Royal Wessex Yeomanry

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=The Royal Wessex Yeomanry


caption=Cap badge of the Royal Yeomanry
dates=1 April 1971-
country=United Kingdom
branch=Territorial Army
type=Yeomanry
command_structure=Royal Armoured Corps
role=Armour Replacement
size= One regiment
current_commander=
garrison= A Squadron - Bovington
B Squadron - Salisbury
C Squadron - Cirencester
D Squadron - Barnstaple
ceremonial_chief=HRH The Earl of Wessex KG KCVO ADC(P)
ceremonial_chief_label=Royal Honorary Colonel
colonel_of_the_regiment= Major General Arthur George Denaro, CBE
colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Honorary Colonel
nickname=
motto=
colors=
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
march=
mascot=
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anniversaries=The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army consisting of four squadrons, each of which bears the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment:

*A (Dorset Yeomanry) Squadron
*B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron
*C (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron
*D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, which was formed in 1971, currently serves two roles; the Dorset Yeomanry serves as an infrastructure and training squadron for the armour replacement role, while the other three squadrons are operational as armour replacements on the Challenger 2 tank.

Unusually, B Sqn is the senior of the four squadrons of the regiment. This is because the RWY is the senior Yeomanry regiment in the Yeomanry Order of Precedence, having been raised in 1794. It is not designated as A Sqn (which would be the usual practice) because there is an A (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Sqn of the Royal Yeomanry with which it could be confused.

HRH Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, is the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.

External links

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vcav/3Wessex.htm regiments.org] Navbox
name = British Army Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps Regiments
title = British Army Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps Regiments


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