The Scottish Yeomanry | |
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Active | 1992-1999 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Yeomanry |
Role | Light reconnaissance |
Size | One Regiment |
Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
Regimental Headquarters | Inchdrewer House |
Motto(s) | All seeing |
March | The Garb of Old Gaul |
Vehicles | Land Rover Defender |
Commanders | |
Honorary Colonel 1992-97 | Lieutenant General Sir Norman Arthur KCB JP[1] |
Honorary Colonel 1997-99 | Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE DL[2] |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | SCOTS YEO |
Stable Belt Colours[3] | |
Regimental Tartan (Murray of Atholl)[4] | |
Tartan | Murray of Atholl |
The Scottish Yeomanry (SCOTS YEO) was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army formed in 1992. It was disbanded in 1999.
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:
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]
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]