Denbighshire Yeomanry
| Denbighshire Hussars | |
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Denbighshire Hussars Sergeant, 1907
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| Active | 1870 – 1921 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Yeomanry |
| Role | Yeomanry Cavalry |
| Size | Up to three Regiments |
| Engagements | |
| Battle honours | See battle honours below |
Second Boer War
First World War
The Denbighshire Hussars was a unit of the British Army from 1794 to 1921. It saw service in the First World War before being merged into a unit of the Royal Artillery.
Formed as a volunteer cavalry unit in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
In 1830 it was used to quell colliery workers in Rhosllannerchrugog. The colliery workers were angered by the truck shop system that forced them to spend their wages in shops owned by their employers. They planned to destroy a truck shop owned by the British Ironworks Company. The Regiment was ordered out on patrol to 'terrify the mob.' At an incident in Rhosllannerchrugog, known as the Battle of Cinder Hill, overzealous troops had to be brought under control after a demonstrator threw a firework at the soldiers.
The Regiment became the Denbighshire Hussars in 1876. It trained at Hightown Barracks in Wrexham for the Boer War and the two World Wars.
The Yeomanry was not intended to serve overseas, but due to the string of defeats during Black Week in December 1899, the British government realized they were going to need more troops than just the regular army. A Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December 1899 to allow volunteer forces to serve in the Second Boer War. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each for the Imperial Yeomanry. The regiment formed the 29th (Denbighshire) Company of the 9th Battalion in 1900.
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