Great Britain (Volunteers)

Yorkshire

Yeomanry Cavalry
 
1794: 2nd or Northern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
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1st or Southern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
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1798: │
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The Huddersfield Cavalry Association
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1800: │
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disbanded
1802: 1st West Riding Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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disbanded
1803: The Northern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
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The Southern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
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The Huddersfield Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1817: │
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The Huddersfield Yeomanry
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1819: The Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1828: │
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disbanded
layout layout
1843: │
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1st West York Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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2nd West York Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1863: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Princess of Wales’s Own)
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1888: │
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The Yorkshire Dragoons
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1894: │
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disbanded
1897: │
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The Queen’s Own
Yorkshire Dragoons
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YorksH
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YorksD
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1898: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
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1900:
sponsored
9th (Yorkshire (Doncaster)) Company,
109th (Yorkshire) Company,
3rd Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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sponsored
11th (Yorkshire) Company,
111th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Company,
3rd Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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1901:
co-sponsored
66th (Yorkshire) Company,
16th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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co-sponsored
66th (Yorkshire) Company,
16th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry
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1901: The Yorkshire Hussars
Imperial Yeomanry
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)

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The Yorkshire Dragoons
Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)

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1902: │
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The East Riding of Yorkshire
Imperial Yeomanry
YorksH
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YorksD
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ERYorks
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: The Yorkshire Hussars
Yeomanry (Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TF)
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The Yorkshire Dragoons
Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
(TF)
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The East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TF)
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1914/
1918:
1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Yorkshire Hussars
Yeomanry (Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)

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1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Yorkshire Dragoons
Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)

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1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry

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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TA)
The Yorkshire Dragoons
(Queen’s Own)
(TA)
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26th (East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,

The Tank Corps (TA)
layout
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layout
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ERYorks
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1923: │
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26th (East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,

The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
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layout layout
1939: │
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The East Riding Yeomanry (TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
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2nd East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
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1940: │
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9th Battalion,
The Kings Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry

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10th (East Riding) Battalion,
The Green Howards
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1941:
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
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1943: │
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12th Battalion (Yorkshire),
The Parachute Regiment
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TA)
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The Queen’s Own
Yorkshire Dragoons
(TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
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The East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TA)
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12th (Yorkshire) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment (TA)
1951: │
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The East Riding Yeomanry (TA)
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YorksH
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YorksD
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layout
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layout layout layout
1956: The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (TA)
Yorks
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry
(Territorials)
 

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