Pembroke Yeomanry
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The Pembroke Yeomanry was an auxiliary regiment of the British Army dating back to 1794. It saw active service in the French Revolutionary War, the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. Its l
The Légion Noire landing on Goodwick Sands, 22 February 1797.
An Imperial Yeomanry trooper
The Norton Drill Hall, Tenby, RHQ of the Pembroke Yeomanry from 1901.
A group of the Pembroke Yeomanry ca 1912.
Battle of Fishguard
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The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing o
Pembroke Yeomanry
…Pembrokeshire on the afternoon of 22 February. A warning shot from the fort showed that the harbour was defended, so the French landed in the evening at Carregwastad Point, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west. The landing force under Chef de brigade William Tate consisted of the Légion Noire, around 1300 strong, around half…
Carregwastad Head, the landing site for Tate's forces
French forces landing at Carreg Gwastad on 22 February 1797. From a lithograph first published in May 1797 and later coloured
Modern memorial stone on the headland