaton, Joseph Pickwell, Herbert Power, Thomas Preston, Thomas Reed, John George Reilly. James Renwick, Joseph Richards, Alfd. Sam1. 1st Yorks L. I. E. Surrey Regt. 8th Hussars 3rd Nrthumb F Royal Artillery Highland L. I." 18th Hussars D. ot' Corn. L. I. lioyal Artillery Essex Regt. Roberts, Ernest Ryan, Bernard Ryan, John Sandland. Albert F. Saunders, Chas. Saunders, Wm Shires, John Thos. Smith, John Smith. W. B. Smoothey. Daniel Sid Middles* R. Cheshire Regt. K. Irish Regt. 18th Hussars Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 1st Yorks L. I. Royal Fusiliers] 4th Rifle Brig. Royal Artillery! labourer painter billposter furnaeemn coach w heir labourer fisherman labourer carter asst stewrd Bontetract I London Cowshot * Middlesbro Edinboro' j Hull Armagh | Glasgow Stratford | Batle. v, Yorkshire j Woolwich, Kent Drogheda, Lou'h Nth. Ormsby, Yorks| S. Lcilh. Midlothian' Lincoln St. Mary's, Newry* j Barony. Lanark Poplar, Middlesex ! carman labourer whitesmith engineer clerk iron turner collier metal wrkr potter farm srvnt Hounslow Devonport Halifax Brmngham Birkenhd [ London jDewsbury i Dalston Nantwich | Scarboro' Cajnberwell, Surrey St. Francis, Dublin Dublin Nechc'ls, Birmnghm Liskeard, Cornwall Berinondsey, Surrey Middlestown, Yorks, Bethnal Grn, Middx Stone, Staffs Cambridge Limerick London Dundalk Leeds Belfast Hamilton Canterbry CrwnHillF Glasgow Warley Woolwich Chester Clonmel Canterbry Woolwich Dover Limerick London Dublin Woolwich Stanley, John T. Streetly, Fredk. Jas. Thompson, James Tordoff, Harry Varley, Robert Ward. Patrick John Willis. Charles lst Yorks L. l. 3rd Middlesx R. Roy. Horse Art. York & Lanc. R. N. Lanes Regt. Irish Guards 12th Lancers collier labourer labourer collier labourer labourer carman Wakefield London Hamilton Rotherham Preston Edinboro' London Nostell, Pontefract Walworth, Surrey Barony. Glasgow Grea8bo. ro', Yorks Croston, Preston Kincasslegh,* Clapham. Surrey Limerick sc It mid fingr dots It thmb bk hnd Woolwich line & dots It frm sc It knee Ac hip New bridge scs back rt hand back head Pontefract burn scs It arm & frm Preston small sc It cheek Edinboro' sc tip chin * Dungloe, Donega Colchester scs rt wrist ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. ADMIRALTY. Description of Deserters from Her Majesty's Sea Service. NAME. SHIP DE8EBTED FROM. DATE. WHERE BOBN. COM- PLXN. HAIB. EYES. MARKS AND REMARKS. Bolton, Richard Boyland, Alfred Boynton, V. Leo Campbell, John Clarke, T. E. Corbett, R. Davies, George B. Glen, John Hills, Arthur Holland, G. W. Galatea, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Galatea, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke. deserter 8 Dec. 10 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 13 Dec. 8 Dec. 16 Dec. 10 Dec. 8 Dec. 7 Oct. OOjA. B. ' 00 stoker ' 00 private, R. M. L. I. ' 00O. S. ' 00 A. B. 00 stoker ' 00 A. B. ' 00 stoker ' 00 stoker, 2nd class ' 00 stoker Bradford, Yorks Portsmouth Kilburn, London St. Giles, Edinburgh Fulham ( Chester St. Mary's, Swansea Hunting Tower, Perth Hoxton Oldham 24 \ 5 26J 5 19| •" » 18* 5 23J 5 m 5 19* 5 20J 5 20 i 5 i2l| 5 5 Idark 10 fresh 5 £ fresh 24 ruddy 7 fair 4 4 fresh 4 fresh 4| fresh 64 fresh 3j| fair dk brn brn It brn brn It brn brn brn dk brn black brn hazel brn grey grey grey brn grey hazel brn blue jsc rt arm Isc It frm I tto marks It frm wreath of rosts rt frm cut scs rt eye cut back of head sc rt temple Innes, Alexander Kelly, Pat Lillywhite, Hy. J. Lindley, Thos. N. Maccabee, Wm. E. McKenzie, William Milward, Price Sim, Alexander Wearing, John Willmott, A. E. D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Excellent, straggler D. of Wellington, deserter Galatea, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter 10 Dec. 14 Dec. 3 Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 8 Dec. 4 Dec. 10 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. ' OOlstoker ' 00 A. B. ' 00 A. B. ' OOjarmr's crew ' 00 stoker, 2nd class ' 00 A. B. ' 00 2nd cl. cook's mt ' 00 stoker ' 00 stoker, 2nd class ' 00| stoker, 2nrl class Musselburgh, Edinburgh Manchester London Nottingham All Saints', Portsmouth Aberdeen Rotherhithe, London Elgin Portland, Dorset Westminster. London 25 415 23J 214 5 24j 5 19J 5 20415 2JJ 5 30i 5 20 5 19j| 5 64 fresh 3 I fresh 7 brn 4 fair 74 ifresh 3 jfresh 54pallid 74 fair 9 dark 4 . j | fresh brn aubrn lark brn brn reddsh Ik brn It brn brn