Editing Yeoman (section)

=== The Yeomanry ===
{{anchor|The Yeo}}
{{Main|Yeomanry|British Volunteer Corps}}
{{See also|Yeoman Cavalry|Imperial Yeomanry}}
During the 1790s, the threat of [[French Revolutionary Wars|French invasion of Great Britain]] appeared genuine.<ref name=Hist_Parl_1796/> In 1794, The [[British Volunteer Corps]] was organized for home defense, composed of local companies of part-time volunteers.<ref name=1911_Britannica_YeomanryIA/> Their cavalry troops became known as the Yeomanry Cavalry.<ref name=1911_Britannica_YeomanryIA/> The infantry companies were disbanded by 1813, as the threat of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s invasion evaporated. However, the Yeomanry Cavalry was retained. They were used to quell the [[Revolt of the housewives|food riots of 1794–95]] and break up [[History of trade unions in the United Kingdom#18th–19th centuries|workers' strikes during the 1820s–1840s]], as part of their mandate was to maintain the King's Peace.{{r|1998_Gee|p=246-291}} The rise of [[History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom|civilian police forces]] during this same period (the [[Metropolitan Police Act 1829]], the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]], and the [[County Police Act 1839]]) replaced the Yeomanry Cavalry as an instrument of law enforcement. In 1899, the Yeomanry Cavalry were deployed overseas during the [[Second Boer War]], after a [[Black Week|series of devastating British Army defeats]]. In 1901, the Yeomanry Cavalry formed the nucleus of the new Imperial Yeomanry. Eight years later, the Imperial Yeomanry and the Volunteer Force were combined as the [[Territorial Force]].<ref name=1911_Britannica_YeomanryIA/>