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|image= Ayr Yeo Badge.gif
|caption=Badge of The Ayrshire Yeomanry
|dates = 1794–present
|country = {{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1794–1800)<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}} (1801–present)
|branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|type=[[Yeomanry]]
|command_structure=[[Royal Armoured Corps]]
|role=[[Light Cavalry]]
|size= (current) one squadron (historically) up to three regiments
|garrison=[[Ayr]]
|colonel_of_the_regiment=Major Christopher J.Harrison, TD
|colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Honorary Colonel
|march=''Garb of Old Gaul''
|battles=[[Second Boer War]]<br />[[First World War]]
:[[Gallipoli 1915]]
:[[Egypt 1916–17]]
:[[Palestine 1917–18]]
:[[France and Flanders 1918]]
[[Second World War]]
:[[North Africa 1942–43]]
:[[Italy 1944–45]]
:[[North-West Europe 1944–45]]
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The '''Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry''' was a Regiment of the British [[Yeomanry]] and is now an armoured [[Squadron (army)|Squadron]] of the [[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]] (SNIY), part of the British [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]]. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only [[Royal Armoured Corps]] Unit and has an unbroken history stretching back to the 1790s.
The squadron is part of [[British 51st Infantry Brigade|51st (Scottish) Brigade]] within the Army's [[Support Command (United Kingdom)|Support Command]]. On mobilisation, it provides squadrons to reinforce the regular Light Cavalry regiments.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28480.aspx | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]]| access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> It has provided personnel to both [[Operation HERRICK]] in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Operation TELIC]] in [[Iraq]], who have served with their regular counterparts in the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] and other arms and services.
The Ayrshire Yeomanry has won numerous [[battle honours]] and one [[Victoria Cross]].
==History==
===Formation and early history===
The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was formed as an independent troop of [[Fencible]] [[Cavalry]] by The [[Marquess of Ailsa|Earl of Cassillis]] sometime around 1794. It was formally adopted into the Army List in 1798 as '''The Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry'''. The Yeomanry were established and recruited at this time to provide Britain with a defence against any invasion by French forces under [[Napoleon]]. The regiment spent its formative years as an aid to the civil powers, reacting to and controlling riots across Ayrshire and beyond, most notably in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]].<ref name = Frederick>Frederick, p. 19.</ref><ref name=MillsAY>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/ayrshire.htm |title=The Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own) at Regiments.org |access-date=2008-03-16 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715140005/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/ayrshire.htm |archive-date=15 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Following the [[Cardwell Reforms]] a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the ''Army List'' from December 1875. This assigned Regular and Yeomanry units places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Ayrshire Yeomanry were assigned as 'divisional troops' to 1st Division of [[VIII Corps (United Kingdom)|VIII Corps]] based at [[Edinburgh]], alongside [[British Army|Regular Army]] and [[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]] units of infantry, artillery and engineers. This was never more than a paper organisation, but from April 1893 the ''Army List'' showed the Yeomanry regiments grouped into brigades for collective training. They were commanded by the senior regimental commanding officer but they did have a Regular Army [[Brigade major]]. The Ayrshire Yeomanry together with the [[Lanarkshire Yeomanry]] and [[Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry]] formed the 11th Yeomanry Brigade. The Yeomanry brigades disappeared from the ''Army List'' after the [[Second Boer War]].<ref name = List>''Army List'' various dates.</ref>
In 1897, the regiment was granted permission to use the title '''Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Earl of Carrick's Own)''' in honour of the future [[King Edward VII]], as [[Earl of Carrick]] is a subsidiary title of the [[Prince of Wales|Princes of Wales]] deriving from the [[Ayrshire]] district of [[Carrick, Scotland|Carrick]].<ref name = Frederick/><ref name=MillsAY/>
===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 Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December 1899 to allow volunteer forces to serve in the [[Second Boer War]]. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry [[regiment]]s to provide service [[Company (military unit)|companies]] of approximately 115 men each for the [[Imperial Yeomanry]].<ref name = Frederick/><ref name=Mileham27>{{harvnb|Mileham|1994|p=27}}</ref> With the [[Lanarkshire Yeomanry]], the regiment co-sponsored the 17th (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) Company for the 6th (Scottish) Battalion in 1900.<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 }}</ref>
