Yorkshire Hussars The Yorkshire Hussars was a unit of the British Army from 1794 to 1956 . The regiment was formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars . It was converted to an armoured role during World War II . In 1956 it merged with two other Yorkshire yeomanry regiments to form the Queen ' s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry . Its lineage is continued today by the Queen ' s Own Yeomanry . World War I . On 1 September , Lord Feversham formed a first line regiment of Yorkshire Hussars who volunteered to serve abroad , which was designated 1 / 1st Yorkshire Hussars . The 2 / 1st Yorkshire Hussars remained on coastal duties until being sent to Ireland in 1918 under the command of Lord Deramore , they were mainly 45 - to 50 - year - old men . A third line regiment , 3 / 1st Yorkshire Hussars was formed to supply drafts . In February 1915 , the 1 / 1st Yorkshire Hussars split up to be employed as Divisional Cavalry A Squadron seeing action at the Second Battle of Ypres , B at the Battle of Loos and C at the Battle of Aubers Ridge . On 16 May 1916 , the 1 / 1st Yorkshire Hussars reassembled under Lieutenant Colonel W Pepys as Corps Cavalry to XVII Corps and were present at the Battle of Arras . The Regiment was reorganised and reroled in August 1917 . After six weeks infantry training at Etaples , the bulk of the Yorkshire Hussars were drafted to the 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment . The Battalion was titled the " 9th ( Yorkshire Hussars ) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment " . and wore The Yorkshire Hussars cap - badge and West York collar - badges . The Battalion saw much hard fighting taking part in the Battle of Passchendaele . Between the Wars . On reforming the TA , the 14 senior Yeomanry Regiments remained horsed cavalry regiments ( 6 forming the 5th and 6th Cavalry Brigade s ) . The Yorkshire Hussars and The Queen ’ s Own Yorkshire Dragoons being respectively 3rd and 9th in seniority formed together with The Sherwood Rangers 5th Cavalry Brigade ( with its headquarters in York ) . World War II . In World War II the Regiment was a part of the 6th Cavalry Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , which later became the 10th Armoured Division which meant the Regiment had to convert to armour and started tank training with Stuart tank s as part of the 9th Armoured Brigade . In March 1942 the Regiment became the Armoured Striking Force in Cyprus with Cruiser and Valentine tank s , and from there to Egypt in January 1943 , taking over Sherman and Crusader tank s , before returning to England at the end of the year . They then in 1944 converted to become an Infantry Division Recce Regiment being attached to 50th ( Northumbrian ) Infantry Division , then transferred to the 61st ( South Midland ) Infantry Division so the missed out on the D - Day landings . From April to August the Regiment split up into Squadrons to take over and run " D " Day Embarkation Camps . In August the Regiment reunited and the drafting of all tank - trained personnel began in earnest , the Regiment becoming a ‘ Recce Holding Unit ’ for refresher training and drafting of returned wounded Recce personnel . In June 1945 , the Regiment reorganised as a Light Armoured Regiment ( Churchills ) . It was placed in ‘ suspended animation ’ March 1946 . Post war . After the Second World War the yeomanry regiments in Yorkshire were amalgamated into The Queen ' s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry , which was formed on 1 April 1967 as a TAVR III unit with the RHQ and ' A ' Squadron at York , ' B ' Squadron at Doncaster and ' C Squadron at Hull , then on 1 April 1969 , they were reduced to cadre and finally reformed on 1 April 1971 , as ' A ' Squadron The Queen ' s Own Yeomanry .