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The Yeomanry were units of mounted volunteers, first raised in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars, to defend against invasion from abroad or revolution at home. Combatants Allies: Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Spain[3] Sweden United Kingdom[4] Ottoman Empire[5] French Empire Holland Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[6] Saxony[7] Denmark [8] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich Gebhard von Blücher Karl...
In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of the Kingdom of Great Britain was high, after the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to improve the country's defences, volunteer regiments were raised in many counties from yeomen. The word "yeoman" refers to small farmers who owned the land they cultivated, but the officers were drawn from the nobility and many of the men were their tenants. These regiments became known collectively as the Yeomanry. Members of the yeomanry were not obliged to serve overseas without their individual consent. Events and Trends French Revolution (1789 - 1799). ...
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A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...
Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ...
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During the first half of the nineteenth century, Yeomanry Regiments were used extensively in support of the civil authority to quell riots and civil disturbances (including the Peterloo Massacre), but as police forces took over this role, the Yeomanry concentrated on local defence. Civil authority is that apparatus of the State other than its military units that enforces law and order. ...
Print of the Peterloo Massacre published by Richard Carlile Peterloo Massacre of August 16, 1819 was the result of a cavalry charge into the crowd at a public meeting at St Peters Fields, Manchester, England. ...
During the Boer War, companies of The Imperial Yeomanry were formed to serve overseas from volunteers from the Yeomanry. There were two Boer Wars: the First Boer War (1880–1881) the Second Boer War (1899–1902). ...
The Imperial Yeomanry was created on December 24, 1899 — most units being raised during 1900 and 1901 — to allow volunteer cavalry troops to fight as mounted infantry alongside regular troops of the British Army in the Second Boer War as, at that time, Yeomanry regiments had no obligation...
In 1908, the Yeomanry became part of the Territorial Army.
Current Yeomanry Regiments
Today, in the modern Territorial Army, there are many former Yeomanry regiments serving in one form or another, usually as a squadron/battery that is part of a larger unit: In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ...
Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons and a military band, each of which bears the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment: A (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Swindon) B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Leicester) C (Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry...
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 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 Westminster Dragoons (WDs) are central London’s only Territorial Army cavalry unit. ...
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry (ICCY) is a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army. ...
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of four squadrons, each of which bears the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment: A (Dorset Yeomanry) Squadron B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron C (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron The Royal Wessex...
Raised in 1795 following William Pitts 1794 order to raise volunteer bodies of men to defend Great Britain, through various re-organisations, the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (RGH) remain today on the establishment of the Territorial Army as C (RGH) Sqn Royal Wessex Yeomanry. ...
- Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry
- Shropshire Yeomanry
- Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
- Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons, four of which bear the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment: HQ Squadron A (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron B (Shropshire Yeomanry) Squadron C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron D (Duke of...
- Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
- Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
- North Irish Horse
- Northumberland Hussars
- East Riding (of Yorkshire) Yeomanry
The Queens Own Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons, and which bears the running fox cap badge of the old East Riding Yeomanry: A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carricks Own) Yeomanry) Squadron B (North Irish Horse) Squadron C (Fife and Forfar...
The North Irish Horse is a yeomanry unit of the British Territorial Army raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Second Boer War. ...
Infantry
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
The Lovat Scouts was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, now a platoon of the 51st Highland Regiment. ...
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Independent Squadrons - Berkshire Yeomanry
- Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)
32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment - Lanarkshire and Glasgow Yeomanry
33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment - Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment
36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment - Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment - Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry
39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment - Middlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)
- North Somerset Yeomanry
- Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment
71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment The Essex Yeomanry is a yeomanry regiment of the British Army. ...
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry (ICCY) is a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army. ...
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. ...
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100 Regiment - Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry
- South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry
104 Regiment
106 (Yeomanry) Regiment - Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)
- Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...
101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment - Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
71 Engineer Regiment The Lovat Scouts was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, now a platoon of the 51st Highland Regiment. ...
The Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistic support for the Army. ...
157 Transport Regiment
The Army Medical Services is an umbrella organisation responsible for administering the four separate units responsible for supplying medical and nursing services in the British Army. ...
Centenary Logo of FANY (PRVC) The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royals Volunteer Corps) (FANY(PRVC) - pronounced Fanny) is a British independent all-female unit and registered charity affiliated to, but not part of, the Territorial Army. ...
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 more than one unit: - 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
- NBC 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
See also - Imperial Yeomanry
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