Staffordshire Yeomanry

Staffordshire Yeomanry
Badge of the Staffordshire Yeomanry
Active1794–2021
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–2021)
Branch Territorial Force/Army Reserve
TypeYeomanry
RoleCavalry/Armour
Size1–3 Regiments
Part ofTerritorial Force
Royal Armoured Corps
EngagementsSecond Boer War
World War I
Egypt 1915–17
Palestine 1917–18

World War II

Syria 1941
North Africa 1942–43
North-West Europe 1944–45
Battle honoursSee battle honours below
Commanders
Notable
commanders
George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
Edward Monckton
Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot
Sir William Bromley-Davenport

The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) was a mounted auxiliary unit of the British Army raised in 1794 to defend Great Britain from foreign invasion. It continued in service after the Napoleonic Wars, frequently being called out in support of the civil powers. It first sent units overseas at the time of the Second Boer War and saw distinguished service in Egypt and Palestine in World War I. During World War II it gave up its horses and became a tank regiment, serving in the Western Desert and landing in Normandy on D-Day. Postwar the Staffordshire Yeomanry became part of the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry with one of the squadrons being designated 'Staffordshire Yeomanry' until 2021.