Scottish Yeomanry

The Scottish Yeomanry
Cap Badge of The Scottish Yeomanry
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.

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]

References

1. "No. 53286". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1993. p. 7378. Although formally Gazetted in 1993, General Arthur had been performing this role since 1992.
2. "No. 55071". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 March 1998. p. 3087. Although formally Gazetted in 1998, Brigadier Jameson had been performing this role since 1997
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. "Scottish Yeomanry". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
6. "Lineage of Scottish Yeomanry" . Retrieved 12 October 2016.
7. "Answer to Defence Review Questions". UK Parliament. 28 June 1999. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
8. "Scottish Yeomanry". Surplus and Outdoors. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
9. "The 8th Duke of Atholl". Clan Murray. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
10. "Scottish Yeomanry". Stable Belts. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

• "Scottish Yeomanry". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2017.