HC Deb 20 March 1885 vol 296 c50
SIR JOSEPH BAILEY

asked the Secretary of State for War, If any of the twenty-five men of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, who were reported to have deserted at Kingstown on the embarkation of the regiment for the Soudan, have been apprehended, and what was their nationality?

THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON

There were no desertions on the occasion referred to.