Great Britain (Volunteers)

Devonshire

Yeomanry Cavalry
 
1794: 1st Devon troop
East Devon troop of Yeomanry Cavalry
1796:
Royal East Devon Yeomanry Cavalry
1798:
independent troops

1803: 1st Devonshire Yeomanry Cavalry


The North Devonshire
Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
absorbed into
Devon Legion
1808:

Royal East Devon Yeomanry Cavalry
1838:

disbanded
1856:


The Royal North Devonshire
Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:













1st Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps
2nd Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps
3rd Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps


all part of
2nd Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers

4th Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps
5th Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps
7th Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps


all part of
5th Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers

6th Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps

part of
4th Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers



1861:



1st Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers

4th Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers

3rd Administrative Battalion of
Devonshire Rifle Volunteers

1861:



2nd Devonshire MRC disbanded

5th Devonshire MRC redesignated as
1st Devonshire Light Horse


1865:











4th Devonshire MRC redesignated as
3rd Devonshire Light Horse
7th Devonshire MRC redesignated as
2nd Devonshire Light Horse





1868:
The Royal North Devon Hussars



1871: The Royal 1st Devonshire
Yeomanry Cavalry








1873:



3rd Devonshire MRC absorbed by
1st Devonshire MRC





1875:





2nd Devonshire LH disbanded
3rd Devonshire LH disbanded

6th Devonshire MRC disbanded
1876:


1st Devonshire LH disbanded
1878:

1st Devonshire MRC disbanded
First Devon
N-Devon
1900:
co-sponsored
27th (Devonshire) Company,
7th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
co-sponsored
27th (Devonshire) Company,
7th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry
1901: The Royal 1st Devon
Imperial Yeomanry

The Royal North Devonshire
Imperial Yeomanry

layout
N-Devon
Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: The Royal 1st Devon
Yeomanry
(TF)
The Royal North Devon
Yeomanry
(TF)
FDevon
NDevon
1914/
1918:
1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Royal 1st Devon
Yeomanry

1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Royal North Devon
Yeomanry

layout layout layout layout layout
1920: 11th (Devon) Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
Devon
Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: 96th (Devon Yeomanry)
Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
1922: 96th (Devonshire Yeomanry)
Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
1923: 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
1924: 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
Devon
1938: 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
layout layout
1939:

142nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1942:


142nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Royal Devon Yeomanry)
1945:
suspended animation
1946: suspended animation

Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: 296th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Royal Devon Yeomanry) (TA)
342nd Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Royal Devon Yeomanry) (TA)
layout layout
1950:
Devon




from
256th Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

layout layout
1961: 296th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1964: 296th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed part of
A Squadron,
The Devonshire Territorials
(Royal Devon Yeomanry /
1 st Rifle Volunteers)