The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantryregiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1958. Subsequently, The Regiment was one of the YorkshireInfantry Regiments which amalgamated to form The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6th June 2006. 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. ... British regiment 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 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). ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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. ... The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) is one of the large infantry regiments of the British Army. ...
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Mills, T.F.. The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own). regiments.org. Retrieved on February 05, 2007. Includes chronological index of titles.
By the time I arrived in Aden in 1965, I had the feeling I was on familiar territory.
My father had done this tour in 1958, almost immediately after the amalgamation of the West YorkshireRegiment (14th Foot, Prince Of Wales's Own) and the East YorkshireRegiment (15thFoot, Duke Of York's Own).
Of course, dad went to the Radfan and as far as he was concerned, Aden was a rest camp.
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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