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==Second Boer War==
Following a string of defeats during [[Black Week]] in early December 1899, the British government realised that it would need more troops than just the regular army to fight the [[Second Boer War]]. On 13 December, the decision to allow volunteer forces serve in the field was made, and a [[Royal warrant (document)|Royal Warrant]] was issued on 24 December. This officially created the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] (IY). The force was organised as county service companies of approximately 115 men, and volunteers (usually middle and upper class) quickly filled the new force, which was equipped to operate as [[Mounted infantry]].<ref>Rogers, p. 228.</ref><ref>Spiers, p. 239.</ref><ref name = Dunlop104>Dunlop, pp. 104–18.</ref><ref name = ABWar>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-yeomanry-by-company/1946-imperial-yeomanry?showall=1&limitstart= |title=IY at Anglo-Boer War.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003210104/https://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-yeomanry-by-company/1946-imperial-yeomanry?showall=1&limitstart= |url-status=live }}</ref> The first contingent of 20 IY battalions arrived in [[South Africa]] between February and April and upon arrival were sent throughout the zone of operations. '''69th (Sussex) Company, Imperial Yeomanry''', disembarked in South Africa on 24 April 1900, and initially served in 14th Battalion, IY, transferring to 7th Battalion in 1902.<ref name=MillsSY/><ref name = ABWar/><ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialYeomanryCompaniesBoerBn.html |title=IY Companies at Roll of Honour.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328165640/http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialYeomanryCompaniesBoerBn.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = BoerIYBns>{{cite web | title = Boer War - Imperial Yeomanry Battalions | url = http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialYeomanryCompaniesBoerBn.html | access-date = 3 July 2007 | archive-date = 28 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328165640/http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialYeomanryCompaniesBoerBn.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=MillsIY>{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/ImpYeo.htm |title=Imperial Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |access-date=2007-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529010837/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/ImpYeo.htm |archive-date=29 May 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>Amery (1909), Appendix to Chapters I-XIV, pp. 503–14.</ref>
On 14 June 1901, approval was given for a new regiment of '''Sussex Imperial Yeomanry''' (all Yeomanry were designated Imperial Yeomanry from 1901 to 1907) to be formed under the command of Lt-Col [[Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield]] of Petworth, a former officer in the [[1st Life Guards]]. The returned veterans of 69th (Sussex) Company formed the [[Cadre (military)|cadre]] for the new regiment, which had the following organisation:<ref name=MillsSY/><ref name = List>''Army List'', various dates.</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27323 |date=14 June 1901 |page=4005}}</ref><ref name = BarlowSmithII>Barlow & Smith, pp. 7–15.</ref>
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==Territorial Force==
{{South Eastern Mounted Brigade}}
The Imperial Yeomanry were subsumed into the new [[Territorial Force]] (TF) under the [[Haldane Reforms]] of 1908.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28121/supplement/2149 |title=''London Gazette'', 20 March 1908.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106202514/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28121/supplement/2149 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Dunlop, Chapter 14.</ref><ref>Spiers, Chapter 10.</ref> The Sussex Yeomanry (TF) were organised as follows:<ref name=MillsSY/><ref name = List/><ref name = TrailSY>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/sussex-yeomanry/ |title=Sussex Yeomanry at Long, Long Trail.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223734/http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/sussex-yeomanry/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WarpathSY">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517022548/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/yeomanry/sussex.htm Sussex Yeomanry at Regimental Warpath.]</ref><ref name = Conrad>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219202408/http://home.comcast.net/~markconrad/BRIT14.html Conrad, ''British Army 1914''.]</ref><ref name = EastSuss>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/sussex-yeomanry-first-world-war/|title=Sussex Yeomanry in the First World War|date=20 October 2017|publisher=The First World War in East Sussex|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211053600/http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/sussex-yeomanry-first-world-war/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* RHQ at Drill Hall, Church Street, Brighton<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Sussex/TownBrighton.htm |title=Brighton at Drill Hall Project.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724140556/http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Sussex/TownBrighton.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* A Squadron at Brighton, with detachments at [[Horsham]], [[Worthing]], [[Haywards Heath]] and [[Crawley]]
* B Squadron at Lewes, with detachments at [[Burgess Hill]], [[Eridge]], Brighton, [[Uckfield]], [[Tunbridge Wells]] and Haywards Heath
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The brigade, with the regiment, was withdrawn to [[Egypt 1916–17|Egypt]] in February 1916<ref name=James29/> and formed part of the [[Suez Canal]] Defences. On 22 February, South Eastern Mounted Brigade was absorbed into the [[3rd Dismounted Brigade]] (along with the [[Eastern Mounted Brigade]]).<ref name = TrailSY/><ref name=Becke37/> The brigade served as part of the Suez Canal Defences from 14 March to 26 July attached to 42nd (East Lancashire) Division;<ref name = TrailSY/><ref name=Becke37/> it then joined the [[Western Frontier Force]]. By the end of the year, it was back on the Suez.<ref name = TrailSY/><ref name = 3DM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093032/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/yeo_divs/3_dismtd_bde.htm 3 Dismounted Bde at Regimental Warpath.]</ref>
