The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1958 it amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (15th Foot) to form the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire which was, on 6 June 2006, amalgamated with the Green Howards and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot).

History

Formation to 1776

The regiment was raised by Sir Edward Hales in response to the 1685

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. Following the 1688

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and deposition of

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, Hales was replaced as colonel by William Beveridge; after serving in Scotland, the unit was sent to Flanders in 1693, and gained its first battle honour at

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in 1695. After the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, the regiment served in Ireland until 1715, when it moved to Scotland to take part in the

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. It fought at Glen Shiel in 1719, before returning to England. Posted to

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in 1727 during the 1727 Siege, it served there as part of the garrison for the next 15 years. During the War of the Austrian Succession, it fought at Fontenoy in 1745, before being recalled to Scotland to suppress the

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, taking part in the battles of

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and Culloden. Following the reforms of 1751, it became the 14th Regiment of Foot, then returned to Gibraltar for another 8-year stay. In 1765, when stationed at Windsor, it was granted royal permission for the grenadiers to wear bearskin caps with the White Horse of Hanover signifying the favour of the King. In 1766, the regiment left Portsmouth for

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and was stationed in Nova Scotia.Cannon, p. 34

American War of Independence

Although part of the city garrison, the 14th was not involved in the Boston Massacre. Captain Thomas (29th Foot) was the officer of the day in charge of the duty detail (29th of Foot) that faced the crowds outside of the Customs House. The crowd that gathered began taunting the detail until a shot, then volley was fired into the crowd, three civilians were killed outright and two more died later. Captain Preston and the detail went to trial and were successfully defended by Lawyer John Adams thus ending tensions between the crown and the citizens of Boston for the time being. 14th Foot colours

The 14th remained in Boston until 1772, when it was sent to St Vincent in the Caribbean to help suppress a

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rebellion. By 1774, losses caused by fighting and disease meant it was scheduled to return to England; due to the rising tensions in the colonies, it was instead redeployed piecemeal to

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and Providence Island in the Bahamas. In January 1776, the 14th was part of the amphibious expedition that took part in the burning of Norfolk, Virginia. In August, the fleet returned to New York, where the remnants of the 14th were used to supplement other units, while its officers went back to Britain to recruit a new regiment. In 1777, one company each from the newly formed 14th and the

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regiments were sent to America under Colonel Patrick Ferguson to test the concept of the rifle company. These fought at the

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on 11 September; after returning to England, they became the light companies of their respective regiments.

The French Wars

In 1782, the 14th was named The 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment. The outbreak of the French Revolution and the subsequent French invasion of the Low Countries led to a British force commanded by the Duke of York being sent to join troops of the Imperial Austrian army. The 14th distinguished themselves in numerous actions, at Famars and Valenciennes in 1793 and at Tournai in 1794, for which they were subsequently granted the battle honour 'Tournay'. At the

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, in order to encourage the men, Lieutenant-Colonel Welbore Ellis Doyle, the commanding officer, ordered the band of the 14th to play the French revolutionary song “Ça Ira”. This was subsequently chosen as the Regimental march. In the final, unsuccessful attempt to check the French invasion of the Netherlands, the 14th also suffered heavy casualties in the hard-fought rearguard action at Geldermalsen on 8 January 1795. There followed the disastrous winter retreat into Germany. Returning to England the following May, the Regiment was then posted to the West Indies, where it was on duty until 1803. In February 1797, the regiment participated in the bloodless invasion of Trinidad. 14th Foot uniform

The outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803 led to the expansion of the British Army. The 14th formed a second battalion in Belfast in 1804, and a third battalion in 1813. The 1st Battalion spent much of the war on garrison duty in Bengal. In 1809, the Regiment was re-titled The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment. The 1st Battalion served in India for 25 years until 1831. During this period, the 1st Battalion took part in campaigns against the French in Mauritius in 1810, and the Dutch in Java in 1811, with Java adding another Battle Honour. In 1808-9, the 2nd Battalion joined the Peninsular Army and gained the Battle honour Corunna. The 2nd Battalion saw service in the Walcheren Campaign and was disbanded in 1817. The 3rd Battalion fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815; it was disbanded in 1816.

The Victorian era

The 14th was then posted to the West Indies, Canada and Malta. In 1855, the Regiment served in the Crimean war. In 1876, the Prince of Wales presented new Colours to the 1st Battalion and conferred on the 14th the honoured title of The Prince of Wales's Own. A second battalion was again raised in 1858 and took part in the New Zealand Wars and the Second Anglo-Afghan War. ALEXANDER(1857) British lines under fire

ALEXANDER(1857) British lines under fire

The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the

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of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Bradford Moor Barracks from 1873, or by the

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of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. The regiment moved to Imphal Barracks in York in 1878. Under the reforms the regiment became The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) on 1 July 1881.

Second Boer War

1899 saw the 2nd Battalion sent to the Second Boer War 1899–1902 in South Africa and after a number of engagements two members of the Battalion were awarded the Victoria Cross: Captain (later Colonel) Mansel-Jones in February 1900, and Sergeant Traynor in February 1901. The 4th ( Militia) Battalion was embodied in December 1899, and 500 officers and men left for South Africa in February 1900. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Volunteer Battalions sent service companies to the Boer War and were granted the battle honour South Africa 1900–02. The 3rd (Militia) Battalion was embodied on 4 May 1900, and served 14 months at Malta before being stationed at Chatham during autumn 1901. The battalion disembodied on 1 October 1902.

Early 20th century

In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve; the regiment now had two Reserve and four Territorial battalions: * 1st (V) Bn became 5th Bn (TF), with RHQ at

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in York. * 2nd (V) Bn became 6th Bn (TF), with RHQ at Belle Vue Barracks in

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(since demolished). * 3rd (V) Bn became 7th and 8th ( Leeds Rifles) Bns (TF), a double battalion with RHQ at Carlton Barracks in Leeds.

First World War

Regular Army

The 1st Battalion landed at

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as part of the 18th Brigade in the 6th Division in September 1914 for service on the

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. The 2nd Battalion landed at Le Harve as part of the 23rd Brigade in the 8th Division in November 1914 also for service on the Western Front.

Territorial Force

The 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th and 1/8th Battalions landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the West Riding Brigade in the West Riding Division in April 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions landed at Le Havre as part of the

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in the 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division in January 1917 also for service on the Western Front.

New Armies

The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at

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as part of the 32nd Brigade in the

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in August 1915; the battalion was evacuated from Gallipoli in January 1916 and landed in Marseille in July 1916 for service on the Western Front. The 10th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 50th Brigade in the

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in July 1915 for service on the Western Front. The 11th (Service) Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 69th Brigade in the 23rd Division in August 1915 for service on the Western Front and then transferred to Italy in November 1917. The 12th (Service) Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 63rd Infantry Brigade in the 21st Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8441

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The 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), raised by the Lord Mayor and City of Leeds, and the 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), raised by the Lord Mayor and City of

, landed in Egypt as part of the 93rd Brigade in the 31st Division in December 1915 and then moved to France in March 1916 for service on the Western Front. The 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd Leeds), raised by the Lord Mayor and City of Leeds, landed at Le Havre as part of the 106th Brigade in the 35th Division in February 1916 for service on the Western Front. The 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Bradford), raised by the Lord Mayor and City of Bradford, landed in Egypt as part of the 93rd Brigade in the 31st Division in December 1915 and then moved to France in March 1916 for service on the Western Front. The 21st (Service) Battalion (Wool Textile Pioneers) landed in France as pioneer battalion to the 4th Division in June 1916 also for service on the Western Front.

Inter-war years

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1st West Yorkshire Regiment near Meiktila

Troops of the West Yorkshire Regiment warily search Japanese dugouts in Meiktila, Burma, 28 February 1945

In 1936 the 8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion transferred to the Royal Artillery as 66th (Leeds Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade. In 1937, the 6th Battalion became 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the

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, converting to a searchlight regiment of the Royal Artillery in 1940. In April 1938, the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion converted to the armoured role as 45th (Leeds Rifles) Bn, Royal Tank Regiment. In June 1939, the company at Morley was split off to form the cadre for a duplicate unit, the 51st (Leeds Rifles) Bn, Royal Tank Regiment.

Second World War

Both the 1st and 2nd battalions of the West Yorks served in the Far East throughout the Burma Campaign, fighting in the

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. The 2nd Battalion served with the

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from November 1940. In 1942, 2/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment was converted to armour, becoming 113th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. As with all infantry battalions converted in this way, they continued to wear their West Yorkshire cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.

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, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of

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(previously the 7th ( Leeds Rifles) Battalion of the West Yorks), served in

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in the Italian campaign under the command of Brigadier Noel Tetley of the Leeds Rifles, who was the only Territorial Army RTR officer to command a brigade on active service. The regiment distinguished itself in support of the

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in the assault on the

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in May 1944. At the request of the Canadians, 51 RTR adopted the Maple Leaf as an additional badge, which is still worn by its successors, the Leeds Detachment (Leeds Rifles), Imphal (PWO) Company, The East and West Riding Regiment.

