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What (who) is yeomanry - definition
DESIGNATION USED BY A NUMBER OF UNITS OR SUB-UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY RESERVE
Yeoman Cavalry
yeomanry
n.
Body of yeomen, yeomen.
yeomanry
¦ noun [treated as sing. or plural] historical a body of yeomen, or yeomen collectively.
?(in Britain) a volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeomanry (1794-1908).
Yeomanry
·noun The yeomanry cavalry.
II. Yeomanry ·noun The position or rank of a yeoman.
III. Yeomanry ·noun The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
IV. Yeomanry ·add. ·noun A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the Boer war. ·see Army organization, above.
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Yeomanry
Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Army Reserve, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments. Today, Yeomanry units serve in a variety of different military roles.
Examples of use of yeomanry
1. In 1'42, when the Yeomanry were put into tanks, the animals became redundant.
2. But evidence now shows it was Mr Ekins‘ Firefly of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry that fired the fatal shot.
3. From 1'3' he served in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, was mentioned in dispatches and awarded a military OBE in 1'44.
4. It was a Cenotaph debut, too, for the Earl of Wessex, dressed as colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.
5. The then Prince of Wales first set eyes on Alice when he was inspecting the Norfolk Yeomanry in which her husband, George, was an officer.