Militia

West Yorkshire

1759: 1st West Riding of Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 2nd West Riding of Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 3rd West Riding of Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1763: 1st or Southern
Regiment of West Riding Militia
│		 2nd or Northern
Regiment of West Riding Militia
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1778: county precedence 4
│		 county precedence 4
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1779: county precedence 1
│		 county precedence 1
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1780: county precedence 27
│		 county precedence 27
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1781: county precedence 26
│		 county precedence 26
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1782: county precedence 28
│		 county precedence 28
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1793: 1st West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 2nd West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1793: county precedence 39
│		 county precedence 39
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1797: │
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│		 1st Supplementary Regiment
of West Yorkshire Militia
│		 2nd Supplementary Regiment
of West Yorkshire Militia
│		 3rd Supplementary Regiment
of West Yorkshire Militia
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1797: │
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│		 3rd West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 4th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 5th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1799: │
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│		 disbanded disbanded 3rd West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1803: county precedence 32
│		 county precedence 32
│		 county precedence 32
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1833: 5th, or
1st West Yorkshire Rifle
Regiment of Militia
│		 21st, or
2nd West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 1st, or
3rd West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1853: │
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│		 1st, or
3rd West Yorkshire Light Infantry
Regiment of Militia
│		 4th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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│		 5th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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│		 6th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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1854: │
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│		 21st, or
2nd West Yorkshire Light Infantry
Regiment of Militia
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1855: │
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│		 133th, or
4th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 4th, or
5th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
│		 134th, or
6th West Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia
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WYork-First
│		 WYork-Second
│		 WYork-Third
│		 WYork-Fourth
│		 WYork-Fifth
│		 WYork-Sixth
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WYork-First
│		 WYork-Second
│		 WYork-3rd
│		 WYork-4th
│		 WYork-5th
│		 WYork-6th
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1879: │
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│		 2nd Battalion raised
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881: 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The King's Own Light Infantry
(South Yorkshire Regiment)
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│		 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)
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│		 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The York and Lancaster
Regiment
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│		 4th (Militia) Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)
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│		 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)
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│		 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
4th (Militia) Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding Regiment)
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KOYLI
│		 WYorks
│		 YaL
│		 WYorks
│		 Yorks
│		 DWR
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Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve
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1908: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The King’s Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry)
│		 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)		 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The York and Lancaster
Regiment
│		 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)		 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)		 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th Battalion disbanded
The Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding Regiment)
WYork-Fifth
│		 WYorks
│		 WYork-Fifth
│		 WYorks
│		 WYork-Fifth
│		 DWR
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Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia
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1921: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve
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1953: disbanded disbanded disbanded disbanded disbanded disbanded
 

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