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|dates= 1794–1956
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|motto= ''Pro Artis Et Focis'' <br />Latin: "for Hearth and Home"
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:[[North-West Europe 1940]]
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'''The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry''' (FFY) was an [[armoured warfare|Armoured]] [[Yeomanry]] [[Regiment]] of the [[British Army]] formed in 1793. It saw action in the [[Second Boer War]], the [[World War I|First World War]] and the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It amalgamated with the [[Scottish Horse]] to form the [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] in 1956. The lineage is maintained by "C" [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] Squadron of The [[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]] based in [[Cupar]] in [[Fife]].

==History==
===Formation and early history===
The Kirkcaldy Troop was raised in 1797 but, after becoming the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry in 1803, it was disbanded in 1828.<ref name=Mills1FYC>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fife.htm|title=Fife Yeomanry Cavalry|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=13 November 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416023727/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fife.htm|archive-date=16 April 2007}}</ref> The unit was re-raised as the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry in 1831 but was disbanded again in 1838.<ref name=Mills1FYC/> It was raised again as the 1st Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1860.<ref name=Mills1FYC/>
 
Meanwhile, the Forfar Yeomanry was raised in 1794 but it was also disbanded in 1828.<ref name=Mills1FLH>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/forfar.htm|title=Forfarshire Yeomanry Cavalry|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=13 November 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419073427/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/forfar.htm|archive-date=19 April 2007}}</ref> The unit was re-raised as the Forfarshire Yeomanry in 1856 but disbanded again in 1862.<ref name=Mills1FLH/> It was raised again as the 1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps in 1876.<ref name=Mills1FYC/>

===Second Boer War===
On 13 December 1899, the decision to allow volunteer forces to serve in the Second Boer War was made. Due to the string of defeats during [[Black Week]] that same month, the British government realised they were going to need more troops than just the regular army, thus issuing a [[Royal warrant (document)|Royal Warrant]] on 24 December. This warrant officially created the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] (IY). The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each. In addition to this, many British citizens (usually mid-upper class) volunteered to join the new regiment. The two regiments co-sponsored the 20th (Fife and Forfarshire Light Horse) Company, IY, which served in 6th (Scottish) Battalion, IY.<ref name=ROHNotes>{{cite web | title=Boer War Notes | url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/BoerWarNotes.html | access-date = 11 June 2007}}</ref>  
 
In 1901 the 1st Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps and the 1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps amalgamated to form the Fifeshire and Forfarshire Imperial Yeomanry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27317 |date=24 May 1901 |page=3561}}</ref> The word "Imperial" was dropped from the title on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908.<ref name=MillsFFY/>
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The regiment was based at [[Hunter Street drill hall, Kirkcaldy|Hunter Street]] in [[Kirkcaldy]] at this time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/BRIT14.html|title=The British Army 1914|publisher=Mark Conrad|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>

===First World War===
{{Highland Mounted Brigade}}
In accordance with the [[Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907]] (''[[7 Edw. 7]], c.9''), which brought the [[Territorial Force]] into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for [[Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge|Imperial Service]]. Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.<ref name=Rinaldi35>{{harvnb|Rinaldi|2008|p=35}}</ref>

===={{anchor|1st Line}} 1/1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry====
They were dismounted and eventually became the 14th (FFY) Battalion of the [[Black Watch]].  As part of the [[74th (Yeomanry) Division]] they served in Egypt and Palestine in 1917 and 1918 before moving to France in 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/fife-forfar-yeomanry/|title=Fife & Forfar Yeomanry|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

===={{anchor|2nd Line}} 2/1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry====
The 2nd Line regiment was formed in September 1914 and in January 1915 was assigned to the [[2/1st Highland Mounted Brigade]].<ref name=James19>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=19}}</ref> On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were ordered to be numbered in a single sequence;<ref name=James36>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=36}}</ref> the brigade was numbered as [[1st Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Mounted Brigade]] and joined the [[1st Mounted Division]] in [[Norfolk]]. In July 1916, the 1st Mounted Division was reorganised as the [[1st Cyclist Division]] and the regiment was transferred as a mounted unit to the [[2nd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Mounted Brigade]] in the new 1st Mounted Division (the former [[3rd Mounted Division]]) in the [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]] area.<ref name=James19/>
 