On their return in 1901, the regiment was reorganized as [[mounted infantry]] and titled the '''Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Imperial Yeomanry'''. In 1908, it was transferred into the new [[Territorial Force]], returning to the cavalry role as the '''Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry'''.<ref name=MillsAY/> The regiment was based at [[Wellington Square drill hall, Ayr|Wellington Square]] in [[Ayr]] at this time.<ref name = Frederick/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pub-prod-sdk.azurewebsites.net/api/file/0c3fb1a7-48e1-4f39-8fdd-a6a300fe62da|title=Scotland's Drill Halls: Preliminary Report|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|page=18|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217015002/https://pub-prod-sdk.azurewebsites.net/api/file/0c3fb1a7-48e1-4f39-8fdd-a6a300fe62da|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===First World War===
{{Lowland Mounted Brigade}}
In accordance with the [[Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907]] (''[[7 Edw. 7]], c.9''), which brought the [[Territorial Force]] into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for [[Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge|Imperial Service]]. Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.<ref name = Frederick/><ref name = James>James, p. 16.</ref><ref name=Rinaldi35>{{harvnb|Rinaldi|2008|p=35}}</ref>
===={{anchor|1st Line}} 1/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry====
[[File:T Caldwell VC.jpg|thumb|left|Thomas Caldwell VC]]
On the outbreak of the [[First World War]], the regiment was one of the fastest to react to the mobilisation order and received congratulations from Scottish Command, even though there was an initial delay in that the orders came in a code that had not been issued to the regiment! Following mobilisation, the regiment joined the [[Lowland Mounted Brigade]] and remained in the [[United Kingdom]], on home defence duties, until 1915. The regiment finally deployed overseas in September of that year, where it took part in the [[Battle of Gallipoli|Gallipoli landings]], serving as dismounted [[infantry]]. The regiment was attached to the [[52nd (Lowland) Division]] in October; it was withdrawn in January 1916 and moved to Egypt. In early 1917, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry to form the '''12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]]''' in [[74th (Yeomanry) Division]] (The Broken Spurs), seeing service in the [[Palestine campaign]] before moving to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in May 1918. In June it was transferred to [[94th (Yeomanry) Brigade]] in [[31st Division (United Kingdom)|31st Division]] and fought with this through the final [[Hundred Days Offensive]].<ref name = Frederick/><ref name = James/><ref name=LLT_AY>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-ayrshire-yeomanry-earl-of-carricks-own/ Ayrshire Yeomanry at Long, Long Trail.]</ref> A member of this regiment, [[Thomas Caldwell (VC)|Thomas Caldwell]], won the [[Victoria Cross]] on 31 October 1918 at [[Oudenaarde]] in Belgium.<ref name=vc>{{London Gazette|issue=31108|supp=y|pages=305–307|date=3 January 1919}}</ref>
===={{anchor|2nd Line}} 2/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry====
The 2nd line regiment was formed in 1914.<ref name = Frederick/><ref name = James/> In 1915, it was under the command of the [[2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade]] in Scotland (along with the [[2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry]]<ref name=LLT_LY>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/lanarkshire-yeomanry/ Lanarkshire Yeomanry at Long, Long Trail.]</ref> and the [[2/1st Lothians and Border Horse]]<ref name=LLT_LBHY>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/lothians-and-border-horse-yeomanry/ Lothians and Border Horse at Long, Long Trail.]</ref>) and by March 1916 was at [[Dunbar]], [[East Lothian]].<ref name = James/> On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were numbered in a single sequence and the brigade became [[20th Mounted Brigade]], still at Dunbar under [[Scottish Command]].<ref name = James36>James, p. 36</ref>
In July 1916, there was a major reorganization of 2nd Line yeomanry units in the United Kingdom. All but 12 regiments were converted to [[Bicycle infantry|cyclists]]<ref name=James36/> and as a consequence the regiment was dismounted and the brigade converted to [[13th Cyclist Brigade]]. Further reorganization in October and November 1916 saw the brigade redesignated as [[9th Cyclist Brigade]] in November, still at Dunbar.<ref name = James/><ref name = James21>James, pp 21, 24.</ref>
About May 1918, the brigade moved to Ireland and the regiment was stationed at [[Omagh]], [[County Tyrone]]. There were no further changes before the end of the war.<ref name = James/><ref name = James21/>
===={{anchor|3rd Line}} 3/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry====
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915 and in the summer was affiliated to a [[Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)|Reserve Cavalry Regiment]] at [[Aldershot Garrison|Aldershot]]. In June 1916, it left the Reserve Cavalry Regiment and went to [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. The regiment was disbanded in early 1917 with personnel transferring to the 2nd Line regiment or to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]] at [[Catterick Garrison|Catterick]].<ref name = James/>