brn blue grey dark grey hazel brn brn grey brn blue sc over rt eye sc on chin large sc It arm tto marks It frm Maud head of female on chest tto marks rt frm Wright. A. E. \ Pembroke, deserter | 7 Dec. ' 00| dom., 3rd class | Marks Tey i 18g15 5 | fresh | lt brn | brn Whenever men suspected of desertion or straggling from the Royal Navy or Royal Marines are brought before Magistrates in the Metropolitan District it is desirable that the NavaJ Descriptive Return in use in that District should be used only in the cases of seamen and others of the Royal Navy, and of Marines, who have deserted from Her Majesty's Ships. In the case of Marines not embarked who have deserted from the head quarters of their Divisions, the Army Descriptive Return, as specifie 1 iu the 1th Schedule of the Army Act, 1881, should be used. In districts outside the Metropolitan Districts to which Naval Descriptive Returns are not supplied, the Army Form should be used in all cases. ROYAL MARINES. Description of Deserters. Subject to the Admiralty Regulation* (" Police Gazette." Die. 18, 1900) a reward at the discretion of the Captain of the Ship, of not exceeding £ 3, will be paid for the apprehension within two years, of Deserters or Absentees ( except when apprehended within the precincts of a port or place where there is a Police Force employed at any Naval Establishment^. Expenses will also be paid according to these Regulations. MEN REPORTED AS DESERTERS OR ABSENTEES ( War Office and Admiralty) who have REJOINED, or who for 68000 Brown, Joseph Catford, Henry Chappell, Walter Davison, James Dumpy, George Ford, James Foster, James Hailes, Albert Hughes, John Jones, Arthur Jones, Charles Larn, Geo. Samuel Law. James Mason, Willie Nicholson, Worsnop O'Hara. B. Robertson, William Rossington, George Royston, Tom Sproston, Ernest Swain, George Watson, James Whelsh, Thomas Middlesex ligt. R. W. Surrey R. 3rd W. Yorks R. 3rd Durham L. I. 4th R. Lanes R. 4th W. Yorks R. 4th W. Yorks R. 3rd W. RidingR 4thHighlndL. I. 4th R. Lanes R 5th Middlsx R. 5th Middlsx R. 4th HigblndLI. 3rd W. RidingR. 3rd W. Riding R. 4th Durham L. I. 3rd Scottish Rfls 6thManchstr R. 1th W. Yorks R. 3rd S. Lanes R. 5 & 6 Mnchstr R 3rd Durham L. I. 3rdW. Riding R. labourer porter groom [ abourer [ abourer labourer labourer shop asstnt tube workr labourer labourer labourer rivet boy labourer miner slater labourer milkman [ abourer [ abourer warehsman hawker labourer St. Luke's, Middl- x Bermondsey, Surrev Leeds N. Shields. Northmb Hulme. Manchester Leeds. Yorks Leeds Biad ford, Yorks Durham New Cross, M anchsti St. Luke's, Middlsx S. George's, G. Yrmth Baiony, Lanark Bradford, Yorks Leeds, Yorks St. Giles, Durham Kilmore, Belfast Gorton, Lanes Halifax, Yorks Runcorn Manchester. Lanes. S. Andrew's, Nwcstie Springfield. Sheffield dots It frm sc rt frm sc back It hand face freckled JD It frm * to Newcastle Toddy Tree & c It frm sc It frra small sc abdomen sc front rt frm K C It arm JL PH It frm dots frms dots & c It frm ix. hands sc back It hand & back neck sc rt knee & back scld mrk calf rt leg sc btwn shldrs heart & G W rt arm sc It wrist * to Pontefract sc It eyebrow mole It shoulder * to Newcastle scjld sc back RT arm Taylor, Frederick Swindon, Wilts furnace mn| Armstrong, T. A. Banks, H. Barry, P. W. Beckett, A. Bishop, C. Butler, J. Byrne, G. W. Cliff, G. Clare, R. Collingwood, F. Cook, J. Cooper, J. H. Dinham, T. E. Dunn, J. Delaney, J. Falloon, J. Fisher, W. P. Gillett. W. E. Hamilton, F. A. Harrison, F. Royal Artillery 1st R. Nor. Res. Regt. Roy. Engineers Royal Artillery Northampton Regt. Army Service Corps Rifle Brigade Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Wildfire Royal Artillery 3rd Middlesex Regt. Royal Horse Artillery Royal Artillery Roy. Res. Roy. Art. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery R. M. A. 2nd R. Southrn Res. R Royal Artillery Hawthorne, J. Hickman, J. Hopkins, C. E. Howes, R. Lees, R. Lester, T. Mason, H. McLaren, J. McMillan, A. Page, George Parker, J. Philips, W. Read, H. E. Robinson, G Spence, R. Tough, G. Webster, H. H. Wells, A. Wilson, F. W. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 6th Manchester Regt. Roval Artillery 2nd R. H. C. Res. R. Highland L. I. 3rd Scottish Rifles Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Wildfire Royal Artillery Highland L. I. Royal Artillery R. M. A. Royal Artillery Royal Artillery