Cavalry Volunteers

Kent - London

1794: The East Kent Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry
│		 independent troops
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1797: │
│		 The West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry
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1814: The East Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1827: disbanded
 		 disbanded
 
1830: The East Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
│		 The West Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1838: The East Kent Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry
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1853: The East Kent Regiment of
Mounted Rifles
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1856: The Royal East Kent Regiment of
Mounted Rifles
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1864: │
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│		 The West Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
(Queen’s Own)
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1873: The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)
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EKent
│		 WKent
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1900/
1901:
sponsored
33rd (Royal East Kent) Company,
11th Battalion,
53rd (Royal East Kent) Company,
14th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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sponsored
36th (West Kent) Company,
11th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
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67th (Sharshooters) Company,
70th (Sharshooters) Company,
71st (Sharshooters) Company,
75th (Sharshooters) Company,
18th Battalion (Sharpshooters),
80th (Sharshooters) Company,
81st (Sharshooters) Company,
82nd (Sharshooters) Company,
83rd (Sharshooters) Company,
21st Battalion (2nd Sharpshooters),
90th (Sharshooters) Company,
91st (Sharshooters) Company,
92nd (Sharshooters) Company,
93rd (Sharshooters) Company,
23rd Battalion (3rd Sharpshooters),
Imperial Yeomanry
perpetuated by
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1901: The Royal East Kent
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)
Imperial Yeomanry		 The West Kent
(Queen’s Own)
Imperial Yeomanry		 3rd County of London
Imperial Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
EKent WKent SharpS SharpS
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: The Royal East Kent
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)
Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles) (TF)		 The West Kent Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own) (TF)
│		 3rd County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters) (TF)
layout
│		 layout
│		 SharpS
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1914/
1918:		 1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Royal East Kent
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)
Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles)
│		 1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
West Kent Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
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│		 1/3rd, 2/3rd and 3/3rd
County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
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layout layout
1920: 6th (Kent) Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 5th (London) Armoured Car Company
(Sharpshooters),
The Tank Corps (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1922: │
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│		 23rd (London) Armoured Car Company
(Sharpshooters),
The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
RA
│		 SharpS
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1924: 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 97th (Kent Yeomanry)
Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery(TA)
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│		 Sharps
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layout layout layout layout
1939: │
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│		 143rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery(TA)
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│		 3rd County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
│		 4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
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layout
│		 layout
│		 SharpS
│		 SharpS
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1942: 97th (Kent Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 143rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Kent Yeomanry)(TA)
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layout layout
1944: │
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│		 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
layout
│		 layout
│		 SharpS
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1945: suspended animation
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1946: │
│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 297th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Kent Yeomanry) (TA)
│		 disbanded 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters) (TA)
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layout layout layout
1961: The Kent and County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters) (TA)
Kent-CLY
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
C (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Squadron,
The Royal Yeomanry Regiment
(Volunteers)
and
R (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Battery,
The London and Kent Regiment,
Royal Artillery (Territorials)
and
A (Kent and County of London (Sharpshooters)) Company,
8th (Territorial) Batttalion,
The Queen’s Regiment
(West Kent)
 

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2023-06-28