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The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is a reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons.Formerly part of 43 (Wessex) Brigade, the regiment joined 3rd Division in July 2014, to provide armoured (main battle tank) resilience to the three armoured regiments within the Reaction Force.
The Reserve regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps are known as the Yeomanry. [3] The Royal Yeomanry (Light Reconnaissance) — Paired with 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards [4] Regimental Headquarters, in South Wigston, Leicester (moved from Fulham) Command and Support (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, at Fulham House, Fulham, London
[8] [9] [b] The King wore a kilt made from the Royal Stuart tartan, the Princess Royal wore the full dress uniform of the Royal Navy, the Earl of Wessex and Forfar wore the No.1 dress uniform of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, of which he is the Royal Honorary Colonel, and the Duke of York wore black morning dress with medals. [10]
This is a list of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery.In the aftermath of the First World War 25 Yeomanry regiments of the British Army were transferred to the Royal Artillery between 1920 and 1922 with another one – the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) – reduced to a battery in another regiment.
In 1983 as part of the reorganisation of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, E (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) (Home Service Force) Squadron was formed in Old Sarum, Salisbury. This HSF squadron was in-fact a lightly-equipped infantry unit tasked with home defence and guarding certain points in the event on mobilisation. [42] [43]
The regiment is called the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. [15] The Royal Devon Yeomanry now serves as D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry based in North Devon and South Devon . It provides trained replacement crewmen for the Regular Army's Challenger 2 Main battle tank. [19]
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Under Army 2020 (Refine), it was confirmed that the Royal Yeomanry would (exceptionally) retain all six of its squadrons, two of which had been under threat of deletion under the 2013 plan. It was also confirmed that the squadron which the regiment had lost to the Royal Wessex Yeomanry would also be retained at squadron size. [28]