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Title: 74thimperjal yeomanry
Post by: graham saunders on Monday 29 April 19 13:29 BST (UK)

i am interested in finding any information about a battalion of 74th iimperial yeomanry raised in Dublin and in particular an engage ment at Griquetown in s.a.   my wife's grandfather Tpr.VinentConroy was wounded during this action

Title: Re: 74thimperjal yeomanry
Post by: MaxD on Monday 29 April 19 13:54 BST (UK)

He was in 74th (Dublin) Company 8th Battalion which was transferred in 1902 from 16th Battalion (source Anglo-Boer War web site).

This http://www.tokencoins.com/griqua.html has something on what may be what you seek re Griqua Town.

MaxD