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created 1 November 1999. Corrected and updated
18.05.2005
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1947.01.01 |
4th Battalion, The
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ
at Wakefield and concurrently amalgamated with 2/4th Battalion |
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1967.04.01 |
disbanded and concurrently
reconstituted as two units: |
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1969.01.01 |
TAVR III element reduced
to cadre as 4th Battalion, The
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
at Wakefield, sponsored by Yorkshire Volunteers |
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1971.04.01 |
reorganised as two companies: |
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1972.08.01 |
LI Vols
redesignated as 5th Bn, The Light
Infantry (V) |
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1975.04.01 |
E Coy at
Wakefield and Pontefract transferred as C Company
7th
Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) |
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1981.03.31 |
C Coy 7th
Battalion at Pontefract redesignated as A Company, 5th
Bn, The Light Infantry (V) and consolidated at Pontefract
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1987.01.01 |
8th (Volunteer)
Battalion, The Light Infantry
formed with HQ at Wakefield with companies: |
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- HQ Company at Wakefield (Atk Pln at
Wakefield, Mortar Pln at Pontefract), raised 1987.
- A Company at Wakefield, redesignation
of A Coy, 5th Bn, The Light
Infantry
- B Company at Pontefract, redesignation
of B Coy, 5th Bn, The Light
Infantry
- C Company at Batley, formed 15 Jan.
1986 from Batley pln of C Coy, 2nd Bn,
Yorkshire Volunteers
- D Company at Barnsley, raised 1987
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1988? |
8th (Yorkshire)
Battalion, The Light Infantry (Volunteers)
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1992.04.01 |
companies
reorganised (D Coy disbanded): |
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- HQ Company at Wakefield, absorbed old
A Coy; (by 1995 Atk and Mortar platoons withdrawn and consolidated
in Fire Support Battalions)
- A Company at Batley, redesignation
of C Coy.
- B Company at Pontefract.
- C Company at Doncaster, redesignation
of C Coy, 4th Bn, Yorkshire Volunteers;
moved ca. 1993 to Batley with det at Dewsbury.
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1993.02.26 |
8th Battalion,
The (Yorkshire) Light Infantry (V) |
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1996.08.03 |
The King's
Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
converted to national defence RAC
recce role upon conversion of The Royal
Yeomanry to NBC role (not related to the Yorkshire
Yeomanry) |
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- HQ Squadron at Wakefield, redesignation
of HQ Coy.
- A Squadron at Doncaster, redesignation
of C Coy.
- B Squadron at Pontefract, redesignation
of B Coy.
- C Squadron at Batley with det at Dewsbury,
redesignation of A Coy.
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1999.07.01 |
Minden
Company (Light Infantry),
The East and West Riding Regiment
at Wakefield with Pln at Batley, Recce Pln at Wakefield,
amalgamation of HQ Sqn and C Sqn (A
Sqn and B Sqn disbanded;
battalion amalgamated with 3rd
Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (Yorkshire
Volunteers) and 3rd
Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Yorkshire Volunteers)) |
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Associated
Regular RAC Regiments: |
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1996-1999 |
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| History
(Links) & War Service |
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History: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Deployment and War Service of Units: |
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Biography
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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KOYLI
Regimental Gallery, Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery, (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) |
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Record of Colours: |
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[Royal] Honorary Colonel, Yorkshire Volunteers
[all bns]: |
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1968.05.07 |
Hon. Maj-Gen. HRH
Katharine, The Duchess of Kent, GCVO [terminated
this battalion 1996] |
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Royal Honorary Colonel, KOYY(LI): |
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1996.08.03 |
HM
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother [continuing
The Light Infantry] |
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Deputy Royal Honorary Colonel, KOYY(LI): |
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1996.08.03 |
HRH
Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Angus Ogilvy, LG, GCVO [continuing
The Light Infantry] |
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Honorary Colonel, 4th Bn, The King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: |
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Lt.-Col. (Bt. Col.) H. E. Barker, TD |
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Honorary Colonel, 8th Bn, The Light Infantry: |
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1985.07.01 |
Lt-Col. Andrew Robertson Wilson, TD |
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1989.09.14 |
Brig. Roger St. Clair Preston, CBE |
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1993.07.17 |
Col. John Lyles, CBE, JP [Lord Lt of
West Yorkshire] |
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Honorary Colonel, The King's Own Yorkshire
Yeomanry (Light Infantry): |
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1996 |
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Motto: |
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