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created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Westminster
Dragoons (2nd County of London Yeomanry)
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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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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| Titles and Lineage |
English County Index Alphabetic Index of Titles |
| 1779 | London and Westminster Light Horse | |
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| 1797 | Westminster Volunteer Cavalry | |
| 1802 | disbanded | |
| 18?? | reformed? | |
| 1829 | disbanded | |
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| 1901.08.24 | 2nd County
of London Imperial Yeomanry formed with HQ at Victoria St, London SW, in four sqns and MG sec from South African war veterans to perpetuate 24th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles) Bn, Imperial Yeomanry |
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| 1902 | 2nd County
of London Imperial Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) subtitle added to perpetuate 1779-1829 regiment |
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| 1908.04.01 | 2nd County
of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) transferred to T.F. with HQ and sqns at Elverton Street, Westminster |
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| 1920.02.07 | reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Elverton Street, Westminster | |
| 1920.03.26 | 22nd
(London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons), Tank
Corps at Elverton Street, Westminster |
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| 1923.10.18 | 22nd (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons), Royal Tank Corps | |
| 1938.01 | 22nd (Westminster Dragoons) Battalion, Royal Tank Corps | |
| 1939.04.11 | 22nd (Westminster Dragoons) Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment | |
| 1939.09 | 102 Officer Cadet Training Unit | |
| 1940.11.30 | 2nd County
of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) converted and transferred to Royal Armoured Corps |
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| 1947.01.01 | reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Westminster | |
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| 1951.09.01 | The Westminster Dragoons (2nd County of London Yeomanry) | |
| 1961.05.01 | amalgamated with R (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery, 299 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Berkshire Yeomanry, and The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment RA, to form The Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons | |
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| 1969.04.01 | HQ
(Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, The
Royal Yeomanry Regiment at Chelsea (Westminster Dragoons effectively re-formed as Berkshire element separated to form 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, 71 Signal Regiment, Royal Signals) |
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| 1984 | HQ
(Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, The
Royal Yeomanry (squadron belatedly redesignated and rebadged accordingly) |
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| 1999.07.01 | W
(Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, The
Royal Yeomanry at Chelsea; re-roled in Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment |
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| Associated Regular Regiments: | |||
| Dragoons | 1908-1920 | ||
| 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | 1947-1961, 1982?-present |
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| History (Links) & War Service | Introduction to Volunteers | |
| History: | ||
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W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron (RY site) | |
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W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron (Army site) | |
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Westminster Dragoons (unofficial Regimental site) | |
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W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron (Reserve Forces and Cadets of London site) | |
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History of The Westminster Dragoons (RY site) | |
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History of The Westminster Dragoons (Army site) | |
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History of The Westminster Dragoons (unofficial Regimental site) | |
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2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War) | |
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2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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Westminster Dragoons in Iraq 2003, by Conn MacEvilly | |
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[no external sites have been found] | |
| Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors: | ||
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Old Comrades Association (unofficial Regimental site) | |
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Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Westminster Dragoons Museum, Chelsea (Simonides listing) | |
| Battle Honours |
Index
of Battle Honours Index of Wars |
| Colours, Standards and Guidons | Introduction to Colours |
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| Uniform: | 1953-present: blue; facings: yellow |
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| Honorary Colonels | Index of Royal Colonels |
| Westminster Dragoons [1900-1961]: | ||
| 1901.12.07 | Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Cuthbert Larking | |
| 1910.11.19 | Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Sir Charles Rosdew (Burn) Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, 1st Bt., OBE, ADC | |
| 1927.05.08 | Maj. (Hon. Col.) Thomas Evelyn (Scott-Ellis), 8th Baron Howard de Walden, TD | |
| 1946.11.05 | Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Edsall Munt, MC | |
| 1952.11.05 | Gen. Sir Harold English Pyman, GBE, KCB, DSO [continued 1961 in Berks&WD; also Col. Cmdt. RTR] | |
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| Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons [1969-1984]: | ||
| 1969 | Lt-Col. (Bt. Col.) The Hon. Gordon William Nottage Palmer, OBE, TD, JP [from Berks&WD; also Col. Cmdt. Yeomanry, Hon. Col. RYR, 2nd Bn Wessex Regt] | |
| 1974.11.04 | Col. Edward George Aldred Kynaston, OBE, TD, DL, JP | |
| 1978.09.12 | Maj-Gen. John Myles Brockbank, CBE, MC [also Col. 9th/12th Lancers] | |
| 1982.10.11 | Maj-Gen. John Geoffrey Robyn Allen, CB [also RYR; Col. Cmdt. RTR] | |
| Westminster Dragoons [1984-present]: | ||
| 1984 | Maj-Gen. John Geoffrey Robyn Allen, CB | |
| 1987.11.20 | Maj-Gen. Sir Simon Christie Cooper, KCVO [also RYR] | |
| 1997.11.01 | Gen. Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, KCB, CBE [also Col. Cmdt. RAC, RTR, REME; Hon. Col. RYR] | |
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