- Lanarkshire Yeomanry
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unit_name=Lanarkshire Yeomanry
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dates= 1819 - Still Active
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battle_honours=South Africa 1900 -1902
World War ISecond Battle of Gaza Third Battle of Gaza Battle of Beersheba Battle of Epehy
World War II
No battle honours were awarded. It is tradition within artillery units that the Regiment's guns represent its colours and battle honours. [cite web|title=mod.uk|url=http://www2.army.mod.uk/royalsignals/1sigsqn/history/rby.htm] |The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was ayeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismountedinfantry regiment in theFirst World War and provided twofield artillery regiments in theSecond World War , before being amalgamated intoThe Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1956.Early history
The units which would become the regiment were first raised in 1819, as independent troops of
yeomanry around Lanarkshire. The five existing troops were regimented in 1848 as the Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, later retitled as the Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. The regiment sponsored two companies of theImperial Yeomanry in 1900, for service in theSouth African War , and in 1901 was itself reorganized asmounted infantry as the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry. In 1908 it was transferred into theTerritorial Force , returning to a cavalry role and equipping aslancers , under the new title of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/lanark.htm The Lanarkshire Yeomanry] , regiments.org]First World War
The regiment mobilised in August 1914, but remained in England until 1915. They landed at Gallipoli in September 1915, serving as dismounted infantry, and were attached to
52nd (Lowland) Division in October; they were withdrawn in January 1916 and moved to Egypt. In early 1917 the regiment was amalgamated withThe Ayrshire Yeomanry to form the 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion of theRoyal Scots Fusiliers in74th (Yeomanry) Division , seeing service in thePalestine campaign before moving to theWestern Front in May 1918. [http://www.1914-1918.net/CAVALRY/lanark.htm Lanarkshire Yeomanry] , The British Army in the Great War] Whilst on the Western Front, Sergeant Thomas Caldwell of the regiment was awarded aVictoria Cross . [ [http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ejames.mckay/yeoman02.htm The Lanarkshire Yeomanry] , Scottish Military Historical Society] ]The regiment raised a second-line battalion, the 2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry, in September 1914; this remained in the United Kingdom and was converted into a cyclist unit in 1916. It moved to Ireland in May 1918, but did not see overseas service. A third-line battalion was formed in 1915, and remained in the United Kingdom until disbanded in 1917.
Following demobilisation after the War, the regiment was reconstituted in 1920 in the
Territorial Army .econd World War
The regiment apparently did not mechanise before the outbreak of the
Second World War ; after mobilisation, it was converted to the artillery role. It transferred into theRoyal Artillery in February 1940 as 155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA; in April 1940, 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA was formed as a second-line duplicate. Both served asfield artillery regiments.The 155th moved to India in May 1941, and joined
9th Indian Division , equipped with25 pounder guns ; in August, it moved to Malaya with the division, leaving one battery behind to form the nucleus of160th Field Regiment, RA . In September it re-equipped with4.5" howitzer s, and in October it was transferred into11th Indian Division . It fought in theBattle of Malaya and theBattle of Singapore ; with the surrender of Singapore, it was taken prisoner on 15th February 1942. [ [http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page155.html 155 Field Regt] , The Royal Artillery 1939-45]The 156th moved to North Africa in July 1942, and was attached to 5th Infantry Division in August; it remained with the division through the remainder of the war, fighting in the
Invasion of Sicily , theItalian Campaign and inNorth-Western Europe . [ [http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page156.html 156 Field Regt] , The Royal Artillery 1939-45]After the War, the regiment reconstituted in the
Territorial Army as a yeomanry regiment, under its old title of The Lanarkshire Yeomanry, and transferred into theRoyal Armoured Corps . In 1956 it amalgamated with theQueen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry and the1st/2nd Lothians and Border Horse to formThe Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry .References
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