Hertfordshire Yeomanry
| Hertfordshire Yeomanry | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1794–present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Yeomanry |
| Role |
Boer War Yeomanry World War I Yeomanry World War II Artillery Current Artillery |
| Size |
Boer War One Regiment World War I Three Regiments World War II Two Regiments Current Part of one Battery |
| Battle honours |
Boer War South Africa 1900 - 1902 World War I First Battle of Gaza (1917) World War II No battle honours were awarded. It is tradition within artillery units that the Regiment's guns represent its colours and battle honours. |
The Hertfordshire Yeomanry is a unit of the British Army specializing in artillery and yeomanry that can trace its formation to the late 18th century. First seeing service in the Second Boer War, it subsequently served in both World War I and World War II.
At the time of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry's formation, King George III was on the throne, William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister of Great Britain, and across the English Channel, Britain was faced by a French nation that had recently guillotined its King and which possessed a revolutionary army numbering half a million men. The Prime Minister proposed that the English Counties form a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry that could be called on by the King to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the country. Five independent Troops of Yeomanry Cavalry were raised in Hertfordshire in June 1794. They were disbanded one by one between 1807 and 1824. In late 1830 and early 1831 seven new troops were formed, four of which were grouped as the South Hertfordshire Corps. Of the three independent Troops only the North Hertfordshire Troop survived. It was amalgamated with the South Hertfordshire Corps to form the Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1871.
On 13 December 1899, the decision to allow volunteer forces serve in the Second Boer War was made. 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, thus issuing a Royal Warrant on 24 December 1899. This warrant officially created the Imperial Yeomanry.
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