senior yeomanry regiments would be retained as horsed cavalry, with the rest being transferred to other roles. As a result, on 7 June 1920, the Regiment was amalgamated with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to form the Royal Devon Yeomanry and simultaneously transferred to the Royal Artillery to form 11th (Devon) Army Brigade, RFA. Regimental museum The Royal Devon Yeomanry Museum is incorporated in the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon in The Square, Barnstaple. List of commanding officers Lieutenant Colonels of the North Devon Hussars included: Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet (1855-1917), of Tawstock Court. Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (1854–1932), of Castle Hill, Filleigh (Honorary Colonel). Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford (1867–1940). Lt-Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne (1868-1917), DSO, of Penstowe in the parish of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, killed in action in Palestine during World War I, whose granite obelisk monument survives in the village centre of Kilkhampton with another within the parish church. He was a son of Francis John Thynne, of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire, lord of the manors of Kilkhampton, Stratton and Binhamy, the second son of Rev. Lord John Thynne (1798-1881), Deputy Dean of Westminster, 3rd son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837), a descendant of Lady Grace Grenville, a daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701) of Stowe House, Kilkhampton. His younger brother was Capt. George Augustus Carteret Thynne (1869-1945), Royal North Devon Yeomanry, who had descendants surviving in 1968. Lt Col. Collis George Herbert St. Hill (1865–1917). Promoted Lt. Col. Royal North Devon Hussars, 16 June 1916. Killed in action 8 July 1917 at Villers-Plouich, Northern France, whilst commanding a battalion of the Sherwood Foresters; buried at Neuville-Bourjonval, near Ypres. He was the 2nd son of Rev. Canon Woodford St Hill of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and was a grandson of Henry Charles St Hill, of Bradninch House in Devon, for many centuries the seat of that family (anciently spelled "Sainthill"). His mural monument exists in St Disen's Church, Bradninch. In 1899 he married Ammabel Wilson (d.1949), a daughter of Sir Spencer Maryon-Wilson, 10th Baronet of Charlton House, Kent. Battle honours The Royal North Devon Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours (honours in bold are emblazoned on the regimental colours): See also Imperial Yeomanry List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908 Yeomanry Yeomanry order of precedence British yeomanry during the First World War Second line yeomanry regiments of the British