Cavalry Volunteers

North Somerset - Gloucestershire

The lineage of the 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Gloucestershire Regiment is on the page The Gloucestershire Regiment

1798:	The North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry │
1802:	disbanded
1803:	The North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry │
1803:	The Frome and East Mendip Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry │
1814:	The North Somersetshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry │
	The North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry │
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1900:	sponsored 48th (North Somerset) Company, 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
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1901:	The North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry	│ │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	The North Somerset Yeomanry (TF)	6th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st North Somerset Yeomanry │ │ │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	The North Somerset Yeomanry (TA) │	6th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment (TA)
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1938:	│ │	44th Battalion, Royal Tank Corps (TA)
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1939:	│ │ │ │ │	44th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment (TA) transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │	50th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment (TA) transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │
1941:	transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1942:	4th Air Formation Signals (North Somerset Yeomanry), Royal Signals │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1945:	14th Air Formation Signals (North Somerset Yeomanry), Royal Signals │	44th Royal Tank Regiment │ │ │	50th Royal Tank Regiment │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	The North Somerset Yeomanry (TA) transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │	44th/50th Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │ │ │ │
1956:	The North Somerset Yeomanry / 44th Royal Tank Regiment
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1965:	The North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed A Company (North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry), The Somerset Yeomanry and Light Infantry (Territorials)