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The Essex Yeomanry is a yeomanry regiment of the British Army. The Essex Yeomanry was raised in 1797 and remains part of the current British Army order of battle. The regiment recruits volunteers from the county of Essex in the East of England.

History

Origins

The Essex Yeomanry was raised during the in 1797 during the Napoleonic Wars as a number of independent troops. The regiment was brought together as the "Essex Yeomanry Cavalry" in 1814. The regiment was disbanded in 1828, but with the expansion of the volunteer movement in the 1850s the regiment was re-raised as the "West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry" in 1857. The regiment was disbanded again in 1877, but an "Essex Troop" continued to serve under command of the "Loyal Suffolk Hussars".

Essex Imperial Yeomanry

In 1902 the "Essex Imperial Yeomanry" was raised with 4 sabre squadrons, 1 machinegun section, and its regimental headquarters at Colchester. In 1908, the regiment was renamed the "Essex Yeomanry" and transferred to the Territorial Force.

Regimental Headquarters was based at Colchester
A Squadron was based at Colchester
B Squadron was based at Braintree
C Squadron was based at Waltham Abbey
D Squadron was based at Southend

First World War (1914-1918)

Under construction.

Between the Wars (1918-1939)

The regiment was reconstituted in 1920 as part of the Territorial Army with regimental headquarters at Colchester. In 1921, the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery. The regiment became "104th (Essex Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

Regimental Headquarters - was based at Colchester
413 (Essex Yeomanry) Battery - was based at Colchester
414 (Essex Yeomanry) Battery - was based at Harlow

In 1932, with regimental headquarters and 413 Battery transferred to Chelmsford, the regiment gained a third battery in form of 339 (Essex Royal Horse Artillery) Battery based at Colchester. In 1938, the regiment was renamed "104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA".

Second World War (1939-1945)

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 the "104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA" formed a duplicate regiment as part of the increase in British military manpower. The second Essex Yeomanry regiment was designated "147 Regiment RHA (Essex Yeomanry).

104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA

The first line regiment went to the Middle East in 1940 and served in most of the Western Desert battles, notably Battle of Alamein and the Siege of Torbruk. The regiment went on to fight in the Italian Campaign and was stood-down in Austria in 1946

147th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA

The new regiment landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 1944. The regiment fought with the 8th Armoured Brigade as a spear-head unit through France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany. The regiment stood-down in 1946.