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The '''Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry''' (SRY) was a British [[Yeomanry]] regiment.
==History==
===Formation and early history===
The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry was raised in the summer of 1794 as the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, by [[Sir Thomas
===Second Boer War===
The Yeomanry was not intended to serve overseas, but due to the string of defeats during [[Black Week]] in December 1899, the British government realized they were going to need more troops than just the regular army. A
===First World War===
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===Second World War===
[[File:The crew of a Sherman tank named 'Akilla' of 1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, 8th Armoured Brigade, after having destroyed five German tanks in a day, Rauray, Normandy, 30 June 1944. B6222.jpg|thumb|left|Crew of Sherman tank ('Akilla'{{efn|The name was a result of a misunderstanding after being told to name it "[[Achilles]]"<ref>''We Have Ways Podcast'' Episode No. 380 'Stan Perry' 7 October 2021.</ref> }}) of 1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, after destroying five German tanks in a day, [[Rauray]], Normandy, 30 June 1944. Sgt Dring (leftmost), the tank commander, received a second [[Military Medal]] for it]]
Between the wars, the Regiment continued as a cavalry unit, mobilising in that role in 1939, upon the outbreak of [[World War II]], to move to [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], as part of the [[5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|5th Cavalry Brigade]] of the [[1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)|1st Cavalry Division]].<ref>{{Joslen-OOB}} p. 33.</ref>
In 1940 it was converted to artillery and took part in the defence of both [[Tobruk]] and [[Benghazi]] as well as the [[battle of Crete]]. In 1941, the Regiment converted to armour initially with [[M3 Grant]] and [[M4 Sherman]] medium tanks and [[Crusader tank|Crusader]] [[cruiser tank]]s, and was assigned to the [[8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Armoured Brigade]]. The Regiment served in most of the major battles of the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] in the [[North Africa campaign]], including [[Battle of Alam el Halfa|Alam El Halfa]] and [[Second Battle of El Alamein|Second El Alamein]] and the [[Tunisia Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sherwoodrangers.org.uk/ww2/4580429481|title=The Second World War|publisher=Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Regimental Association|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
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===Post war===
In 1947, the Sherwood Rangers was revived as an armoured regiment, converting to reconnaissance in 1961. In 1964, the Regiment converted back to tanks before, in 1967, being reduced and reformed as a reconnaissance squadron of the newly created [[Royal Yeomanry]]. Fighting (Sabre) Troops (1-5) were equipped with, initially, a combination of [[Ferret armoured car|Ferret]] and [[Alvis Saladin]] armoured cars and later with [[Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle]]. SHQ troop started in [[Alvis Saracen]] later having available [[FV105 Sultan]] Armoured Command Vehicles and [[FV104 Samaritan]] Armoured Ambulances. Support (Boot) Troop was initially equipped with Saracen and then CVR(T) [[FV103 Spartan]] APCs. This lasted for 25 years until 1992, when the Sherwood Rangers moved to become B Squadron of the [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]], where they operated as recce for the [[Allied Rapid Reaction Corps|ACE Rapid Reaction Corps]], during which period sabre troops were re-equipped with [[CVR(T)]] Scimitar and [[Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)|Sabre]].<ref name=srhistory/>
==Regimental museum==
[[The
==Battle honours==
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==Uniform==
As was frequently the case with yeomanry prior to World War I the regiment had retained a [[full dress uniform]] with features that were highly distinctive. In the case of the Sherwood Rangers these included a "rich dark green" jacket and breeches, braided in gold and yellow.<ref>{{cite book|first=R. J.|last=Smith|pages=22–23|title=The Yeomanry Force at the 1911 Coronation|date=December 1987|isbn=0-948251-26-3}}</ref> The short hip-length jacket worn for review order was of a style abandoned by regular [[hussar]] regiments after the Crimean War. Officers had a gold laced [[Shoulder belt (military)|pouch belt]]. Fur [[Busby (military headdress)|busbies]], with white over green plumes, were worn by all ranks for parade dress. On less formal occasions a dark green "frock" tunic with chain mail [[epaulettes]] and green peaked caps with yellow bands was worn.<ref>{{cite book |first=R. G. |last=Harris |page=18 |title=Yeomanry Drum Banners and Mounted Bands |year=1991 |isbn=0-9515714-3-5}}</ref> After 1914 the Sherwood Rangers wore the standard khaki service dress with regimental insignia for nearly all occasions until the introduction of battle dress.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.uniformology.com/YEOMANRY-00.html |title=Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Regiments |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom
* [[Imperial Yeomanry]]
* [[List of units of the British Army Territorial Force 1908#Yeomanry|List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908]]
* [[Yeomanry]]
* [[Yeomanry order of precedence]]
* [[British yeomanry during the First World War]]
* [[Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army]]
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book
| last = Hills | first = Stuart
| year = 2003
| title = By Tank into Normandy
}}
*{{cite book
| first = James
| last = Holland
| author-link = James Holland (author)
| year = 2021
| title = Brothers In Arms
| publisher = Transworld Publishers
| isbn = 978-1787633940
}}
* {{cite book
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* {{cite book
▲ | location = London
▲ | isbn = 0-906304-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
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* {{cite book
| first2 = Stuart
▲ | title = The Yeomanry Regiments; 200 Years of Tradition
| year = 2017
▲ | publisher = Canongate Academic
| title = Tank Action, An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45
▲ | location = Edinburgh
| publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson
▲ | isbn = 1-898410-36-4
| isbn= 978-1-474-60328-7
}}
* {{cite book
}}
==External links==
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* [http://thesherwoodrangers.com/ Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry - Regimental Association]
{{British Cavalry Regiments of the First World War
{{RAC armoured regiments of the Second World War}}
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