- Bedfordshire Yeomanry
Bedfordshire Yeomanry, a unit of the
British Army originally raised in 1797 as a body of independent troops, the Bedfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded after theNapoleonic Wars and briefly reformed from 1817 to 1827.In 1901 the Bedfordshire Yeomanry was re-constituted as the Bedfordshire Imperial Yeomanry for service in
South Africa (Second Boer War ).From 1908 the Bedfordshire Yeomanry was part of the
Territorial Force , training as Lancers, with its Headquarters atBedford and sub-units and detachments as follows:• A Squadron at Bedford • B Squadron at Biggleswade (det at Shefford) • C Squadron at Dunstable (dets at Leighton Buzzard, Woburn, Ampthill) • D Squadron at Godmanchester (Hunts.) (dets at St. Neots, Kimbolton, Ramsey, Somersham, Sutton, Chatteris)During
World War I the 1/1st Bedfordshire Yeomanry served in the territories of theFrench Third Republic , eventually dismounting to serve in theBattle of the Somme , Battle of Cambrai and theHundred Days Offensive in 1918. The record of the unit’s service was set out by L. R. C. Southern (Lieutenant), an officer of the regiment, in "The Bedfordshire Yeomanry in the Great War" (Rush & Warwick, Bedford, 1935). 2/1st & 3/1st formations were also formed, remaining in the UK throughout the war.After the Great War the unit was re-organised as an artillery regiment, in which form it saw out
World War II .In 1961 it was amalgamated to become the 286th (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
External links
* http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/BedsYeomanry/index.html
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