Precedence is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest.
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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 and the Royal Review of Serving Yeomanry Regiments & Yeomanry Old Comrades there have been effectively two orders of precedence used parochially and unofficially within the Yeomanry:
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[1] at this time. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry do not appear as they are not part of the British Army or its reserve.
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. It should be noted that, 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.