CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS)

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CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS) (44) [46]

1908

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

Boer War

South Africa 1900-02

The Great War

1914

Numbered as:

1^st / 1^st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

1915

Amalgamated as:

1^st / 1^st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)

and with:

1^st / 3^rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

To form:

4^th London Regiment of Yeomanry

Resumed separate status and original title in December

1918

Converted with 3^rd County of London Yeomanry to be part of:

E Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Re-designated as:

103^rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

1919

Disbanded

Battle Honours awarded to The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders):

Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1918, Macedonia 1916-17, Suvla, Scimitar Hill,

Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-16, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Palestine 1917-18

1920

Reformed with change of arm and amalgamated to form:

C Battery, 11^th (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Yeomanry)

Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

1921

Re-designated as:

No. 1 Battery, 11^th (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London

Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

1937

Re-designated as:

City of London Yeomanry Battery (The Rough Riders), 11^th (Honourable Artillery

Company and City of London Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

1938

Expanded and converted to form:

HQ and 31^st , 32^nd , 33^rd (City of London Yeomanry) Batteries, 11^th (City of London

Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery

1939

Re-designated as:

11^th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

WW2

Location of operations

Western Desert and Italy
Awarded Honorary Distinction, the Royal Artillery Badge with year dates 1942-45 with two scrolls North Africa, Italy

1947

Reformed with change of arm and re-designated as:

The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), Royal Armoured Corps

1956

Change of arm and re-designated as:

The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

1961

Amalgamated with:

The Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

with change of arm to form:

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 transferred as:

68^th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71^st Signal Regiment

(Volunteers), Royal Corps of Signals

1994

Re-designated as:

68^th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron,

71^st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)

Successor units:

68^th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71^st (Yeomanry) Signal

Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)

The Regimental Band (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry), The Royal Yeomanry