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Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
 
United Kingdom 
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

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
1782 Norfolk Rangers
1794 Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
1803? re-formed as three regiments:
 
  • 1st West Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
  • 2nd Mid Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
  • 3rd East Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
1828 disbanded

1831 Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
1849 disbanded

1901.05.24 Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry (King's Own)
formed with HQ at Norwich in four sqns and MG sec by expansion of Norfolk squadron of Suffolk Imperial Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
1905.12 Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
1908.04.01 Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Norwich; trained and equipped as dragoons
 
  • A Squadron at Norwich (dets at Attleborough, Long Stratton, Loddon, Diss, Harleston)
  • B Squadron at North Walsham (dets at Brandiston, Blofield, Colstishall, Cromer, Hanworth, Holt, Marsham, Reepham, Stalham, Great Yarmouth)
  • C Squadron at Fakenham (dets at Barwick, Bircham, Brisley, Dersingham, East Dereham, Fransham, Hardingham, Hunstanton, Massingham, Quarles, Summerfield, Swaffham, Watton, Wells, Wymondham, Walsingham)
  • D Squadron at King's Lynn (dets at Downham, Thetford, Wisbech (Cambridge))
1920.02.07 reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Norwich
1922.05 108th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA
 
  • 429 Battery at Swaffam
  • 430 Battery at Swaffam
1923.11

429 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery
at Swaffam

} 108th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA
HQ at Swaffam [q.v. for regimental changes]
430 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery
at Swaffam
  (amalgamated with Suffolk Yeomanry batteries of 103rd (Suffolk) Brigade, RFA)
19uu 429 Bty moved to Norwich
1938.11.28

219 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery
at Norwich

} 55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RFA
HQ at Swaffam [q.v. for regimental changes]
220 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery
at Swaffam
1939.06.01 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
formed as T.A. duplicate 55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA from its Norfolk batteries, thereby essentially re-forming Norfolk Yeomanry as a separate regiment
 
  • 257 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery at Norwich, redesignation of 219 Bty
  • 258 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery at Swaffam, redesignation of 220 Bty
  • 259 Battery, newly formed
  • 260 Battery, newly formed
1942.02.17 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry)
1942.11.27 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (Norfolk Yeomanry)
1947.01.01 389th (The King's Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Swaffam
1955.03.10 284th (King's Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
(amalgamated with 284th (1st East Anglian) (M) HAA Regiment, RA)
1961.05.01 amalgamated with 358th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA, to form
308th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA
 
     
  Associated Regular Regiments:
    Dragoons 1908-1922
 
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
History:
pip The Norfolk Hussars, construction sign by Paul Baker (History of the Hussars) [Internet Archive]
pip History The Kings Own Royal Regiment Norfolk Yeomanry (202 Battery RA site)
pip Norfolk Yeomanry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
pip Norfolk Yeomanry, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
pip 65 Atk Rgt RA (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry), by Derek Barton (The Royal Artillery 1939-45)
   
Deployment and War Service of Units:
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Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
swords [no external sites have been found]
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
monument The Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne (Museum site)
monument The Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

The Great War:  Ypres 1918, France and Flanders 1918, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18

The Second World War: [none awarded to artillery]

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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Record of Colours:
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
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  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
  Colonel-in-Chief:
1905.12.22 F.M. HM King Edward VII
1910.05.07 F.M. HM King George V
 
  Honorary Lieutenant Colonel:
  1902.06.11 HRH Prince Frederik Carl of Denmark [later King Haakon VII of Norway]
 
Honorary Colonel:
1901.10.23 F.M. HM King Edward VII
1905.12.23 HM Haakon VII, King of Norway, KG, GCB, GCVO
1947.01.01 HM Haakon VII, King of Norway, KG, GCB, GCVO [reconfirmed on reconstitution of regiment, and separation from Suffolk Yeomanry]
1958.08.19 HM Olav V, King of Norway, KG, KT, GCB, GCVO
  Traditions
 
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
  Regimental Journal:
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  Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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Special Topics:
book Smith, R. J. (Robert Jeffrey) ; Harris, R. G. (Ronald George). The Yeomanry Cavalry of Norfolk. [Aldershot?] : Robert Ogilby Trust with the Army Museums Ogilby Trust, 1991. (Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914 ; 12) ISBN: 0951571435