The East and West Riding Regiment was a

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of the British Territorial Army from 1999 to 2006. In 2006, it was re-designated as the 4th Battalion The

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History

The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (Yorkshire Volunteers); 3rd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Yorkshire Volunteers); and the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry) due to the reforms implemented in consequence of the Strategic Defence Review. The regimental headquarters was at

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and the regiment, part of 15 (North East) Brigade, comprised five Rifle Companies: *Ypres Company (Duke of Wellington's Regiment), at

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and

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...

''(from C and B Companies, 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment)'' *Fontenay Company (Duke of Wellington's Regiment), at

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

and

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''(from HQ and A Companies, 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment)'' *Quebec Company (Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire), at Hull and

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''(from B Company, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire)'' *Imphal Company (Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire), at Worsley Barracks,

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and

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

''(from A Company, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire)'' *Minden Company (Light Infantry), at

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

and

Batley Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the popu ...

''(from HQ and C Squadrons, King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry)'' No new

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was created for this regiment: soldiers wore their former regimental cap badge or were badged according to the company they joined. The regimental crest was a combination of the Light Infantry and the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire cap badges and the Duke of Wellington's family crest and motto, used on the Cap badge of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. During the summer of 2004 the regiment adopted a single Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF) of the White Rose of Yorkshire on a black background (this design was previously used by the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division between the First and early in the Second World War). The official Army abbreviation for the regiment was "E and WRR". In November 2004, the regiment dispatched a composite company (Normandy Company) to

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as part of 4th Mechanized Brigade of the Multi-National Division (South East) for a 6-month tour-of-duty.

Prior to re-designation

Two months prior to being re-designated as the 4th Battalion of The Yorkshire Regiment, the two Yorkshire companies of the

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were integrated into the structure of the regiment, and some of the regiment's companies were converted into other units; furthermore, the regimental HQ moved to York. This was to ease the re-designation process in June 2006. After this re-structuring, the regiment's structure was as follows: *HQ Company (later renamed Waterloo Company), at Worsley Barracks, York and

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''(from Imphal Company, East and West Riding Regiment; and A Company, Tyne-Tees Regiment)'' *A Company (Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire), at Hull, Beverley, and Leeds
''(from Quebec Company, and Leeds Platoon, Imphal Company)'' *B (Green Howards) Company, at

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and

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''(from B Company, Tyne-Tees Regiment)'' *C Company (Duke of Wellington's Regiment), at Huddersfield and Keighley
''(from Ypres Company)'' *D Company (Duke of Wellington's Regiment), at Barnsley and Sheffield
''(from Fontenay Company)'' Minden Company was broken up, with the Company HQ forming 299 Parachute Engineer Squadron, and the Doncaster Platoon formed C (Rifles) Company, 5th Battalion,

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4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment

As part of the Future Infantry Structure (FIS)

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of the army announced in 2004, the regiment became the 4th Battalion of the newly created Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6 June 2006. The battalion now serves as the reserve infantry battalion for

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, and the

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, with sub-units dispersed throughout all four counties.

Current structure

The current structure is as follows: *Alma Company, at Halifax Barracks, Hull **Rifle Platoon, at Worsley Barracks, York *Burma Company, at Fontenay Barracks, Barnsley **Rifle Platoon, at Sheffield *Corunna Company, at Huddersfield **Rifle Platoon, at Belle Vue Barracks,

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**Rifle Platoon, at Harewood Barracks, Leeds *Helmand Company, at Worsley Barracks, York *Quebec Company, at Middlesbrough

Notes

External links

The Yorkshire Regiment MOD website

The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum website

The Green Howards Museum website

The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Association website

The Yorkshire Volunteers Association website
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