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CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS) (44) [46]
1908
City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
Boer War
South Africa 1900-02
The Great War
1914
Numbered as:
1st / 1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
1915
Amalgamated as:
1st / 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)
and with:
1st / 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
To form:
4th London Regiment of Yeomanry
Resumed separate status and original title in December
1918
Converted with 3rd County of London Yeomanry to be part of:
E Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
Re-designated as:
103rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
1919
Disbanded
Battle Honours awarded to The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders):
Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1918, Macedonia 1916-17, Suvla, Scimitar Hill,
Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-16, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Palestine 1917-18
1920
Reformed with change of arm and amalgamated to form:
C Battery, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Yeomanry)
Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
1921
Re-designated as:
No. 1 Battery, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London
Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
1937
Re-designated as:
City of London Yeomanry Battery (The Rough Riders), 11th (Honourable Artillery
Company and City of London Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
1938
Expanded and converted to form:
HQ and 31st , 32nd , 33rd (City of London Yeomanry) Batteries, 11th (City of London
Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery
1939
Re-designated as:
11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
WW2
Location of operations
Western Desert and Italy
Awarded Honorary Distinction, the Royal Artillery Badge with year dates 1942-45 with two scrolls North Africa, Italy
1947
Reformed with change of arm and re-designated as:
The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), Royal Armoured Corps
1956
Change of arm and re-designated as:
The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
1961
Amalgamated with:
The Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
with change of arm to form:
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
1967
Reduced to form:
A Company (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry), The London Yeomanry and Territorials
1969
Re-roled and transferred as:
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71st Signal Regiment
(Volunteers), Royal Corps of Signals
1994
Re-designated as:
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron,
71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)
Successor units:
68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71st (Yeomanry) Signal
Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)
The Regimental Band (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry), The Royal Yeomanry
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