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unusual facts about Yeomanry Cavalry


Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney

Their fourth son, Alexander Temple FitzMaurice, became a Groom of the Bedchamber in 1867 and later served in the Yeomanry Cavalry.


St. Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham

Paul's Chapel of Ease', as it was then called, public opinion was running high against King George IV for he had refused to allow his wife Caroline to be crowned, notwithstanding this, the King's Coronation was celebrated in Nottingham by the firing of several volleys in the Market Place by the 7th Dragoon Guards, and the Yeomanry Cavalry.


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Battle of the Big Cross

With few British casualties after the battle the Yeomanry cavalry dragged the bodies of the dead United Irishmen into Clonakilty town and left in front of the towns market house for several days.

Derbyshire Yeomanry

In 1834, the troops were regimented as the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who sponsored two companies of the Imperial Yeomanry in 1900, for service in the South African War, and in 1901 was itself reorganized as mounted infantry as the Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry.

Philip Bowden-Smith

This brigade was composed of Yeomanry cavalry regiments of the Territorial Army which had been converted to armoured car regiments after WWI, but had been transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and were now training in the Cruiser tank role.