In October, the brigade joined the 1st Mounted Division in Norfolk,[17] replacing the 1st Line brigade. The band undertakes many activities overseas, including providing musical support to regimental celebrations in France and Belgium, training to musicians of the Military Band Institute of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia. In addition it trained to perform the full range of medium armoured reconnaissance tasks for general war. Today it comprises fourteen regiments – ten regular and four Yeomanry. The winning horse was CLOUD DRIFT who won by nk. [39] It one of only two Army Reserve Bands in London with the honoured status of "State Band". Zero Limits33-1 (9-4) Prominent, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 8th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Bad Attitude (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Mar. Percy Cecil Evans-Freke, the second-in-command and the adjutant. The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force and integrated element of the British Army. Result for Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys´ Handicap Hurdle of £7,273.00 3-y-o plus , Leicester, Mon, 16th Nov, 2020 [20] Soldiers and officers of the Royal Yeomanry then began to deploy to Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK as Scimitar, Spartan and Samaritan gunners, drivers and loaders. [2] Sir William was still considered the colonel, indicating that this was considered a reformation and not simply a newly raised regiment. [8], The ‘peace dividend’ review of the Armed Forces (‘Options for Change’) which followed the end of the Cold War saw substantial changes to the Royal Yeomanry's role, equipment and establishment. Armoured reconnaissance is the combination of terrestrial reconnaissance with armoured warfare by soldiers using tanks and wheeled or tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicles. However, the warrant also stated ‘the wish to provide for succession of units raised' and then listed those new units which would be deemed to be successors to previous Territorial Army units. 15:30 Leicester 16 Nov 2020 . The 'Hussars' are based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle of £7,273.00 3-y-o plus 2m. [17], The regiment was once again converted to cyclists in August 1917 and joined 12th Cyclist Brigade in The Cyclist Division. [9], With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the regiment mobilised in the North Midland Mounted Brigade and moved to France in November joining the 3rd Cavalry Division. Check British Army - E (Leicestershire & Derbyshire) Squadron The Royal Yeomanry in Wigston, Army Reserve Centre, Tigers Road on Cylex and find ☎ 0116 275 9559, contact info. The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. For current visiting hours, please visit the website of the museum. The regiment lives on in B and Y Squadrons of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. Eight regiments were converted to Armoured Car Companies of the Royal Tank Corps (RTC), one was reduced to a battery in another regiment, one was absorbed into a local infantry battalion, one became a signals regiment and two were disbanded. Commanding officers have been as follows: For the purposes of parading, the Regiments of the British Army are listed according to an order of precedence. [2] The regiment was based at the Magazine in Leicester at this time. There were 6 runners. By the morning of the 13th, seven officers - including the regimental commander and two of three squadron commanders - and 87 other ranks had been killed; the unwounded numbered only 92 other ranks. It was also confirmed that the squadron which the regiment had lost to the Royal Wessex Yeomanry would also be retained at squadron size. [6] The regiment provided the 7th (Leicestershire) Company for the 4th Battalion and the 65th (Leicestershire) Company for the 17th Battalion in 1900. Horse Racing Football Greyhounds Golf Darts Snooker Cricket Rugby Union Tennis Boxing / … In 1833. www.paoyeomanry.co.uk - official website for The Leicestershire (PAO) Yeomanry and The Leicestershire & Derbyshire (PAO) Yeomanry. In February 1940, the first unit was formed in the Royal Artillery as 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, with the second, 154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, forming on 15 April 1940. [24] [25] The regiment gained two squadrons (in Telford and Dudley) [26] of the disbanded Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry but lost a squadron (in Swindon) to the Royal Wessex Yeomanry under the Army 2020 reforms. The regiment paraded in six troops on 4 July to receive their standards. On 1 April 1999, on the recommendation of the Strategic Defence Review, the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment (originally, the Joint NBC Regiment) was formed as a joint regular Army and Royal Air Force unit composed of four squadrons of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and 27 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment. Its lineage is maintained by the Yorkshire Yeomanry Squadron, the Queen's Own Yeomanry. The brigade, now known as the 'Black Rats', was formed in 1939 and fought in the Second World War in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa. 