===Between the wars===
Post war, a commission was set up to consider the shape of the Territorial Force ([[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] from 1 October 1921). The experience of the First World War made it clear that there was a surplus of [[cavalry]]. The commission decided that only the 14 most senior regiments were to be retained as cavalry. As the 7th most senior regiment in the [[Yeomanry order of precedence#1914|order of precedence]], the regiment was retained as horsed cavalry.<ref name=Mileham48_51>{{harvnb|Mileham|1994|pp=48–51}}</ref><ref name=Mileham73>{{harvnb|Mileham|1994|p=73}}</ref>
===Second World War===
Between the First and Second World Wars, the regiment returned to its horsed cavalry training in Scotland. However,  at the beginning of Second World War, the Ayrshire Yeomanry was not required as a cavalry or as an armoured regiment. In 1940, the regiment was transferred into the [[Royal Artillery]] and duly formed two Regiments of [[Field Artillery]]; '''151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA''', formed in February, and '''152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA''', formed in April as a second-line duplicate.<ref name = Frederick/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/units_british/RA_FdRgt.html|title=Field Regiments Royal Artillery, 1939-1945|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
===={{anchor|151st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery}}151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA====
[[File:British gunners load propaganda leaflets into shells Holland 24-01-1945 IWM B 14123.jpg|thumb|left|Gunners of 124 Battery, 151st Field Regiment load propaganda leaflets into shells, Holland 24 January 1945 (IWM B 14123)]]
The 151st remained in the United Kingdom until 1942, when it was assigned to [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|46th Infantry Division]] and fought in the [[Tunisia Campaign]]. It was assigned to the [[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Division]] in 1944, and remained with it through the campaign in [[North-Western Europe]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/151-ayrshire-yeomanry-field-regiment-rata | title=151 (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA(TA) | work=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 | first=Derek | last=Barton}}</ref>
===={{anchor|152nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery}}152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA====
[[File:The British Army in Italy 1944 NA14783.jpg|thumb|right|25-pdr of 152nd Field Regiment (Ayrshire Yeomanry) in action during the assault on the Gustav Line, 13 May 1944. Note the new muzzle brake on the gun.]]
The 152nd was attached to the [[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|6th Armoured Division]] in mid-1942, and moved with the division to North Africa that November. It remained with the division through the remainder of the war, fighting in the [[Tunisia Campaign]], and the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]], ending the war in Austria.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ra39-45.co.uk/units/field-regiments/152-ayrshire-yeomanry-field-regiment-rata | title=152 (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA(TA) | work=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 | first=Derek | last=Barton}}</ref>
Both Regiments fought with great courage and between them they won four [[Distinguished Service Order]]s, twenty one [[Military Cross]]es and twenty four [[Military Medal]]s.<ref>"The Proud Trooper" W.S. Brownlie 1964</ref>
===Post war===
After the War, the regiment reconstituted in the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] as a Yeomanry Regiment, under its old title of '''The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry''', and transferred into the [[Royal Armoured Corps]]. The regiment was made part of [[30th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|30 (Lowland) Independent Armoured Brigade]].<ref name = Frederick/><ref>[http://www.orbat.com/site/history/library-new/1946-1990/britishempire/ta47.html THE TERRITORIAL ARMY 1947<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205080733/http://www.orbat.com/site/history/library-new/1946-1990/britishempire/ta47.html |date=5 December 2013 }}</ref> During this time, the regiment were issued with a wide variety of equipment, including at one stage [[Churchill Crocodile|flamethrower tanks]]. The regiment consisted of Sabre Squadrons at [[Ayr]], [[Dalry, Ayrshire|Dalry]] and [[Kilmarnock]] with Regimental Headquarters and Carrick Troop (HQ Squadron) in Ayr.<ref name=MillsAY/>
In 1961, the Ayrshire Yeomanry paraded at Culzean Castle and were presented with their First [[Heraldic flag|Guidon]] bearing the Honours which had been hard won.<ref name=modA>{{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/35836.aspx| title=A (Ayrshire (EOCO) Yeomanry) Squadron | publisher=MOD | access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> The Ayrshire Yeomanry continued as an independent Regiment until 1969 when, in common with most of the Yeomanry Regiments, it was reduced to a [[En cadre|Cadre]] of just a few men.<ref name=MillsAY/> On 1 April 1971, this cadre gave rise to two new units; B Squadron of the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment, later renamed the [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]], at the former Regimental Headquarters in Ayr and 251 Squadron of [[154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC|154th (Lowland) Transport Regiment]] in Irvine with no affiliation to the Ayrshire Yeomanry lineage.<ref name=MillsAY/> In 1992, the squadron was transferred to the newly formed [[Scottish Yeomanry]].<ref name=MillsAY/>
