Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
| The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry | |
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Cap badge of the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry | |
| Active | 1 November 1992-2014 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Branch |
 British Army |
| Type | Yeomanry |
| Role | Armour Replacement |
| Size | One regiment |
| Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Garrison/HQ |
RHQ - Telford A Squadron - Dudley B Squadron - Telford C Squadron - Chester D Squadron - Wigan H-Detachment - Hereford |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | HM The Queen |
| Honorary Colonel | Major General The Duke of Westminster KG OBE TD DL |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |
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The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the United Kingdom's Territorial Army. It served in the armoured replacement role, providing replacement tank crews for regular armoured regiments.
History
The regiment was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry and The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as part of the Options for Change. In 1999, it absorbed a squadron from The Queen's Own Yeomanry, bringing it to a strength of four squadrons plus the headquarters squadron.[1]
In October 2006, the RMLY became a single cap badge regiment, when the individual cap badges of each squadron were replaced by the newly designed RMLY cap badge. This incorporates the Mercian Eagle from the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry with the Red Rose from the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. This is also the point at which H-Det joined the regiment, to provide a Recce troop. H-Det was renamed Manoeuvre and Support Squadron in 2011, when it was given Squadron status; it still consists of the Recce troop, but now also houses the "hoop" (coms for the squadron).[2]
In July 2013, it was announced that that RMLY will be restructured for the Army 2020 plan. The regimental HQ will be shifted to Edinburgh. A Squadron will resubordinate to The Royal Yeomanry, while D Squadron will resubordinate to The Queen’s Own Yeomanry. B and C Squadron will be removed from the Army ORBAT. Instead, A, B and C Squadron from the Queen’s Own Yeomanry will subordinate to the HQ at Edinburgh. It will be paired with the Royal Scot Dragoon Guards and subordinate to 51st Infantry Brigade.[3][4] Defence Secretary Hammond has stated that it may be renamed as "The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry"[5]
Organisation
The RMLY consists of a Recce Troop, a Command Troop (within the Det. based in Hereford) and four sabre squadrons. Each of the sabre squadrons perpetuates a historic Yeomanry regiment, which is reflected in their subtitles:
- A (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron
- B (Shropshire Yeomanry) Squadron--withdraws from ORBAT under Army 2020.[3]
- C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron --withdraws from ORBAT under Army 2020
- D (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Squadron
- Manoeuvre and Support Squadron (Hereford) - The Herefordshire (Light Infantry) Squadron
Lineage
| Lineage to 1992 | ||||
| The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry (1992) |
The Mercian Yeomanry (1971) renamed The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry (1973) |
The Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (1956) | The Warwickshire Yeomanry (1794) | |
| The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (1831) | ||||
| The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) (1794) | ||||
| The Shropshire Yeomanry (1872) | North Salopian Yeomanry (1795) South Salopian Yeomanry (1795) | |||
| The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (Royal Tank Regiment) (1967)
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The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (1797) | |||
| The 40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment (1956) | 15th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1860) 4th Volunteer Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1888)
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22nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1860) | ||||
Order of precedence
For the purposes of parading, the Regiments of the British Army are listed according to an order of precedence. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being the most senior.
| Preceded by Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
British Army Order of Precedence |
Succeeded by Queen's Own Yeomanry |
References
- ↑ The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, regiments.org
- ↑ "Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry Association". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Summary of Army 2020 Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, pages 1 and 2
- ↑ Army 2020 Report, page 9
- ↑ Army Reserve structure and basing
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