SUSSEX YEOMANRY

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SUSSEX YEOMANRY (42) [42]

1908 Sussex Yeomanry

The Great War

Three units formed

1914

1^st / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry 2^nd / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry

1915

3^rd / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry

1916

2^nd / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry converted to Cyclist and amalgamated with 2^nd / 1^st Surrey

Yeomanry

To form:

8^th (Surrey and Sussex) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment

1917

1^st / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry converted to infantry

To become:

16^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

2^nd / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry resumed separate status as Cyclists

3^rd / 1^st disbanded

1919

16^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment disembodied

1920

2^nd / 1^st Sussex Yeomanry disbanded

Battle Honours awarded to Sussex Yeomanry:

Somme 1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Epéhy, Pursuit to Mons, France and

Flanders 1918, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916-17, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell' Asur, Palestine

1917-18

1920

Reformed as:

Sussex Yeomanry

Change of arm and re-designated as:

13^th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

1921

Re-designated as:

389^th and 390^th Batteries, 98^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

1922

Surrey Yeomanry batteries ( 391^st and 392^nd ) added with change of title to:

98^th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

1924

Re-designated as:

98^th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) (Army) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery

1934

Re-designated as:

98^th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery

1938

Re-designated as:

98^th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

1939

On duplication of the Territorial Army, re-designated as:

144^th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

and

98^th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
[see Surrey Yeomanry]

1942

Re-designated as:

144^th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's)

WW2

Location of operations

98^th Field Regiment 144^th Field Regiment

Sudan Home Defence

Egypt

Libya

Iraq

Persia

Palestine

1945

Suspended animation

1947

Reformed as:

344^th (Susssex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft and Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

1950

Amalgamated without change of title with:

605^th (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

1955

Amalgamated with:

258^th (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

313^rd (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aricraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

641^st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Sussex)

To form:

258^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

1961

Amalgamated with:

257^th (County of Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

To form:

257^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

1967

Reduced to one Battery designated:

200^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Battery, Royal Artillery (Volunteers)

Re-designated as:

200^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Medium Battery, 100^th (Eastern) Medium Regiment,

Royal Artillery (Volunteers)

1970

Re-designated as:

200^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Medium Battery, 100^th (Yeomanry) Medium

Regiment, Royal Artillery

1976

Re-designated as:

200^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Battery, 100^th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment,

Royal Artillery

To include B Troop from The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment),

Royal Artillery (Territorials)

Two Troops of Sussex Yeomanry formed part of:

127^th (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Squadron, 78^th (Fortress) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers

To include a Troop from Surrey Yeomanry and Troops from 39 (City of London) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals

1999

127^th Field Squadron disbanded

Sussex Yeomanry components are placed in suspended animation (two troops) Surrey Yeomanry and Royal Corps of Signals components (three troops) re-roled and re-designated as:

579^th (Bomb Disposal) Squadron, Royal Engineers, 101^st (London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Royal Engineers

2008

Two Troops of Sussex Yeomanry component reformed and re-roled as :

No. 1 Troop, 579^th (Bomb Disposal) Squadron, Royal Engineers, 101^st (London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Royal Engineers