Yeomanry order of precedence


Precedence is the order in which the various corps of the British Army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest.

Precedence

The British Army has frequently been the subject of amalgamation and re-organisation throughout its history. The general rule for establishing the order of precedence is the date of creation of the regiment and its subsequent unbroken service. Disbanded regiments automatically lost precedence. Since 1994 two orders of precedence used parochially and unofficially within the Yeomanry; the Army List of 1914 and the Order of Yeomanry Titles on parade at The Royal Yeomanry Review. Irrespective of this, official precedence within the Army is set out in Queen's Regulations.

Order of precedence from the Army List of 1914

The first is a list of yeomanry units on the establishment at the outbreak of the First World War and therefore contains units that had been disbanded by the time of The Royal Yeomanry Review. This first list does not contain the North Irish, South Irish or King Edward's Horse who were on the Special Reserve at this time. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry do not appear as they are not part of the British Army or its reserve.
  1. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  2. Warwickshire Yeomanry
  3. Yorkshire Hussars
  4. Nottinghamshire
  5. Staffordshire Yeomanry
  6. Shropshire Yeomanry
  7. Ayrshire Yeomanry
  8. Cheshire Yeomanry
  9. Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
  10. Leicestershire Yeomanry
  11. North Somerset Yeomanry
  12. Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
  13. Lanarkshire Yeomanry
  14. Northumberland Hussars
  15. South Nottinghamshire Hussars
  16. Denbighshire Hussars
  17. Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
  18. Pembroke Yeomanry
  19. Royal East Kent Yeomanry
  20. Hampshire Yeomanry
  21. Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
  22. Derbyshire Yeomanry
  23. Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
  24. Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
  25. Hertfordshire Yeomanry
  26. Berkshire Yeomanry
  27. 1st County of London
  28. Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
  29. Suffolk Yeomanry
  30. Royal North Devon Yeomanry
  31. Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
  32. Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
  33. West Somerset Yeomanry
  34. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
  35. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
  36. Lothians and Border Horse
  37. Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
  38. Lancashire Hussars
  39. Surrey Yeomanry
  40. Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
  41. Norfolk Yeomanry
  42. Sussex Yeomanry
  43. Glamorgan YeomanryWelsh Horse
  44. Lincolnshire Yeomanry
  45. City of London
  46. 2nd County of London
  47. 3rd County of London Yeomanry
  48. Bedfordshire Yeomanry
  49. Essex Yeomanry
  50. Northamptonshire Yeomanry
  51. East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
  52. 1st Lovat's Scouts
  53. 2nd Lovat's Scouts
  54. Scottish Horse

    Order of Yeomanry titles on parade

The second order of precedence represents units that were on the establishment of the Territorial Army at the time of the review. Order of precedence in this instance includes the current role of the unit, placing Armoured Corps before Artillery and so on. Since the review, several units and sub-units have changed role and corps or been disbanded.
The approach taken at The Royal Yeomanry Review can be summarised as follows:
The following is taken from the last page of the programme printed for The Royal Yeomanry Review. As on that day, the list below has been divided into blocks corresponding to the order in which the units formed and grouped.