Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry - Post War

Post War

In 1947 it became the 297th (Kent Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.

In 1961 the Kent Yeomanry was amalgamated with the Sharpshooters to form a reconnaissance regiment. Six years later the Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was reduced to squadron strength to form C Squadron of the Royal Yeomanry More recently members of the Squadron have been deployed on operational tours in support of the regular army to Kosovo, Bosnia and Kuwait.

In 2003 nine members of the Squadron were mobilised to form part of a Royal Yeomanry Squadron for the Joint NBC Regiment deploying on Operation TELIC. Further deployments have been to the southern province of Basra and Al Amarah, in Iraq.

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