In November 1916, the regiment was converted to a [[Bicycle infantry|cyclist]] unit in [[6th Cyclist Brigade]] at [[Ashington]] in [[Northumberland]]. By July 1917, it was at [[Acklington]] and it remained there until early 1918 when it went to Ireland with the 6th Cyclist Brigade. It was stationed at [[Curragh Camp|The Curragh]] until the end of the war.<ref name=James19/>

===={{anchor|3rd Line}} 3/1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry====
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915; that summer, it was affiliated to a [[Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)|Reserve Cavalry Regiment]] at [[Aldershot Garrison|Aldershot]]. In June 1916, it was at [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. The regiment was disbanded in early 1917 with personnel transferring to the 2nd Line or to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the [[Black Watch]] at [[Ripon]].<ref name=James19/>

===Between the wars===
On 7 February 1920, the Regiment was reconstituted in the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] with HQ still at [[Kirkcaldy]]. Following the experience of the war, it was decided that only the fourteen most senior yeomanry regiments would be retained as horsed cavalry,<ref name=Mileham48>{{harvnb|Mileham|1994|p=48}}</ref> with the rest being transferred to other roles.<ref name=Mileham50>{{harvnb|Mileham|1994|p=50}}</ref> As a result, on 6 January 1921, the Regiment was one of eight{{efn|The eight yeomanry regiments converted to Armoured Car Companies of the [[Royal Tank Corps]] (RTC) were:<ref name=MillsRTR>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/RTR.htm |title=The Royal Tank Regiment at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |access-date=3 January 2006 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503004203/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/RTR.htm |archive-date=3 May 2007 }}</ref>
* 19th (Lothians and Border) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[Lothians and Border Horse]]
* 20th (Fife and Forfar) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
* 21st (Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]]
* 22nd (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dragoons), Royal Tank Corps from [[Westminster Dragoons]]
* 23rd (London) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]]
* 24th (Derbyshire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[Derbyshire Yeomanry]]
* 25th (Northamptonshire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[Northamptonshire Yeomanry]]
* 26th (East Riding of York Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps from [[East Riding Yeomanry]]
}} converted and reduced to '''2nd (Fife and Forfar) [[Armored car (military)|Armoured Car]] Company, Tank Corps''', later renumbered as '''20th (Fife and Forfar) Armoured Car Company, [[Royal Tank Corps]]'''. On 30 April 1939, it was transferred to the [[Royal Armoured Corps]].<ref name=MillsFFY>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fifefor.htm |title=The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |access-date=1 March 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301012514/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fifefor.htm |archive-date=1 March 2007 }}</ref>
 
By 1939, it had become clear that a new European war was likely to break out, and the doubling of the Territorial Army was authorised, with each unit forming a duplicate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/reserve/31793.aspx | title=History of the Army Reserve | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MOD]] | access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref> The Lothians were expanded to an armoured regiment in August 1939 as the '''1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry''' and formed a duplicate '''2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry''' in the same month.<ref name=Bellis18>{{harvnb|Bellis|1994|p=18}}</ref>

===Second World War===
[[File:ChurchillTank.jpg|thumb|[[Churchill Crocodile]] as used by the 1st FFY in World War II ]]

===={{anchor|1st FFY}} 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry====
The 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry landed in France as reconnaissance regiment for the [[51st (Highland) Division|51st (Highland) Infantry Division]] in the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in September 1939 and then took part in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in June 1940.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7r-F7FxtrYC&q=%22Fife+and+Forfar+Yeomanry%22+Dunkirk&pg=PR306|title=Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man|first=Hugh |last=Sebag-Montefiore|year=2015|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0241972267}}</ref> The battalion later served in the United Kingdom with the [[28th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|28th Armoured Brigade]] in the [[9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|9th Armoured Division]]<ref>[http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitSubordinates?UniX=3273 Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates]</ref> until August 1944 when it moved to North West Europe and saw action at the [[Operation Plunder|crossing of the Rhine]] with the [[31st Armoured Brigade]] in the [[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]] in March 1945.<ref name="CARL-BXAC">{{cite web |url=http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/939BXAC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702060839/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/939BXAC.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2015 |title=Organization of British Tank Brigades 1939–1945 |work=[[Combined Arms Research Library]] |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>

===={{anchor|2nd FFY}} 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry====
The 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry took part in the [[Normandy landings]] with the [[29th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|29th Armoured Brigade]] in the [[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Division]] in June 1944.<ref name=Joslen180>{{harvnb|Joslen|1990|p=180}}</ref> It subsequently saw action in [[Operation Epsom]] in June 1944, [[Operation Goodwood]] in July 1944, [[Operation Bluecoat]] in August 1944 and the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in December 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be/en/stories/british-army/203-the-british-in-the-battle-of-the-ardennes.html|title=The British in the Battle of the Ardennes|publisher=Battle of the Bulge Memories|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

===Post-war===
When the Territorial Army was re-formed in May 1947, the regiment resumed its pre-war role as an Armoured Car Regiment. It amalgamated with the [[Scottish Horse]] to form the [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] in 1956.<ref name=MillsFFY/> Although The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse was disbanded in 1975, the linage is maintained by "C" [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] Squadron of The [[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]] based in [[Cupar]] in [[Fife]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28480.aspx | title=The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MOD]] | access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref>

==Memorials==
A book of remembrance is housed at Cupar Old Parish Church<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/57984 |title= Fife and Forfar Yeomanry|publisher=Imperial war Museum|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> and there is a carved stone plaque dedicated to "To the memory of all ranks – The Fife Light Horse and The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1860–1918" inside the ruined church building at Tulliallan Old Churchyard (also known as Woodlea Old Cemetery) at Kincardine on Forth.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-29013.html|title= Tulliallan Old Churchyard (also known as Woodlea Old Cemetery)|publisher= The Scottish Military Research Group – Commemorations Project|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

==Battle honours==
[[File:Comet tanks of the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, crossing the Weser at Petershagen, 7 April 1945. BU3198.jpg|thumb|Comet tanks of the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry crossing the Weser at Petershagen, 7 April 1945]]
The [[battle honour]]s of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry are displayed on the [[Colours, standards and guidons|guidon]] which was laid up at Cupar Old Parish Church when the regiment was amalgamated. After amalgamation, the battle honours were carried on to the guidon of the [[Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse]] and today are represented on the guidon of the [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]]. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours (honours in bold are [[Emblazonment|emblazoned]] on the [[regimental colours]]):<ref name=MillsFFY/>
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign=top
| Second Boer War || '''[[South Africa 1900–01]]'''{{efn|Inherited from 1st Fifeshire Light Horse Volunteers and 1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteers.<ref name=MillsFFY/>}}
|- valign=top
| First World War || '''[[Somme 1918]]''', '''[[Bapaume 1918]]''', '''[[Hindenburg Line]]''', '''[[Battle of Épehy|Épehy]]''', [[Pursuit to Mons]], '''[[France and Flanders 1918]]''', '''[[Gallipoli 1915]]''', '''[[Egypt 1915–17]]''', '''[[Gaza (Battle honour)|Gaza]]''', '''[[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Jerusalem]]''', [[Action of Tell 'Asur|Tell 'Asur]], '''[[Palestine 1917–18]]'''
|- valign=top
| {{nowrap|Second World War}} || '''[[Battle of Dunkirk|Dunkirk 1940]]''', '''[[Operation Epsom|Cheux]]''', '''[[Operation Goodwood|Bourguébus Ridge]]''', '''[[Operation Bluecoat|Le Perier Ridge]]''', '''[[Battle of the Scheldt|Scheldt]]''', '''[[Ourthe]]''', '''[[Operation Veritable|Rhineland]]''', '''[[Operation Plunder|Rhine]]''', '''[[North-West Europe 1940]]''', '''[[North-West Europe 1944–45|'44–45]]'''
|}

==Guidons==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:FFY Guidon.png|thumb|Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1955 Guidon]] -->
The regiment's guidon is laid up in Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/cupar-old-st-michael-of-tarvit-parish-church/|title= Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church|date= 4 July 2017|publisher=Scotland’s Churches Trust|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

==Honorary Colonels and Commanding Officers==

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!
! List of <br />Honorary Colonels
! List of <br />Commanding Officers/<br />Officer Commanding
|-
!The Fife and Forfar Light Horse<br />''(1793–1901)''
|
|[[Colonel John Anstruther|Col J Anstruther-Thomson]] (1793–1797)<br />Sir William Erskine (1797–1798)<br />[[George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford|Earl of Crawford]] (1798–1803)<br />Lt Col Morison of Naughton ''1803–1809''<br />[[John Anstruther-Thomson|Col J Anstruther-Thomson of Charlton]](1809–1823)<br />Col W Wemyss of Cuttlehill ''1823–1828''<br />[[General Robert Balfour of Balbirnie|General R Balfour of Balbirnie]] ''1831–1837''<br />Colonel Carnegie of Lour (1838–?)<br />Major Randle Jackson ''1875–1886''<br />[[James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn|Lt Gen The Earl of Rosslyn]] (1860–1866)<br />[[John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton and Carntyne|Lt Col Anstruther Thomson]](1866–1895)<br />[[Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet|Col Sir John Gilmour 1st Bt]] (1895–1901)
|-
!20th Company of The [[Imperial Yeomanry]]<br />''(1900–1901)''
|[[Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet|Col Sir John Gilmour 1st Bt]]
|Capt Chapel Hodge<br />Capt R Purvis<br />[[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|Capt J Gilmour]],
|-
!The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry<br />''(1901–17)''
|[[Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet|Col Sir John Gilmour 1st Bt]]
|Lt Col TH Erskine of Grangemuir VD<br />[[Alexander Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)|Lt Col A Mitchell of Luscar]] (1914–1915)
|-
! The FFY during The Great War<br />''(1914–19)''
|[[Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet|Col Sir John Gilmour 1st Bt]]<br />Col TH Erskine of Grangemuir VD
| [[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|Lt Col Sir John Gilmour DSO 2nd Bt]]<br />Lt Col J Younger DSO<br />Lt Col JM MacKenzie<br />Lt Col DD Ogilvie
|-
! 20th (FFY) Armoured Car Coy, [[Royal Tank Corps]]<br />''(1920–39)''
|Col TH Erskine of Grangemuir VD <br /> [[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet]] (1931)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33739 |date=28 July 1931 |page=4943}}</ref>
|Lt Col Lindsay ''1919''<br />Lt Col RGO Hutchison ''1937''<br />Lt Col DE Carnegy-Carnegy of Lour ''1937''<br />Lt Col WGC Black ''1938''
|-
! 1st FFY, [[Royal Armoured Corps]]<br />''(Sept 1939 to Jun 1946)''
|[[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet]]
|Lt Col RG "Ponto" Sharp ''Sept 1939 – May 1940''<br />Lt Col GJ de W Mullens ''Jun 1940 – Mar 1942''<br />Lt Col EL Fanshawe ''Mar 1942 – Aug 1943''<br />Lt Col WGN Walker MC ''Aug 1943 – Jun 1945''<br />Lt Col R de C Vigors DSO ''Jun 1945 – Jun 1946''
|-
! 2nd FFY, [[Royal Armoured Corps]]<br />''(Sept 1939 to Jan 1946)''
|[[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet]]<br />[[Edward Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie|Col The Viscount Younger DSO TD]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34865|date=4 June 1940 |page=3424|supp=y }}</ref>
|Lt Col AH McIntosh OBE TD ''Sept 1939 – Dec 1940''<br />Lt Col ES Sword ''Jan 1941 – Oct 1941''<br />Lt Col [[Kenneth Cooper (British Army officer)|KC Cooper]] ''Oct 1941 – Oct 1942''<br />Lt Col ABJ Scott DSO MC ''Oct 1942 – Nov 1945''<br />Maj JD Hutchison MC ''Nov 1945 – Jan 1946''
|-
! The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry<br />''(May 1947 to Nov 1956)''
|[[Edward Younger, 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie|Col The Viscount Younger DSO TD]], <br />Col ME Lindsay DSO DL <br />Col WCG Black OBE MC TD
|[[John Murray Prain|Lt Col J Murray-Prain DSO OBE TD DL]] ''?-1948''<br />
[[Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet|Lt Col Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Bt DSO TD DL]] ''1948–1950''<br />Lt Col JD Hutchison MC ''1950–1953''<br />[[Brian Harold Thomson|Lt Col BH Thomson TD]] ''1953–55''<br /> Lt Col HRS Stewart TD ''1956''
|}

==Uniform==
[[File:Ffy belt.png|thumb|Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Stable Belt]]
The [[cap badge]] of the FFY is a mounted knight (The Thane of Fife). It was also worn on the collars of the officers and men of the Squadron and on the arms above the chevrons of all Senior Non-Commissioned Officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaneofife.org.uk/|title=Introduction|publisher=The Thane of Life|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> The black beret of the Royal Tank Regiment was worn as regimental headdress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/84/a2766684.shtml|title=The Impressive Uniform: 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> The regiment wore a stable belt in the regimental colours of crimson and yellow with a dark blue stripe.<ref>As shown in the photograph</ref>

==Regimental music==
The Quick March of the Regiment was "Wee Cooper of Fife".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiCOOPFIFE;ttCOOPFIFE.html|title=The Wee Cooper of Fife|access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

==Affiliated regiments and formations==
Affiliated regiments and formations were as follows:<ref name=MillsFFY/>
*{{UK}} – [[1st The Royal Dragoons]]

==The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Locomotive==
A [[British Rail Class 55]] 'Deltic' diesel locomotive D9006 (later 55006), built between 1961 and 1962 by English Electric, was named after the Regiment. It was designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4t8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT433  |title=British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide|first= Pip|last= Dunn |year= 2013|publisher=Crowood|isbn=978-1847976420}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom}}
* [[Imperial Yeomanry]]
* [[List of units of the British Army Territorial Force 1908#Yeomanry|List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908]]
* [[Yeomanry]]
* [[Yeomanry order of precedence]]
* [[British yeomanry during the First World War]]
* [[Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book
 | last = Bellis | first = Malcolm A.
  | year = 1994
  | title = Regiments of the British Army 1939–1945 (Armour & Infantry)
  | publisher = Military Press International
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-85420-999-9
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = James | first = Brigadier E.A.
  | year = 1978
  | title = British Regiments 1914–18
  | publisher = Samson Books Limited
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-906304-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Joslen | first = Lt-Col H.F.
  | year = 1990
  | orig-year = 1st. Pub. [[HMSO]]:1960
  | title = Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939–1945
  | publisher = London Stamp Exchange
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-948130-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Mileham | first = Patrick
  | year = 1994
  | title = The Yeomanry Regiments; 200 Years of Tradition
  | publisher = Canongate Academic
  | location = Edinburgh
  | isbn = 1-898410-36-4
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Rinaldi | first = Richard A
  | year = 2008
  | title = Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
  | publisher = Ravi Rikhye
  | isbn = 978-0-97760728-0
  | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzUZ-26KYQ4C
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book
  | last = Anstruther-Thomson | first = Colonel, FLH
  | year = 1892
  | title = A History of the Fife Light Horse
  | publisher = William Blackwood
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last = Burgoyne | first = Captain Gerald
  | year = 1904
  | title = The Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry and its Predecessors
  | publisher = J and G Innes
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last = Dewar | first = Thomas
  | year = 1901
  | title = With the Scottish Yeomanry
  | publisher = Buncle
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last = Gilmour | first = Capt John
  | author-link = Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet
  | year = 1994
  | title = Clearly My Duty
  | publisher = Tuckwell Press
  | isbn = 978-1898410348
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Ogilvie | first = Major D.D.
  | year = 1921
  | title = The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1914-1919
  | publisher = John Murray
  | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18468
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Sellar | first = R.J.B.
  | year = 1960
  | title = Fife & Forfar Yeomanry 1919–1956
  | publisher = William Blackwood & Sons
  }}
* {{cite book
  | last = Sturrock | first = Corporal JP
  | year = 1903
  | title = The Fifes in Africa
  | publisher = A, Westwood
  }}

==External links==
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* {{cite web | publisher=The Long, Long Trail | access-date=6 April 2015 | last=Baker | first=Chris | title=The Fife & Forfar Yeomanry | url=http://www.1914-1918.net/fifeyeo.htm }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fifefor.htm |title=The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |access-date=1 March 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715140005/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/fifefor.htm |archive-date=15 July 2007 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071112044957/http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/amot-search/default.asp?Category=Amot&Service=Museum-Display&reference=0000000033 FFY Collection Details With Ogilby Trust]
* [http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-29013.html The Scottish War Memorials Project]
 
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