Today on the podcast we are looking at the history of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment…a unit that can trace its roots back to 1685.
We’ll discuss the antecedent regiments that came together to form the modern regiment, look at their battle honours and important dates and then examine the role of the...
Published 11/11/24
I bet like me you thought tanks and armoured vehicles had replaced Britain’s horse mounted cavalry after WW1.
Well, we were wrong.
Imagine this: in 1939, Britain still had a number of cavalry regiments that hadn’t been mechanised. . . They still rode horses and carried sabres.
These were...
Published 11/04/24