The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) | |
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Active | 1794–1802 1803–1957 |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1795–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1957) |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Yeomanry |
Size | Regiment |
HQ | Leicester |
Nickname(s) | Albert Lads |
Patron | Albert, Prince Consort |
Motto(s) | "vultus en hostem" face the enemy |
March | Regimental March by Henry Nicholson jnr (1825-1907) |
Mascot(s) | Veld Baboon, "Adonse", from 1901 until his demise. Buried in Woodhouse Eves, Leicestershire. |
Engagements | Second Boer War First World War |
Battle honours | See battle honours below |
The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794 and again in 1803, which provided cavalry and mounted infantry in the Second Boer War and the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments of the Royal Artillery in the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the Derbyshire Yeomanry to form the Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957. The regiment's lineage is currently perpetuated by E (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron of the Royal Yeomanry.