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The York and
Lancaster Regiment
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crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown
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United
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| 1881.07.01 | The
York and Lancaster Regiment organised as the county regiment of Yorkshire-Hallamshire, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions: |
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| 1968.12.07 | 1st Bn disbanded | |
| 1987 | RHQ disbanded | |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment, by Kim Stacey [Internet Archive] | |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War). | |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment [in World War One], by John Dillon | |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment (Burma Star Association) | |
| RHQ and Depot: | ||
| RHQ: Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, Yorks. | ||
| 65th Regimental District at Pontefract [1881-1905] | ||
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| E Group at Catterick [1946-48] | ||
| Yorkshire Brigade at York [1948-1968] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1881-1968] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1881-1948, 1952-1955] | ||
| Militia: | ||
| 3rd (Militia) Battalion [3rd West
York Regiment of Militia] |
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| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
| 1st (Hallamshire) Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 2nd Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion [1908-1924] | ||
| 5th Battalion [1881-1936] | ||
| The Hallamshire Battalion [1924-1967] | ||
| Yorkshire Volunteers [1967-1993] | ||
| The Hallamshire (T) Battalion [1967-1971] | ||
| Hostilities-Only Units (First and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates): | ||
| 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 3/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion [1915-1919]
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| 2/5th Battalion [1914-1918] |
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| 3/5th Battalion [1915-1916] |
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| 6th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 6th Battalion [1939-1947] |
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| 7th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
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| 7th Battalion (Pioneers) [1940-1946]
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| 8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 8th Battalion (Pioneers) [1940-1945]
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| 9th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 9th Battalion [1940-1946] |
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| 10th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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| 10th Battalion [1940-1941] |
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| 11th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 11th Battalion [1940-1944] |
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| 12th (Sheffield) (Service) Battalion
[1914-1918] |
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| 13th (1st Barnsley) (Service) Battalion
[1914-1915] |
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| 14th (2nd Barnsley) (Service) Battalion
[1914-1918] |
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| 15th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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| 16th (Transport Workers) Battalion
[1916-1919] |
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| 17th (Labour) Battalion [1916-1917]
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| 18th Battalion [191u-1919] |
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| 50th (Holding) Battalion [1940-1940]
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| 53rd (Service) Battalion [1919-1919]
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honours of 65th Regiment and
84th Regiment1,
plus:]
Guadeloupe 17592, Martinique 17942, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 '84, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 The Great War [22 battalions]: Aisne 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Oppy, Messines 1917 '18, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Marne 1918, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Struma, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916 The Second World War: Norway 1940, Odon, Fontenay Le Pesnil, Caen, La Vie Crossing, La Touques Crossing, Forêt de Bretonne, Le Havre, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Scheldt, Lower Maas, Arnhem 1945, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie 1941, Mine de Sedjenane, Djebel Kournine, North Africa 1941 '43, Landing in Sicily, Simeto Bridgehead, Pursuit to Messina, Sicily 1943, Salerno, Vietri Pass, Capture of Naples, Cava di Terreni, Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Calabritto, Colle Cedro, Garigliano Crossing, Minturno, Monte Tuga, Anzio, Advance to Tiber, Gothic Line, Coriano, San Clemente, Gemmano Ridge, Carpineta, Lamone Crossing, Defence of Lamone Bridgehead, Rimini Line, San Marino, Italy 1943-45, Crete, Heraklion, Middle East 1941, North Arakan, Maungdaw, Rangoon Road, Toungoo, Arakan Beaches, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943-45 1. the honour India
of the 84th Regt was modified to India
1796-1819 in 1912 to differentiate it from the "India"
Tiger badge of the 65th Regt. |
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| Badges: | The Union Rose; The Royal Tiger, superscribed "India". | |||||||||||||
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| Uniform: |
1881-1953: scarlet; facings: white |
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| Colonel: | ||
| 1881 | [1st Bn:] Gen. Robert Newton Phillips | |
| 1881 | [2nd Bn:] Gen. Sir David Russell, KCB [also 75th Hldrs] | |
| 1888.12.22 | Gen. Sir Frederick Charles Arthur Stephenson, GCB [also Coldstream Gds; Constable of the Tower 1898-1911] | |
