The Yeomanry Cavalry was the mounted component of the British Vol-

unteer Corps, a military auxiliary established in the late 18th century.

When the Volunteer Corps was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon
in 1815, the yeomanry – recruited from the middle and upper classes –
was retained as a politically reliable institution that could act as a
mounted police force. It became infamous after playing a leading part in
the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, and its policing role declined as civilian
police forces were established in the mid-19th century. The yeomanry
struggled to find a place in the military establishment, and it survived
largely because of its members' political influence and willingness to
subsidise it financially. It found a new relevance when the Second Boer
War revealed a need for mounted infantry. It was reorganised in 1901
as the Imperial Yeomanry, and in 1908 it ceased to be a discrete institu-
tion when all volunteer auxiliaries were amalgamated into the Territorial
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