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• A (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Swindon)
• B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Leicester)
• C (Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry) Squadron (Croydon)
• S (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Squadron (Nottingham)
• W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron (London)
• The Royal Yeomanry Band (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) (London)

The Royal Yeomanry's role is to provide chemical biological radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance as part of the British Army's combat arm. Guidon of the RWY The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the United Kingdom Territorial Army until its disbandment as an independent unit in 1967. ... , For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Alberts Own) Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, formed in 1957 by the amalgamation of The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Alberts Own) and The Derbyshire Yeomanry, and currently perpetuated by a squadron of The Royal Yeomanry. ... This article discusses Leicester in England. ... The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry is a unit of the Territorial Army (TA) that was formed in 1961 as the Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) by the amalgamation of two yeomanry regiments, the 297 (Kent Yeomanry) Regt, Royal Artillery and the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry. ... For other uses, see Croydon (disambiguation). ... Official force name S Squadron (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Motto Loyal unto Death Description A component squadron of the Royal Yeomanry, a Territorial regiment of the British Army. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... The Westminster Dragoons (WDs) are central London’s only Territorial Army cavalry unit. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry (ICCY) is a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

It augments the Joint CBRN Regiment and provides CBRN reconnaissance capability to the British Army's formation reconnaissance regiments (the Household Cavalry, Light Dragoons, Queen's Royal Lancers, 9th/12th Royal Lancers and Queen's Dragoon Guards). The Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment is a specialist unit of the British armed forces. ... Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings... The Light Dragoons is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... The Queens Royal Lancers (The Death or Glory Boys) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Waless) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... {{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=1st The Queens Dragoon Guards |image= |caption=1st The Queens Dragoon Guards Cap Badge |dates=[[January 1] 1959- |country=United Kingdom |branch=Army |type=Line Cavalry |command_structure=Royal Armoured Corps |role=Formation Reconnaissance |size= One regiment |current_commander= |garrison= Osnabruck, Germany |ceremonial_chief=HRH The Prince...

History

Fuchs CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle

The Royal Yeomanry was formed in 1967, following the amalgamation of five distinguished county yeomanry regiments, as a medium reconnaissance regiment equipped with armoured cars. It continued in this role until 1996, when it became the British Army's NBC defence regiment. It served exclusively in this role until 1999, when the Joint NBC Regiment was formed. Two of the Royal Yeomanry's squadrons, A Squadron and the W Squadron, were retained in the NBC role to provide reserves for front line NBC troops. The remaining three converted to the Challenger 2 to serve as reserves for armoured regiments. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 345 KB) Summary Source http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 345 KB) Summary Source http://www. ... In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. ... Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or NBC is the term used in the armed forces of many nations to describe the measures taken to guard and decontaminate against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. ... The Joint NBC Regiment is a specialist unit of the British armed forces. ... The British FV4034 Challenger 2 is an advanced new generation main battle tank (MBT) currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. ...

Under the restructuring of the Territorial Army announced in March 2006, all five squadrons of the Royal Yeomanry have adopted the role of formation CBRN reconnaissance and the regiment's established strength has increased to 561 personnel.

Operational Service

Y Squadron at the Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea, January 2003

Members of the Royal Yeomanry have served as individual replacements on operations in Kuwait and the Former Yugoslavia. The regiment's most significant deployments have been to Iraq. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Duke of Yorks Headquarters is a complex of buildings in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England, which was originally a military barracks. ...

In January 2003, W Squadron and A Squadron were mobilised for Operation TELIC, the war in Iraq. The two squadrons were amalgamated with a number of augmentees from the other three squadrons and from the Royal Logistic Corps to form a much-enlarged "Y" Squadron of the Joint NBC Regiment. Operation (or Op) TELIC is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistic support for the Army. ... The Joint NBC Regiment is a specialist unit of the British armed forces. ...

This was the first deployment of a formed TA unit (TA soldiers under TA command) for combat operations since the Suez crisis in 1956. During the war, officers and soldiers of the Royal Yeomanry found themselves serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade, 7 Armoured Brigade (the Desert Rats) and 3 Commando Brigade as NBC specialists, before switching roles to infantry “peace support” operations once Saddam Hussein’s regime had collapsed. The 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 AAB) is a unit of the British Army It was formed as part of the defence reforms implemented by the Strategic Defence Review on 1 September 1999 by the merging of 24th Airmobile Brigade and elements of 5th Airborne Brigade. ... The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army. ... 3 Commando Brigade is the main manoeuvre force of the British Royal Marines. ...

The Royal Yeomanry has maintained a constant presence in Iraq since March 2003. The regiment's soldiers have been mobilised for each of the subsequent TELICs. Of these, the largest deployment was for TELIC 4 in 2004, when soldiers and officers from B, C and S Squadrons were despatched to augment the Queen's Royal Lancers and 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, serving principally as infantry but also in the armoured role. The Queens Royal Lancers (The Death or Glory Boys) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... PWRR redirects here. ...

Battle Honours

• Iraq 2003

As a result of the regiment's initial service during the Iraq war, the Royal Yeomanry was in 2005 awarded the theatre honour "Iraq 2003", the first battle honour the regiment has won since its formation, and the first - so far the only - battle honour awarded to a Territorial Army regiment since the Second World War.

The squadrons forming the Royal Yeomanry also hold a large number of battle honours won by their predecessor regiments and retain the right to parade their respective guidon. A guidon is a military standard that company-sized elements carry to signify their unit designation and corps affiliation. ...

Lineage

Guidon of the RWY The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the United Kingdom Territorial Army until its disbandment as an independent unit in 1967. ... The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Alberts Own) Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, formed in 1957 by the amalgamation of The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Alberts Own) and The Derbyshire Yeomanry, and currently perpetuated by a squadron of The Royal Yeomanry. ... The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Alberts Own) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794 and again in 1803, which provided cavalry and mounted infantry in the South African War and First World War and provided two field artillery regiments of the Royal Artillery in the... The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry regiment and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two reconnaissance regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert... The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry is a unit of the Territorial Army (TA) that was formed in 1961 as the Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) by the amalgamation of two yeomanry regiments, the 297 (Kent Yeomanry) Regt, Royal Artillery and the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry. ... The 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was formed in July 1944 by the amalgamation at Carpiquet Airfield in Normandy of the two existing Sharpshooters regiments: the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) and 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), both of which were veterans of the 8th Army. ... Official force name S Squadron (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Motto Loyal unto Death Description A component squadron of the Royal Yeomanry, a Territorial regiment of the British Army. ... The Westminster Dragoons (WDs) are central London’s only Territorial Army cavalry unit. ... 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron recently became a member of 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment. ...

External links

• Official Regimental website
• Westminster Dragoons
• Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum