Precedence
The rule for establishing the order of precedence is the date of commission of the first troop of the regiment and its subsequent unbroken service, including both official service and unpaid accepted unpaid service. Disbanded regiments automatically lost precedence. To maintain the order of precedence when the Territorial Army was reorganised in 1969, some units established a cadre so that they were not completely disbanded. When the cadre-ised unit was subsequently re-established, the unit or more frequently as was the case, sub-unit, could continue to claim an un-broken service. Needless to say, like any good rule, the order of precedence has exceptions.
Since 1994 and the Royal Review of Serving Yeomanry Regiments & Yeomanry Old Comrades there have been effectively two orders of precedence in place:
- Army List of 1914, and
- Order of Yeomanry Titles on parade at The Royal Yeomanry Review
Read more about this topic: Yeomanry Order Of Precedence
Famous quotes containing the word precedence:
“What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist’s presence makes itself felt above that of the model.... With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul’s style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“It is difficult to separate the tapestry
From the room or loom which takes precedence over it.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)