Cheshire Yeomanry
| The Cheshire Yeomanry | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1797–present |
| Country |
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1797–1800) United Kingdom (1801–present) |
| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Yeomanry |
| Role | Formation Reconnaissance Signals |
| Size | Two Squadrons |
| Part of |
Royal Armoured Corps Royal Signals |
| March | Quick - |
| Engagements | |
| Battle honours | See battle honours below |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster |
Second Boer War
First World War
The Cheshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment that can trace its history back to 1797 when Sir John Fleming Leicester of Tabley raised a county regiment of light cavalry in response to the growing fears of invasion from Napoleonic France.
In 1803, the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) gave his permission for the regiment to wear his triple feather crest, a badge that Cheshire Yeoman still wear today.
The Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819 was the result of a cavalry charge into the crowd at a public meeting at Saint Peters Field, in Manchester, England. Eleven people were killed and more than 400, including many women and children, injured.
Local magistrates arranged for a substantial number of regular soldiers to be on hand. The troops included 600 men of the 15th Hussars; several hundred infantrymen; a Royal Horse Artillery unit with two six-pounder (2.7 kg) guns; 400 men of the Cheshire Yeomanry, 400 special constables and 120 cavalry of the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry, relatively inexperienced militia recruited from among shopkeepers and tradesmen.
The Yeomanry was not intended to serve overseas, but due to the string of defeats during Black Week in December 1899, the British government realized they were going to need more troops than just the regular army. A Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December 1899 to allow volunteer forces to serve in the Second Boer War. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each for the Imperial Yeomanry. The regiment provided the 21st (Cheshire) and 22nd (Cheshire) Companies for the 2nd Battalion in 1900.
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