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THE INNS OF COURT REGIMENT
1908
Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
[formerly: 14th (Middlesex) (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteers]
Boer War
South Africa 1900-01
The Great War
Officers Training Corps
1932
Inns of Court Regiment (Officer Training Corps) consisting of one car squadron and two
infantry companies
1937
Listed as 'Cavalry, Territorial Army' consisting of one cavalry and two tank squadrons
1939
Transferred to Royal Armoured Corps, Officers Training Corps
1940
Converted to an Armoured Car Regiment as:
The Inns of Court Regiment
later converted to a Tank Regiment (Sherman Tanks)
WW2
Battle Honours awarded:
Normandy Landing, Caen, Bourguebus Ridge, Cagny, Catheolles, Amiens 1944,
Antwerp, Hetchel, Rhine, Leese, Aller, North-West Europe 1944-45
1946
Reformed and resumed Royal Armoured Corps role with no title change
1956
Absorbed one squadron of The Northamptonshire Yeomanry
1961
Withdrawn from the amalgamation with The Northamptonshire Yeomanry and amalgamated
with:
The City of London Yeomanry (The Rough Riders), The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
To become:
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
1967
Reduced to form:
A Company (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry), The London Yeomanry and Territorials
1969
Re-roled and reformed as:
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71st Signal Regiment, Royal
Corps of Signals (Volunteers)
1994
Successor units:
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71st (Yeomanry) Signal
Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
The Regimental Band, The Royal Yeomanry
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