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HM Troopship BIRKENHEAD February 26 1852
wrecked on the rocks at Cape Agulhas

PASSENGERS

RANK	NAME	UNIT	SURVIVED
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 Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) : 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, 40 Men
45th Foot (1st Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment): 1 Warrant Officer, 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 Highlanders): 1 Captain, 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.

Source: Book: The Drums of the BIRKENHEAD by David Bevan