British troop transport Manchester Merchant returning at Southampton according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated 7 May 1901

An item reported the arrival of the transport Manchester Merchant at Southampton coming from Cape Town which 370 officers and men on board of which the service time was ended and who were not interested in a new contract for South-Africa.

Note

1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.