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The Royal Yeomanry is the senior light cavalry regiment in the Army Reserve.  It is a reconnaissance regiment with a role that enables it to operate in front of other friendly forces to gather intelligence on the enemy and the local environment. With 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, the Royal Yeomanry’s Regular counterparts, the regiment […]

The Army Reservist was returning to his home in Hucknall, Nottingham, after a shopping trip in Sheffield, when he came across the scene and intervened. The father of two, whose civilian job is as a network design engineer for BT, was praised for his quick and effective response, which ultimately saved the man’s life. Craig […]

Sergeant Grant was not aware he had achieved the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate until the presentation, despite it being Awarded in April 2021. Stephen has served with the Royal Anglian Regiment since 1994. He has deployed on operations in Iraq, and with the United Nations in Cyprus. More recently, as part of Defence’s contribution to the […]

Richard Gibbs became one of three CCF Cadets in the UK to be selected for the Sir William Knight’s Flying Scholarship courtesy of the RAF Charitable Trust in 2018, in which he successfully gained his Private Pilot’s Licence. In 2019, Richard left school and took a gap year, where he went on to become a […]

The AAPPS is an elite course available to both Regular and Army Reserve, which includes a 10 mile hike carrying 35lb rucksack and a rifle, the famous ‘trainasium’ or assault course at height, a log race, 2 mile march, steeplechase, ‘milling’ or boxing,  and a stretcher race. Harjinder humbly commented: “That was something that was […]

The Royal Yeomanry troops have been providing the reconnaissance capability to the United States 2nd Cavalry Regiment Battlegroup in Poland as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). The presence exists to enhance Euro-Atlantic security, reassure the UK’s allies and deter potential adversaries. The Deputy Commander Field Army, Major General Celia Harvey, visited some of […]

Private Ollie Wilson (21) and Jack Bramford (26), both of whom parade at the Leicester based Army Reserve unit in Ulverscroft Road, volunteered to serve on Operation ROSE. Since the advent of the Kent strain of the Coronavirus, all those crossing the Channel to mainland Europe are required to be tested for the virus. So, […]

Colour Sergeant Mat Hardy, 4 (Lincolnshire) Company, shared Catalina’s unusual story as a non-British female soldier. In January 2021, Catalina Bucur was attested into the British Army at Grimsby Army Reserve Centre by Major Mitch Pegg, Officer Commanding 4 (Lincolnshire) Company, 3 Royal Anglian. Normally, attestations are business as usual for us here at 4 […]

158 Regiment RLC is a modern and diverse Army Reserve Transport Regiment providing general transport support to its paired Regular Army Regiment, 7 Regiment RLC in Cottesmore, as well as the wider Army. Rob spent his childhood years in Stamford and was a member of the Army Cadets for four years as part of the […]

Most hospitals support time for the Reserves in their employment, either with paid leave or special leave, which is not paid. This varies from Trust to Trust. I believe, as Reservists, that we have the best of both worlds where we can run two parallel careers which complement one another. I have combined my work […]