Yeomanry

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British Army formation part-time military unit volunteer cavalry force

Yeomanry were volunteer cavalry units in the British Army, historically composed of part-time soldiers drawn largely from rural and middle-class communities.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Yeomanry	2
British Yeomanry	1
English yeomanry	1
Yeomanry (United Kingdom)	1
Yeomanry of the British Army	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ part-time military unit ⓘ volunteer cavalry force ⓘ
commandLanguage	English ⓘ
composedOf	part-time soldiers ⓘ
conflictParticipation	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctiveFeature	ceremonial uniforms ⓘ county-based regiments ⓘ local identity ⓘ
equipmentType	carbines ⓘ horses ⓘ sabres ⓘ
garrisonType	local regimental centres ⓘ
hasRole	home defence force ⓘ mounted troops ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
laterConversion	armoured units ⓘ artillery units ⓘ signals units ⓘ
legalStatus	auxiliary forces ⓘ
militaryBranch	Cavalry ⓘ
organizationalType	territorial force ⓘ
origin	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
primaryFunction	defence against invasion ⓘ internal security ⓘ suppression of civil unrest ⓘ
recruitmentBase	middle-class communities ⓘ rural communities ⓘ
relatedConcept	Territorial Army NERFINISHED ⓘ militia ⓘ volunteer force ⓘ
serviceStatus	part-time ⓘ
socialComposition	landowners ⓘ local gentry ⓘ professionals ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ
subclassOf	cavalry regiments of the British Army ⓘ reserve forces ⓘ
trainingPattern	annual camps ⓘ periodic drills ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English longbow → associatedWith → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: English yeomanry

Shropshire Yeomanry → associatedWith → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yeomanry of the British Army

British forces in the Second Boer War → hasPart → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Yeomanry

Battle of Bergendal → hasParticipant → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Yeomanry

Territorial Force → hasPredecessor → Yeomanry ⓘ

Volunteer Force (United Kingdom) → parallelTo → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yeomanry (United Kingdom)

Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 → reorganized → Yeomanry ⓘ

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars → tradition → Yeomanry ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Yeomanry