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of BTE from July to November 1941. It entered Tobruk in November 1941 and fought at El Duda during the breakout through 9 December. It then served with 8th Army in the desert until 12 July 1942. In January 1942, Z/433rd Battery was retitled 513th Anti-Tank Battery. The regiment was converted to a field regiment on 30 May 1942 and X/432nd Battery was interspersed throughout the regiment. It was reconverted to an anti-tank regiment on 4 July 1942. It came under command of 5th Indian Infantry Division in Egypt from 12 July until 9 September 1942. ‘S’ Anti-Tank Battery joined on 24 September 1942. The regiment served under command of 4th Indian Infantry Division from 9 September 1942 until 31 August 1945. It was in North Africa until 8 September 1943, in Palestine until 16 October 1943, in Syria until 9 November 1943, in Egypt until 2 December 1943, at sea until 9 December 1943, in Italy until 10 December 1944 and then Greece.
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At the end of February 1941, the regiment was advised that it was to become a Light Anti Aircraft (L.A.A) regiment of just three batteries (comprising 36 x 20mm Breda guns) and was then later known as 106th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (Lancashire Hussars). In March 1941, the regiment deployed to
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The regiment was converted to a field regiment on 1 June 1940. It was sent to Egypt in March 1941 and arrived there on 20 June 1941. It was converted to 149th Anti-Tank Regiment on 1 July 1941 at Mena Camp with 432nd, 433rd, ‘X’/432nd, and ‘Z’/433rd Batteries and 36 2-pounders. It was under command
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The regiment was originally formed in 1798 as independent troops. It became the Lancashire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1828. After being disbanded in 1832, it was re-formed as the Lancashire Hussars in 1848. It went on to become the Lancashire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry in 1901 and the Lancashire Hussars
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Later, in 1956, it became 'P' (Lancashire Hussars) Battery of 287th (1st West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, RA and, by 1967, it was just 'A' Troop (Lancashire Hussars), P (1st West Lancashire) Battery, The West Lancashire Regiment, RA (Territorial). In 1969, the regiment was reduced to a
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Cavalry Regiment. In July 1917, the regiment was dismounted and dispatched for training as infantry. This was completed in September 1917, when the men joined a battalion of the King's, which was redesignated as the 18th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion, the
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It moved to North Africa in August 1940, by which time 424 Bty had become No. 1 and No. 2 Batteries (Anti-tank) and 423 Bty had become No. 3 and No. 4 Batteries (Anti-aircraft), known as 1/106 Bty, 1/102, Bty, etc. The former two were equipped with
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into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for
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the regiment co-sponsored the 23rd and 32nd (Lancashire) Companies, and the Hussars also sponsored the 77th (Manchester) Company, which served in the 8th Battalion, IY.
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AA/AT guns. Each new battery consisted of only two troops, A and B (No. 1 Bty), C and D (No. 2 Bty), E and F (No. 3 Bty) and G and H (No.4 Bty). It served with the
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On 13 December 1899, the decision to allow volunteer forces serve in the Second Boer War was made. Due to the string of defeats during
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in December 1899, the British government realised they were going to need more troops than just the regular army, thus issuing a
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In July 1916 there was a major reorganisation of 2nd line yeomanry units in the UK. All but 12 regiments were converted to
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in 1908, the 'Imperial' part of the title was dropped. The regiment was based at Prince Albert Road in
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In 1920, in common with many other Yeomanry regiments, the Lancashire Hussars were converted to a
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The 2nd line regiment was formed in September 1914. By July 1915, it was under the command of the
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for 2 weeks training. Thereafter, the regiment was sent to defend the airstrip at
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The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915 and in the summer it was affiliated to a
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Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire)
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and as a consequence the regiment was dismounted and the brigade converted to
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as part of W Force. Upon disembarking at Piraeus, the regiment deployed to
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anti-tank guns on Portees, and the latter two with captured Italian 20mm
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1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)
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When the TA was re-formed in 1947, the regiment was renamed the
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Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
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Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment)
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King Edward's Horse (The King's Own Overseas Dominion Regiment)
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103 (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery
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306th (Lancashire Hussars) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
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106th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
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on 24 December 1899. This warrant officially created the
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Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
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The 106th (Lancashire Hussars) of Shaw Street remembered
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in October 1916, still at Cupar. The regiment moved to
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Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)
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British Army
Yeomanry
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Artillery
Battle honours
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Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War
Black Week
Royal Warrant
Imperial Yeomanry
Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
Mounted infantry
Territorial Force
Liverpool
Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
Shrewsbury
Shropshire Yeomanry
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Oswestry
Ludlow
Wellington
Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
Chester
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