Cavalry Volunteers

Wiltshire

layout layout
1794: independent troops
1797: The Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry
1830: The Royal Wiltshire
Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
1860:




1st Wiltshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps

part of
1st Administrative Battalion of
Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers

1861:

1st Wiltshire MRVC absorbed by
6th Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
1863: The Prince of Wales’s Own
Royal Regiment of Wiltshire Yeomanry
Wilts
1900:
sponsored
1st (Wiltshire) Company,
2nd (Wiltshire) Company,
1st Battalion,
63rd (Wiltshire) Company,
16th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
1901: The Royal Wiltshire
Imperial Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment)
Wilts
Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment)
(TF)
Wilts
Creation of the Territorial Army
1914/
1918:
1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment)

1921: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own)
(TA)
1941:
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own)
(TA)
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed
A (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron,
The Royal Yeomanry Regiment (Volunteers)
and
B Company (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry),
The Royal Wiltshire Territorials