The 1st Battalion sailed on the Cephalonia on 24th October 1899, arrived at the Cape about 18th November, and was sent round to Durban. The following February they stormed Vaal Krantz, coming under heavy fire. After the battalion entered the Transvaal they were chiefly employed on the Natal-Pretoria Railway, and in column work from the railway line towards the Orange River Colony.

The names of the men who served in the regiment are listed below