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. The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry was formed in 1956 as a Regiment of the British Army. [23], The regiment did not mechanise before the outbreak of the Second World War, and continued to train for service as horsed cavalry. Equipped with Supacat Jackal variants and the Land Rover RWMIK, their role is to conduct mounted and dismounted formation reconnaissance. [12] Some 35 members of the regiment deployed in August 1998 to set up biological detection systems in advance of Operation DESERT FOX (the Bombing of Iraq (1998)) and stayed on as part of Operation BOLTON. The Westminster Dragoons (WDs) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army Army Reserve, located in central London. Equipped with Supacat Jackal variants and the Land Rover RWMIK, their role is to conduct mounted and dismounted formation reconnaissance. However, in the summer of 1939, the divisional organisation was slightly reorganised, and the regiment switched roles with the Cheshire Yeomanry to become the divisional cavalry regiment. Martin was killed holding the trench line, and at this point, the survivors remaining in the forward trenches fell back - numbering a lieutenant, the squadron sergeant-major, and fourteen men. Clearly this task is no longer relevant in a unified Germany and under the new NATO strategy of greater flexibility and mobility. [16], After being heavily depleted in Second Ypres, the regiment did not see significant action throughout 1916; in 1917, it saw action at the Battle of Arras and the Battle of the Scarpe. [6], The Royal Yeomanry Regiment (Volunteers) was in TAVR II. There were 6 runners. It was consolidated into a single role: 'formation CBRN reconnaissance'. This consists of courses in gunnery (Heavy Machine Gun and General Purpose Machine Gun), signals (Bowman communication system), and driving (Land Rover RWMIK and Supacat Jackal) delivered by the Royal Yeomanry by Army Reserve soldiers and also by Regular Army instructors in centres such as the Armour Centre. [28] This elaborate dress continued to be worn between the wars by officers attending Court levees and is still worn by the Guidon Party of the modern B Squadron (LBY) on ceremonial occasions. QDG and RY together form the light cavalry reconnaissance component of 7th Infantry Brigade (the Desert Rats), serving alongside six infantry battalions (three regular, three Army Reserve). It was open to 3yo+ and had a prize fund of £4,690. The squadron most recently saw action on Operation Telic, for which it was mobilised for the 2003 war in Iraq. The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed in 1902. It moved back to North Africa in April, and was assigned to the 10th Indian Infantry Division, with which it would serve through the North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign. A more definite role that would address a clear Defence requirement was needed. 4f. On 24 February 2015, as part the same Army 2020 reorganisation programme, the Royal Yeomanry was transferred from under the command of Headquarters London District to that of 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East within 1st (United Kingdom) Division as the brigade switched from its armour role into that of an infantry brigade and regional point of command. The 2M 4F 110Y 15:30 ROYAL YEOMANRY CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS' HANDICAP HURDLE (4) at Leicester was run on Soft. 8:45pm Leicester racecard and odds for 30/06/2020 with analysis, preview and runner by runner comments. In the summer of 1916, it was affiliated to the 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, also at Aldershot. Between 1998 and 2002, some 44 members of the regiment deployed on operations to Kuwait, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Operation PALATINE) and Kosovo (Operation AGRICOLA). [1], The Royal Yeomanry mainly recruits from Greater London, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Kent, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Consequently, in 1996 [12] the Royal Yeomanry accepted the role of being the British Army's only [13] specialist nuclear, biological and chemical defence regiment, [12] [1] taking on the 11 Fuchs CBRN reconnaissance vehicles which had been acquired by the British Army during the 1990 Gulf War. During this time, its first operational deployments began. [4], The regiment was renamed for Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, in 1844. Colonel The Hon. This page was last edited on 17 December 2020, at 13:39. The regiment currently serves as the Armoured Cavalry Reconnaissance unit of the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade and is therefore equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) Scimitar and is based in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle. [1], From 1825, when the Rutland Legion was disbanded, the Leicestershire Yeomanry recruited from Rutland as well as Leicestershire. Its primary task was to operate as a mobile force to protect the massive, widespread logistic assets of the Corps, and certain key bridges against covert attacks and airborne descents by Soviet special forces. Six further troops – officered by nobility and gentry, and recruited largely from among landholders and tenant farmers – were subsequently raised in Gloucestershire, and in 1834 they came together to form the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry, was established in 1902, and this saw action during the First World War both in the mounted role and as machine gunners. Designated as 'A' Squadron, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry's current role is to support the Light Cavalry Regiments on operations by providing skilled reconnaissance soldiers. [2], The regiment was re-raised in September 1803, as the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Its soldiers provide reconnaissance, reassurance, security and, if the situation demands it, decisive tactical effects by raiding and attacking the enemy. The regiment lost D (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron in Slough to disbandment but regained S (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Squadron in Nottingham from the Queen's Own Yeomanry. The Ayrshire Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f 110y (3yo+, 2m 4f 110y, Class 4, 6 runners) Winner £3,769 2nd £1,107 3rd £553 4th £350 5th £350 6th £350 7th £350 8th £350 [1], The Royal Yeomanry's first operational deployment was in 1998 as CBRN/NBC specialists, to Kuwait. