| Unit Name: | The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry |
| Dates: | 31 October 2014 – present |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Type: | Light cavalry Yeomanry |
| Role: | Close-quarters combat Cold-weather warfare Desert warfare Forward observer Maneuver warfare Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Screening Urban warfare |
| Size: | Regiment |
| Command Structure: | 19th Brigade |
| Garrison: | Redford Barracks, Edinburgh |
| Garrison Label: | Regimental Headquarters |
| Motto: | Per Vigilans (Ever Vigilant) |
| Colors: | Deep Brunswick Green with St Andrew's Blue over and under |
| Equipment: | Jackal 2 / Coyote TSV Land Rover FFR |
| Anniversaries: | 24 May - Hitler Line (North Irish Horse) |
| Battle Honours: | South Africa 1900-02, Marne 1914, St Quentin Canal, Cambrai 1918, Gallipoli, Jerusalem, Dunkirk, N.W. Europe 1944-45, Djebel Rmel, Tunis, Longstop Hill, Hitler Line, Gothic Line |
| Battle Honours Label: | Battle Honours |
| Website: | Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry |
| Commander2: | Col Melfort Campbell |
| Commander2 Label: | Colonel of the Regiment |
| Identification Symbol: | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Administrative Corps |
| Identification Symbol 2: | Maple Leaf for North Irish Horse (Battle Honour from Hitler Line) |
| Identification Symbol 3: | A Squadron - Hunting Erskine and Royal Stewart for pipers B Squadron - Ulster Tartan (modern) C Squadron - Murray of Atholl (modern) E Squadron - "Hound's Tooth" tartan for pipe bag covers |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Arm Badge |
| Identification Symbol 3 Label: | Tartan |
| Identification Symbol 4 Label: | Royal Armoured Corps Cap badge and TRF |
The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY) is a reserve light cavalry regiment created in 2014 as part of the restructuring of the British Army's Army Reserve. It is operationally paired with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, based at Leuchars Station in Fife, Scotland. The regiment has numerous squadrons across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
On 31 October 2014, under the Army 2020 plan, the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry was formed from the regimental headquarters of the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry and three squadrons of the Queen's Own Yeomanry.[1] [2] The new regiment was also to include the Lothians and Border Horse, which was re-raised shortly thereafter.[3] As of October 2021, it consists of:[4]
In accordance with the Strategic Defence and Security Review (2020), the regiment is paired with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in the light cavalry role. It is primarily equipped with the Jackal reconnaissance vehicle, having converted from the RWIMIK platform.[11] The regiment was formerly under the control of 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, but came under control of 19th Brigade in 2022;[12] it is the only army reserve armoured unit in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In 2018, the regiment was present with its first regimental guidon by Frank Ross, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, on behalf of the Sovereign.
The regiment recruits soldiers from around the Scottish counties of Lanarkshire, Lothian, Angus and Ayrshire, and from Northern Ireland.[13]
| 1957 Defence White Paper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry | A Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry | A Squadron, Scottish Yeomanry | A Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry | A Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry | |
| North Irish Horse | D Squadron, Royal Yeomanry | North Irish Horse (Independent Squadron) | B Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry | B Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry | |
| Fife and Forfar Yeomanry | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse | (Suspended Animation) | C Squadron, Scottish Yeomanry | C Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry | C Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry |
| Scottish Horse | |||||
| Lothian and Border Horse | Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry | (Suspended Animation) | HQ Squadron, Scottish Yeomanry | (Suspended Animation) | E Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry |
| Lanarkshire Yeomanry | B Squadron Scottish Yeomanry | (Suspended Animation) | |||
| Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry | |||||
The regiment has received the freedom of several locations throughout its history; these include: