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

The Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War


The Regiments of the Imperial Yeomanry in 1903

After the Second Boer War the Yeomanry Cavalry was redesignated Imperial Yeomanry and new regiments were raised. In 1903 there were 56 of them.

 
Wilts The Royal Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment)
 
 
Warks The Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
YorksH The Yorkshire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own)
 
 
Notts The Nottinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Sherwood Rangers)
 
 
Staffs The Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own Royal Regiment)
 
 
Shrops The Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Ayrs The Ayrshire (Earl of Garrick’s Own) Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Cheshire The Cheshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Earl of Chester’s)
 
 
YorksD The Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
 
 
Leics The Leicestershire (Prince Albert’s Own) Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
NSomerset The North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
DLOY The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Lanarks The Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Northumb The Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry
(Hussars)
 
 
SNotts The Nottinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry
(South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
 
 
Denbighs The Denbighshire (Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Westmorl-Cumberl The Westmorland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Pembroke The Pembroke Imperial Yeomanry
(Castlemartin)
 
 
EKent The Royal East Kent (The Duke of Connaught’s Own) Imperial Yeomanry
(Mounted Rifles)
 
 
Hamps The Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Carabiniers)
 
 
Bucks The Buckinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Royal Bucks Hussars)
 
 
Derbys The Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Dorset The Dorsetshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own)
 
 
Glos The Gloucestershire Imperial Yeomanry
(Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
 
 
Herts The Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Berks The Berkshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Middx The Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry
(Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars)
 
 
FDevon The Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Suffolk The Suffolk Imperial Yeomanry
(The Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
 
 
NDevon The Royal North Devonshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Worcs The Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry
(The Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars)
 
 
WKent The West Kent (Queen’s Own) Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
WSomerset The West Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Oxon The Oxfordshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars)
 
 
Montgomerys The Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Lothians The Lothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Glasgow The Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry
(Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire)
 
 
Lancs The Lancashire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Surrey The Surrey Imperial Yeomanry
(The Princess of Wales’s)
 
 
FifeForfar The Fifeshire and Forfarshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
The Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry
(King’s Own)
 
 
Sussex The Sussex Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Glamorgan The Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Lincolns The Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
RoughR The City of London Imperial Yeomanry
(Rough Riders)
 
 
WestmD 2nd County of London Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
SharpS 3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters)
 
 
Beds The Bedfordshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Essex The Essex Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
KingEdwardsH 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry
(King’s Colonials)
 
 
NIrish The North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
SIrish The South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
Northants The Northamptonshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
ERYorks The East Riding of Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
LovatS 1st Lovat’s Scouts Imperial Yeomanry
 
2nd Lovat’s Scouts Imperial Yeomanry
 
 
ScottishH The Scottish Horse Imperial Yeomanry
 

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