The brigade was with the Suez Canal Defences when, on 14 January 1917, [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] (EEF) Order No. 26 instructed that the [[2nd Dismounted Brigade|2nd]], 3rd and [[4th Dismounted Brigade]]s be reorganized as the [[229th Brigade (United Kingdom)|229th]], [[230th Brigade (United Kingdom)|230th]] and [[231st Brigade (United Kingdom)|231st Brigades]]. The brigade units were reorganized in January and February 1917. As a result, the 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry was converted to infantry at [[Mersa Matruh]] on 3 January 1917 and redesignated '''16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, [[Royal Sussex Regiment]].'''<ref name = TrailSY/><ref name = EastSuss/><ref name = BarlowSmith15>Barlow & Smith, pp. 15–16.</ref><ref name = Becke74>Becke, Pt b, pp. 117–22.</ref><ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-sussex-regiment/ |title=Royal Sussex at Long, Long Trail.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223736/http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-sussex-regiment/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=James78>James, p. 78.</ref>
On 23 February, the [[General Officer Commanding|GOC]] EEF ([[Lieutenant General|Lt-Gen]] [[Archibald Murray|Sir A.J. Murray]]) sought permission from the [[War Office]] to form the 229th, 230th and 231st Brigades into a new division. The War Office granted permission and the new [[74th (Yeomanry) Division]] started to form. The 230th Brigade joined the division at [[Deir el Balah]] between 9 and 13 April. The battalion remained with 230th Brigade in 74th (Yeomanry) Division for the rest of the war.<ref name = Becke74/>
With the 74th Division, the battalion took part in the invasion of [[Palestine 1917–18|Palestine]] in 1917 and 1918. It fought in the [[Second Battle of Gaza|Second]] and [[Third Battle of Gaza|Third]] Battles of Gaza (including the capture of [[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Beersheba]] and the Sheria Position). At the end of 1917, it took part in the capture and defence of [[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Jerusalem]] and in March 1918 in the [[Battle of Tell 'Asur]]. On 3 April 1918, the Division was warned that it would move to France and by 30 April 1918 had completed embarkation at Alexandria.<ref name = TrailSY/><ref name = Becke74/><ref name = Trail74>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/74th-yeomanry-division/ |title=74th Division at Long, Long Trail.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223732/http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/74th-yeomanry-division/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In May 1918, the battalion landed at [[Marseilles]], [[France]] with 74th (Yeomanry) Division. It served in [[France and Flanders 1918|France and Flanders]] with the division for the rest of the war. By 18 May, the division had concentrated around [[Rue, Somme|Rue]] in the [[Abbeville]] area. Here the dismounted Yeomanry underwent training for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], particularly [[Chemical warfare|gas defence]].<ref name = Becke74/><ref name = Trail74/>
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==Between the wars==
After the First World War, the TF was reformed as the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA). The 14 senior Yeomanry regiments remained horsed cavalry regiments (6 forming the [[5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|5th]] and [[6th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|6th Cavalry Brigade]]s) while the remaining Yeomanry Regiments were reassigned as artillery. In 1920 the regiment reformed as the '''13th (Sussex Yeomanry) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery''' (RFA), but in 1921 this was redesignated '''98th (Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA'''. Then in 1922 it amalgamated with two batteries newly converted from the [[Surrey Yeomanry]] to form '''98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery''' with 389 and 390 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Batteries, and 391 and 392 (Surrey Yeomanry) Field Batteries. In 1924 it was redesignated '''98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery''', and the Regimental Headquarters moved from Brighton to [[Clapham Park]]. The regiment was among the 'Army Troops' administered by [[44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division|44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Area]]. When the TA was doubled in size following the [[Munich Crisis]], 389 and 390 (Sussex Yeomanry) Batteries left to form a duplicate regiment, '''144th Field Regiment, RA''' at Brighton in 1939. Both regiments were considered to be 'Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry', and 144th received the 'Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's' subtitle in 1942.<ref name=MillsSY/><ref name = BarlowSmith15/><ref name = Litchfield>Litchfield, pp. 222, 233; Appendix VII.</ref><ref>''Titles & Designations'' 1927.</ref><ref>Farndale, Annex K.</ref><ref name = RA144>[{{Cite web |url=https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/144-surrey-sussex-yeomanry-queen-marys-field-regiment-rata |title=144 (S&SY) Fd Rgt at RA 1939–45.] |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412190349/https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/144-surrey-sussex-yeomanry-queen-marys-field-regiment-rata |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|Although one source<ref name = Farn119>Farndale, p. 119.</ref> suggests that each regiment had one Surrey and one Sussex battery, the last detailed ''Monthly Army List'' published before the war (May 1939) confirms that 389 and 390 Btys (144th Fd Rgt) were titled 'Sussex Yeomanry' and 391 and 392 (98th Fd Rgt) were 'Surrey Yeomanry'.}}
==Second World War==
===98th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's)===
::''See main article [[Surrey Yeomanry#98th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's)|98th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's)]]''
