DY Guidon Battle Honours EGYPT 1915-16 STRUMA MACEDONIA 1916-18 SULVA SCIMITAR HILL GALLIPOLI 1915 DIVES CROSSING LOWER MAAS RHINELAND ALAM EL HALFA EL ALAMEIN MEDJEZ EL BAB KAIROUAN TUNIS CASSINO II ARGENTA GAP SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1 Circa 1978, the DY Guidon was laid up in the Derby cathedral by the LDY PAO (Squadron) Coy and was carried by Cpl. (Acting S/Sgt) John Sills and escorted by Sgts Chris Garratt and Philip McGuiness. The Escort was commanded by SSM Gary Bliss. The Guidon was handed over to the Cathedral Officials by Major C W Gardener TD. The band of the 9th/12th Lancers (POWs) played during the parade and service. The Derbyshire Yeomanry Old Comrades exercised their right of marching through the City with Guidon flying. The LDY PAO Coy 7(V) Btn TAVR paraded but B (LDY PAO) Coy, 3 (V) Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Btn did not. The Guidon was carried in the 1953 coronation parade and was damaged in a later fire. It is now lodged in the Derby Cathedral and has the Battle Honours of the 1st and 2nd World Wars incorporated. Presentation of the Guidon to the Derbyshire Yeomanry c1910 by the Duke of Devonshire. Lt. A H Betterton is the Officer receiving the Guidon. The Guidon shown above was presented to the Derbyshire Yeomanry by Lady Walker, wife of Sir Peter Walker, Commanding Officer of the Derbyshire Yeomanry c1909. At the ceremony the Guidon was handed to Lt. A H Betterton by the Duke of Devonshire. Lt. Betterton was in full-dress of the Derbyshire Yeomanry and the Duke in Frockcoat, knee boots, and the feathered bi-corn hat. The Guidon was laid on a table covered with the Union Flag before presentation. The design is the badge of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, the Rose of the Union below a Crown, within a circle bearing the title of the Regiment. Above this circle. The central device is surrounded by the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock of the Triple Union on one branch. The Great Boer War By Arthur Conan Doyle CHAPTER XXIII THE CLEARING OF THE SOUTH-EAST "Another minor action which cannot be ignored is the defence of a convoy on April 29th by the Derbyshire Yeomanry (Major Dugdale) and a company of the Scots Guards. The wagons were on their way to Rundle when they were attacked at a point about ten miles west of Thaba N'chu. The small guard beat off their assailants in the most gallant fashion, and held their own until relieved by Brabazon upon the following morning."