Queen's Own Dorset & West Somerset Yeomanry (RA) Anodised Aluminium Cap Badge

Queen's Own Dorset & West Somerset Yeo staybrite cap badge. VGC.


The West Somerset Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army. First raised in 1794, it participated in the Second Boer War and World War I before being converted to an artillery regiment. It served in World War II (as two field artillery regiments). Post-war it was gradually reduced in strength until the yeomanry lineage of the successor unit was discontinued on 9 November 1988.

Dorset Yeomanry
In 1997, an Armoured Replacement Regiment was formed at Bovington and called 'The Dorset Yeomanry'. This new regiment did not inherit the lineage and battle honours of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry. In 1999, this regiment was reduced to a single squadron, which became "A" (Dorset Yeomanry) Squadron of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. The other squadrons of this regiment are formed by other old yeomanry regiments that had been reduced to the strength of one squadron:

B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) RWY Squadron
C (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) RGH Squadron
D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) RDY Squadron

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