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Royal Armoured Corps Unit and has an unbroken history stretching back to the 1790s. [18], In 2006, as a result of the changes to the Territorial Army triggered by the Future Army Structure unveiled by the Ministry of Defence in 2004, [19] the Royal Yeomanry's role ceased to be split between CBRN and Challenger 2 reserves. [17] The three non-CBRN squadrons converted to Challenger 2 to serve as reserves for armoured regiments. Two of the Royal Yeomanry's squadrons (A and W) were retained in the CBRN role to provide reserves for the new Joint NBC Regiment. [18] On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were ordered to be numbered in a single sequence[19] and the brigade became the 3rd Mounted Brigade. It traced its origins to the First or Cheltenham Troop of Gloucestershire Gentleman and Yeomanry raised in 1795, although a break in the lineage means that its formation is dated to the Marshfield and Dodington Troop raised in 1830. Racing Results: Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (4) (on Mon 16 Nov 2020 at Leicester) During the crisis of 1794, when there were grave fears of a French invasion, the government pressed for the formation of volunteer corps across the country, and in April 1794, letters were circulated to the Lords Lieutenant of each county instructing them to raise regiments of yeomanry. [10] At this time, the Royal Yeomanry lost two squadrons to the Queen's Own Yeomanry (one in Nottingham, which later returned to the Regiment, and the other in Northern Ireland) and gained one (in Leicester). 1996.04.01 Equipped to regular army scales they had a substantial training commitment, more arduous that in the old Territorial Army. [2], The Leicestershire Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours (honours in bold are emblazoned on the regimental colours):[2], Honorary Distinction: Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery with year-dates "1942, '44–45" and three scrolls: "North-West Europe", "North Africa" and "Italy", Prior to 1914, officers of the regiment wore in review order a hussar style uniform comprising a busby with white over scarlet plume, a short dark blue jacket with scarlet collar and cuffs laced and braided in silver, and dark blue overalls (tight cavalry breeches) with double scarlet stripes. These were justified by the then Secretary of State for Defence on the basis of a perceived "need to adapt [the Territorial Army's] roles to support and complement the new roles of the regular army. The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom established in 1794. They were met part-way by the regimental commander, Lt. [14], The Royal Yeomanry served exclusively in the CBRN (or NBC) role from 1996 until 1999. [26], After the War, the regiment reconstituted in the Territorial Army as a yeomanry regiment, under its old title of The Leicestershire Yeomanry (The Prince Albert's Own), and transferred into the Royal Armoured Corps as a Hussar Regiment equipped with Comet Tanks. The Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army from 1956 to 1971. [2] The RY is one of three light cavalry reserve regiments in 1st (United Kingdom) Division. It was formed was in 1961 following the amalgamation of two regiments. The Black Rats were subsequently involved in the invasion of Sicily and fighting in Italy before taking part in the Battle of Normandy and the advance through Belgium, Holland and into Germany. However, a dedicated cavalry regiment was apparently considered surplus to requirements in the Cavalry Division, and the Leicestershire Yeomanry was removed from its role and assigned for conversion along with the other regiments. The regiment's lineage is currently perpetuated by E (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron of the Royal Yeomanry. [2], The 2nd Line regiment, which was formed in 1914, joined the 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade in 1915. The band is currently based at Holderness House in London. All but 12 regiments were converted to cyclists[19] and as a consequence the regiment was dismounted and joined the 3rd Cyclist Brigade (and the division became 1st Cyclist Division) in the Holt area. The Northumberland Hussars is a British Army Reserve Squadron equipped with FV107 Scimitar and FV103 Spartan armoured reconnaissance vehicles. The counterattack, launched the next afternoon at 2:30pm by 8th Cavalry Brigade, was a success. Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments. During the crisis of 1794, when there were grave fears of a French invasion, the government pressed for the formation of volunteer corps across the country, and in April 1794, letters were circulated to the Lords Lieutenant of each county instructing them to raise regiments of yeomanry. In 1847, the regiment adopted a hussar uniform and the name Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. The regiment is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is paired with the Royal Yeomanry. [17], The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915 and in the summer was affiliated to a Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Aldershot. In early 1917, it was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, still at Aldershot. 