Between The Wars
On the reforming of the Territorial Army, only the fourteen senior yeomanry regiments remained as horsed cavalry, with the remainder be re-roled as artillery. In 1921 the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry was amalgamated with the Berkshire Yeomanry and re-formed as the 99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. The two yeomanry regiments retained their own identities and badges within the amalgamated unit, with each providing two batteries. The Buckinghamshire Yeomanry comprised 393 and 394 (Royal Bucks Yeomanry) Batteries.
By 1939 it became 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. The amalgamation of the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry was reversed, with each being reconstituted as separate field regiments of the Royal Artillery, with the Buckinghamshire contingent becoming the 99th Field Regiment.
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