| Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons | |
|---|---|
 Badge and service cap as worn at the outbreak of the Second World War | |
| Active | 1794–1956 |
| Country |  Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1956) |
| Branch |  Territorial Army |
| Type | Yeomanry |
| Size | 1-3 Regiments |
| Garrison/HQ | Nether Hall, Doncaster |
| Engagements | Second Boer War First World War |
| Battle honours | See battle honours below |
The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1794 to 1956. It was formed as a volunteer cavalry force in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Its volunteer companies played an active role with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Second Boer War, but opportunities for mounted action were much more restricted during the First World War and it was temporarily converted into a cycle unit. It remained a cavalry regiment throughout the interwar years, and was the last horsed unit of the British Army to see action, in the Syria–Lebanon Campaign of 1941, finally mechanising the following year. It served as motorised infantry in the North African and Italian campaigns of the Second World War. In 1956, it merged with the Yorkshire Hussars and the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry to form the Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry. Its lineage is continued today by A (Yorkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, the Queen's Own Yeomanry.