Great Britain (Volunteers)

The Yorkshire Volunteers

formed from elements of
3rd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
(TA)

and
The Leeds Rifles,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
(TA)

and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s
Own Yorkshire Regiment)
(TA)

and
The West Riding Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington’s
Regiment (West Riding)
(TA)

and
The Hallamshire Battalion,
The York and Lancaster
Regiment
(TA)

formed from elements of:
3rd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
(TA)

formed from elements of:
The Leeds Rifles,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
(TA)

formed from elements of:
4th/5th Battalion,
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s
Own Yorkshire Regiment)
(TA)

formed from elements of:
The West Riding Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington’s
Regiment (West Riding)
(TA)

formed from elements of:
The Hallamshire Battalion,
The York and Lancaster
Regiment
(TA)

Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: The Yorkshire Volunteers The Prince of Wales’s Own
Yorkshire Territorials
The Leeds Rifle Territorials The Green Howards Territorials The West Riding Territorials The Hallamshire
(Territorial) Battalion
Yorkshire
POWORY
LeedsR
GH
DWR
YaL
1969:
reduced to cadre as
3rd Battalion,
reduced to cadre as
The Leeds Rifles,
reduced to cadre as
4th/5th Battalion,
reduced to cadre as
The West Riding Battalion,
reduced to cadre as
The Hallamshire Battalion,


The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s
Own Yorkshire Regiment)
The Duke of Wellington’s
Regiment (West Riding)

The York and Lancaster
Regiment

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1971: 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion,
The Yorkshire Volunteers
1988: 4th Battalion,
The Yorkshire Volunteers
1989: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 4th Battalion,
The Yorkshire Volunteers
(Cleveland)
(Yorkshire and Humberside)
(West Yorkshire)
(South Yorkshire)
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1992: 3rd/4th Battalion,
The Yorkshire Volunteers
1992:

(West and South Yorkshire)
1993: 4th/5th Battalion,
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s
Own Yorkshire Regiment)

(Yorkshire Volunteers)
3rd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Yorkshire

(Yorkshire Volunteers)
3rd Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington’s
Regiment (West Riding)

(Yorkshire Volunteers)
GH
POWORY
DWR






from
The King’s Own Yorkshire
Yeomanry (Light Infantry)




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1999: A (Green Howards) Company,
B (Green Howards) Company,
Quebec Company (Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire),
Imphal Company (Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire),
Minden Company (Light Infantry), Ypres Company (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment),
Fontenay Company (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment),
The Tynes-Tees Regiment The East and West Riding Regiment


2006: 4th Battalion,
The Yorkshire Regiment
(14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)
YORKS
2013: 4th Battalion,
The Yorkshire Regiment
(14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)

2023: 4th Battalion,
The Royal Yorkshire Regiment
(14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)