Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
| Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry | |
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| Active | 1796–1999 |
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| Notable commanders | William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton |
The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army that can trace their formation back to 1796. It saw action in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and the 1st/2nd Lothians and Border Horse to form the Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1956. Its lineage was revived by B (Lanarkshire and Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Squadron, the Scottish Yeomanry in 1992 until that unit was disbanded in 1999.
History
Formation and early history
In 1793, the prime minister,
Second Boer War
On 13 December 1899, the decision to allow volunteer forces serve in the Second Boer War was made. Due to the string of defeats during
The first contingent of recruits contained 550 officers, 10,371 men with 20 battalions and 4 companies,[4] which arrived in South Africa between February and April, 1900.[5]
The Queen's Own Glasgow Yeomanry provided troops for the 6th (Scottish) Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry; the companies were:
- 17th (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) Company, raised 1900; co-sponsored by Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry
- 18th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanark) Company, raised 1900
- 19th (Lothians and Berwickshire) Company, raised 1900
- 20th (Fife and Forfar Light Horse) Company, raised 1900; co-sponsored by 1st Fifeshire Light Horse Volunteers, and 1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteers
- 107th (Lanarkshire) Company, raised 1901
- 108th (Royal Glasgow) Company, raised 1901 [6]
The mounted infantry experiment was considered a success and the existing yeomanry regiments were converted to IY, the regiment becoming the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire). The 'Imperial' part of the title was dropped in 1908 when the yeoamnery became part of the Territorial Force (TF). The regiment had its headquarters at the Yorkhill Parade drill hall at this time.[7]
First World War
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Organisation on 4 August 1914 |
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In accordance with the
1/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
On mobilisation in August 1914 the 1/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry was attached to the Lowland Mounted Brigade and moved with it to Cupar, Fife on coastal defence duties. In May 1915, it left the brigade and was split up as divisional cavalry.[10]
- Gallipoli Campaign. In January 1916 they returned to Egypt with the division. In May 1916, RHQ moved to France and joined V Corps Cavalry Regiment. C Squadron remained with the division until August 1917 when it joined XXI Corps Cavalry Regiment, along with A Squadron, Hertfordshire Yeomanry[11] and A Squadron, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.[12] In May 1918 it returned to Egypt for the rest of the war.[10][a]
- A Squadron initially joined 11th (Northern) Division at Aldershot on 2 June 1915 but moved to 24th Division by the end of the month. On 1 September 1915 it landed at Le Havre. The squadron was attached to 2nd Cavalry Division from 30 April to 14 May 1916 and joined V Corps Cavalry Regiment on 21 May.[10]
- B Squadron joined 9th (Scottish) Division in France in May 1915, leaving them a year later in May 1916 for V Corps Cavalry Regiment.[10]
2/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
The 2nd Line regiment was formed in
3/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915 and in the summer it was affiliated to a
Between the Wars
When the Territorial Force reformed as the
In 1938 the regiment re-roled again, becoming 54th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA, with 213 (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry), 214 (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) and 215 (City of Glasgow) Anti-Tank Batteries at Glasgow, and 216 (Clyde) Anti-Tank Battery at
Second World War
54th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
Mobilised in 1939 as part of the
The regiment returned to France in October 1944, and were assigned to the
64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
Mobilised in September 1939 the regiment remained in the United Kingdom as part of the second-line
Post war
In 1947, 64th Anti-Tank Regiment was disbanded[21][28] while 54th Anti-Tank Regiment was reconstituted in the Territorial Army as a yeomanry regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps under its old title of the Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry. In 1956 it amalgamated with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and the 1st/2nd Lothians and Border Horse to form the Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry.[2][16][28]
The lineage of the regiment was revived with the formation of B (Lanarkshire and Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Squadron, the Scottish Yeomanry at East Kilbride in November 1992 but that regiment was disbanded a result of the Strategic Defence Review in July 1999.[29]
Battle honours
The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours:[2]
- Second Boer War
- First World War
- Second World War
The Royal Artillery was present in nearly all battles and would have earned most of the honours awarded to cavalry and infantry regiments. In 1833,
Uniform and insignia
Prior to 1902, the Regiment wore a dragoon style uniform of dark blue with red facings, which had not altered a great deal since its establishment in 1848. A silver spiked helmet with black plumes was worn by all ranks in full dress.[31] Following the Boer War khaki was introduced for home service but the full dress uniform described above was retained for wear by officers in review order, with the addition of a gold lace covered shoulder and waist belt, gold cord shoulder knots and gold trouser stripes. Other ranks wore a simpler dark bue uniform with peaked cap, chain shoulder-straps, red collar and trouser stripes for walking out dress.[32]
In 1943, the 64th (QORGY) Anti-Tank Regiment wore a regimental flash on the right arm beneath the divisional sign that consisted of the letters GY embroidered in on a diamond divided vertically in the RA colours of red and blue.[21]
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
- List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery
Notes
- ^ C Squadron was replaced in XXI Corps Cavalry Regiment by B Squadron, Hertfordshire Yeomanry.[11]
- ^ The Lothians and Border Horse elements joined 17th Battalion, Royal Scots in 106th Brigade, 35th Division.[13]
References
- ^ "Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry (1794-1994)". Archived from the original on 15 August 2004.
- ^ a b c "Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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- ^ "Imperial Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 29 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Boer War - Imperial Yeomanry Battalions". Retrieved 3 July 2007.
- ^ "Imperial Yeomanry (by Btn)". AngloBoerWar.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow, Yorkhill Parade, Drill Hall And Riding School". Canmore. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Conrad, Mark (1996). "The British Army, 1914".
- ^ Rinaldi 2008, p. 35
- ^ a b c d e f g h James 1978, p. 19
- ^ a b James 1978, p. 20
- ^ James 1978, p. 22
- ^ James 1978, p. 24
- ^ James 1978, p. 103
- ^ Mileham 1994, pp. 48–50
- ^ a b c Litchfield, p. 293.
- ^ Litchfield, Appendix VII.
- ^ Titles & Designations 1927.
- ^ a b Farndale, Annex K.
- ^ Monthly Army List May 1939.
- ^ a b c Litchfield, p. 281.
- ^ a b c d e f Blake, George (1950). Mountain and Flood. The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, 1939-1946. Jackson.
- ^ Barton, Derek. "54 (Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeo) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)". The Royal Artillery 1939-45.
- ^ Joslen, p. 85.
- ^ Barton, Derek. "64 (Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeo) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)". The Royal Artillery 1939-45.
- ^ Joslen, pp. 58 & 101.
- ^ Martin, pp. 3, 14.
- ^ a b Farndale, Annex M.
- ^ "Lineage of Scottish Yeomanry". Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Royal Regiment of Artillery at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
- ^ Harris 1972, plate 9
- ^ Haswell Miller 2009, figures 26, 36 and 85
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External links
- Baker, Chris. "The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 July 2007)