Great Britain (Volunteers)

Dorsetshire - West Somerset

	Yeomanry Cavalry
1794:	The Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry │	independent troops │ │ │
1796:	The Dorsetshire Rangers │	│ │
1798:	│ │ │ │	The West Somersetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry │
1802:	disbanded	│ │
1803:	The Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry │	│ │ │ │
1814:	disbanded	│ │
1830:	The Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry │	│ │ │ │
	│ │ │ │	The West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry │
1833:	The Princes Victoria’s Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry │	│ │ │ │
1843:	The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry │	│ │ │ │
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	The Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) │	│ │
1900:	sponsored 26th (Dorsetshire) Company, 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry │	sponsored 25th (West Somerset) Company, 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry │
	Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry
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1901:	The Dorsetshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen’s Own)	The West Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
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1905:	│	│
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	The Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) (TF)	The West Somerset Yeomanry (TF)	The Somerset Royal Horse Artillery
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1914:	1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) │	1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st West Somerset Yeomanry │ │	1/1st Somerset Royal Horse Artillery │ │ │	2/1st Somerset Royal Horse Artillery │ │ │
1917:	│ │ │ │ │	12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1919:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	disbanded
1920:	│ │ │	The West Somerset Yeomanry (TF) │	│ │ │
1920:	│ │ │	1st (Somerset) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	The Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) (TA)	94th (Somerset Yeomanry) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1922:	94th (Somerset and Dorset Yeomanry) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │
1923:	94th (Dorset and Somerset Yeomanry) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │
1924:	94th (Dorset and Somerset Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1929:	94th (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │	West Somerset elements to 55th (Wessex) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA)
1938:	94th (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	94th (Dorset and Hants) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	141st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1942:	│ │ │ │ │	141st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) (TA) │
1945:	│ │	suspended animation │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	294th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Dorset) (TA) │ │	341st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) (TA) │
1950:	294th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) (TA) │
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	│ │ │ │ │ │	from 255th (West Somerset Yeomanry and Dorset Garrison) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1961:	P (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) Battery,	Q (West SomersetYeomanry) Battery, R (Dorset Garrison) Battery.
	250th (Queen’s Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed A Company (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry), The Dorset Territorials and B Company (West Somerset Yeomanry), The Somerset Yeomanry and Light Infantry (Territorials)