East and West Riding Regiment
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The East and West Riding Regiment was a regiment of the British Territorial Army.
[edit] 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), the 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 RHQ is based at Pontefract and the Regiment, part of 15 (North East) Brigade, comprises one small Headquarters Company and 5 Rifle Companies:
- Waterloo Company
- Minden (Light Infantry) Company
- Quebec (Prince of Wales's Own) Company
- Imphal (Prince of Wales's Own) Company
- Ypres (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Company
- Fontenay (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Company
During the summer of 2004 the Regiment adopted a new Regimental Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF) of the White Rose of Yorkshire on a black background (this design was previously used by the 49 West Riding Division between the WWI and WWII).
In November 2004 the Regiment dispatched a composite company (Normandy Company) to Basra, Iraq as part of 4 Armoured Brigade of the Multi-National Division (South East) for a 6-month tour-of-duty. The Regiment has contributed soldiers to each of the operation TELIC deployments since 2003 and continues to do so on the current TELIC 7 (with 4 Para).
As part of the restructuring of the army announced in 2004, the Light Infantry company will be replaced by companies of the Green Howards. The regiment was renamed as the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6th June 2006.
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