The Berkshire Yeomanry Museum

In existence for nearly 50 years, the Berkshire Yeomanry Museum has amassed a wide-ranging collection of artefacts illustrating the history of the Berkshire Yeomanry since 1794. The Collection includes weapons, equipment and uniforms from the regiment’s earliest days through two World Wars and 21st Century deployment on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Collection is exhibited in a permanent display within the Army Reserve Centre in Windsor.

The Museum's mission is to educate the public in the history of the Berkshire Yeomanry by exhibiting the Museum’s Collection in a dedicated museum, by proper management and care of the Collection including interpretation of material and artefacts, by upholding Berkshire Yeomanry traditions, including parades and public demonstrations, by maintaining regimental memorials, and by publication of articles or images relating to the Berkshire Yeomanry.

The Museum is a registered charity and has been granted full accreditation under the UK Government scheme run by the Arts Council.

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Lance Corporal Bennett’s section, B (Reading) Squadron - Annual Camp, June 1914

The Berkshire Yeomanry

The Berkshire Yeomanry has a distinguished history of more than two hundred years’ service to the nation. Recruited from all corners of the county, the regiment has been variously roled as cavalry, machine gunners, artillery, infantry, signals, and even cameleers and bicyclists. Like all Yeomanry units throughout the UK, the regiment has had to adapt to the constant tide of change brought about by war, by changing military requirements, and by restricted Government finances.

The Berkshire Yeomanry has seen action in a variety of conflicts over the past two hundred years. In particular, the First and Second World Wars saw the regiment involved in some of the heaviest fighting. During the First World War the regiment was in action at Gallipoli in 1915, in Palestine during 1917 and on the Western Front in 1918. In the Far East towards the end of the Second World War, the regiment was embroiled in the bloody attempts to restore order in Indonesia following a full-scale insurrection.

Between 2000 and 2014 the Berkshire Yeomanry provided support for the British Army deployed on operations in Former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Altogether 104 operational tours were completed by members of the regiment.

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