The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each.
Each of the sabre squadrons perpetuates a historic Yeomanry regiment, which is reflected in their subtitles:
The British volunteers, who came mostly from the Brigade of Guards and Yeomanry regiments, were incorporated into their own patrols.
He was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of his Yeomanry regiment in 1868, and honorary colonel of the regiment in 1879.
The Bedfordshire Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.
Today it comprises ten regular regiments and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army.
These regiments will be paired with a Yeomanry regiment.
The exact roles for Yeomanry regiments is yet to be determined.
Volunteers were called for from present and past members of Yeomanry regiments and from new recruits.
With the outbreak of World War I, Denman commanded a Yeomanry regiment in 1914 and 1915.