My Local Cavalry Regiment.
Motto: 'Face The Enemy'.
The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) was first raised in 1794. It provided cavalry and mounted infantry in the Boer War and WW1. In WW2 it provided two field artillery regiments.
Between the wars, still as a cavalry regiment, it's local bases were.
HQ - Leicester.
A Squadron - Melton Mowbray.
B Squadron - Leicester.
C Squadron - Loughborough.
D Squadron - Lutterworth. with drill halls at Market Bosworth, Market Harborough. Wigston, Ibstock and Hinckley/Burbage (opposite the Sycamores Pub).
During WW2.
The Two Field Artillery Regiments were.
154 (LY) Field Regiment Royal Artillery.
They were armed with 25pdr field guns and this and the limber were pulled by Morris C8 Tractors.
The regiment served in North Africa and Italy.
153 (LY) FR RA.
They were armed with 25pdr Sexton self propelled guns. Basically a 25pdr gun
on a Sherman tank chassis.
The regiment was attached to the Guards Armoured Division from D-Day onwards.
The regiment was made up of three batteries each of two troops.
129 Battery (A&B troops) was attached to the Irish Guards Battle Group in 5 Guards Armoured Brigade.
130 Battery (C&D troops) was attached to the Grenadier Guards Battle Group also in 5 Guards Armoured Brigade.
131 Battery (E&F troops) was attached to the Coldstream Guards Battle Group in 32 Guards Armoured Brigade.
The Welsh Guards Battle Group did not have any attached artillery and was the other unit in 32 Guards Armoured Brigade.
There were 4 guns in each Troop (eg E1, E2, E3 and E4).
So that meant there were 8 guns in a battery and 24 in the regiment.
