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On 17 April 1901, the regiment was renamed as the Royal Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment) and reorganised in four squadrons and a machine gun section. On 1 April 1908, the regiment was renamed as the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment) and transferred to the Territorial Force ...
The first known use of the title "Prince of Wales" [note 1] was in the 1160s by Owain Gwynedd, ruler of Kingdom of Gwynedd, in a letter to Louis VII of France. [2] In the 12th century, Wales was a patchwork of Anglo-Norman Lordships and native Welsh principalities – notably Deheubarth, Powys and Gwynedd – competing among themselves for hegemony. [3]
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment) was split up as divisional cavalry in 1915: [10] Regimental HQ and D Squadron joined 38th (Welsh) Division at Winchester A Squadron joined 40th Division at Aldershot B Squadron joined 41st Division at Aldershot about November 1915.
See main article Northamptonshire Yeomanry. A large number of Imperial Yeomanry battalions were raised from volunteers for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. [22] After the war, a number of these mounted infantry units were reorganised as permanent units of the auxiliary forces, [23] including the Northamptonshire Imperial ...
The Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) was an auxiliary unit of the British Army formed in 1794. The regiment was formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars and served in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
"Here on the 11 September 1960, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) was formed by the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) coming together before God. It is not the beginning but the continuing of the same until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory."
Pages in category "Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Royal Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own ...
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) (an amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars ... Since 2003 the Royal Wessex Yeomanry has also worn the brown beret. [8]