Unit information

Engaged in the Frontier Wars, 1877-1879 and CGH GSM period. The 1st and 2nd Cape (Mounted) Yeomanry were raised originally as a mobile striking force for service on the Eastern Frontier. The C.M.Y. greatly distinguished itself at the storming and capture of Moirosi’s Stronghold on 8 April 1879, an action in which the Corps sustained a number of casualties.