The Imperial Yeomanry was a British volunteer cavalry regiment created on 24 December 1899. The first contingent of recruits contained 550 officers, 10371 men with 20 battalions and four companies, which arrived in South Africa between February and April, 1900. Upon arrival, the regiment was sent throughout the zone of operations.

A Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each. This new Imperial Yeomanry were to be raised on a county basis with the core being the men of the existing volunteer units. In addition to this, many British citizens (usually middle or upper class) volunteered to join the new regiments.

Men from the Whitchurch area were members of a number of different yeomanry units, not just that of Shropshire. These included the regiments of Lancashire, Cheshire, Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire and the New Welsh.

 

 

The names of the men who served in the Yeomanry are listed below