Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 1794 – present |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800) United Kingdom (1801–Present) |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Yeomanry Artillery |
Size | Regiment |
Garrison/HQ | Norwich Swaffham |
Engagements | First World War Second World War |
The Norfolk Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry (Yeomanry) regiment of Britain's Territorial Army accepted onto the establishment of the British Army in 1794. After seeing action in the Second Boer War, it served dismounted at Gallipoli, in Palestine and on the Western Front during the First World War. Between the wars it converted to the Royal Artillery (TA), and served as an anti-tank regiment in France, the Western Desert, Italy and North West Europe during the Second World War. After the war it served as a TA air defence unit and then as an Army Air Corps unit.