Inns of Court Regiment
The Inns of Court Regiment was a British army regiment from May 1932 to May 1961.
Trained bands associated with the Inns of Court in London started in 1584. Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Volunteers were established in 1797. In 1859 Inns of Court Volunteers were constituted as an officer producing unit, and in 1881 it became a battalion of the Rifle Brigade; in 1908 it became the 27th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Inns of Court).
In 1932 the Inns of Court Regiment was reorganised as a squadron of cavalry and two companies of infantry. It was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940.
In 1961 it was amalgamated with the City of London Yeomanry to form the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry.
It was nicknamed "the Devil's Own" as a lawyer joke.
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