14th June 1901, Shrewsbury Chronicle

....................... Empire". - Then followed the names of the men from Whitchurch and district who volunteered and were accepted for active service:- Imperial Yeomanry. Lieut. (now Captain) R.T. Jones, Veterinary-Captain T.M. Parker, Private H. Walker, R. Walker, E.W. Wright, A. Marsh, G.W. Harper, W. Burgess, R. Barker, S. Copnall, Sergeant F. Edwards, Privates J. Nunnerley and F. Burgess. 23rd Lancashire Horse: T. Ridgeway and E. Edge. 22nd Cheshire Yeomanry: Privates A. Mayer, E....
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18th May 1901 Wellington Journal

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 howev...
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10th February 1900 Wellington Journal

VETERINARY-LIEUTENANT T. M. P. PARKER Corporal Parker, a popular member of the Whitchurch Troop of the Shropshire Yeomanry, and a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, is this week gazetted veterinary-lieutenant of the 5th Regiment of Imperial Yeomanry, and embarked on board the Monteagle last week. He will join Colonel Meyrick's staff on arrival at the Cape.
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20th January 1900 Wellington Journal

WHITCHURCH MEN FOR THE FRONT The men of the Whitchurch Company of Volunteers who are going to South Africa are:- Privates F. W. Heatley (ambulance), James East, Joseph Prodger, E. Jones, A. Connor, E. Gill, G. Thomas, J.R. Sutcliffe, E. Burrows (son of Sergeant G.P.Burrows, G. Jones, and Atkinson: and those of the Yeomanry:- Corporal T. M. Parker, Sergeant Edwards (veterinary surgeon), Troopers H. Walker, R. Walker, W.O. Nash (Ancient Britain), Joseph Kelly (Liverpool) R. Parker, George ...
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