Between The Wars
On the reforming of the TA, the 14 senior Yeomanry Regiments remained as horsed cavalry regiments (6 forming the 5th and 6th Cavalry Brigades) the remaining Yeomanry Regiments would be re-roled as Artillery. The Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry was one of the regiments now re-designated and formed part of the Royal Artillery. Together with the other Yeomanry regiment in Kent (The Royal East Kent Yeomanry), they formed the 6th (Kent) Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in 1920. In 1921 it became the 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, consisting of the Canterbury based 385th, and 386th Ashford based (Duke of Connaught’s Own Yeomanry) Batteries, and the Bromley based 387th and the Maidstone based 388th (Queen’s Own Yeomanry) Batteries. In 1938 the unit was re-designated as the 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery,
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