Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry


The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry is a unit of the Territorial Army that was formed in 1961 as the Kent and County of London Yeomanry by the amalgamation of two yeomanry regiments, the 297 Regiment, Royal Artillery and the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry.

History

The unit was formed in 1961 as the Kent and County of London Yeomanry by the amalgamation of two yeomanry regiments, the 297 Regiment, Royal Artillery and the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry. It served initially as an armoured reconnaissance regiment until 1967 and the re-organisation of the TA, when it was disbanded and reconstituted as three separate units:
In 1969, the artillery battery was converted to Squadron, part of 71 Signal Regiment, the Royal Signals. In 1971, this squadron was re-designated 265 Squadron in 1971 and in 1987 the lineage was transferred to HQ Squadron, part of 71 Signal Regiment.

Present day

Today, the two squadrons remain as Sharpshooters, one of several old yeomanry regiments to maintain more than one unit within the Army Reserve:
The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum is at Hever Castle in Kent.

Honorary Colonels

Honorary colonels have been: