Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Cap Badge of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Active1794–1956
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–Present)
Branch British Army
TypeYeomanry
RoleArmoured
SizeOne Regiment
Nickname(s)The Fifes
Knife and Forkers[1]
Motto(s)Pro Artis Et Focis
Latin: "for Hearth and Home"
MarchQuick March (band) - Wee Cooper of Fife; Slow March (band) Bonnie Dundee
EngagementsSecond Boer War
World War I
Gallipoli 1915
Egypt 1915–17
Palestine 1917–18
France and Flanders 1918

World War II

North-West Europe 1940
North-West Europe 1944–45
Insignia
Regimental Colours

The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (FFY) was an Armoured Yeomanry Regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. It saw action in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the Scottish Horse to form the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse in 1956. The lineage is maintained by "C" Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse Squadron of The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry based in Cupar in Fife.

  1. ^ Delaforce, Patrick (2006). Churchill's Secret Weapons: the story of Hobart's Funnies. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1-84415-464-5.