Northamptonshire Yeomanry

Northamptonshire Yeomanry
Badge and service cap as worn at the outbreak of World War II
Active1794–1971
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1797–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1971)
Branch British Army
TypeYeomanry
SizeWorld War I
Three Regiments
World War II
Two Regiments
EngagementsWorld War I
First Battle of Ypres
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Second Battle of Artois
World War II
Operation Overlord
Operation Charnwood
Operation Totalize
Operation Varsity

The Northamptonshire Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1794 as volunteer cavalry. It served in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War before being reduced to squadron level in 1956. It ceased to have a separate existence in 1971.