Cornet, The Wiltshire Yeomanry, 1820
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Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry (1794); disbanded 1964. (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
Published 1967 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm2 faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d5dede)
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Description
The Devizes troop of Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry was the first to be raised in the county in 1794, at a public meeting addressed to ‘hunters, coursers, and other bold riders’ at the Bear Inn, Devizes. In 1795 five troops were called out to combat a threatened bread riot in Devizes, but no disturbance took place. In 1798 the various troops were amalgamated into a regiment, and they were called out on a number of occasions to keep the peace, in places as far apart as Bradford and Bristol. They received the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1830 in recognition of their services during the Machine Riots, and the title ‘Prince of Wales’ Own‘ in 1863 when they acted as escort to the heir to the throne on a visit to the Marquess of Aylesbury at Savernake. Its title since 1863 was The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales’ Own). The regiment had a continuous existence until 1964 as either horsed or mechanised cavalry, but was disbanded as an independent territorial unit in 1967 becoming a pair of squadrons in the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.
Image Source: Uniform of Cornet William Wyndham, Hindon troop, in Salisbury Museum.
