Yeomanry order of precedence explained

Precedence is the order in which the various corps of the British Army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest.

Precedence

The British Army has frequently been the subject of amalgamation and re-organisation throughout its history. The general rule for establishing the order of precedence is the date of creation of the regiment and its subsequent unbroken service. Disbanded regiments automatically lost precedence. Since 1994 two orders of precedence used parochially and unofficially within the Yeomanry; the Army List of 1914 and the Order of Yeomanry Titles on parade at The Royal Yeomanry Review. Irrespective of this, official precedence within the Army is set out in Queen's Regulations.

Order of precedence from the Army List of 1914

The first is a list of yeomanry units on the establishment at the outbreak of the First World War and therefore contains units that had been disbanded by the time of The Royal Yeomanry Review. This first list does not contain the North Irish, South Irish or King Edward's Horse who were on the Special Reserve at this time. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry do not appear as they are not part of the British Army or its reserve.

  1. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  2. Warwickshire Yeomanry
  3. Yorkshire Hussars
  4. Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers)
  5. Staffordshire Yeomanry
  6. Shropshire Yeomanry
  7. Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
  8. Cheshire Yeomanry
  9. Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
  10. Leicestershire Yeomanry
  11. North Somerset Yeomanry
  12. Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
  13. Lanarkshire Yeomanry
  14. Northumberland Hussars
  15. South Nottinghamshire Hussars
  16. Denbighshire Hussars
  17. Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
  18. Pembroke Yeomanry
  19. Royal East Kent Yeomanry
  20. Hampshire Yeomanry
  21. Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
  22. Derbyshire Yeomanry
  23. Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
  24. Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
  25. Hertfordshire Yeomanry
  26. Berkshire Yeomanry
  27. 1st County of London (Middlesex Hussars)
  28. Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
  29. Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
  30. Royal North Devon Yeomanry
  31. Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
  32. Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
  33. West Somerset Yeomanry
  34. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
  35. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
  36. Lothians and Border Horse
  37. Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
  38. Lancashire Hussars
  39. Surrey Yeomanry
  40. Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
  41. Norfolk Yeomanry
  42. Sussex Yeomanry
  43. Glamorgan Yeomanry
  44. Welsh Horse
  45. Lincolnshire Yeomanry
  46. City of London (Rough Riders)
  47. 2nd County of London (Westminster Dragoons)
  48. 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
  49. Bedfordshire Yeomanry
  50. Essex Yeomanry
  51. Northamptonshire Yeomanry
  52. East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
  53. 1st Lovat's Scouts (sic)
  54. 2nd Lovat's Scouts (sic)
  55. Scottish Horse

Order of Yeomanry titles on parade

The second order of precedence represents units that were on the establishment of the Territorial Army at the time of the review. Order of precedence in this instance includes the current role of the unit, placing Armoured Corps before Artillery and so on. Since the review, several units and sub-units have changed role and corps or been disbanded.

The approach taken at The Royal Yeomanry Review can be summarised as follows:

The following is taken from the last page of the programme printed for The Royal Yeomanry Review. As on that day, the list below has been divided into blocks corresponding to the order in which the units formed and grouped.

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry (PAO)

Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry

Inns of Court & City Yeomanry

Westminster Dragoons

Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

Royal Devon Yeomanry

Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry

Queen's Own Staffordshire Yeomanry

Shropshire Yeomanry

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

Cheshire Yeomanry

Northumberland Hussars

Earl of Carrick's Own Ayrshire Yeomanry

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

Lothians and Border Horse

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse

See also

Notes

  1. Units on the Special Reserve take precedence after a Regular Unit and before a Yeomanry Unit.
  2. The Welsh Horse was only raised after the outbreak of war in 1914. It was accorded precedence after its parent, the Glamorgan Yeomanry.
  3. The Scottish Horse was two regiments strong in peacetime, with a third regiment formed in August 1914.
  4. A Sqn Royal Yeomanry
  5. Band of the Royal Yeomanry
  6. B Sqn Royal Wessex Yeomanry
  7. A and HQ Sqns Royal Wessex Yeomanry
  1. A Sqn Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
  2. HQ Sqn Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
  3. C Sqn Queen's Own Yeomanry
  4. 80 Sig Sqn (V), 33 Sig Regt (V)
  5. 95 Sig Sqn (V), 35 Sig Regt (V)
  6. 67 Sig Sqn (V), 37 Sig Regt (V)
  7. 68 Sig Sqn (V), 71 Sig Regt (V)

Bibliography

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