After a number of defeats by the Boers in late 1899, the British Government decided that it needed an army that was as light and mobile as the enemy. Enter a new force that was raised for that particular purpose, the Imperial Yeomanry. Each IY unit would comprise 125 men, who had to demonstrate that they were able to shoot and ride. Lord Alwyne Compton, a former officer of the 10th Hussars and a Bedfordshire M.P., agreed to raise a unit. Such was the enthusiasm for adventure and an opportunity to serve the colours, that the unit, to be known as the 28th company, was complete within days of opening the recruiting registers. I have listed below the men who in January 1900 formed 'Compton's Horse', as the first draft of the 28th were known, and will flesh them out as and when time permits. There are only 124 listed because I haven't yet found the man who enlisted but was rejected before the steamship sailed for South Africa in February 1900 (actually, there were 4 in that category but I have only identified 3 so far - the Buck brothers and Cecil Cole)
*indicates known to have died outside UK
1. ALLEN, GLENDOWER (22.7.1877 - 27.3.1957) *
2. ALEXANDER, DIGBY CAYLEY (1876 - 13.8.1904) *
3. ARTHUR, GEORGE FREDERICK NEALE
4. BARNARD, ARTHUR JOHN
5. BLACKSTONE, JOSEPH WILLIAM
6. BLACKWELL, ARTHUR GEORGE
7. BLIZARD, JAMES (1871 - POST 1935) *
8. BOATMAN, GEORGE
9. BUCK, MILES
10. BUCK, STEPHEN
11. CANDY, WALTER
12. CHURCH, THOMAS GEORGE
13. CLIFFORD, THOMAS
14. CLIFTON, GEORGE HERBERT
15. COLE, CECIL GORDON SPEAR (1881 - 5.3.1901) *
16. COMPTON, LORD ALWYNE FREDERICK (5.6.1855 - 16.12.1911)
17. COWLEY, EARL (HENRY ARTHUR MORNINGTON WELLESLEY) (15.1.1866 - 16.1.1919)
18. CROXTON, HARRY THOMAS
19. DAGG, WALTER LEWIS (1858/9 - 1931)
20. DEVEREUX, H
21. DISNEY, HERBERT
22. DRAPPER, PERCY MITCHELL (1870 -1900) * BROTHER OF HARRY
23. DRAPPER, HARRY SIDNEY (1864 - 1949) BROTHER OF PERCY
24. DUNCOMBE, WILFRED
25. DUNDAS, GEORGE WILLIAM (30.3.1868 - 8.10.1929)
26. EASTON, WILLIAM CHARLES DUDFIELD
27. ELGY, WILLIAM
28. FENN, CECIL HOWARD
29. FERRAND, JOHN AUSTIN (1876/7 - 29.9.1900) *
30. FOSTER, GEORGE EDWARD (1877 - 1928)
31. FULLER, HENRY THOMAS
32. GILLIBRAND, PHILIP ARTHUR
33. GORDON, JOSEPH
34. GRAY, HENRY PHILIP TWELLS
35. HALL, FREDERICK WILLIAM
36. HALL, HENRY STUART (1867/8 - 12.2.1917) *
37. HAMILTON, CHARLES
38. HAMILTON, THE HONOURABLE G G
39. HAMMANT, LOUIS THOMAS H (1871/2 - 1928)
40. HAMMOND, CYRIL CHARLES
41. HAMPTON, E
42. HAMPTON, ERNEST
43. HARRIS, EUSTACE DE MENDES (1871/2 - 1950)
44. HARRIS, H
45. HARRIS, HENRY YEOMAN (3.11.1879 - 1969/70)
46. HENLEY, ANTHONY
47. HEYSHAM, CHARLES FREDERICK T (1879 - 1902)
48. HIPWELL, OSWALD RICHARD
49. HIVES, JOHN ALFRED (1864 - 1908/9)
50. HOLLEBONE, CLIFFORD FREDERICK (1875 - 1926)
51. HOLLEBONE, TREVOR SHUM (1880 - 1947)
52. HOLMES, R F
53. HUNTER, DOUGLAS H K
54. HUNTER, PERCY
55. INNOCENT, EDWARD JOHN
56. JAMES, ALBERT WILLIAM
57. JENNER, HARRY
