The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry was a

cavalry regiment Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating a ...

of the Territorial Army, formed in 1971 by the reconstitution of squadrons from the Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry, the

Staffordshire Yeomanry The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) was a unit of the British Army. Raised in 1794 following Prime Minister William Pitt's order to raise volunteer bodies of men to defend Great Britain from foreign invasion, the Staffordshir ...

and the

Shropshire Yeomanry The Shropshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1795, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and as a cavalry and an artillery regiment in the Second World War. It w ...

. It amalgamated into the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry in 1992.

History

The regiment was created as The Mercian Yeomanry, the Territorial Army's fourth yeomanry regiment, with three squadrons in 1971. It adopted the title of The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry in 1973, and in 1982 converted to a light formation reconnaissance regiment, intended for home defence, and equipped with Land Rovers. In 1988, it absorbed a fourth squadron from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps which became part of the

Home Service Force The Home Service Force was a Home Guard type force established in the United Kingdom in 1982. Each HSF unit was placed with either a Regular Army or Territorial Army regiment or battalion for administrative purposes and given that formation’s ...

. In 1992, following the Options for Change reductions in the Army, it amalgamated with The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry to form the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry.

Organisation

The regiment had three squadrons: *A ( Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron *B (

) Squadron *C (

) Squadron

References

Bibliography

* {{cite book , last = Mileham , first = Patrick , year = 1994 , title = The Yeomanry Regiments; 200 Years of Tradition , publisher = Canongate Academic , location = Edinburgh , isbn = 1-898410-36-4 Yeomanry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1971 Military units and formations disestablished in 1992