Boer War 1899-1902
By July 1900 the British had taken the main towns of the Transvaal ending all formal resistance. However the Boers continued guerrilla warfare for another 18 months. The British first tried lines of block houses which failed to deter the Boers. They then relied on mounted columns largely manned by Imperial Yeomanry and Mounted Infantry. They carried out a controversial tactic of destroying the farms on which the Boers depended for supplies and moving their families into concentration camps.
Eventually the Boers accepted British sovereignty.
The Imperial Yeomanry Companies of the East and West Kent Companies returned to their parent Regiments back in the UK.
The Sharpshooter Battalions now had a permanent Regiment formed on 23 July 1901 and called:
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
All three Regiments were awarded the battle honour
South Africa 1900-02