On mobilisation in 1939, the Regiment was part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (B.E.F.) that was sent to France, initially attached to the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Infantry Division]] in the [[Lille]] area. In May 1940, it would be attached in turn to the [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|46th]] and [[44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division|44th Infantry Divisions]] during the German advance the regiments Guns and vehicles were caught in a traffic jam and had to be destroyed, with the troops proceeding on foot to [[Dunkirk]] for [[Operation Dynamo|evacuation]].<ref name = RA98>[{{Cite web |url=https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/98-surrey-sussex-yeomanry-queen-marys-field-regiment-rata |title=98 (S&SY) Fd Rgt at RA 39–45.] |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412201200/https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/98-surrey-sussex-yeomanry-queen-marys-field-regiment-rata |url-status=live }}</ref>
Back in the United Kingdom the regiment was attached to the [[1st Mechanised Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Infantry Brigade]] while it reformed it remained in the United Kingdom until September 1942 when it was sent out to the Middle East and attached to the [[British 10th Armoured Division|10th Armoured Division]] in [[Egypt]] where it participated in the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]], when 10th Armoured was disbanded the regiment was part of the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|8th Army]] Artillery and served in [[Sicily]] and Italy being involved in the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] amongst others before leaving Italy in March 1945 and joining the [[British 2nd Army|2nd Army]] in France and Belgium ending the war in the [[Netherlands]]. In April 1945 the Regiment moved to the [[Lübeck]] area of Germany as occupation forces and demobilisation was started in October 1945 with the Regiment being placed in suspended animation in June 1946.<ref name=RA98/>
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====Home Defence====
[[File:IWM-H-8241-Morris-C8-19410320.jpg|thumb|right|25-pounder and Quad tractor on exercise in the UK.]]
On the outbreak of war in September 1939, the regiment mobilised at Brighton as an Army field regiment in [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]]. It was equipped with 12 x [[QF 4.5-inch howitzer|4.5-inch howitzers]] of First World War vintage, but within days it had handed over eight of these guns to 123 Officer Cadet Training Unit at [[Catterick Garrison]] and all its vehicles to 98th (S&SY) Fd Rgt, which was preparing to go to France with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF). In the following weeks, the regiment received 18 x [[Ordnance QF 18-pounder|18-pounder Mk II guns]], and 15 assorted civilian vehicles. In December 1939 the regiment supplied a [[Cadre (military)|cadre]] of trained officers and men to provide the basis of a new 74th Medium Regiment that was forming at [[Preston Park, Brighton]] (''see below'').<ref name = Frederick738>Frederick, p. 738.</ref> In April 1940, 144th Fd Rgt went to [[Dursley]] in [[Gloucestershire]] to join [[IV Corps (United Kingdom)|IV Corps]], and began to receive modern [[Ordnance QF 25-pounder|25-pounder guns]] and [[Morris C8|Quad]] tractors. By June, when the BEF had been evacuated from [[Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk]] without any of its guns, 144th Fd Rgt was one of the few field regiments in the UK with its full allotment of 24 x 25-pounders. It was attached to the Regular Army [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Division]], which was refitting in [[Hampshire]], before returning to IV Corps in August.<ref name = RA144/><ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6689&page=1 |title=Eastern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.] |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031525/http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6689&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====East Africa====
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==Postwar==
When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, the two regiments were reformed as [[Surrey Yeomanry|298th (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, RA]] and '''344th (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA'''. In 1950, the 344th absorbed [[70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery|605th (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA]]. On 10 March 1955, [[Anti-Aircraft Command]] was disbanded and there was a reduction in the number of TA anti-aircraft units. On that day, 344 (Sussex Yeomanry) LAA Rgt merged with [[2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers|258 (Sussex) LAA Rgt]], [[1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers|313 (Sussex)]], and 641 (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments to form '''258 (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA'''. The former 344 LAA Rgt provided RHQ and P Battery at Brighton to the new regiment. In 1961, this regiment in turn merged with [[1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers|257 (County of Sussex) Field Rgt]] to form '''257 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Rgt''', with RHQ at Brighton.<ref name = Litchfield/><ref name = BarlowSmith15/><ref>{{cite web|title=queensroyalsurreys|url=http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/militia_vol_territorial/mvt09_1.html|access-date=2 June 2008|archive-date=12 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512051029/http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/militia_vol_territorial/mvt09_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = 45on>[{{Cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/235-265-regiments.html |title=235–265 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.] |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812192204/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/235-265-regiments.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/289-322-regiments.html |title=289–322 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.] |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427184121/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/289-322-regiments.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/638-677-regiments.html |title=638–677 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.] |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023729/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/638-677-regiments.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
When the TA was converted into the [[TAVR]] in 1967, the regiment was reduced to '''200th (Sussex Yeomanry) Medium Battery''' in 100th (Eastern) Medium Regiment.<ref name=MillsSY/><ref name = Litchfield/><ref name = BarlowSmith15/><ref name = 45on/>
