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Royal Wessex Yeomanry - Definition and Overview

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of four squadrons, each of which bears the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment:

  • A (Dorset Yeomanry) Squadron
  • B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron
  • C (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron
  • D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry currently serves two roles; the Dorset Yeomanry serves as an infrastructure and training squadron for the armour replacement role, while the other three squadrons are operational as armour replacements on the Challenger 2 tank.

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