Derbyshire Yeomanry

The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry regiment and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two reconnaissance regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the Leicestershire Yeomanry to form the Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957.

Derbyshire Yeomanry
Cap badge of The Derbyshire Yeomanry
Active22 October 1794 – 2 February 1957
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1957)
Branch British Army
TypeYeomanry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsSouth Africa 1900–01
World War I
Gallipoli 1915
Egypt 1915–16
Macedonia 1916–18

World War II

North Africa 1942–43
Italy 1944–45
North-West Europe 1944–45
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