Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry

The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry

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

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 the RMLY would 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 Scots Dragoon Guards and subordinate to 51st Infantry Brigade.[3][4] Defence Secretary Philip Hammond 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:

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)


renamed
The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (1971)

 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)
7th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (1908)
40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment (1938)

22nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (1860)
6th Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (1888)
10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (1908)
41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment (1938)

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

  1. ↑ The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, regiments.org Archived September 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry Association". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 Summary of Army 2020 Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, pages 1 and 2
  4. ↑ Army 2020 Report, page 9
  5. ↑ Army Reserve structure and basing
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