East and West Essex Provisional Cavalry 1797 - 1828
In 1796 the war against France was continuing and it was decided to recruit more volunteer cavalry units to be called the Provisional Cavalry.
Essex was divided into Eastern commanded by Lt Colonel Lewis Majendie and Western commanded by Lt Colonel John Convers.
In April 1797 recruiting musters took place at Galleywood Racecourse, Warley Common, Lexden Heath, Little Dunmow, Thornwood Common ( Epping) , Wanstead Flats, 50 Mile Stone ( Castle Hedingham), Hawkwell Common, Tiptree Heath, Tendring Heath and Saffron Waldon Common.
By 1810 there were 17 Troops with a total of 706 men within the Essex Yeomanry
| Commanding Officer | |
| 1st Troop Colchester | John Convers |
| 2nd Troop | Wm Tuffnell |
| 3rd Troop | J A Houblon |
| 4th Troop | Viscount Maynard |
| 5th Troop Harlow | J Burgoyne |
| Hatfield Peveral Troop aka East Essex Legion | P L Wright |
| Loyal Havering Troop | R Newman |
| Halstead Volunteer Cavalry | J G Sparrow |
| Epping Forest Volunteer Cavalry | John Rigg |
| Uttlesford and Clavering Cavalry | R Raynsford |
| Barstable and Chafford Yeomanry Cavalry | Aaron Hurrell |
| Freshwell Volunteer Cavalry | Allen Taylor |
| Haverhill Volunteer Cavalry | R P Dodd |
| Wakering Volunteer Cavalry | Jonas Asplin |
| Colchester Volunteer Cavalry | William Gill |
| East Essex | T Cock |
| Aveley Troop | Sir T Barrett-Lennard Bart. |
After then end of the Napoleonic Wars the Yeomanry was maintained to help deal with public disorder but numbers of recruits waned and in 1828 the Regiment was disbanded.
