Lincoln, Lincolnshire: A Volunteer Cavalry of Farmers and Landowners
The Lincolnshire Yeomanry were a volunteer cavalry. Many members were countrymen and farm workers. They provided their own horses and were skilled riders.
Their main barracks were on Burton Road in Lincoln. The buildings remain and today form the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
Members of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry were sailing to Alexandria in Egypt in 1915 when their ship was attacked by a German submarine. Twenty-three were killed. Lord Kesteven, the honourable Captain Thomas Trollope died from his injuries.
Towards the end of the war the Yeomanry had their horses taken away and the men were ordered to retrain as machine gunners. Heartbroken by losing their trusted steeds they buried their spurs in the desert.
A memorial to the Lincolnshire Yeomanry was unveiled at Lincoln County Hospital in 1922.
Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3LY
Image shows Lincolnshire Yeomanry at Burton Road Barracks in Lincoln, courtesy of Lincolnshire Archives
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