| Middlesex Yeomanry | |
|---|---|
 Middlesex Yeomanry badge (reign of King George VI)[1] | |
| Active | 1797–1802 1830–present |
| Country |  Kingdom of Great Britain (1797–1800) United Kingdom (1801–present) |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Size | 3 Regiments (First World War) 2 Signal units (Second World War) Squadron (current) |
| Motto(s) | "Pro Aris et Focis" (For Hearth and Home; literally For Altars and Hearths) |
| Anniversaries | Lafone Day (27 October) |
| Engagements | Second Boer War: |
| Battle honours | See Battle honours below |
| Commanders | |
| Honorary Colonel | Colonel Simon G. Hutchinson, MBE[2] |
| Notable commanders | Sir Christopher Baynes, 1st Baronet Lt-Col Hon Somerset Maxwell, MP Lt-Col Viscount Malden |
The Middlesex Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1797. It saw mounted and dismounted action in the Second Boer War and in the First World War at Gallipoli, Salonika and in Palestine, where one of its officers won a Victoria Cross at the Battle of Buqqar Ridge and the regiment rode into Damascus with 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Between the world wars the regiment was converted to the signals role and it provided communications for armoured formations in the Second World War, including service in minor operations in Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Iran, as well as the Western Desert, Italian and North-West European campaigns. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army and its lineage is maintained today by 31 (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, which forms part of the Army Reserve.
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