Derbyshire Yeomanry
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The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry regiment and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two reconnaissance regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the Leicestershire Yeomanry to form the Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957.
History
Formation and early history
The regiment was first formed as the Derbyshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry in 1794, as a regiment of full-time
First World War
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade
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In accordance with the
1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
The regiment mobilised in August 1914 as part of the
2/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
The 2nd Line regiment was formed in 1914. In February 1915, it was at
In July 1916, there was a major reorganization of 2nd Line yeomanry units in the United Kingdom. All but 12 regiments were converted to
Some 165 men and four officers from the regiment were drafted to France to reinforce the 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry in October 1916.[8]
3/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915. That summer, it was affiliated a
Between the wars
On 7 February 1920, the regiment was reconstituted in the
By 1939, it had become clear that a new European war was likely to break out, and the doubling of the Territorial Army was authorised, with each unit forming a duplicate.[12] The Derbyshire Yeomanry was expanded to a regiment and, on 24 August 1939, regained its original title as the 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry.[1] Also in August, it formed a duplicate 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry regiment.[13]
Second World War
1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
The 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
In 1942, the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry fought in North Africa at the Battle of Alam el Halfa and the Second Battle of El Alamein (as part of the 7th Armoured Division). Returning to the United Kingdom in late 1943, the 2nd was assigned to the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, where it served as the divisional reconnaissance regiment until the end of the war. It received battle honours for actions in August, fighting at the Dives Crossing, La Vie Crossing and Lisieux during the crossing of the Seine; in September and October, it received honours for fighting on the Lower Maas, and in January 1945 for fighting at Ourthe during the Battle of the Bulge. The regiment received battle honours for fighting in the Rhineland and the Reichswald in February, and crossed the Rhine in March in Operation Plunder.[14]
Post war
The Derbyshire Yeomanry was reconstituted in the
Regimental museum
The Derby Museum and Art Gallery incorporates the Soldier's Story Gallery, based on the collections, inter alia, of the Derbyshire Yeomanry.[15]
Battle honours
The Derbyshire Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours:[1]
- Second Boer War
- World War I
Struma,
- World War II
Dives Crossing, La Vie Crossing, Lisieux, Lower Maas, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald,
See also
- Imperial Yeomanry
- List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908
- Yeomanry
- Yeomanry order of precedence
- British yeomanry during the First World War
- Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army
Notes
- Royal Tank Corps (RTC) were:[11]
- 19th (Lothians and Border) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Lothians and Border Horse
- 20th (Fife and Forfar) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
- 21st (Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- 22nd (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons), Royal Tank Corps from Westminster Dragoons
- 23rd (London) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
- 24th (Derbyshire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Derbyshire Yeomanry
- 25th (Northamptonshire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Northamptonshire Yeomanry
- 26th (East Riding of York Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from East Riding Yeomanry
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Derbyshire Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Derby". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ Conrad, Mark (1996). "The British Army, 1914".
- ^ Rinaldi 2008, p. 35
- ^ Derbyshire Yeomanry, The British Army in the Great War
- ^ a b c d James 1978, p. 17
- ^ a b James 1978, p. 36
- ^ Alsbury, Colin. "Members of Derbyshire Yeomanry believed to form the draft which joined 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in October 1916" (PDF). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ Mileham 1994, p. 48
- ^ Mileham 1994, p. 50
- ^ "The Royal Tank Regiment at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 3 May 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2006.
- ^ "History of the Army Reserve". MOD. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Bellis 1994, p. 17
- ^ a b "Derbyshire Yeomanry". Wartime Memories Project. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ Hawley, Zena (11 August 2015). "Soldiers' Story gallery celebrates Derby's 300-year link with the Lancers". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
Bibliography
- Bellis, Malcolm A. (1994). Regiments of the British Army 1939–1945 (Armour & Infantry). London: Military Press International. ISBN 0-85420-999-9.
- James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). British Regiments 1914–18. London: Samson Books Limited. ISBN 0-906304-03-2.
- Mileham, Patrick (1994). The Yeomanry Regiments; 200 Years of Tradition. Edinburgh: Canongate Academic. ISBN 1-898410-36-4.
- Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle of the British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 978-0-97760728-0.
External links
- Baker, Chris. "The Derbyshire Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- The Derbyshire Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 July 2007)