Timeline

1794.04.10 Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
1802 disbanded
1803.09.05 Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
re-formed
1844.02.20 Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
(named for Prince Albert the Prince Consort)
18uu Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry (The Prince Albert's Own)
HQ at Leicester
1893.04.01 troops reorganised in squadrons
1900 sponsored 7th Coy, 4th Bn and 65th Coy, 17th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry
1901.04.17 Leicestershire (Prince Albert's Own) Imperial Yeomanry
reorganised in four sqns and MG sec; trained and equipped as mounted infantry
1908.04.01 The Leicestershire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Leicester; trained and equipped as hussars
 
  • A Squadron at Melton Mowbray (dets at Uppingham, Rearsby, Harby, Oakham (Rutland))
  • B Squadron at Leicester
  • C Squadron at Loughborough (dets at Whitwick, Mountsorrel, Leicester)
  • D Squadron at Lutterworth (dets at Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Wigston, Ibstock, Hinckley)
  1914-19

1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry

This is the original, 'first line' regiment
August 1914 : moved with the brigade to Norfolk and placed under orders of 1st Mounted Division.
3 November 1914: having left brigade, landed in France.
12 November 1914: under orders of 7th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division.
November 1917: moved to 8th Cavalry Brigade in same division.
14 March 1918: left brigade with intention of being converted into a cyclist unit. This was altered to form a machine gun unit with the North Somerset Yeomanry. This was short lived and the regiment remounted.
4 April 1918: regiment split up, one squadron going each to 4th Hussars, 5th and 16th Lancers, all in 3rd Cavalry Brigade.
  1914-19

2nd/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry

Formed as a Second-Line regiment in September 1914 and remained at home throughout the war.
Under orders of 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade.
October 1915 : moved with the brigade to Norfolk and placed under orders of 1st Mounted Division, replacing 1/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade when it left for Salonika.
April 1916 : brigade renamed 3rd Mounted Brigade.
July 1916: at Holt. Converted into a cyclist unit, under orders of 3rd Cyclist Brigade in 1st Cyclist Division.
November 1916: became a mounted unit again, at Bishop's Stortford; brigade renamed 2nd Mounted Brigade. Under orders of a new 1st Mounted Brigade (formerly 3rd and 2/2nd Mounted Divisions).
By May 1917; moved to Leybourne in Kent.
August 1917: Converted into a cyclist unit, under orders of 12th Cyclist Brigade in Cyclist Division. Moved to Tonbridge.
Early 1918: moved to Canterbury and then remained there.
  1915-17

3/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry

Formed as a Third-Line training unit in 1915.
1916: affiliated to 12th Reserve Cavalry regiment at Aldershot.
Early 1917: absorbed into 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Aldershot.
1920.02.07 The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Leicester
1940.02.15 153 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt, RA
154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt, RA
Both the above units formed by splitting the original Regiment into two.
1947.01.01 The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Leicester and transferred to Royal Armoured Corps
 
  • A Squadron at Melton Mowbray
  • C Squadron at Loughborough
  • D Squadron at Lutterworth
1957.02.09 amalgamated with The Derbyshire Yeomanry, to form The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry
   
  • HQ Squadron at Leicester
  • A Squadron at Alfreton and Long Eaton
  • B Squadron at Derby and Ashbourne
  • C Squadron at Melton Mowbray and Loughborough
1967.04.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry (Territorials)
disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as infantry in TAVR III with HQ at Leicester
 
  • A Squadron at Ilkeston
  • B Squadron at Derby
  • C Squadron at Melton Mowbray
  • D Squadron at Leicester
1969.01.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry (Territorials)
reduced to cadre at Leicester, sponsored by 222 Field Ambulance RAMC (V)
1971.04.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry Squadron,
7th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
reconstituted from cadre at Melton Mowbray with det at Ilkeston
1975.04.01 Sqn redesignated as a Company; rebadged 31 Oct. 1975 as LDY (or as Royal Anglian Regiment?)
1978.04.01 reorganised as two units:
 
1988 LDY Coy in 7 RAR redesignated as C (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company
1992.04.01 companies reorganised:
 
  • 3 (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment at Loughborough with Pln at Melton Mowbray, redesignation of C (LDY) Coy, 7RAR
  • B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry at Leicester, conversion and transfer to RAC of B Coy 3 WSFR
1996.04.01 3 Coy in 5 RAR converted as 203 Squadron, 158 (Royal Anglian) Regiment, RLC Loughborough and Melton Mowbray, and its LDY lineage discontinued