The Volunteer Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army

The Volunteers from 1859 to 1880


The Yeomanry Cavalry and Light Horse Volunteers in 1895 - 1900

In 1885 the order of precedence of the thirty-nine Regiments of Yeomanry Cavalry was fixed.

In 1894 the 2nd West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded.

All thirty-eight regiments and the two still existing regiments of Light Horse Volunteers sponsored companies of the Imperial Yeomanry battalions that served in the Second Boer War.

Contents
- Yeomanry Cavalry -
- Light Horse Volunteers -
 

- Yeomanry Cavalry -
 
 
Wilts The Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment
of Wiltshire Yeomanry
 
 
Warks The Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
YorksH The Yorkshire Hussars
(Princess of Wales’s Own)
 
 
Notts The Nottinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Sherwood Rangers)
 
 
Staffs The Staffordshire, or Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Shrops The Shropshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Ayrs The Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry
(Earl of Garrick’s Own)
 
 
Cheshire The Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
YorksD The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons
 
 
Leics The Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
(Prince Albert’s Own)
 
 
NSomerset The North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
DLOY The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Lanarks The Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Northumb The Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
SNotts The Southern Nottinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Denbighs The Denbighshire (Hussars) Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Westmorl-Cumberl The Westmorland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Pembroke The Pembroke Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Castlemartin)
 
 
EKent The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles
(The Duke of Connaught’s Own)
 
 
Hamps The Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry
(Carabiniers)
 
 
Bucks The Buckinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Royal Bucks Hussars)
 
 
Derbys The Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Dorset The Dorset Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
 
 
Glos The Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
 
 
Herts The Hertfordshire Yeomanry
(Dragoons)
 
 
Berks The Berkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Hungerford)
 
 
Middx The Middlesex Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Uxbridge)
 
 
FDevon The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Suffolk The Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry
(The Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
 
 
NDevon The Royal North Devon Hussars
 
 
Worcs The Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars
 
 
WKent The West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(Queen’s Own)
 
 
WSomerset The West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Oxon The Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars
 
 
Montgomerys The Montgomeryshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Lothians The Lothians and Berwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Glasgow The Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
 
 
Lancs The Lancashire Hussars
 

- Light Horse Volunteers -
 
 
1st Fifeshire Light Horse Volunteers
 
 
1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteers
 

The Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War

The Regiments of the Imperial Yeomanry 1903

The Territorial Force Mounted Brigades 1910-14

The Yeomanry Regiments of the Territorial Force (TF) and the Special Reserve in 1914

The Creation of the Territorial Army (TA) from 1920 to 1922

The Regiments of the Territorial Army (TA) in 1939

The Recreation of the Territorial Army (TA) in 1947

The Reductions from 1947 and 1961

The Regiments of the Territorial Army (TA) in 1961

The Regiments of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) in 1967

The Royal Armoured Corps Regiments of the Territorial Army in 2010

The Royal Armoured Corps Regiments of the Army Reserve in 2023

Alphabetical List of the Regiments