In 1999, following the Government's "[[Strategic Defence Review]]", the Scottish Yeomanry amalgamated with the [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]]. Two of the Scottish Yeomanry's four Squadrons – The Ayrshire Yeomanry in Ayr, and The [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] in [[Cupar]] continued to operate under command of The Queen's Own Yeomanry.<ref name=MillsAY/> On 1 July 2014, the squadron left The Queens Own Yeomanry to form the [[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]].<ref name=Army2020>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/20130703-SUMMARY_OF_ARMY_2020_RESERVE_STRUCTURE_AND_BASING.pdf |title=Summary of Army 2020 Reserve Structure and Basing |publisher=[[British Army]] |access-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203193356/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/20130703-SUMMARY_OF_ARMY_2020_RESERVE_STRUCTURE_AND_BASING.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Following the latest defence review, the squadron became 'light cavalry' and uses the [[Land Rover Wolf#Weapons Mount Installation Kit|Land Rover ''RWMIK'']].<ref name=modA/>
==Organisation==
A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) Squadron is based at Yeomanry House on Chalmers Road in [[Ayr]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lowlandrfca.org.uk/VRF_Units/QueensOwnYeomanry_ASquadron.aspx|title= A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) Squadron|publisher= Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Association|access-date= 23 October 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043001/http://www.lowlandrfca.org.uk/VRF_Units/QueensOwnYeomanry_ASquadron.aspx|archive-date= 24 October 2017|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
==Battle honours==
The Ayrshire Yeomanry was awarded the following [[battle honour]]s (honours in bold are [[Emblazonment|emblazoned]] on the [[regimental colours]]):<ref name=MillsAY/>
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign=top
| Second Boer War || '''[[South Africa 1900–02]]''' ||rowspan=3 | [[File:RA Distinction.png|right|thumb|Honorary Distinction from the Second World War, awarded to the [[Shropshire Yeomanry]] for service as a Royal Artillery regiment. The Ayrshire Yeomanry Honorary Distinction was similar.]]
|- valign=top
| First World War || '''[[Ypres 1918]]''', '''[[France and Flanders 1918]]''', '''[[Gallipoli 1915]]''', '''[[Battle of Romani|Rumani]]''', '''[[Egypt 1916–17]]''', '''[[Gaza (Battle honour)|Gaza]]''', '''[[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Jerusalem]]''', '''[[Action of Tell 'Asur|Tell 'Asur]]''', '''[[Palestine 1917–18]]'''
|- valign=top
| {{nowrap|Second World War}} || The Royal Artillery was present in nearly all battles and would have earned most of the honours awarded to cavalry and infantry regiments. In 1833, [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] awarded the motto ''Ubique'' (meaning "everywhere") in place of all battle honours.<ref name=MillsRA>{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |title=Royal Regiment of Artillery at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |access-date=2007-07-15 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715140005/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |archive-date=15 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
[[Honorary Distinction]]: Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery with year-dates "1942–45" and three scrolls: "[[North West Europe Campaign|North-West Europe]]", "[[North African Campaign|North Africa]]" and "[[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]]"
|}
===Guidon===
[[Image:AY guidon.jpg|thumb|The Guidon of the Ayrshire Yeomanry]]
The guidon of The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was presented by General [[Horatius Murray|Sir Horatius Murray]] KBE CB DSO at [[Culzean Castle]], [[Ayrshire]] on 24 June 1961.<ref name=modA/> The battle honours of the regiment emblazoned on both sides of the Guidon are as follows:<ref>Photograph of the Guidon of the Ayrshire Yeomanry</ref><br />
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:50%; margin:auto;"
|-
| [[Second Boer War|SOUTH AFRICA 1900-02]]
| [[Ypres 1917|YPRES 1917]]
|-
| [[France and Flanders 1918|FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1918]]
| [[Gallipoli 1915|GALLIPOLI 1915]]
|-
| [[Battle of Romani|RUMANI]]
| [[Egypt 1916–17|EGYPT 1916–17]]
|-
| [[Gaza (Battle honour)|GAZA]]
| [[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|JERUSALEM]]
|-
| [[Battle of Tell 'Asur|TELL’ASUR]]
| [[Palestine 1917–18|PALESTINE 1917–18]]
|}
Placed under the central tie of the Union wreath is the Honorary Distinction: the badge of the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]] within a laurel wreath bearing four scrolls inscribed as follows:<br />
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:75%; margin:auto;"
|-
| 1942-45
| NW EUROPE
| N AFRICA
| ITALY
|}
==Victoria Cross==
