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Queen's Own Yeomanry

Queen's Own Yeomanry
Qoy badge.png
Cap Badge of The Queen's Own Yeomanry
Active 1 April 1971 - Present
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Yeomanry
Role Formation Reconnaissance
Size One Regiment
Part of Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ Command & Support Squadron - Newcastle upon Tyne
A Squadron - York
B squadron - Wigan
C Squadron - Chester
Colours Prussian Blue & Cavalry Gold
March D'ye Ken John Peel
Commanders
Royal Honorary Colonel Field Marshal HRH The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO ADC
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash Queen's Own Yeomanry TRF.svg

The Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY) is one of the Army Reserve light armoured reconnaissance regiments.

The Queens Own Yeomanry was initially formed on 1 April 1971 as the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment from five of the yeomanry units across the North and Middle of England and South West Scotland. During the Cold War The Queen's Own Yeomanry were a British Army of the Rhine Regiment with an Armoured Reconnaissance role in Germany. With the Strategic Defence Review in 1999 the geographical locations of the regiment changed to encompass East Scotland and Northern Ireland. Soldiers from the regiment have served both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Under the Army 2020 and creation of the Army Reserve, A, B and C squadron transferred to the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, which in turn was renamed the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry. D Squadron re-roled as a C&S Squadron. It gain two squadrons (C and D Squadrons) from the RMLY. D Squadron from the RMLY was renamed as B (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Squadron. Y (Yorkshire Yeomanry) Squadron was renamed as A (Yorkshire Yeomanry) Squadron. The unit is paired with the Light Dragoons and uses the Land Rover RWMIK.

The Regiment is part of 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and consists of four squadrons:

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.

The Guidon, which is awarded by The Queen, is a flag of crimson silk damask embroidered and fringed with gold with the Regimental Battle Honours emblazoned upon it and the Regimental emblem embroidered in the centre. On 22 September 2007 HRH Prince Charles, in his capacity as Royal Honorary Colonel of The Queen's Own Yeomanry, presented a new Guidon to the Regiment in an hour-long ceremony in the grounds of Alnwick Castle. This is the first Guidon the QOY has received since its formation.


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