The Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own), TF

Other Regiments

1/1st

August 1914 : in Ayr. Part of the Lowland Mounted Brigade.

September 1915 : moved as dismounted troops, to Gallipoli.

11 October 1915 : attached to 52nd (Lowland) Division

February 1916 : Brigade transferred to 1st Dismounted Brigade, which was broken up 16 October 1916. Regiment moved to 2nd Dismounted Brigade.

January 1917 : with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry, formed 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Bn, the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Attached to 229th Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division.

21 June 1918 : moved to 94th Brigade, 31st Division.


2/1st

Formed September 1914, attached to 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade.

March 1916 : Brigade redesignated 20th Mounted Brigade.

July 1916 : converted into a Cyclist unit, in 13th Cyclist Brigade (which was redesignated 9th Cyclist Brigade in November 1916).

Remained in Scotland until moving to Ireland in May 1918, where it then remained.


3/1st

Formed in 1915. Remained in United Kingdom until disbanded in early 1917, when the personnel went to the 2/1st and to the 4th (Reserve) Bn, the Royal Scots Fusiliers.