The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry

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formed from
7th Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire
Regiment (TA)
and
The Queen’s Own
Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry (TA)
│		 formed from
The Staffordshire Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own
Royal Regiment) (TA)
│		 formed from
The Shropshire Yeomanry (TA)
│		 formed from
The Duke of Lancaster’s Own
Yeomanry (TA)
and
40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment (TA)
│
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: The Queen’s Own
Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry
(Territorials)		 The Staffordshire Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own Royal Regiment)
(Territorials)		 The Shropshire Yeomanry
(Territorials)		 The Duke of Lancaster’s Own
Yeomanry
(Royal Tank Regiment)
(Territorials)
Warks-Worcs
│		 Staffs
│		 Shrops
│		 DLOY
│
1969: reduced to cadre as
The Queen’s Own
Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry
│		 reduced to cadre as
The Staffordshire Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own Royal Regiment)
│
│		 reduced to cadre as
The Shropshire Yeomanry
│
│
│		 reduced to cadre as
The Duke of Lancaster’s Own
Yeomanry
(Royal Tank Regiment)
│
1971: A (Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron,		 B (Staffordshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 C (Shropshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 The Duke of Lancaster’s Own
Yeomanry
The Mercian Yeomanry (Royal Tank Regiment)
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1972: │
│
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│
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│
│		 The Duke of Lancaster’s Own
Yeomanry
│
1973: The Queen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry │
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1975: Mercian layout
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1992: A (Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron,		 B (Staffordshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 HQ (Shropshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 D (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry)
Squadron,
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
│ │ │ │
1999: │
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│
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│
│
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│
│
│		 transferred from
C (Cheshire Squadron),
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry
│		 │
│
│
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A (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron,		 B (Shropshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 C (Cheshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,		 D (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry)
Squadron,
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
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2006: RMLY
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2014: transferred to
B (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and
Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron,
The Royal Yeomanry		 disbanded transferred to
C (Cheshire Yeomanry)
Squadron,
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry		 transferred to
B (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry)
Squadron,
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry
 

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2020-07-04