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The mounted infantry experiment was considered a success and the existing Yeomanry regiments at home were reorganised and renamed as Imperial Yeomanry in 1901. Fresh regiments were also raised, often on the basis of returned veterans, such as the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) and the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) , the ...
The Imperial Yeomanry was a volunteer mounted force of the British Army that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War. Created on 2 January 1900, the force was initially recruited from the middle classes and traditional yeomanry sources, but subsequent contingents were more significantly working class in their composition.
23rd (3rd Sharpshooters) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry 24th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry 25th (Sharpshooters) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry
L.S. Amery (ed), The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 7 Vols 1900–09. Lt-Col H.G. Hart , New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Yeomanry Cavalry List , 1899.
This is a list of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery.In the aftermath of the First World War 25 Yeomanry regiments of the British Army were transferred to the Royal Artillery between 1920 and 1922 with another one – the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) – reduced to a battery in another regiment.
During the Second Boer War, companies of Imperial Yeomanry were formed to serve overseas from volunteers from the Yeomanry. In 1901, all yeomanry regiments were redesignated as "Imperial Yeomanry", and reorganised. In 1908, the Imperial Yeomanry was merged with the Volunteer Force to form the Territorial Force, of which it became the cavalry ...
The Royal North Devon Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.First raised in 1798, it participated in the Second Boer War and the First World War before being amalgamated with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry in 1920 to form the Royal Devon Yeomanry.
The Bedfordshire Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.Serving intermittently between 1797 and 1827, it was re-raised in 1901 for the Second Boer War.It participated in the First World War before being converted to an artillery regiment.