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Originally Posted by Mike Jackson
Some comments on a Yeomanry Gunner regiment in the Second World War. Lesson Identified - don't meddle with their traditions! Lesson identified - Have faith in them - notwithstanding the CRA's comment in May 1942. By the end of the war members of the Regiment had been awarded: 2 DSOs, 12 MCs, 18 MMs, 2 bars to MM, 25 MiD and sundry other decorations. And at the end of the War, they were still wearing the Ayrshire Yeomanry badge in their headdress.
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There is always one T**T that will try and upset the Esprit de corps. The 153rd/154th (LYPAO) FR RA.... made sure that no such pillock would try that on and made it a condition at the start of being RA that the cap badge/ST/buttons were retained. "Reluctant Gunners" was a common phrase in the Yeomanry in WW2.