7, c.9) which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. [41], As a result of the Regiment's initial service during the Iraq war, in 2005 the Royal Yeomanry was awarded the battle honour "Iraq 2003". In that year, under the Reserves in the Future Force 2020 White Paper [22] and the reserves basing plan announced by the Secretary of State for Defence on 5 July 2013, [23] the regiment was paired with 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG). In July 1945, it was with the British 78th Infantry Division, part of the occupying forces in Austria. By January 1918, it had moved to Canterbury where it remained until the end of the war. As part of the Cavalry Corps, which by now consisted almost entirely of Yeomanry units, it was assigned a wartime role as part of the 6th Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Cavalry Division. In 1908, it was transferred into the Territorial Force, returning to a cavalry role and equipping as hussars, under the new title of The Leicestershire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry. The Royal Yeomanry is the only British Army Reserve unit to have been awarded a battle honour since the Second World War. E (The Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron are recruiting again today, this time at North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College campus in Leicestershire. In late 1939, it was decided to send the division overseas to Palestine, and convert the seven remaining yeomanry regiments not assigned to the division into artillery regiments. [3], During the warfighting phase, formed complete troops (an officer and 12 soldiers) of the Royal Yeomanry were attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade, [29] 7 Armoured Brigade (the Desert Rats) and 3 Commando Brigade for the invasion as NBC specialists. However, the offensives of 1918 provided a need for cavalry units, and before the regiment could amalgamate it was remounted and sent to the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of 2nd Cavalry Division, where it was split up to provide reinforcements. In 1971, three new RAC Yeomanry regiments (the Queen's Own Yeomanry, the Mercian Yeomanry and the Wessex Yeomanry) were raised and the Royal Yeomanry's name was shortened to its current one; the opportunity to give it a more distinctive name was missed. [b] It saw service at the First Battle of Ypres in 1914 and the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry Three Gloucestershire troops were deployed to Bristol on two separate occasions in the 1830s in support of the civil authorities. [22] As the 10th most senior regiment in the order of precedence, the regiment was retained as horsed cavalry. [34], The training commitment for the Army Reserve Light Cavalry is around 40 reserve service days per year. Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle. The Army Reserve was previously known as the Territorial Force from 1908 to 1921, the Territorial Army (TA) from 1921 to 1967, the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) from 1967 to 1979, and again the Territorial Army (TA) from 1979 to 2014. Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) (0-110, 3yo+) (2m4f110yds) 2m4½f Soft 10 hurdles . The Queen's Own Yeomanry was given the same NATO role as the Royal Yeomanry, while the other two were Home Defence light reconnaissance. TAVR III ('Territorials') were the home defence units with light equipment scales and a much-reduced training commitment; this category was disbanded on 1 April 1969. [34], The regiment's main equipment is the Supacat Jackal CVR(W) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled); a light armoured vehicle, equipped with the General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) and the Browning M2 .50 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG). The light cavalry role is physically arduous and members of the Royal Yeomanry are required to meet the Army Reserve Ground Close Combat fitness standards, [35] so Royal Yeomanry officers and soldiers are required to undertake physical fitness training in their own time in addition to what is provided to them by physical training instructors. [42] This is the first such honour the regiment has won since its formation, and the first, so far the only, battle honour awarded to an Army Reserve regiment since the Second World War. The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)was a yeomanryregimentof the British Army, first raised in 1794 and again in 1803, which provided cavalryand mounted infantryin the Second Boer Warand the First World Warand provided two field artilleryregiments of the Royal Artilleryin the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the Derbyshire Yeomanryinto forming the Leicestershire and … The experience of the First World War made it clear that cavalry was surfeit. In 1952, the Leicestershire (PAO) Yeomanry was re-designated as an Anti-Tank Regiment, still in AFVs, and remained as such until late 1956. Royal Yeomanry soldiers also undertake training in dismounted close combat (which includes rifle marksmanship and physical fitness training). The Royal Yeomanry is one of the two light cavalry regiments in 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East (the Desert Rats), which in turn is part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. [21], Since 2013 the Royal Yeomanry has been a reserve light cavalry regiment. Units of Yeomanry Cavalry were raised in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the 18th and early 19th centuries at times of national emergency: the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. While the mission of reconnaissance is to gather intelligence about the enemy with the use of reconnaissance vehicles, armoured reconnaissance adds the ability to fight for information, and to have an effect on and to shape the enemy through the performance of traditional armoured tasks. [8] Each squadron had an establishment (maximum number of personnel) of around 120, operated 30 armoured vehicles and around 15 soft-skinned vehicles and was supported by a team of 11 regular army instructors and five local civilian staff. At a time when the Territorial Army was under continuing pressure to reduce in size and capabilities, this was regarded as potentially imperilling the regiment's