| 词条 | Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
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| unit_name = The Royal Wessex Yeomanry | image = Royal Wessex Yeomanry.png | caption = Cap badge of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry | dates = 1 April 1971–Present | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} | type = Yeomanry | role = Armoured Reinforcement | size = One regiment | command_structure = Royal Armoured Corps | garrison = Regimental Headquarters - Bovington Camp A Squadron – Bovington B Squadron – Salisbury C Squadron – Cirencester & Donnington D Squadron – Barnstaple and Exeter Y Squadron – Swindon | nickname = Wessex Warriors | motto = | colors = | march = Slow: Scimitar Hill ( Sherborne) Quick: God Bless the Prince of Wales | mascot = Ramrod Darcy III, Dorset Ram | battles = | anniversaries = | notable_commanders = | current_commander = Lt Col RA Burdon-Cooper | ceremonial_chief = HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO ADC | ceremonial_chief_label = Royal Honorary Colonel | colonel_of_the_regiment = Lt Col The Lord de Mauley TD | colonel_of_the_regiment_label = Honorary Colonel }} The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) is a Reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons. Formerly part of 43 (Wessex) Brigade, the regiment joined 3rd (UK) Division in July 2014, to provide armoured (main battle tank) resilience to the three armoured regiments within the Reaction Force. In 2015 the Regiment was moved from the Operational Command of 3rd (UK) Division to 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, but members of the Regiment still wear the 3rd (UK) Division formation badge to reflect their role in supporting the three Armoured Regiments in the Division (QRH, KRH, and RTR). HistoryThe Regiments can trace its history back to 4 June 1794, a meeting of country gentlemen at the Bear Inn in Devizes decided to raise a body of ten independent troops of Yeomanry for the county of Wiltshire, which became the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. The Wessex Yeomanry was formed on 1 April 1971 by re-raising cadres from the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and the Royal Devon Yeomanry to form four squadrons. The Wessex Yeomanry was granted its royal title, becoming the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, on 8 June 1979. Initially roled as infantry, in the 1980s it was re-roled as a reconnaissance regiment and became one of the Military Home Defence Reconnaissance Regiments. Following the Strategic Defence Review, the regiment merged with the Dorset Yeomanry in July 1999 and was reorganised and re-roled into its current ORBAT.[1][2] Before the Army 2020 plan, the regiment had three roles:
Since 2013, the Regiment has been the United Kingdom's only Armoured Reinforcement Regiment, providing armoured (Main Battle Tank) resilience to the three remaining regular Army Armoured Regiments: the Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH), the King's Royal Hussars (KRH) and the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR). All five Squadrons train Challenger 2 crewmen. The RWxY has conducted Challenger 2 (CR2) driver Training in Bovington, Sennelager Germany, Salisbury Plain Training Area and live firing at Lulworth and Castlemartin Ranges.[4] Each squadron maintains the traditions of its forebear regiment, maintaining a sense of pride and rivalry. In 2011, there was a Regimental Celebration of 40 years since the founding of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, although, at this time, the Dorset Yeomanry was not part of the regiment. HRH Earl of Wessex, the Regimental Colonel, visited, met with members of the regiment and their families and also participated in a private guided tour of the neighbouring Tank Museum.[5] RecruitmentLike all of the regiments within the British Army the regiment allows recruits from all over the country. However, this regiment traditionally recruits from counties such as Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Wiltshire and Cornwall.[6] OrganisationEach squadron keeps within its title the name of its antecedent, county, yeomanry regiment:
Unusually, B Squadron is the senior of the regiment's five squadrons. This is because the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry is the senior Yeomanry regiment in the Yeomanry Order of Precedence, having been raised in 1794. It is not designated as A Squadron (which would be the usual practice) because there was already a Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry squadron in the Royal Yeomanry with which it could be confused. In summer 2014, this Royal Yeomanry Squadron joined the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, becoming Y Squadron.[7] HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO ADC is the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.