East Lothian Yeomanry Regimental Insignia

       In 1863, Sgt. Edward Richard Sharman and family moved to Haddington, Scotland which is  in the county of East Lothian where he became the Drill Sergeant for the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry  and served in that position until his death on May 2, 1873.  His successor was Sergeant John Penn.
                                                                                       

 The East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, established in 1797, continued under that title until 1888 when the  Regiment was re-named the” Lothians & BerwickshireYeomanry Cavalry”  and in 1908 to the “Lothians and Borderhorse Cavalry.”
In 1956 they became part of the “Queens Own Lowland Yeomanry”.
        My understanding is that the barracks and married soldiers quarters on High Street, Haddington, were wooden structures that no longer exist.   Sergeant Sharman and his wife Maria are buried in a cemetery in Dunbar, Scotland.

     This unit was the successor of three yeomanry regiments, all of which were raised in 1797. Two of these, the Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry and the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry, were disbanded in 1827 and 1871, respectively. The novelist, Sir Walter Scott was for a time Quartermaster, Paymaster and Secretary of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons, later merged in the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry. The third, was originally named the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, but in 1888 its title was changed to the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
In 1956 they became part of the “Queens Own Lowland Yeomanry”.
 

                                                  This picture was taken on the road to Edinburgh Castle  C.1870’s
                                                             Dress Uniform of the East Lothian Yeomanry
                                                                       Soldiers name...unknown
                                                   The Regimental Badge of a sheath of corn surrounded by three
                                     triangular forms of stars is visible on the Kettle Drum cover and the horses blanket.

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