and Tudor rose, but the officers – many of whom had served in the Royal Dragoons – wore a gold-embroidered staff badge used by that regiment before the Battle of Waterloo (see above). The plate on the original dragoon helmet bore the figure 2 (for 2nd CoL Yeomanry) surrounded by the Garter, with the letters IY beneath. At Gallipoli in 1915 the dismounted 1/2nd CoLY wore khaki serge infantry uniforms and webbing equipment with a Wolseley helmet carrying the regimental flash; the only concession was that the puttee tapes were fastened at the bottom, cavalry style. When the regiment rode into Palestine in 1917 the serge tunic was replaced in hot weather with a blue-grey shirt, and brown leather cavalry equipment was worn. The black beret became the official headgear of the Royal Tank Corps in 1926 and was thereafter also adopted by the Westminster Dragoons. Honorary Colonels The following officers have served as Honorary Colonel of the unit: Col Cuthbert Larking, appointed 7 December 1901 Col Sir Charles Burn, 1st Baronet, former CO, appointed 19 November 1910 Col Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, TD, former CO, appointed 8 May 1927 Col Sir Edsall Munt, MC, former CO, appointed 5 November 1945 Gen Sir Harold Pyman, GBE, KCB, DSO, appointed 5 November 1952 Col Hon Sir Gordon Palmer, OBE, TD, appointed 1969 Col Edward George Aldred Kynaston, OBE, TD, former CO, appointed 4 November 1974 Maj-Gen John Myles Brockbank, CBE, MC, appointed 12 September 1978 Maj-Gen John Geoffrey Robyn Allen, CB, appointed 1984 Maj-Gen Sir Simon Cooper, KCVO, appointed 20 November 1987 Gen Sir Jeremy Blacker, KCB, CBE, appointed 1 November 1997 Paul Knapman, Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, current Other prominent members Trooper, later Capt, Cecil C.P. Lawson, military illustrator and regimental historian Raj Rajendra Narayan, later Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Lieutenant attached, 4 June 1902 Capt John Norwood, VC, 1 February 1911 Sir Simeon Stuart, 7th Baronet, Major, 1 October 1906 Hon Osbert Eustace Vesey, nephew of Viscount de Vesci, Captain 19 November 1912 Hon John Osmael Scott-Ellis, later 9th Baron Howard de Walden, Lieutenant 20 February 1938 Battle honours The 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) have been awarded the following battle honours: Second Boer War South Africa 1902 First World War Courtrai, France and Flanders 1918, Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Palestine 1917–18 Second World