18th May 1901 Wellington Journal

The establishment of the new Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry Regiment is considerably above that of the old corps, being 596 of all ranks. The enrolled strength is about 350, of which fully 300 are in camp, and about 60 are with the two service squadrons in South Africa; there are therefore upward of 200 men wanted to complete the numbers. A large proportion of these might have been obtained from various quarters of the county did time permit, but the delay in the issue of the Royal Warrant did not allow of any recruiting to be done this training.

Quite a number of changes have taken place in the personnel of the regiment since last training. In the first place, the corps has to be deplore a great loss through the tragic death in the South African War of the gallant and much-esteemed Captain Gordon Wood, also a number of brave non-commissioned officers and men, whose lives have also been sacrificed to their country. Lieutenant R. Tyrrell Jones of the Whitchurch Troop, who has rendered such signal service with the Service Company in the war, has been given a commission in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and Lieutenant Money, who has also distinguished himself in the campaign, has received a good appointment in General Baden-Powell’s Police.

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