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26 Jul 1869

On 26 July 1869, South Africa, Cape Town. Regiment embarked on HMS 'Orontes' (29 Officers, 78 Corporals, 18 Drivers, 427 Privates, six Officers' wives and nine children, 63 Soldiers' wives and 83 children), sailing the same day