Image ID: 23577

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Leaving Worksop, c 1900s-1910s

Worksop
England

After the SRY (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Service in the Market Place - Soldiers marching to the regimental band. The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry was raised in the summer of 1794 as the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and is the fourth senior regiment of Yeomanry. The Regiment did not see active service until a mounted squadron was sent to South Africa in 1900, followed by another squadron a year later, earning the Sherwood Rangers their first battle honour. Later, In the First World War the Regiment served in Egypt as cavalry. In 1915 it was despatched to Gallipoli in an infantry role and served as such for three months, receiving the 'King's Colour' in recognition of its gallantry. The Regiment then returned to Egypt as cavalry, serving thereafter in North Greece and Palestine, taking part in the great cavalry advance from Gaza to Aleppo. The Sherwood Rangers won 13 battle honours for the First World War.

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