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In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to maximise the country's defences, a number of volunteer regiments were raised in many counties by yeomen. These regiments became known as the Yeomanry.

1 Current Yeomanry Regiments

Today, in the modern Territorial Army, there are many of the old Yeomanry regiments serving in one form or another, usually as a squadron/battery that is part of a larger regiment:

1.1 Infantry

1.1.1 51st Highland Regiment

1.2 Royal Armoured Corps

1.2.1 Queen's Own Yeomanry

1.2.2 Royal Yeomanry

1.2.3 Royal Wessex Yeomanry

1.2.4 Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry

1.3 Royal Signals

1.3.1 Independent Squadrons

1.3.2 32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment

1.3.3 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment

1.3.4 35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment

1.3.5 37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment

1.3.6 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment

1.3.7 40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment

1.3.8 71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment

1.4 Royal Artillery

1.4.1 100 Regiment

1.4.2 104 Regiment



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YeomanryIn the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to maximise the country's defences, a number of volunteer regiments were raised in many counties by yeomen. These regiments b  
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