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==Memorials==
A brass plaque commemorating eight members of 69th (Sussex) Company IY who died during the Second Boer War is on the west wall of St Mary the Virgin Church at [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]].<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16895 |title=IWM War Memorials Register ref 16895.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020182054/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16895 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Memorial tablets to the regiment's dead in the First and Second World Wars are set into a wall in the village of [[Charlton, West Sussex|Charlton]], near Chichester.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40080 |title=IWM War Memorials Register ref 40080.] |access-date=20 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020182047/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40080 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Museum==
There is a small collection of items associated with the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry hosted at [[Newhaven Fort]].<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.collections.armymuseums.org.uk/listing/sussex-surrey-yeomanry-museum/ |title=Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry at Army Museums Ogilby Trust.] |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024192130/https://www.collections.armymuseums.org.uk/listing/sussex-surrey-yeomanry-museum/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/ |title=Newhaven Fort.] |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112214048/https://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also==
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* Ian F.W. Beckett, ''Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908'', Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, {{ISBN|0 85936 271 X}}.
* ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953.
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Defence-UK/index.html Basil Collier, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128213116/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Defence-UK/index.html |date=28 January 2015 }}, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, {{ISBN|978-1-84574-055-9}}.
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* Col John K. Dunlop, ''The Development of the British Army 1899–1914'', London: Methuen, 1938.
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html Maj L.F. Ellis, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 978-1-85457-056-6.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205115240/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html |date=5 December 2014 }}
* Gen Sir [[Martin Farndale]], ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941'', Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, {{ISBN|1-85753-080-2}}.
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* Brig C.J.C. Molony,''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol V: ''The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and the Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1973/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-69-6}}.
* Brig C.J.C. Molony, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol VI: ''Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I: 1st April to 4th June 1944'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-70-X}}.
* Maj-Gen [[I.S.O. Playfair]], [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Med-I/index.html "History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East", Vol I: ''The Early Successes against Italy (to May 1941)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928214201/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Med-I/index.html |date=28 September 2018 }}, London: HMSO, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-65-3}}.
* Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol III: ''(September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb'', London: HMSO, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-67-X}}
* Maj-Gen [[I.S.O. Playfair]] & Brig C.J.C. Molony, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol IV: ''The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-68-8}}.
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* Col H.C.B. Rogers, ''The Mounted Troops of the British Army 1066–1945'', London: Seeley Service, 1959.
* Edward M. Spiers, ''The Army and Society 1815–1914'', London: Longmans, 1980, {{ISBN|0-582-48565-7}}.
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===External links===
* [https://www.angloboerwar.com Anglo Boer War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223814/https://www.angloboerwar.com/ |date=20 October 2018 }}
* [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk Chris Baker, ''The Long, Long Trail''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307203300/https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ |date=7 March 2022 }}
* [https://ra39-45.co.uk Derek Barton, ''Royal Artillery 1939–45''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301011406/https://ra39-45.co.uk/ |date=1 March 2021 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219202408/http://home.comcast.net/~markconrad/BRIT14.html Mark Conrad, ''The British Army, 1914'' (archive site)]
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* [http://www.drillhalls.org/index.htm The Drill Hall Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813143847/http://drillhalls.org/index.htm |date=13 August 2015 }}
* [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/projects-and-partnerships/war-memorials-register Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110064213/http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/projects-and-partnerships/war-memorials-register |date=10 January 2018 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228103659/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm T.F. Mills, ''Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth'' – Regiments.org (archive site)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100118221541/http://warpath.orbat.com:80/index.htm The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/index.html Roll of Honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201555/http://www.roll-of-honour.com/index.html |date=18 October 2018 }}
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