Shropshire Yeomanry

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The Shropshire Yeomanry is a historic British Army reserve cavalry and later artillery regiment raised in Shropshire, with service spanning from the late 18th century through both World Wars and beyond.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yeomanry 2
Shropshire Yeomanry canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army Reserve unit
Yeomanry regiment
allegiance Crown of the United Kingdom
associatedWith Royal Artillery
Yeomanry of the British Army
linked to: Yeomanry
branch British Army
category Military units and formations in Shropshire
Yeomanry regiments of the British Army
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I

Second World War
linked to: World War II
convertedTo Artillery regiment
country United Kingdom
garrison Shropshire
militaryFormationOf Shropshire
notableFeature Transition from mounted cavalry to artillery
originalFunction Volunteer cavalry for home defence
partOf Territorial Army
Territorial Force
raisedIn Shropshire
recruitmentArea County of Shropshire
linked to: Shropshire
role Artillery
Cavalry
servicePeriod 19th century
First World War
linked to: World War I

Second World War
linked to: World War II

late 18th century
post‑Second World War era
status Reserve unit
type Reserve regiment

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shropshire Regimental Museum focusesOn Shropshire Yeomanry
Territorial Army predecessor Yeomanry
linked to: Shropshire Yeomanry
Battle of Antrim belligerent Yeomanry
linked to: Shropshire Yeomanry