| 释义 | > as lemmasImperial YeomanryThe full designation was the Yeomanry Cavalry (see yeomanry cavalry n. at  Compounds), but was subsequently (1908) the Yeomanry. In 1899 the formation of a new corps was provided for, entitled the  Imperial Yeomanry, recruited for service in the Boer War (1899–1902) from the yeomanry, the volunteers, and civilians; this title was subsequently extended to the original yeomanry, and was retained until 1908. < |