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Encyclopedia > 14th Regiment of Foot

The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (the 14th Regiment of Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (the 15th Regiment of Foot) in 1958 to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - - commanded by a colonel. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685. ... The Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire was created in 1958 by the amalgamation of the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Waless Own) (the 14th of Foot) and the East Yorkshire Regiment (the 15th of Foot). ...


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  • WYR's service with 62 Division in the Great War

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The regiment was in Boston at the commencement of the dispute between the American Colonies and the mother country, and fought at Bunker's Hill, and in all the principal actions during the first three years of the War of Independence.
The regiment was among the troops sent to the relief of Quebec at the outbreak of the American War, and served in the operations under Burgoyne down to the surrender of Saratoga.
In 1755, the regiment went with reinforcements to North America, and was with Braddock in the disastrous attempt on Fort du Quesne, on the Ohio, and afterwards in the attacks on Ticonderoga and Fort Niagara, and in the expedition against Montreal.
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