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class="infobox-data">RHQ - Telford<br />A Squadron - Dudley<br />B Squadron - Telford<br />C Squadron - Chester<br />D Squadron - Wigan<br />H-Detachment - Hereford</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel-in-Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom">HM The Queen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Honorary Colonel</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Grosvenor,_6th_Duke_of_Westminster" title="Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster">Major General The Duke of Westminster KG OBE TD DL</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Tactical Recognition Flash</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RMLY_TRF.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RMLY_TRF.svg/100px-RMLY_TRF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RMLY_TRF.svg/150px-RMLY_TRF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RMLY_TRF.svg/200px-RMLY_TRF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="340" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div><p><b>The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Yeomanry" title="Yeomanry">yeomanry</a> regiment of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a>. It served in the armoured replacement role, providing replacement tank crews for regular <a href="/wiki/Armoured_regiments" class="mw-redirect" title="Armoured regiments">armoured regiments</a>. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Mercian_and_Lancastrian_Yeomanry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was formed in November 1992 by the amalgamation of The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Mercian_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry">Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry</a> and The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry">Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Options_for_Change" title="Options for Change">Options for Change</a>. In 1999, it absorbed a squadron from The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a>, bringing it to a strength of four squadrons plus the headquarters squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments.org_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, the RMLY became a single cap badge regiment, when the individual cap badges of each squadron were replaced by the newly designed RMLY cap badge. This incorporated the Mercian Eagle from the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry with the Red Rose from the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. This was also the point at which H-Det joined the regiment, to provide a Recce troop. H-Detachment was renamed Manoeuvre and Support Squadron in 2011, when it was given Squadron status; it still consisted of the Recce troop, but now also housed the "hoop" (communications for the squadron).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2013, it was announced that the RMLY would be restructured under the <a href="/wiki/Army_2020" title="Army 2020">Army 2020</a> plan. A Squadron and B Squadron resubordinated to The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Yeomanry" title="Royal Yeomanry">Royal Yeomanry</a>, while C Squadron and D Squadron resubordinated to The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was disbanded in April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Mercian_and_Lancastrian_Yeomanry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RMLY consisted of a Recce Troop, a Command Troop (within the detachment based in Hereford) and four sabre squadrons. Each of the sabre squadrons perpetuates a historic Yeomanry regiment, which is reflected in their subtitles:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A (<a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry">Staffordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_Yeomanry" title="Warwickshire Yeomanry">Warwickshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars">and Worcestershire Yeomanry</a>) Squadron</li> <li>B (<a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Yeomanry" title="Shropshire Yeomanry">Shropshire Yeomanry</a>) Squadron</li> <li>C (<a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Yeomanry" title="Cheshire Yeomanry">Cheshire Yeomanry</a>) Squadron</li> <li>D (<a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry">Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry</a>) Squadron</li> <li>Manoeuvre and Support Squadron (<a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a>) - The <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry" title="Herefordshire Light Infantry">Herefordshire (Light Infantry)</a> Squadron</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Mercian_and_Lancastrian_Yeomanry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center; background: #F08080;"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"><b>Lineage to 1992</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="14" style="width:20%;"><b>The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry</b><br />(1992) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="width:20%;"><b>The Mercian Yeomanry</b><br />(1971)<br /><i>renamed</i><br /> <b>The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Mercian_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry">Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry</a></b><br />(1973) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="width:20%;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Warwickshire_and_Worcestershire_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry">Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry</a></b> (1956) </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:20%;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_Yeomanry" title="Warwickshire Yeomanry">Warwickshire Yeomanry</a></b> (1794) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars">Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars</a></b> (1831) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry">Staffordshire Yeomanry</a> (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)</b> (1794) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Yeomanry" title="Shropshire Yeomanry">Shropshire Yeomanry</a></b> (1872) </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>North Salopian Yeomanry</b> (1795)<br /> <p><b>South Salopian Yeomanry</b> (1795) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry">Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry</a> (Royal Tank Regiment)</b> (1967) <p><br /><i>renamed</i><br /><b>The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry">Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry</a></b> (1971) </p> </td> <td colspan="3" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry">Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry</a></b> (1797) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>The 40th/41st <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a></b> (1956) </td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center;"><b>15th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps</b> (1860)<br /> <p><b>4th Volunteer Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's Regiment (Liverpool)">The King's (Liverpool Regiment)</a></b> (1888) <br /><b>7th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)</b> (1908)<br /> <b>40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment</b> (1938) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center;"> <p><b>22nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps</b> (1882)<br /> <b>6th Volunteer Battalion, The <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Regiment" title="Manchester Regiment">Manchester Regiment</a></b> (1888)<br /> <b>10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment</b> (1908)<br /> <b>41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment</b> (1938) </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_precedence">Order of precedence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Mercian_and_Lancastrian_Yeomanry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Order of precedence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the purposes of parading, the Regiments of the British Army are listed according to an order of precedence. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being the most senior. </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wessex_Yeomanry" title="Royal Wessex Yeomanry">Royal Wessex Yeomanry</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/British_Army_Order_of_Precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="British Army Order of Precedence">British Army <br />Order of Precedence</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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