Royal Dorset Yeomanry

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The Royal Dorset Yeomanry was a British Army yeomanry regiment raised in Dorset that served as part-time volunteer cavalry and later armoured and artillery forces in various conflicts, including the World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Dorset Yeomanry 1
Royal Dorset Yeomanry canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army unit
Yeomanry regiment
allegiance Crown of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
associatedWith British Yeomanry NERFINISHED
basedIn County of Dorset NERFINISHED
branch British Army
category Regiments of the British Army
Yeomanry regiments of the British Army
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
equipment Armoured vehicles
Artillery guns
Horses
garrison Dorset NERFINISHED
militaryBranchEvolution Cavalry to armour and artillery
militaryFunction Part-time volunteer force
notableFeature Converted from mounted cavalry to mechanised roles
Volunteer yeomanry origins
partOf British Territorial Army NERFINISHED
raisedIn Dorset NERFINISHED
recruitmentArea Dorset NERFINISHED
region southwest England
surface form: South West England
role Armoured unit
Artillery unit
Cavalry
service Territorial Army NERFINISHED
Territorial Force NERFINISHED
serviceStatus Part-time
type Yeomanry NERFINISHED

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94th (Dorset and Hampshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery origin Royal Dorset Yeomanry
this entity surface form: Dorset Yeomanry