58. KINGSLEY, HENRY HUBBARD
59. KIRBY, EDWARD DALTON
60. LAVER, HENRY
61. LETHBRIDGE, CHARLES FRANCIS BARON
62. LITKIE, GEORGE
63. LIVINGSTONE, D
64. LOTHERINGTON, WILLIAM COOPER
65. LUCENA, JAMES
66. MAIN, WALTER GEORGE
67. MALCOLM, LIONEL FREDERICK
68. MANNERS, CLAUD
69. MAVOR, JAMES R
70. McCORMICK, CORNELIUS C D
71. MITCHELL, JOHN
72. MOORE, ALFRED BRAMLEY
73. MULLINS, EDWARD JOHN
74. MUMFORD, WILLIAM
75. NASH, CHARLES ROBERT
76. NEWSON, JAMES
77. OLNEY, BARTON NORRIS (1864 - 1941)
78. OSBORN, PERCY JOHN (1873 - 1934)
79. OWEN, ERNEST
80. PATEMAN, ERNEST
81. PEACOCK, CHARLES NASSAU
82. PEACOCK, WILLIAM MOLESWORTH (1877 - 1956/7)
83. PERRY, GEORGE HENRY
84. PIGOTT, VICARS LONGLEY (3.4.1866 - POST 1902)
85. PRESTON, JOHN EDWARD
86. PURSER, HAROLD PERCIVAL (1872/3 - 1922)
87. RAYMOND, JOHN
88. REDFERN, JOHN WILLIAM
89. REID, SAMUEL
90. RICHARDS, WILLIAM JOHN
91. RICHARDSON, JOHN
92. ROBERTSON, CHARLES
93. ROSE, HUGH CHAMBERS (1874/5 - 11.5.1959) *
94. RUSSELL, HENRY PRINCE (23.10.1880 - POST 1908)
95. SHAW, OCTAVIUS PEMBROKE (1867 - 1.8.1915) *
96. SHIRLEY, SAXON FRASER (30.12.1875 - 1931)
97. SMITH, C D
98. SOUTHBEER, WALTER JOHNSTONE (30.9.1877 - 1.11.1900) *
99. ST JOHN, MOUBRAY ST ANDREW THORNTON (1877 - 1934)
100. STANLEY, HON. FERDINAND CHARLES (28.1.1871 - 17.3.1935)
101. TABOR, CHARLES VICTOR (1873 - 1950/51)
102. TAYLOR, CHARLES
103. TENNANT, WILLIAM
104. THOMPSON, JOHN
105. TOBY, CHARLES JOHN
106. TODD, ERNEST CHARLES
107. TRUIN, JOHN WILLIAM (5.10.1877 - 3.3.1961) *
108. UPTON, WILLIAM M
109. VACHELL, KENNETH REDWOOD (1864 - 3.7.1938)
110. VIBART, EDWARD HENRY
111. VIDAL, CHARLES (15.8.1878 - 7.3.1902) *
112. VINCENT, FRED WILLIAM
113. WARNES, DAVID HOGGETT
114. WARREN, CECIL HERBERT
115. WARREN, ROLAND MORRIS
116. WATERHOUSE, JAMES
117. WATERS, PERCY REGINALD GEORGE JAMES (1880 - 26.8.1971)
118. WILD, WILLIAM EDWARD
119. WILLIAMS, INGLIS SHELDON (25.12.1870 - 20.11.1940)
120. WILSON, GEORGE G
121. WOOD, WALTER JOHN
122. WOODLAND, WILLIAM GEORGE
123. WOODS, FRANK
124. WRIGHT, WILLIAM
2. ALEXANDER, DIGBY CAYLEY (1876 - 13.8.1904) *
3. ARTHUR, GEORGE FREDERICK NEALE
4. BARNARD, ARTHUR JOHN
5. BLACKSTONE, JOSEPH WILLIAM
6. BLACKWELL, ARTHUR GEORGE
7. BLIZARD, JAMES (1871 - POST 1935) *
8. BOATMAN, GEORGE
9. BUCK, MILES
10. BUCK, STEPHEN
11. CANDY, WALTER
12. CHURCH, THOMAS GEORGE
13. CLIFFORD, THOMAS
14. CLIFTON, GEORGE HERBERT
15. COLE, CECIL GORDON SPEAR (1881 - 5.3.1901) *
16. COMPTON, LORD ALWYNE FREDERICK (5.6.1855 - 16.12.1911)
17. COWLEY, EARL (HENRY ARTHUR MORNINGTON WELLESLEY) (15.1.1866 - 16.1.1919)
18. CROXTON, HARRY THOMAS
19. DAGG, WALTER LEWIS (1858/9 - 1931)
20. DEVEREUX, H
21. DISNEY, HERBERT
22. DRAPPER, PERCY MITCHELL (1870 -1900) * BROTHER OF HARRY
23. DRAPPER, HARRY SIDNEY (1864 - 1949) BROTHER OF PERCY
24. DUNCOMBE, WILFRED
25. DUNDAS, GEORGE WILLIAM (30.3.1868 - 8.10.1929)
26. EASTON, WILLIAM CHARLES DUDFIELD
27. ELGY, WILLIAM
28. FENN, CECIL HOWARD
