M'Lachlan (A S)

Stirling, J. (1907), The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902: Their Record, Based on the Despatches, as reproduced on angloboerwar.com's Bethune's Mounted Infantry unit page (Overview tab). Raised at Durban, October 1899, by Major E.C. Bethune, 16th Lancers. Not previously on the ROH -- this is a preliminary pass drawing only on the unit's narrative Overview; the site's own 29+-page 'Nominal roll images' tab for this ~500-strong corps has not yet been reviewed and is a strong candidate for a dedicated future pass, the same kind of source that yielded the Border Mounted Rifles and Ashburner's Light Horse additions made the same day. "On the 20th one squadron was ambushed about six miles south of Vryheid, very few escaping. Captain Goff, 3rd Dragoon Guards, Lieutenants Lanham and M'Lachlan, and about 26 non-commissioned officers and men, were killed."
Bethune's Mounted Infantry enrollment/discharge ledger (WO127-style nominal roll scan on angloboerwar.com's Bethune's Mounted Infantry unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab, 72 photographed pages of the original bound ledger; files 07/08 and 23/24 are duplicate photographs of the same book pages). Raised at Durban, October 1899, by Major E.C. Bethune, 16th Lancers. Stirling, J. (1907), The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, as reproduced on the same unit page. angloboerwar.com Boer War Forum, 'Medals to Bethune's Mounted Infantry' (https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-awards/29337-medals-to-bethunes-mounted-infantry Full nominal-roll pass, 1 Sep 2026: officers line reads "McLachlan A. S. Lieut. 23.12.99 Killed Scheepers Nek 20/5/00". Stirling/Overview spelling M'Lachlan kept; roll spelling McLachlan noted, not overwritten. Stirling (quoting Buller's telegram of 21 May 1900): on 20 May 1900 one squadron was ambushed about six miles south of Vryheid (Scheepers Nek, later called Goff's Disaster); Captain Goff, Lieutenants Lanham and M'Lachlan, and about 26 NCOs and men were killed. The forum's City Coins note gives British losses as 28 killed including Capt Goff and 2 subalterns.