Imperial Yeomanry

Imperial Yeomanry
Imperial Yeoman
Active1900–1908
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeMounted infantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsSecond Boer War

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. The existing yeomanry regiments contributed only a small proportion of the total Imperial Yeomanry establishment. In Ireland 120 men were recruited in February 1900.[1] It was officially disbanded in 1908, with individual Yeomanry regiments incorporated into the new Territorial Force.[2]

  1. ^ Irish Times, 10 February 1900. Retrieved 3 December 2008
  2. ^ "Imperial Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)