The 1st Battalion sailed on the Majestic about 13th December 1900, arrived at the Cape about the 30th, and was at once sent round to Durban.  Along with the 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, and 1st South Lancashire Regiment, they formed the 11th Brigade under Major General Woodgate, and part of the Vth Division under General Sir Charles Warren.  The battalion went north from Ladysmith with the remainder of the division, and was present at the taking of Botha’s Pass and the battle of Alleman’s Nek.  Thereafter for a time they guarded the railway, and then were chiefly employed about the north of Natal and the south-east of the Transvaal. The battalion remained a long time about Volksrust, Wakkerstroom, Ingogo, and Utrecht where there was a lot of fighting.

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