The government was particularly interested in units of Gentlemen and Yeoman Cavalry (Yeomanry) both for their mobility and their political reliability as landowners and their tenant farmers.

In the round of annual inspections and training the two Swansea troops and the neighbouring Fairwood cavalry tended to act together.

However, attempts to re-light the ironworks furnaces led about 8000 strikers to gather outside the Castle Inn at Merthyr to confront the military.

[13][14][15] For this service the Glamorgan Yeomanry received praise from the Home Secretary, Viscount Sidmouth, but he warned that the county's force was too small.

From October 1824 a dispute arose between Capt Nicholls of the 1st Central Trp and Maj Rickards over the latter's drawing pay for his son as a cornet in the corps despite him being in India and never present for training.

Reinforced by the permanent staff and a few recruits of the RGLI rushed up in coaches from their training, the Highlanders withdrew to Pen y Darren House and formed a perimeter.

On 4 June Capt Moggeridge of the Eastern Division with 40 troopers attempted to escort in the Hghlanders' ammunition waggons from Brecon but was confronted by rioters in the steep valley at Cefn-coed-y-cymmer.

Having just reached Pen y Darren with the Central Division, Lt-Col Thomas Morgan ordered Maj Rickards with 100 troopers to rescue the convoy.

His men were disarmed and allowed to withdraw, warning the main bod of the Westen Division, which reached Merthyr by a longer route on 6 June.

Regular cavalry arrived on 7 June as the ringleaders were hunted, and the Glamorgan Yeomanry returned home, the Swansea & Fairwood Troops being urgently required to deal with trouble among coal miners in the Clydach and Cwm Tawe valleys.

The Marquess of Bute proposed to disband the existing Glamorgan Yeomanry and re-raise it as three troops (Western, Central and Eastern).

Volunteers (mainly middle and upper class) quickly filled the new force, which was equipped to operate as mounted infantry.

[30][31][32][33] Although there were strict requirements, many volunteers were accepted with substandard horsemanship or marksmanship skills, and there was little time for training before the first contingent embarked for South Africa.

[35][36][37] It was raised by Windham Wyndham-Quin, member of parliament for South Glamorganshire, a retired major in the 16th Lancers who had seen active service in the First Boer War.

[39][41] 4th (Glamorgan) Company landed at Cape Town on 23 March and moved to the IY camp and training depot at Maitland.

[35][36][37][42][43] After a short period of acclimatisation and further training at Maitland, the battalion moved up to Bloemfontein to join 16th Brigade, 8th Division, in Sir Leslie Rundle's column.

On 15 August the War Office issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units.

[57][58][66][71][75] The 1/1st SWMB embarked at Devonport on 4 March 1916, with the 1/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry aboard the SS Arcadian, and sailed to Egypt in company with the 1/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade from 1st Mtd Division.

At first this was placed in the Suez Canal defences under 53rd (Welsh) Division, but in April it came under the command of Western Frontier Force (WFF).

[77][78] At the beginning of 1917 the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) was preparing to advance across Sinai into Palestine and required additional infantry.

[25][50] However, wartime experience proved that there were too many mounted units, and when the TF was reconstituted as the Territorial Army (TA), only the 14 most senior Yeomanry regiments were retained as horsed cavalry, the remainder being converted to other roles, mainly artillery.

[92][93][94][95][96][97] Elements of 53rd (Welsh) Division were sent to Northern Ireland from October 1939, and the regiment joined it there in March 1940, remaining until April 1941, after which it returned to mainland Britain.

[99] The division had an important subsidiary role in Operation Market Garden, protecting the west flank of XXX Corps' main thrust.

On the afternoon of 11 October, the regiment's commanding officer was visiting 324's battery position when he was wounded by anti-personnel bombs dropped by Luftwaffe aircraft and had to be evacuated.

By 02.00 on 9 February, the leading units were through the Siegfried Line defences and next day the division pushed on to the edge of the forest.

[25][50][92][109][110][112][113][114] This was followed on 1 May 1961 by amalgamation with 282nd (Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt and 283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Rgt to form:[25][50][92][109][110][112][115] 282nd (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, RA Finally, when the TA was reduced into the TAVR in 1967, the combined regiment became 211 (South Wales) Battery, Royal Artillery at Newport in 104 Light Air Defence Regiment, including:[25][50][92][109][110][112][115][116] [117] In 1986, 211 Bty provided a cadre for a new 217 (County of Gwent) Bty at Cwmbran, but this was reabsorbed by 211 Bty in 1992, when the battery was reduced to:[25][115][117] 211 (South Wales) Bty continues in 104th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) in the Army Reserve today, currently as a close support unit equipped with the L118 light gun at Ty Llewellyn Army Reserve Centre in Cardiff.

[120] When the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry was formed in 1901 it wore a khaki uniform with a Slouch hat turned up on the left side, with a white feather for dress parades.

[120] Although designated as a dragoon regiment when it joined the TF, the uniform of the Glamorgan Yeomanry was influenced by lancer styling.

The full dress uniform for officers of the Glamorgan Yeomanry in 1909 consisted of a blue shell jacket with white lancer-style plastron front and cuffs, worn with blue overalls carrying double white stripes, and a lancer-style gold and crimson striped waist girdle.

The Royal Artillery does not receive battle honours (its motto, Ubique ('Everywhere') granted by William IV in 1833 is deemed to cover all engagements), so none were awarded for World War II.