pay when training. 19th Century The wars ended with the Battle of Waterloo. The militia and local militia were stood down, but recognising their usefulness as an aid to the civil power, the government kept the yeomanry in being. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was drawn out for training in 1815 and 1817. During the summer of 1819 it sent a troop to deal with disturbances in Newtown and Abermule and because of the unrest two further troops were raised in December that year, at Llangedwyn and Llanfyllin, giving the unit the status of a regiment. In 1821 the establishment of each troop was raised to 50 privates. Training was carried out each year until 1826, when the regiment was organised as follows: 1st Troop (Newtown) – Captain Edward Farmer, 48 men 2nd Troop (Montgomery) – Capt Pryce Devereaux, 61 men 3rd Troop (Llanfyllin) – Capt Wythen Jones, 48 men 4th Troop (Llangedwyn) – Capt David Pugh, 53 men 5th Troop (Berriew) – Capt Winder Lyon, 55 men 6th Troop (Welshpool) – Capt A.D. Jones, 46 men However, in 1827 the government withdrew funding from the yeomanry. As the officers and men of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry were unwilling to serve at their own expense, the regiment was disbanded in March 1828. Chartist disturbances Within three years, a wave of unrest across the country led to a number of yeomanry regiments being reformed. In view of the civil disturbances in north-east Wales, Charles Watkins-Wyn applied to reform the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Approval to reform a regiment of four troops was received on 13 January 1831 and they were organised as follows: Berriew Troop – Capt J.W.L. Winder; disbanded by September 1831 Newtown Troop – Capt H.A. Proctor Montgomery Troop – Capt Rice Pryce Buckley Williams (promoted to major 4 May 1837) Welshpool Troop – Capt J. Davies Corrie Llangedwyn Troop – Capt A. Bonner Maurice; authorised 25 February 1831 The establishment of a troop was 50 privates, soon raised to 63, giving a total strength of 296 all ranks. They assembled at Welshpool for training in October 1831, most of the men having been in the earlier regiment. Training was carried out at Welshpool or Newtown almost each year thereafter. In the autumn of 1832 it provided the escort when the Duchess of Kent and Princess (later Queen) Victoria visited Powis Castle. Although the government reduced Yeomanry funding again in 1838, the Montgomeryshire regiment