[5] UniformThe Royal Wessex Yeomanry Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF) is taken from the 74th (Yeomanry) Division, whose insignia was a broken spur in a black diamond during the First World War. It is used to signify that its units were once mounted but now served as infantry. The TRF took its colour scheme from the facings of the collars and cuffs of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (buff), Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Dorset Yeomanry and the Royal Devon Yeomanry (all scarlet).[8] In 2016 the colour scheme of the TRF was changed, replacing the scarlet with blue, and the 'broken spur' replaced by a complete spur.[9] The regiment wears a brown beret, similar to that worn by the Kings Royal Hussars, with a square black patch behind the cap badge to represent the RTR affiliation. Until July 2014, each squadron wore the cap badge of its antecedent Yeomanry regiment, meaning that, unlike most other British Army regiments, the RWxY still had four cap badges.[10] On 5 July 2014 all squadrons, including Y Squadron (formerly A Squadron the Royal Yeomanry), adopted a single unifying cap badge featuring a Wessex Wyvern rampant.[9] Affiliations
Commanding officers
Honorary Colonels
Order of precedenceFor the purposes of parading, the Regiments of the British Army are listed according to an order of precedence. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being the most senior. {{S-start}}{{Order of precedence |before= Royal Yeomanry| title= British Army }}{{S-end}} References1. ^{{cite book|last=Bastin|first=Maj JD|title=The Historical Journal of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry|year=1980}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Royal Wessex Yeomanry History |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9061.aspx |accessdate=9 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107042803/http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9061.aspx |archivedate=January 7, 2012 }} 3. ^{{cite web|title=RWxY Role |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9060.aspx |accessdate=9 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125083737/http://army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9060.aspx |archivedate=25 November 2011 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ta-soldiers-undertake-tank-training|title=TA soldiers undertake tank training|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=4 May 2014}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART3090|title=Prince visits museum|accessdate=4 May 2014}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-armoured-corps/royal-wessex-yeomanry/|title=Royal Wessex Yeomanry|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-20}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wessex-rfca.org.uk/royal-wessex-yeomanry-dons-new-cap-badge-bigger-role/|title=The Royal Wessex Yeomanry dons a new cap badge for a bigger role|publisher=Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association|accessdate=22 October 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=History of the RWxY TRF |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9143.aspx |accessdate=9 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017075749/http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/9143.aspx |archivedate=17 October 2012 |df= }} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28779.aspx|title=History|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=22 October 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rghya.org.uk/images/2013donkeywalloper.pdf|page=3|title=13 March 2012 - Association Meeting at The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum|publisher=The Donkey Walloper|accessdate=4 May 2014}} 11. ^{{cite web |publisher=The King's Royal Hussars Association |title=Allied Regiments & Affiliations |url=http://www.krh.org.uk/allied-and-affiliations.html |accessdate=9 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420030052/http://www.krh.org.uk/allied-and-affiliations.html |archivedate=20 April 2012 |df= }} 12. ^{{cite web|publisher=The Royal Tank Regiment Association|title=Allied & Affiliated Regiments|url=http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/alliedaffiliatedregiments.aspx|accessdate=9 February 2012}} 13. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 45569 |page=348 | supp = y | date = 11 January 1971 }} 14. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 49787 |page=8742 | supp = y | date = 26 June 1984 }} 15. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 51718 |page=5217 | supp = y | date = 28 April 1989 }} 16. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 52792 |page=492 | supp = y | date = 14 January 1992 }} 17. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 54788 |page=6737 | supp = y | date = 9 June 1997 }} 18. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 56078 |page=14611 | supp = y | date = 2 January 2001 }} 19. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 57122 |page=14548 | supp = y | date = 25 November 2003 }} 20. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 59492 |page=13805 | supp = y | date = 20 July 2010 }} 21. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 61307|page=13875 | supp = y | date = 28 July 2015 }} External links
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