Great Britain (Volunteers)

Kent - London

Yeomanry Cavalry
 
1794: The East Kent Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry
independent troops

1797:
The West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry
1814: The East Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry


1827: disbanded
 
disbanded
 
1830: The East Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
The West Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
1838: The East Kent Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry


1853: The East Kent Regiment of
Mounted Rifles


1856: The Royal East Kent Regiment of
Mounted Rifles


1864:


The West Kent Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
(Queen’s Own)
1873: The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)


EKent
WKent
1900/
1901:
sponsored
33rd (Royal East Kent) Company,
11th Battalion,
53rd (Royal East Kent) Company,
14th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry











sponsored
36th (West Kent) Company,
11th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry













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
Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry Raised in the Imperial Yeomanry
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
Creation of the Territorial Force
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
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)


1/3rd, 2/3rd and 3/3rd
County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)


layout layout
1920: 6th (Kent) Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)

5th (London) Armoured Car Company
(Sharpshooters),

The Tank Corps (TF)
Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)


1922:

23rd (London) Armoured Car Company
(Sharpshooters),

The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
RA
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1924: 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)


1938: 97th (Kent Yeomanry)
Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery(TA)







Sharps
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1939:



143rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery(TA)


3rd County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
layout
layout
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1942: 97th (Kent Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
143rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Kent Yeomanry)(TA)






layout layout
1944:

3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
layout
layout
SharpS
1945: suspended animation


1946:
suspended animation

Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: 297th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Kent Yeomanry) (TA)
disbanded 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
(TA)

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1961: The Kent and County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
(TA)
Kent-CLY
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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)