Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated 21.12.2005
 
The Berkshire Yeomanry (Hungerford)
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Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
1794-1803 independent corps raised in Berkshire:
 
  • Abingdon Yeomanry, raised 20 Apr. 1794; service renewed 31 Aug. 1802
  • Reading Cavalry, raised 3 Jul. 1794; absorbed 1798 by Woodley corps?
  • Newbury Association Cavalry (Donnington), raised 23 Apr. 1798; disbanded 1802; re-formed 22 Aug. 1803 as Donnington and Newbury Cavalry; regimented 5 May 1804
  • Hungerford Association Cavalry, raised 1 Jun. 1798; disbanded 1802; re-formed 30 Sep. 1803 as Hungerford Yeomanry
  • Vale of White Horse Cavalry, two troops raised 3 Sep. 1803
  • Loyal Wargrave Rangers, raised 21 Mar. 1800; disbanded 1802; re-formed 22 Mar. 1803 as Wargrave Cavalry; regimented 1814; disbanded 1819
  • Woodley Cavalry, two troops raised 11 May 1798, absorbing Reading Cavalry?; reduced 1799 to one troop; service renewed 8 Oct. 1802; regimented 1814
 
  • Thatcham Association Cavalry, raised 24 May 1798; disbanded 1802; one troop re-formed 24 Feb. 1803 as Thatcham Volunteer Cavalry; disbanded later
  • Maidenhead United Cavalry Association, raised Jun. 1798; disbanded 1802; one troop re-formed 13 Oct. 1803 as Maidenhead Cavalry; disbanded later
  • Loyal Windsor Cavalry, raised 30 Sep. 1800; service renewed 30 Sep. 1802; disbanded 1807
  • Aldermaston Cavalry, raised 13 Aug. 1803, disbanded after 1807
1804.03.21 1st Regiment of Berkshire Cavalry
formed by regimentation of five independent troops (Abingdon, Donnington/Newbury, Hungerford, Vale of the White Horse)
1814 increased to seven troops by regimentation of Wargrave and Woodley troops
1820.01.14 Wargrave and Woodley troops transferred to Eastern Regt Eastern Berkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
formed by regimentation of Wargrave, and Woodley troops
1828.01 disbanded  
1828.04   disbanded
1831 independent troops re-formed in Berkshire:
 
  • Woodley Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, re-formed 12 Feb. 1831; disbanded 1838
  • Welford and Newbury Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, raised 25 Feb. 1831; disbanded 1838
  • Vale of White Horse Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, re-formed 12 Apr. 1831; disbanded 1838
  • Hungerford Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, re-formed 3 May 1831
1853 Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Hungerford)
Hungerford Corps increased to three troops at Hungerford, Reading and Newbury
1871 troop raised at Wantage
1890 troop raised at Wokingham to replace Hungerford
1893.04.01 troops reorganised in two squadrons; HQ at Hungerford
 
  • A Squadron at Wokingham and Reading
  • B Squadron at Newbury and Wantage
<1895> HQ moved to Reading
1900 sponsored 39th Coy, 10th Bn and 58th Coy, 15th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry
1901.04.17 Berkshire Imperial Yeomanry (Hungerford)
reorganised in four sqns and MG sec
1908.04.01 Berkshire Yeomanry (Hungerford) (Dragoons)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Yeomanry House, Reading
 
  • A Squadron at Windsor (dets at Maidenhead, Wokingham)
  • B Squadron at Reading (det at Walingford)
  • C Squadron at Newbury (dets at Hungerford, Lambourn)
  • D Squadron at Wantage (dets at Abingdon, Faringdon, Didcot)
1920.02.07 reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Reading
1921.06.22

395 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery
 at Reading

 } 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire) Brigade, RFA
HQ at Aylesbury
396 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery
at Newbury
(amalgamated with Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and converted to artillery)
1939.08.25 145th Field Regiment, RA
reorganised with HQ at Newbury; Berkshire Yeomanry separated from 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt
 
  • 395 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery at Reading
  • 396 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery at Newbury
1942.05.12 145th Field Regiment, RA (Berkshire Yeomanry)
1946.06.01 suspended animation
1947.01.01 345th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Newbury
1950.08.16 absorbed 346 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt, RA without change of title
1956.10.31 R (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery, 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Berkshire Yeomanry, and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, RA
1961.05.01 R Battery amalgamated with The Westminster Dragoons (2nd County of London Yeomanry), to form The Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons
1967.04.01 A Company (Berkshire Yeomanry), The Royal Berkshire Territorials
 formed at Windsor in TAVR III upon reorganisation of The Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons
1969.04.01 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, 71 Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V)
formed with sqn HQ at Windsor and troop at Southampton upon reduction of The Royal Berkshire Territorials to cadre
1977.03 troop formed at Chertsey, Surrey
1984 The Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons redesignated Westminster Dragoons, the Berkshire element being considered to have separated
1992 Southampton troop transferred to RE; new troop raised at Reading
1995.10.01 reorganised as two squadrons:
 
1996.04.01 94 Sqn became independent
1999.07.01 94 Sqn scheduled to be regimented in 72 Signal Regiment, but not implemented
2000.06.01 D Sqn disbanded
2003? 94 Sqn transferred to 31 Signal Regiment
2006 94 Sqn transferred to 39 Signal Regiment
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  Associated Regular Regiments:
    Household Cavalry 1984?-1999
 
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
History:
94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Royal Signals site)
Berkshire Yeomanry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
Berkshire Yeomanry, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
145 Fd Rgt RA (Bucks & Berks Yeomanry), by Derek Barton (The Royal Artillery 1939-45)
   
Deployment and War Service of Units:
 
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
[no external sites have been found]
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Museum, Windsor (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Museum, Windsor (Simonides listing)
Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Abingdon Museum  (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
 
  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

South Africa 1900-01

The Great War:  Arras 1918, Scarpe 1918, Ypres 1918, Courtrai, France and Flanders 1918, Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Palestine 1917-18

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
Record of Colours:
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges:
Uniform:
   
   
     
   
   
  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
  Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 1st Berkshire Cav:
1804.03.21 Lt-Col. Charles Dundas
   
   
  Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Eastern Berkshire Cav:
   
   
  Colonel, Berkshire Yeomanry:
   
1895.06.05 Col. G.S. Willes, TD
1939
1996.12.13 Brig. A.P. Verey, QVRM, TD
  Traditions
 
Motto:
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms: Windsor (1994)
Marches:
Musicians:
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Bibliography How To Find Books
  Verey, Anthony. The Berkshire Yeomanry : 200 years of yeoman service. Stroud ; [Dove, N.H.] : Sutton, 1994. ISBN: 0750907541