Yeomanry
In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to maximise the country's defences, a number of volunteer regiments were raised in many counties by yeomen. These regiments became known as the Yeomanry.
Current Yeomanry Regiments
Today, in the modern Territorial Army, there are many of the old Yeomanry regiments serving in one form or another, usually as a squadron/battery that is part of a larger regiment:
Infantry51st Highland RegimentLovat Scouts
Royal Armoured CorpsAyrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) YeomanryFife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish HorseNorth Irish HorseNorthumberland HussarsInns of Court and City YeomanryKent and Sharpshooters YeomanryLeicestershire and Derbyshire YeomanryRoyal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own)Sherwood Rangers YeomanryWestminster Dragoons
Dorset YeomanryRoyal Devon YeomanryRoyal Gloucestershire HussarsRoyal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own)
Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)Duke of Lancaster's Own YeomanryStaffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire YeomanryShropshire Yeomanry
Independent SquadronsBerkshire YeomanryBuckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)32 (Scottish) Signal RegimentLanarkshire and Glasgow Yeomanry33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal RegimentCheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
35 (South Midlands) Signal RegimentShropshire Yeomanry37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal RegimentQueen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry39 (Skinners) Signal RegimentMiddlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)North Somerset YeomanryQueen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
40 (Ulster) Signal RegimentNorth Irish Horse71 (Yeomanry) Signal RegimentEssex YeomanryInns of Court and City YeomanryKent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry
100 RegimentHertfordshire and Bedfordshire YeomanrySouth Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry104 RegimentGlamorgan Yeomanry106 (Yeomanry) RegimentHampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry
101 (City of London) Engineer RegimentSurrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
157 Transport RegimentPembroke YeomanryFirst Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps)
Yeomanry Regiments with more than one unit
Most of the old yeomanry regiments are perpetuated through a single unit, be it an armoured, engineers or signal squadron, or an artillery battery. However, there are six yeomanry regiments that maintain a pair of units: - Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
- *Armoured Replacement Squadron
- *Signals Squadron
- Inns of Court and City Yeomanry
- *Signals Squadron
- *Regimental Band
- Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry
- *Armoured Replacement Squadron
- *Signals Squadron
- North Irish Horse
- *Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron
- *Signals Squadron
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
- *NBC Squadron
- *Armoured Replacement Squadron
- Shropshire Yeomanry
- *Armoured Replacement Squadron
- *Signals Squadron
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