Scottish Yeomanry Explained

Unit Name:	The Scottish Yeomanry
Dates:	1992-1999
Country:	United Kingdom
Type:	Yeomanry
Role:	Light reconnaissance
Size:	One Regiment
Command Structure:	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison:	Inchdrewer House
Garrison Label:	Regimental Headquarters
Motto:	All seeing
March:	The Garb of Old Gaul
Equipment:	Land Rover Defender
Equipment Label:	Vehicles
Commander2:	Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE DL^[1]
Commander2 Label:	Honorary Colonel 1997-99
Commander1:	Lieutenant General Sir Norman Arthur KCB JP^[2]
Commander1 Label:	Honorary Colonel 1992-97
Identification Symbol:	SCOTS YEO
Identification Symbol Label:	Abbreviation
Identification Symbol 2 Label:	Stable Belt Colours^[3]
Identification Symbol 3 Label:	Regimental Tartan (Murray of Atholl)^[4]
Identification Symbol 4:	Murray of Atholl
Identification Symbol 4 Label:	Tartan

The Scottish Yeomanry (SCOTS YEO) was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army formed in 1992. It was disbanded in 1999.

History

The Scottish Yeomanry was raised on 1 November 1992 as a result of Options for Change with headquarters at Inchdrewer House, Colinton Road, Edinburgh by transfer and resuscitation of old regiments as squadrons.^[5] The regiment consisted of a headquarters and three sabre squadrons:

• "HQ" (Lothians and Border Horse) Squadron (Edinburgh) was formed by the re-roling of 225 Squadron, 154 (Lowland) Regiment Royal Corps of Transport.^[6]
• "A" (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) Squadron (Ayr) was transferred into the new regiment from the QOY where they had been serving on both CVR(W) Fox and other CVR(T) variants.^[6]
• "B" (Lanarkshire and Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Squadron (East Kilbride) was formed by the re-roling of 222 Squadron, 154 (Lowland) Regiment Royal Corps of Transport.^[6]
• "C" (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse) Squadron (Cupar) was formed by the re-roling of 239 (Highland Yeomanry) Squadron, 153 (Highland) Regiment Royal Corps of Transport. Until 1999 "C" Squadron also maintained part of the lineage of the Lovat Scouts.^[6]

On 1 July 1999, following the Strategic Defence Review, elements were of the regiment ("A" and "C" Squadrons) were transferred to the Queen's Own Yeomanry.^[7] "B" Squadron was re-roled to become 52 Squadron of 32 Signal Regiment and HQ Squadron and regimental headquarters disbanded.^[5]

Uniform

The Scottish Yeomanry wore a grey beret of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards bearing a cap badge of the regiment consisting of the Lion Rampant of Scotland upon crossed lances under the Scottish Crown.^[8]

The officers and men of the regiment wore the Duke of Atholl's Tartan, Murray of Atholl, in various forms of dress.^[9] The regimental stable belt which was adopted was a reversed version of the Ayrshire Yeomanry belt. This looked exactly like the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars' belt.^[10]

External links

• Web site: Scottish Yeomanry. Regiments.org. 18 November 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018072312/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/5ScotY.htm. 18 October 2007.

Notes and References

1. Although formally Gazetted in 1998, Brigadier Jameson had been performing this role since 1997
2. Although formally Gazetted in 1993, General Arthur had been performing this role since 1992.
3. These stable belt colours originated from Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
4. This tartan came from Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
5. Web site: Scottish Yeomanry. Regiments.org. 18 November 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018072312/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/5ScotY.htm. 18 October 2007.
6. Web site: Lineage of Scottish Yeomanry. 12 October 2016.
7. Web site: Answer to Defence Review Questions . UK Parliament. 28 June 1999. 18 November 2017.
8. Web site: Scottish Yeomanry. Surplus and Outdoors. 18 November 2017.
9. Web site: The 8th Duke of Atholl. Clan Murray. 18 November 2017.
10. Web site: Scottish Yeomanry. Stable Belts. 18 November 2017.