Yeomanry Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to maximise the country's defences, a number of volunteer regiments were raised in many counties by yeomen. These regiments became known as the Yeomanry.=Current Yeomanry Regiments= Today, in the modern Territorial Army, there are many of the old Yeomanry regiments serving in one form or another, usually as a squadron/battery that is part of a larger regiment:
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51st Highland Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps
Queen's Own Yeomanry
Royal Yeomanry
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
Royal Signals
Independent Squadrons
32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment
33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment
37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment
39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment
40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment
71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment
Royal Artillery
100 Regiment
104 Regiment
106 (Yeomanry) Regiment
Royal Engineers
101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment
Royal Logistic Corps
157 Transport Regiment
Army Medical Services
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 a pair of units: