- Wikidata identifier:
- Q113386170
- Also known as:
- The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Museum
- Instance of:
- museum; military museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q113386170/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The collection comprises the material culture of the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, its antecedents, and successors, including other Lancashire Yeomanry and Mounted Volunteers. The collection includes both three dimensional objects (uniforms, weapons, badges, and equipment) and two-dimensional material (documents, photographs, books, and other paper-based material) forming the Regimental Archive.
Size
The collection comprises approximately 600 accessions, incorporating 1,700 individual items.
Themes
Themes covered include service of the Regiment in the Boer War, both World Wars and the Cold War, home soldiering, and ceremonial. Material in the collection also illustrates the development of uniform and equipment, regimental personalities, annual camps, and training.
Military Units Covered
The DLOY Collecting Policy covers units detailed in the 1980 Trust Deed and in addition:
- i. Bolton Light Horse Volunteers
- ii. Manchester and Salford Light Horse Volunteers
- iii. Oldham Horse Association
- iv. Oldham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry
- v. Furness Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry
- vi. Loyal Ashton Cavalry
- vii. Lancashire Fencible Cavalry
- viii. Liverpool Light Horse
- ix. Wigan Light Horse Volunteers
- x. Preston and Chorley Cavalry
- xi. Lancashire Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry
- xii. Lancashire Hussars
- xiii. 23rd (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Company, Imperial Yeomanry
- xiv. 12th (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Battalion The Manchester Regiment
- xv. 18th (Lancashire Hussars) Battalion The King’s Liverpool Regiment
- xvi. 77th (DLOY) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- xvii. 78th (DLOY) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- xviii. 202nd (DLOY) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- xix. The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
- xx. The Queen’s Own Yeomanry
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2023
Licence: CC BY-NC