Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
Cap badge of the Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry
Active	16 October 1798–1 April 1971
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Force
Type	Yeomanry
Role	Cavalry Field Artillery
Size	1–3 Regiments
Garrison/HQ	Penrith Artillery Drill Hall, Carlisle (from 1920)
Nickname(s)	Cumberland Hussars
Engagements	Second Boer War Faber's Put First World War France and Flanders 1915–18 Second World War Norwegian campaign Western Desert campaign Siege of Tobruk Operation Thursday
Battle honours	See battle honours below

The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army with its origins in 1798. The regiment provided troops for the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War and served on the Western Front in the First World War, latterly as infantry. The regiment converted to artillery in 1920 and served as such in the early years of the Second World War, before becoming part of the Chindits in Burma. Postwar it served as a gunner regiment until 1971 when the title disappeared.