Active 1 November 1992-2014 Branch British Army Role Armour Replacement Founded 1992 | Allegiance United Kingdom Type Yeomanry Size One regiment Part of Royal Armoured Corps | |
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Similar Royal Wessex Yeomanry, King's Royal Hussars, Queen's Royal Hussars, Royal Electrical and Mech, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry | ||
Royal mercian and lancastrian yeomanry regiment
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the United Kingdom's Territorial Army. It served in the armoured replacement role, providing replacement tank crews for regular armoured regiments.
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Shrewsbury royal mercian and lancastrian yeomanry farewell parade
History
The regiment was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry and The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as part of the Options for Change. In 1999, it absorbed a squadron from The Queen's Own Yeomanry, bringing it to a strength of four squadrons plus the headquarters squadron.
In October 2006, the RMLY became a single cap badge regiment, when the individual cap badges of each squadron were replaced by the newly designed RMLY cap badge. This incorporates the Mercian Eagle from the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry with the Red Rose from the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. This is also the point at which H-Det joined the regiment, to provide a Recce troop. H-Det was renamed Manoeuvre and Support Squadron in 2011, when it was given Squadron status; it still consists of the Recce troop, but now also houses the "hoop" (coms for the squadron).
In July 2013, it was announced that the RMLY would be restructured for the Army 2020 plan. The regimental HQ will be shifted to Edinburgh. A Squadron will resubordinate to The Royal Yeomanry, while D Squadron will resubordinate to The Queen’s Own Yeomanry. B and C Squadron will be removed from the Army ORBAT. Instead, A, B and C Squadron from the Queen’s Own Yeomanry will subordinate to the HQ at Edinburgh. It will be paired with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and subordinate to 51st Infantry Brigade. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond stated that it may be renamed as "The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry"
Organisation
The RMLY consists of a Recce Troop, a Command Troop (within the Det. based in Hereford) and four sabre squadrons. Each of the sabre squadrons perpetuates a historic Yeomanry regiment, which is reflected in their subtitles:
Order of precedence
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.