Shropshire Yeomanry

Shropshire Yeomanry
Badge of the Shropshire Yeomanry
Active	1795–1969
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1795–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–1969)
Branch	British Army
Type	Cavalry
Role	Yeomanry
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Engagements	Second Boer War First World War Egypt 1916–17 Palestine 1917–18 France and Flanders 1918 Second World War Sicily 1943 Italy 1943–45
Battle honours	See battle honours below
Commanders
Honorary Colonel	Colonel Francis S. Acton, VR[1]
Insignia
Identification symbol	Shrop Yeo

The Shropshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1795, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and as a cavalry and an artillery regiment in the Second World War. It was then amalgamated with the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery.

In 1969, the regiment was replaced by No. 4 Squadron, 35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment and the Shropshire Yeomanry Cadre. These later formed the Shropshire Yeomanry Squadron of the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry before their amalgamation into the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry and subsequent re-subordination to the Royal Yeomanry.