PROBABLE EARLY RETURN OF THE SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY
The Brigade of the Imperial Yeomanry that has been so successfully engaged with General Lord Methuen’s force for the past 15 months in the Western Transvaal country, and which included Colonel Meyrick’s gallant 5th Battalion (Salop, Worcestershire, Northumberland and Durham Companies), was broken up on April 17th, and 18 squadrons have arrived at Cape Town & sailed for home. Neither of the squadrons of the 5th Battalion have, yet however, embarked, and it is understood are still at the front, having taken part in an engagement as recent as May 5th. In Tuesday’s “London Gazette” several changes are notified on Colonel Meyrick’s staff. Vet-Lieutenant T.M.P. Parker (Whitchurch) is promoted captain, Lieutenant E. Vaux, who has commanded the machine guns of the regiment during the whole of the war, is also gazetted Captain, and Private H.R. McCullagh is made machine gun commander, and given the rank of Lieutenant. Both Lieutenants H. Gurney and J. Benson (at present with the Shropshire Yeomanry at the Oswestry Camp) resign their commissions. Two troopers of the 2nd Shropshire Squadron were reported dangerously ill in Wednesday’s casualty list, viz., No 21587 Private H. Zumbrunnen, who is down with enteric at Kimberley Hospital. He is the son of Mr. C. Zumbrunnen, Hodnet, and a member of the local corps of Volunteers. Also No. 24968 Corporal F.C. Orr, who is suffering from dysentery at Bloemfontein Hospital.