Great Britain (Volunteers)

Yorkshire

Yeomanry Cavalry
 
1794: 2nd or Northern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
1st or Southern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
1798:

The Huddersfield Cavalry Association
1800:

disbanded
1802: 1st West Riding Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
disbanded
1803: The Northern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
The Southern Regiment of
West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry
The Huddersfield Corps of
Yeomanry Cavalry
1817:

The Huddersfield Yeomanry
1819: The Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry




1828:

disbanded
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1843:

1st West York Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
2nd West York Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry
1863: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Princess of Wales’s Own)




1888:
The Yorkshire Dragoons

1894:

disbanded
1897:

The Queen’s Own
Yorkshire Dragoons
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1898: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)



1900:
sponsored
9th (Yorkshire (Doncaster)) Company,
109th (Yorkshire) Company,
3rd Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
sponsored
11th (Yorkshire) Company,
111th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Company,
3rd Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
1901:
co-sponsored
66th (Yorkshire) Company,
16th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
co-sponsored
66th (Yorkshire) Company,
16th Battalion,
Imperial Yeomanry
Renaming to Imperial Yeomanry
1901: The Yorkshire Hussars
Imperial Yeomanry
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)

The Yorkshire Dragoons
Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)


1902:

The East Riding of Yorkshire
Imperial Yeomanry
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Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: The Yorkshire Hussars
Yeomanry (Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TF)
The Yorkshire Dragoons
Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
(TF)
The East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TF)

1914/
1918:
1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Yorkshire Hussars
Yeomanry (Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)

1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
Yorkshire Dragoons
Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)

1/1st, 2/1st and 3/1st
East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry


Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TA)
The Yorkshire Dragoons
(Queen’s Own)
(TA)
26th (East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,

The Tank Corps (TA)
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1923:





26th (East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry)
Armoured Car Company,

The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
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1939:







The East Riding Yeomanry (TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps

2nd East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
1940:


9th Battalion,
The Kings Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry




10th (East Riding) Battalion,
The Green Howards

1941:
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps






1943:





12th Battalion (Yorkshire),
The Parachute Regiment
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: The Yorkshire Hussars
(Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
(TA)

The Queen’s Own
Yorkshire Dragoons
(TA)
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
The East Riding of Yorkshire
Yeomanry
(TA)


12th (Yorkshire) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment (TA)
1951:

The East Riding Yeomanry (TA)
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1956: The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed
The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry
(Territorials)