nsvaal--the first act of war on Transvaal soil.

After the death of Captain Hodge, Captain R. Purvis took command till
wounded at Nooitgedacht, when Lieutenant J. Gilmour succeeded him.

In May 1901 the first contingent, after having marched 2575 miles and
taken part in 85 engagements, proceeded home.

The 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry continued to serve till the end of
the war, receiving in all 498 officers and men from the Fife and
Forfar Light Horse.

The conversion of the Light Horse into Imperial Yeomanry took place in
1901, and the Regiment then became the Fife and Forfar Imperial
Yeomanry--in 1908, on the formation of the Territorial Force, the word
"Imperial" was dropped.

In 1901 Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Gilmour retired and was succeeded by
Lieut.-Colonel T.H. Erskine of Grangemuir, the present Honorary
Colonel of the Regiment.

On the outbreak of war in 1914 the Regiment was commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell of Luscar, subsequent Commanding Officers
being Lieut.-Colonels J. Gilmour, J. Younger, J.M. M'Kenzie, and D.D.
Ogilvie. During this period the Adjutants were Captains M.E. Lindsay,
H.S. Sharp, A.C. Smith, W.D. Brown, R. Colthart, and J.W. Ormiston.

[Illustration: GROUP SHOWING SIX SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS.
_Standing (left to right)_--Lt. Younger, Capt. Lumsden, Lt. Stewart,
Capt. Haig, Col. Anstruther Thomson, Lt. Russell, Lt. Wright
(Yorkshire Dragoons), Lt. Nairn, Capt. Dewar.
_Sitting_--Major Osborne, Major Gilmour, Major Mitchell, Major
Erskine, Lt.-Col. Sir J. Gilmour, Capt. Burgoyne (Adjutant), Major
Marshall, Major Lawson.
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[Illustration: THE CADRE ON ARRIVAL AT KIRKCALDY (see page 142).
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APPENDIX

HONOURS AND AWARDS

=D.S.O.=

Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.
Lieut.-Col. James Younger.

=M.C.=

Capt. Ian Couper Nairn.
Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.
Capt. A.L.S. Tuke, R.A.M.C.(T.).
Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.
2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.
2nd Lieut. William Jeffrey Johnstone.
2nd Lieut. John Crawford Houston.
2nd Lieut. A. Richard Wood. D.C.M., M.M.
2nd Lieut. T. Brodie Brown.
345626 C.S.M. John Cameron.

=D.C.M.=

131 S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.
345018 C.S.M. William Henderson.
345416 Sergt. William Collier.
345200 Sergt. William Syme.
345314 Sergt. William R. Chalmers.
1437 L/Sergt. J. Valentine.
290604 Private James Birrell.
345094 Private H.A. Dickie.
2029 Private W. Roger.
345209 Private Thomas S