Postwar years

In 1948, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were amalgamated and were stationed in Austria. They then moved to Egypt and on to Malaya. After a tour of duty in Northern Ireland in 1955–56, the 1st Battalion took part in the

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and was then stationed in

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until the amalgamation in July 1958. In 1956, the merged 45th/51st (Leeds Rifles) RTR returned to the infantry role as 7th (Leeds Rifles) Bn West Yorkshire Regt and in 1961 it re-absorbed the 466th (Leeds Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, RA, to form The Leeds Rifles, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.

Regimental Museum

The regimental collection is held by the York Army Museum which is based at the Tower Street drill hall in York.

Battle honours

The regiment's battle honours were as follows: *Namur 1695, Tournay, Corunna, India, Java, Waterloo, Bhurtpore, Sevastopol, New Zealand, Afghanistan 1879–80, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902 (South Africa 1900–02 for Volunteer Battalions) *''The Great War

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': Aisne 1914 '18, Armentières 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Bullecourt, Hill 70, Messines 1917 '18, Ypres 1917 '18, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Marne 1918, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917–18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915–16 *''The Second World War'': North-West Europe 1940, Jebel Dafeis, Keren, Ad Teclesan, Abyssinia 1940–41, Cauldron, Defence of Alamein Line, North Africa 1940–42, Pegu 1942, Yenangyaung 1942, North Arakan, Maungdaw, Defence of Sinzweya, Imphal, Bishenpur, Kanglatongbi, Meiktila, Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Rangoon Road, Pyawbwe, Sittang 1945, Burma 1942–45 *7th Bn (Leeds Rifles) wore a Maple Leaf badge in commemoration of the assault on the Adolf Hitler Line, and bore the badge of the Royal Tank Regiment with dates '1942–45' and two scrolls inscribed 'North Africa' and 'Italy' as an honorary distinction on the colours and appointments.''Army List'' 1959

Victoria Crosses

The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross: *Captain (later Colonel)

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, Second Boer War *Sergeant

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, Second Boer War *Private William Boynton Butler, Great War *Corporal (later Major) Samuel Meekosha, Great War *Sergeant

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, Great War *Corporal (later Captain) George Sanders, Great War *Acting Sergeant

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, Second World War

Colonels-in-Chief

*1947: Maj-Gen. HRH Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, CI, GCVO, GBE, RRC, TD

Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the regiment included: *1685–1688: Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet *1688–1692: Col. William Beveridge *1692–1713: Lt-Gen. John Tidcomb *1713–1743: Lt-Gen. Jasper Clayton *1743–1747: Brig-Gen. John Price *1747–1753: Maj-Gen. Hon. William Herbert

14th Regiment of Foot

*1753–1755: Maj-Gen. Edward Braddock *1755–1756: Lt-Gen. Thomas Fowke *1756–1765: Maj-Gen. Charles Jeffereys *1765–1775: Lt-Gen. Hon. William Keppel *1775–1787: Gen. The Rt. Hon. Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore, PC

14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot

*1787–1789: Lt-Gen. John Douglas *1789: Col. George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave *1789–1806: Gen. George Hotham *1806–1826: Gen.

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, GCB, GCH

14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment

*1826–1834: Gen. Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, GCB, GCMG *1834: Sir Charles Colville, GCB, GCH *1835–1837: Gen. Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, GCB *1837–1862: Gen. Sir

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, KCB *1862–1870: Gen. Sir William Wood, KCB, KH *1870–1875: Gen. Maurice Barlow, CB *1875–1879: Gen. James Webber Smith, CB

The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Prince of Wales's Own Regiment

*1879–1880: Gen. Sir

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, GCB *1880–1897: Gen. Alfred Thomas Heyland, CB

The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

*1897–1904: Gen. Sir

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, GCB, CSI *1904–1914: Maj-Gen. William Hanbury Hawley *1914–1934: Maj-Gen. Sir William Fry, KCVO, CB

The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)

*1934–1947: F.M. Sir Cyril John Deverell, GCB, KBE *1947–1956: F.M. Sir William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC *1956–1958: Brig. Gerald Hilary Cree, CBE, DSO

References

Sources

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External links

WYR's service with 62 Division in the Great War

Bill Troughton's Webpage – featuring a book about his experiences in a Rangoon Prisoner of War camp
– Daily Telegraph obituary
Yorkshire Volunteers website
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