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In the 1790s , the threat of invasion of the Kingdom Of Great Britain was high, after the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte . In order to improve the country's defences, Volunteer Regiments were raised in many Counties from Yeomen . The word "yeoman" refers to small farmers who owned the land they cultivated, but the officers were drawn from the nobility and many of the men were their tenants. These regiments became known collectively as the Yeomanry. Members of the yeomanry were not obliged to serve overseas without their individual consent. During the first half of the nineteenth century, Yeomanry Regiments were used extensively in support of the Civil Authority to quell riots and civil disturbances (including the Peterloo Massacre ), but as police forces took over this role, the Yeomanry concentrated on local defence. During the Boer War , companies of The Imperial Yeomanry were formed to serve overseas from volunteers from the Yeomanry. In 1908, the Yeomanry became part of the Territorial Army . CURRENT YEOMANRY REGIMENTS Today, in the modern Territorial Army , there are many former Yeomanry regiments serving in one form or another, usually as a squadron/battery that is part of a larger unit: Royal Armoured Corps Royal Yeomanry
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Royal Mercian And Lancastrian Yeomanry
Queen's Own Yeomanry
Infantry Royal Regiment Of Scotland Royal Signals Independent Squadrons
32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment
33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment
36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment
37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment
39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment
40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment
71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment Royal Artillery 100 Regiment
104 Regiment
106 (Yeomanry) Regiment
Royal Engineers 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment
71 Engineer Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 157 Transport Regiment
Army Medical Services Yeomanry Regiments with more than one unit Most of the old yeomanry regiments are perpetuated through a single unit, be it an armoured, engineers or signal squadron, or an artillery battery. However, there are six yeomanry regiments that maintain more than one unit:
SEE ALSO : Imperial Yeomanry |
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