29. FERRAND, JOHN AUSTIN (1876/7 - 29.9.1900) *
30. FOSTER, GEORGE EDWARD (1877 - 1928)
31. FULLER, HENRY THOMAS
32. GILLIBRAND, PHILIP ARTHUR
33. GORDON, JOSEPH
34. GRAY, HENRY PHILIP TWELLS
35. HALL, FREDERICK WILLIAM
36. HALL, HENRY STUART (1867/8 - 12.2.1917) *
37. HAMILTON, CHARLES
38. HAMILTON, THE HONOURABLE G G
39. HAMMANT, LOUIS THOMAS H (1871/2 - 1928)
40. HAMMOND, CYRIL CHARLES
41. HAMPTON, E
42. HAMPTON, ERNEST
43. HARRIS, EUSTACE DE MENDES (1871/2 - 1950)
44. HARRIS, H
45. HARRIS, HENRY YEOMAN (3.11.1879 - 1969/70)
46. HENLEY, ANTHONY
47. HEYSHAM, CHARLES FREDERICK T (1879 - 1902)
48. HIPWELL, OSWALD RICHARD
49. HIVES, JOHN ALFRED (1864 - 1908/9)
50. HOLLEBONE, CLIFFORD FREDERICK (1875 - 1926)
51. HOLLEBONE, TREVOR SHUM (1880 - 1947)
52. HOLMES, R F
53. HUNTER, DOUGLAS H K
54. HUNTER, PERCY
55. INNOCENT, EDWARD JOHN
56. JAMES, ALBERT WILLIAM
57. JENNER, HARRY
58. KINGSLEY, HENRY HUBBARD
59. KIRBY, EDWARD DALTON
60. LAVER, HENRY
61. LETHBRIDGE, CHARLES FRANCIS BARON
62. LITKIE, GEORGE
63. LIVINGSTONE, D
64. LOTHERINGTON, WILLIAM COOPER
65. LUCENA, JAMES
66. MAIN, WALTER GEORGE
67. MALCOLM, LIONEL FREDERICK
68. MANNERS, CLAUD
69. MAVOR, JAMES R
70. McCORMICK, CORNELIUS C D
71. MITCHELL, JOHN
72. MOORE, ALFRED BRAMLEY
73. MULLINS, EDWARD JOHN
74. MUMFORD, WILLIAM
75. NASH, CHARLES ROBERT
76. NEWSON, JAMES
77. OLNEY, BARTON NORRIS (1864 - 1941)
78. OSBORN, PERCY JOHN (1873 - 1934)
79. OWEN, ERNEST
80. PATEMAN, ERNEST
81. PEACOCK, CHARLES NASSAU
82. PEACOCK, WILLIAM MOLESWORTH (1877 - 1956/7)
83. PERRY, GEORGE HENRY
84. PIGOTT, VICARS LONGLEY (3.4.1866 - POST 1902)
85. PRESTON, JOHN EDWARD
86. PURSER, HAROLD PERCIVAL (1872/3 - 1922)
87. RAYMOND, JOHN
88. REDFERN, JOHN WILLIAM
89. REID, SAMUEL
90. RICHARDS, WILLIAM JOHN
91. RICHARDSON, JOHN
92. ROBERTSON, CHARLES
93. ROSE, HUGH CHAMBERS (1874/5 - 11.5.1959) *
94. RUSSELL, HENRY PRINCE (23.10.1880 - POST 1908)
95. SHAW, OCTAVIUS PEMBROKE (1867 - 1.8.1915) *
96. SHIRLEY, SAXON FRASER (30.12.1875 - 1931)
97. SMITH, C D
98. SOUTHBEER, WALTER JOHNSTONE (30.9.1877 - 1.11.1900) *
99. ST JOHN, MOUBRAY ST ANDREW THORNTON (1877 - 1934)
100. STANLEY, HON. FERDINAND CHARLES (28.1.1871 - 17.3.1935)
101. TABOR, CHARLES VICTOR (1873 - 1950/51)
102. TAYLOR, CHARLES
103. TENNANT, WILLIAM
104. THOMPSON, JOHN
105. TOBY, CHARLES JOHN
106. TODD, ERNEST CHARLES
107. TRUIN, JOHN WILLIAM (5.10.1877 - 3.3.1961) *
108. UPTON, WILLIAM M
109. VACHELL, KENNETH REDWOOD (1864 - 3.7.1938)
110. VIBART, EDWARD HENRY
111. VIDAL, CHARLES (15.8.1878 - 7.3.1902) *
112. VINCENT, FRED WILLIAM
113. WARNES, DAVID HOGGETT
114. WARREN, CECIL HERBERT
115. WARREN, ROLAND MORRIS
116. WATERHOUSE, JAMES
117. WATERS, PERCY REGINALD GEORGE JAMES (1880 - 26.8.1971)
118. WILD, WILLIAM EDWARD
119. WILLIAMS, INGLIS SHELDON (25.12.1870 - 20.11.1940)
120. WILSON, GEORGE G
121. WOOD, WALTER JOHN
122. WOODLAND, WILLIAM GEORGE
123. WOODS, FRANK
124. WRIGHT, WILLIAM
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