Indeed, I see what you mean, perhaps I should of phrased it correctly " Army Reserve Royal Yeomanry"Reserve Yeomanry?! Is there any other kind?![]()
These dashing chaps !
Royal Yeomanry
Indeed, I see what you mean, perhaps I should of phrased it correctly " Army Reserve Royal Yeomanry"Reserve Yeomanry?! Is there any other kind?![]()
You mean the dashing chaps of the Yeomanry regiments of the TA/AR. There is more than one Yeomanry regiment isn´t there? Don´t tell me that they´ve all been amalgamated into one!Indeed, I see what you mean, perhaps I should of phrased it correctly " Army Reserve Royal Yeomanry"
These dashing chaps !
Royal Yeomanry
You mean the dashing chaps of the Yeomanry regiments of the TA/AR. There is more than one Yeomanry regiment isn´t there? Don´t tell me that they´ve all been amalgamated into one!
There's also the Queen's Own Yeomanry and the Wessex Yeomanry. There may be more yet.
Mounted cleaners? Cavalry of the washing line?This lot are still keeping things clean: Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Operational Hygiene Squadron.
Mounted cleaners? Cavalry of the washing line?
I thought you were taking the piss, but I´ve just googled them, and they do exist - albeit as a former Yeomanry regiment that has been transferred to the RLC, but kept it´s Yeomanry title. The Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry had been a signal regiment since the 1960s, so even before the transfer to the RLC the Yeomanry part of it´s name was only honorific.
When I was in, (90s), there were at least four Yeomanry regiments in the TA RAC:
Royal Yeomanry
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
Queens Own Yeomanry
I´ve got it in my head that there was one other, but I might be wrong. There was a Scottish Yeomanry unit, but it might have been a squadron of one of the above. There was also the North Irish Horse, but I believe that was a squadron of the RY or QOY.
A previous incarnation the QOY had squadrons in Ayr, Cupar, and Belfast all of which are now part of the SNIY.There was a Scottish Yeomanry unit, but it might have been a squadron of one of the above. There was also the North Irish Horse, but I believe that was a squadron of the RY or QOY.
Mounted cleaners? Cavalry of the washing line?
I thought you were taking the piss, but I´ve just googled them, and they do exist - albeit as a former Yeomanry regiment that has been transferred to the RLC, but kept it´s Yeomanry title. The Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry had been a signal regiment since the 1960s, so even before the transfer to the RLC the Yeomanry part of it´s name was only honorific.
Thanks. I´ll have a read of that later.There are:
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Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry is the Army’s newest combat regiment. It may have only entered the Army’s order of battle in 2014, but the regiment’s predecessors have a proud history that stretches back hundreds of years.www.army.mod.uk
So he was in an RLC unit that had once been a Yeomanry unit, and not a real Yeomanry regiment. At least he didn´t claim to be cavalry officer.I found myself on a course once with a woodwork teacher who was in a Welsh TA RLC Regiment. he got very upset if described a such, his view was that he was a Master of Craft, Design and Technology who was a Yeomanry Officer.
So he was in an RLC unit that had once been a Yeomanry unit, and not a real Yeomanry regiment. At least he didn´t claim to be cavalry officer.
Did he also wear a tweed jacket with red trousers when in civvies?
What happened to the Inns of Court and City of London Yeomanry? Was a signals outfit.
What does an operational hygiene squadron do anyway? I´ve never heard of such a unit. Is that a new name for laundry units?
Does it have a recce platoon???
I was once DCOS of a predominantly TA Inf Bde. My (Irish Guards) Brigadier made it quite clear he wanted no TA COs...
The soldiers were pretty good, the officers were (mainly) pump, one of them is now a 2* - I won't comment further on how she got there.
I was also many years previously a Jock in the London Scottish while still a schoolboy - we had an excellent mix of hard work and fun with terrifying PSIs from 1 GORDONS. I don't think it's too hard to get it right if you have the right people.