Cheshire Yeomanry

The Cheshire Yeomanry
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Active	1797–present
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1797–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–present)
Branch	British Army
Type	Yeomanry
Role	Formation Reconnaissance Signals
Size	Two Squadrons
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps Royal Signals
Garrison/HQ	Chester
March	Quick -
Engagements	Peterloo Massacre Second Boer War First World War Egypt 1916–17 Palestine 1917–18 France and Flanders 1918 Second World War Syria 1941 North-West Europe 1945
Battle honours	See battle honours below
Commanders
Honorary Colonel	Major Peter M. Cooper, TD[1]
Notable commanders	Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster

The Cheshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment that can trace its history back to 1797 when Sir John Leicester of Tabley raised a county regiment of light cavalry in response to the growing fears of invasion from Napoleonic France. Its lineage is maintained by C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, the Queen's Own Yeomanry.