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Authors
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T.F.
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Page
created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated
14.06.2006
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Norfolk
Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
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United
Kingdom
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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.
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1782 |
Norfolk Rangers |
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1794 |
Norfolk Yeomanry
Cavalry |
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1803? |
re-formed
as three regiments: |
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- 1st West Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
- 2nd Mid Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
- 3rd East Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry
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1828 |
disbanded |
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1831 |
Norfolk Yeomanry
Cavalry |
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1849 |
disbanded |
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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) |
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1905.12 |
Norfolk Imperial
Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) |
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1908.04.01 |
Norfolk Yeomanry
(The King's Own Royal Regiment)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Norwich; trained
and equipped as dragoons |
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- 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))
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1920.02.07 |
reconstituted
in T.A. with HQ at Norwich |
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1922.05 |
108th (Norfolk
Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA |
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- 429 Battery at
Swaffam
- 430 Battery at
Swaffam
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1923.11 |
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(amalgamated
with Suffolk Yeomanry batteries of 103rd
(Suffolk) Brigade, RFA) |
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19uu |
429
Bty moved to Norwich |
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1938.11.28 |
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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 |
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- 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
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1942.02.17 |
65th Anti-Tank
Regiment, RA (Suffolk and Norfolk
Yeomanry) |
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1942.11.27 |
65th Anti-Tank
Regiment, RA (Norfolk Yeomanry) |
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1947.01.01 |
389th (The
King's Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
RA
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Swaffam |
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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) |
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1961.05.01 |
amalgamated
with 358th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
RA, to form
308th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field
Regiment, RA |
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Associated
Regular Regiments: |
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Dragoons |
1908-1922 |
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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Colonel-in-Chief: |
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1905.12.22 |
F.M. HM
King Edward VII |
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1910.05.07 |
F.M. HM
King George V |
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Honorary Lieutenant Colonel: |
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1902.06.11 |
HRH
Prince Frederik Carl of Denmark [later King
Haakon VII of Norway] |
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Honorary Colonel: |
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1901.10.23 |
F.M. HM
King Edward VII |
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1905.12.23 |
HM
Haakon VII, King of Norway, KG, GCB, GCVO |
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1947.01.01 |
HM
Haakon VII, King of Norway, KG, GCB, GCVO [reconfirmed
on reconstitution of regiment, and separation from Suffolk
Yeomanry] |
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1958.08.19 |
HM
Olav V, King of Norway, KG, KT, GCB, GCVO |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental Journal: |
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Full Histories: |
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Short Histories: |
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Special Topics: |
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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 |
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