Career
He served in Africa and the Indian Ocean from 1928 to 1945. In June 1945, Yeldham was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, as temporary Colonel commanding the British troops in Mauritius. In 1949 Yeldham was a Principal in the Colonial Office, West African Department, and wrote a memorandum (16 March) on Soviet activity in Nigeria.
There was MI5 surveillance of Harry Pollitt"s contact with Mokwugo Okoye, a Zikist leader (Yeldham, memorandum in December of that year).
During the Malayan Emergency, in 1952, he was instrumental in the use of sodium trichloroacetate as a defoliant. Yeldham then held civil appointments in Kenya, from 1954.
Yeldham played six first-class cricket matches in British India between 1925 and 1927, including one for the Master Control Console. He later played twice for Egypt against Her Majesty Martineau"s XI.