Timeline 1794.04.10 Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry 1802 disbanded 1803.09.05 Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry re-formed 1844.02.20 Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (named for Prince Albert the Prince Consort) 18uu Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry (The Prince Albert's Own) HQ at Leicester 1893.04.01 troops reorganised in squadrons 1900 sponsored 7th Coy, 4th Bn and 65th Coy, 17th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry 1901.04.17 Leicestershire (Prince Albert's Own) Imperial Yeomanry reorganised in four sqns and MG sec; trained and equipped as mounted infantry 1908.04.01 The Leicestershire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry transferred to T.F. with HQ at Leicester; trained and equipped as hussars   A Squadron at Melton Mowbray (dets at Uppingham, Rearsby, Harby, Oakham (Rutland)) B Squadron at Leicester C Squadron at Loughborough (dets at Whitwick, Mountsorrel, Leicester) D Squadron at Lutterworth (dets at Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Wigston, Ibstock, Hinckley) 1920.02.07 The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Leicester 1940.02.15 153 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt, RA 1947.01.01 The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Leicester and transferred to Royal Armoured Corps   A Squadron at Melton Mowbray C Squadron at Loughborough D Squadron at Lutterworth 1957.02.09 amalgamated with The Derbyshire Yeomanry, to form The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry     HQ Squadron at Leicester A Squadron at Alfreton and Long Eaton B Squadron at Derby and Ashbourne C Squadron at Melton Mowbray and Loughborough 1967.04.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry (Territorials) disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as infantry in TAVR III with HQ at Leicester   A Squadron at Ilkeston B Squadron at Derby C Squadron at Melton Mowbray D Squadron at Leicester 1969.01.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry (Territorials) reduced to cadre at Leicester, sponsored by 222 Field Ambulance RAMC (V) 1971.04.01 The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry Squadron, 7th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment reconstituted from cadre at Melton Mowbray with det at Ilkeston 1975.04.01 Sqn redesignated as a Company; rebadged 31 Oct. 1975 as LDY (or as Royal Anglian Regiment?) 1978.04.01 reorganised as two units:   The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry Company, 7th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment at Melton Mowbray B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company, 3rd (V) Bn, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment at Sutton Coldfield and Ilkeston, formed from Ilkeston pln of LDY in 7 RAR 1988 LDY Coy in 7 RAR redesignated as C (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company 1992.04.01 companies reorganised:   3 (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment at Loughborough with Pln at Melton Mowbray, redesignation of C (LDY) Coy, 7RAR B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry at Leicester, conversion and transfer to RAC of B Coy 3 WSFR 1996.04.01 3 Coy in 5 RAR converted as 203 Squadron, 158 (Royal Anglian) Regiment, RLC Loughborough and Melton Mowbray, and its LDY lineage discontinued