The only member of the regiment to be awarded the Victoria Cross was [[Thomas Caldwell (VC)|Thomas Caldwell]] for his actions on 31 October 1918 at [[Oudenaarde]] in Belgium.<ref name=vc/>
==Uniform==
Prior to 1893, the Ayrshire Yeomanry wore black-leather helmets and black plumes with a dark blue uniform and scarlet facings. This was replaced by a hussar style uniform, including a fur [[Busby (military headdress)|busby]] with white plume and scarlet bag. Officers' tunics included a unique "figure-of-eight" front gold braiding, while other-ranks wore hip-length stable jackets of dark blue with scarlet collars and cuffs.<ref>R.G. Harris, plate 1, "50 Years of Yeomanry Uniforms" Frederick Muller Ltd, London 1972</ref> This elaborate uniform was discarded after the [[Boer War]] and at the 1911 Coronation the Ayrshire Yeomanry was one of only two mounted regiments participating to wear plain [[khaki]]. The former facing-colours were commemorated by scarlet piping on the breeches.<ref>{{cite book|first=R.J.|last=Smith|page=3|title=The Yeomanry Force at the 1911 Coronation|date=December 1987|isbn=0-948251-26-3}}</ref>
==Regimental music==
[[File:Marching band of Ayrshire Yeomanry.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Band of the Ayrshire Yeomanry in the 1950s]]
The Ayrshire Yeomanry song, The Proud Trooper, was written as a poem following the regiment's actions in South Africa and the first verse is now often sung, to the tune of [[Amazing Grace]], when several Ayrshire Yeomen are together. The lyrics of the first verse of The Proud Trooper are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carricks%20capital/mayboleminstrelsy.htm|title=The Earl of Carrick's Own|publisher=Maybole|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
::''"I’ve Listed in The County Horse,''
::''A Yeoman don’t you know,''
::''With spurs of steel upon my heel,''
::''full swagger now I go,''
::''I’ve sworn an oath to serve the Queen,''
::''And to defend Her Throne,''
::''I’m proud to be a Trooper in,''
::''The Earl of Carrick’s Own."''
==The Ayrshire Yeomanry Locomotive==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:AY train.png|thumb|A Hornby model of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Locomotive]] -->
Of the 842 [[LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0]] Locomotives, commonly known as "Black Fives", only four were named, and those were in honour of Scottish Regiments: Lanarkshire Yeomanry, The Queens Edinburgh, Ayrshire Yeomanry, [[Glasgow Highlanders|Glasgow Highlander]] and [[Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry|Glasgow Yeomanry]].{{sfn|Rowledge|Reed|1977|p=83}}
==Alliances==
* {{army|United Kingdom}} – [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards|The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)]]
==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]]
* [[List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery]]
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{reflist|3}}
==Bibliography==
* Steel Brownlie, W. (1964). ''The Proud Trooper: The History of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry from its Raising in the Eighteenth Century till 1964'', London: Collins.
* Cooper, W.S. (1881). ''A History of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry'', Edinburgh: David Douglas.
* J.B.M. Frederick, ''Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978'', Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, {{ISBN|1-85117-007-3}}.
* Brig E.A. James, ''British Regiments 1914–18'', London: Samson Books, 1978, {{ISBN|0-906304-03-2}}/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, {{ISBN|978-1-84342-197-9}}.
* Knox, B.M. (1946). ''Brief Historical Notes on Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own) 152nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1939-45'', Ayr: Stephen & Pollock.
* Mackie, D. Jr (1920) ''Songs of an Ayrshire Yeoman'', Paisley: Alexander Gardner.
* {{cite book
| last = Mileham | first = Patrick
| year = 1994
| title = The Yeomanry Regiments; 200 Years of Tradition
| publisher = Canongate Academic
| location = Edinburgh
| isbn = 1-898410-36-4
}}
* Purdie, W. (2019). ''Never Better Served, The History of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Squadron 1964–2018'', Ayr: The Ayrshire Yeomanry Trust.
* {{cite book
| last = Rinaldi | first = Richard A
| year = 2008
| title = Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
| publisher = Ravi Rikhye
| isbn = 978-0-97760728-0
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzUZ-26KYQ4C
}}
* {{cite web |last1=Rowledge |first1=John Westbury Peter |last2=Reed |first2=Brian | title=The Stanier 4-6-0s of the LMS : (the Jubilees, Class 5s, and the BR Standard Class 5s) | publisher=[[David & Charles]] | year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7385-4 | oclc=1256510000 | url=https://archive.org/details/stanier460soflms0000rowl |url-access=registration}}
* Graham Young, I.A. & Grey, R.I. (1947). ''A Short History of the Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own) 151st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1939–194'', Ayr: Ayr Observer.
==External links==
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* [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk Chris Baker, ''The Long, Long Trail'']
* [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)]
* [http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28480.aspx Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry - Official Website]
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