Great Britain (Volunteers)

Leicestershire - Derbyshire

Yeomanry Cavalry Yeomanry Cavalry
 
1794: The Leicestershire
Yeomanry Cavalry
│		 The Derbyshire
Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry
│
1802: disbanded
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│
1803: The Leicestershire
Yeomanry Cavalry
│		 │
│
│
1831: │
│		 three indepedndent troops
│
1844: Prince Albert’s Own
Leicestershire Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
│		 │
│
│
│
│ Formation of the Volunteer Force │
│ │
1861: │
│		 1st Derbyshire Mounted Rifle Corps
│		 │
│
1864: │
│		 │
│		 The Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry
│
1871: │
│		 disbanded │
│
The Leicestershire
Yeomanry Cavalry
(Prince Albert’s Own)
│		 │
│
│
│
Leics
│		 Derbys
│
1900/
1901:
sponsored
7th (Lecestershire) Company,
4th Battalion,
65th (Lecestershire) Company,
17th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
│
sponsored
8th (Derbyshire) Company,
104th (Derbyshire) Company,
4th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
│
│
Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry
│ │
1901: The Leicestershire
(Prince Albert’s Own)
Imperial Yeomanry		 The Derbyshire
Imperial Yeomanry
Leics
│		 Derbys
│
1904: Leics
│		 layout
│
Creation of the Territorial Force
│ │
1908: The Leicestershire
(Prince Albert’s Own)
Yeomanry (TF)		 The Derbyshire Yeomanry (TF)
Leics
│		 Derbys
│
1914/
1918:		 1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Leicestershire
(Prince Albert’s Own)
Yeomanry
│		 1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Derbyshire Yeomanry
│
│
│
1916: Leics
│		 layout
│
Creation of the Territorial Army
│ │
1921: The Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert’s Own) (TA)
│
│		 24th (Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,
The Tank Corps (TA)
│
1922: Leics
│		 layout
│
1923: │
│
│
│		 24th (Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,
The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
│
1939: │
│
│
│		 The Derbyshire Yeomanry
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
│
layout layout
1939: │
│		 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
│		 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
│
layout layout
1940: 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 │
│
│
│		 │
│
│
│
1945: │
│		 suspended animation
│		 │
│		 │
│
1946: suspended animation
│		 │
│		 │
│		 │
│
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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layout layout
1947: The Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert’s Own) (TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
│		 disbanded The Derbyshire Yeomanry (TA)
│
│
│
│
Leics
│		 Derbys
│
layout layout layout
1957: The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry (TA)
Leics-Derbys
│
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
│
1967: disbanded and formed
The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry
(Territorials)
│
1969: reduced to cadre
The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry
│
1971: The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry Squadron,
7th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│
1975: The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry Company,
7th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│
layout layout
1978: The Leicestershire and Derbyshire
(Prince Albert’s Own) Yeomanry Company,
7th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│
│
│		 B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Company,
3th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Worcestershire and
Sherwood Foresters Regiment
(29th/45th Foot)
│
Territorial Army
│ │
1988: C (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Company,
7th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│		 │
│
│
│
│
1992: 3 (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Company,
5th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│		 B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,
The Royal Yeomanry
1996: 203 Squadron,
158 (Royal Anglian) Regiment,
The Royal Logistic Corps
 

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