existence. Under the previous strategy, it had important roles defending positions close to the previous West German border in support of the substantial British stationed forces. It was disbanded as an independent Territorial Army unit in 1967, a time when the strength of the Territorial Army was greatly reduced. The squadrons were rallied by the commander of C Squadron, Major Martin, who, the regimental diary records, "by his undaunted courage and example got his men to make a great stand against large odds". [4], The legal effect of the Act and the orders implementing it (Army Order 2 dated 28 January 1967 and the Army Reserves Succession Warrant 1967) [4] was that there was no succession of lineage from the disbanded regiments and battalions of the old Territorial Army to the new units being raised. Other ranks substituted a dark blue peaked cap for the busby and white braiding for the silver of the officers' uniform. Regimental Headquarters (Fulham High Street. [17], In July 1916, there was a major reorganization of 2nd Line yeomanry units in the United Kingdom. These were stood down once each emergency was over. [5], The Royal Yeomanry's role during the Cold War was medium armoured reconnaissance. Originally intended to counter insurrection and a French invasion that never materialised, the yeomanry's first deployments were ceremonial and as mounted police during times of civil unrest. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being the most senior. Instead, new opportunities arise to be part of the Rapid Reaction Corps and in national defence, and it is for these new roles and responsibilities that the Territorial Army units must now be structured and trained." [1] [36]. The Royal Yeomanry Regiment (Volunteers) was to be regarded as the successor to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry, the North Irish Horse, and the Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each for the Imperial Yeomanry. Today the RDG is an operationally experienced regiment having recently served in Iraq, and Afghanistan. Class 4 | 3YO plus Winner £3,769 - 6 ran [34] In addition, field training exercises develop tactics and situational awareness, as well as the ability to operate away from base for long periods. The Colonel shouted "Hold hard Leicester Yeomanry!" By May 1917, it was at Leybourne near West Malling in Kent. Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives Language: English Creator: Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) (Hussars), 1908-1947. [17], A further reorganization in November 1916 saw the regiment remounted along with the rest of the brigade, which was redesignated as the new 2nd Mounted Brigade in the new 1st Mounted Division (originally 3rd Mounted Division) at Stansted. The colonelcy was given to Sir William Skeffing… This attack was held off by A Squadron, and the line stabilised with the Germans digging in close to the trenches. Cap badge of The Leicestershire Yeomanry (P.A.O), CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (, R.J. Smith and R.G. [11], The Royal Yeomanry's national defence role encompassed a wide spectrum of possible operational uses. It ceased to have a separate existence in 1971. [16], The regiment suffered heavy shellfire through the morning, though with light casualties, until around 6am, the German infantry opposite launched an attack, which was quickly repulsed; shelling resumed until about 7:30, covering a German infiltration of advanced trenches which had been vacated by the 2nd Life Guards. Despite being held at 180 days' notice for mobilisation, the Royal Yeomanry deployed to the operational theatre by 4 March 2003, three months after the Commanding Officer had received a warning order and less than six weeks after those who mobilised had received their call-out notices. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for Imperial Service. The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is the senior reserve light cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Regiment consists of Regimental Headquarters, six squadrons and a military band: [1], The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry provides the regimental band, a tradition dating back to the late 60s. [12], In January 2003, A (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) and W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadrons were mobilised together with the Regimental Headquarters for Operation TELIC, the war in Iraq. It continued in this role until 1996, when it became the British Army's nuclear, biological and chemical defence regiment. The Royal Yeomanry was equipped with armoured cars, [1] first Saladin, Saracen and Ferret, then Fox, Spartan and Sultan. [1]. The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by cavalry regiments of the British Army. It served in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War before being reduced to squadron level in 1956. This was the first deployment of a formed TA unit (TA soldiers under TA command) for combat operations since the Suez crisis in 1956. Its lineage is continued by one of the Royal Yeomanry's six squadrons. This normally consists of a 16-day consolidated training period plus (typically) at least four 2.5-day weekends throughout the year, as well as one weekday evening (0.25 days) per week. 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 with the Leicestershire Yeomanry to form the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry in 1957. Royal Yeomanry Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f 110y (3yo+, 2m 4f 110y, Class 4, 6 runners) Winner £3,769 2nd £1,107 3rd £553 4th £350 5th £350 6th £350 7th £350 8th £350 In 1957, the regiment was amalgamated with the Derbyshire Yeomanry, forming the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry. 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