| 1892.06.21 | Gen. James Henry Craig Robertson | |
| 1903.11.05 | Maj-Gen. Frederick Hardy, CB | |
| 1916.02.25 | Gen. Sir George Benjamin Wolseley, GCB | |
| 1927.08.17 | F.M. Sir Herbert Charles Onslow (Plumer), 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE [QMG 1904-05; Army Commander France 1915-17, Italy 1917-18; Gov. & C-in-C Malta; High Commissioner & C-in-C Palestine & Tran-Jordan 1925-28] | |
| 1932.07.17 | Brig-Gen. William Fletcher Clemson, CMG, DSO | |
| 1936.04.01 | Lt-Gen. Michael George Henry Barker, CB, DSO | |
| 1946.03.20 | Maj-Gen. George William Symes, CB, MC | |
| 1949.01.01 | Brig. Christopher Gray Robins, CBE | |
| 1961.01.01 | Col. (Hon. Brig.) George Tancred Denaro, CBE, DSO | |
| 1966.01.01 | Maj-Gen. Michael Charles Kirkpatrick Halford, DSO, OBE, BA | |
| Representative Colonel: | ||
| 1971.01.01 | Maj-Gen. Michael Charles Kirkpatrick Halford, DSO, OBE, BA | |
| 1979.10.28 | Brig. Ronald Eccles, DSO [tenure expired 31 Mar. 1987] | |
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Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the York and Lancaster Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
| Motto: | Honi soit qui mal y pense | |
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| Nicknames: | The
Young and Lovelies, from the regimental abbreviation. The Tigers, from the badge. Cat and Cabbage, from the cap badge. |
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| Anniversaries: | |
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| Freedoms: | |
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| Marches: | quick: The York and Lancaster | |
| quick: The Jockey of York | ||
| slow: Regimental Slow March of the York and Lancaster | ||
| Musicians: | |
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| Miscellaneous Tradition Links: | ||
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Les Fusiliers Mont Royal |
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The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own) |
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7th Battalion (Hawke's Bay - City of Wellington's Own), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment |
1964-1968 |
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7th Battalion, The Royal Malay Regiment |
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The York and Lancaster Regiment Signal Section [WW2 re-enactment] (U.S.), by Kim Stacey [Internet Archive] | |
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The York and Lancaster Regimental Museum, Rotherham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Gallery, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, (Army Museum Ogilby Trust; includes Y&L Regt) | |
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The York and Lancaster Regimental Museum, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing) | |
| Regimental Journal: | ||
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The Tiger and Rose. | |
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Full Histories:
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Broughton, E. C. (ed.). Memoirs of the 65th Regiment, 1st Battn. The York and Lancaster Regt., 1756 to 1913. London : William Clowes & Sons, 1914. | |
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Payne, A. A concise history of The York and Lancaster Regiment. Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1922. | |
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Raikes, G. A. (George Alfred). Roll of the officers of the York and Lancaster Regiment : containing a complete record of their services including dates of commissions, &c.; [v. 1]. First Battalion, formerly 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment, from 1756 to 1884. London : Richard Bentley & Son, 1885. | |
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Raikes, G. A. (George Alfred). Roll of the officers of the York and Lancaster Regiment : containing a complete record of their services, including dates of commissions, &c.; [v. 2] The Second Battalion, formerly the Royal Highland Emigrants (1775-1783), late 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, from 1758-1884. London : R. Bentley & sons, 1885. | |
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Raikes, G. A. (George Alfred). Roll of the officers of the (84th) York and Lancaster Regiment : containing a complete record of their services, including dates of commissions to which is added the officers' medal roll for the Peninsula War, and a short account of the colours used by the battalion from 1759-1910. Revised, enlarged, and brought up to June, 1910 by R.E. Key. London : William Clowes & Sons, 1910. | |
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Sheffield, O. F. The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1758- . Vol. 3, 1919-1953. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1956. [includes chapters on Territorial bns] | |
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Wylly, H.C. (Harold Carmichael). The
York and Lancaster Regiment, 1758-1919; 65th Foot - 84th Foot.
Frome ; London : printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd., 1930. [2 vols.] [includes chapters on 3rd West York Militia, and Territorial bns] |
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Short Histories:
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1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, Quetta, Baluchistan, 1907. Lahore : Bremner, 1907. | |
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A short history of The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1758 to 1946. Pontefract : The MacGowan Press, 1946. | |
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A short history of The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1758 to 1953. [Pontefract?] : Published by the Regiment, 1953. | |
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A short history of The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1758 to 1960. [s.l. : s.n.], 1960. | |
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Creighton-Williamson, Donald. The York and Lancaster Regiment (65th and 84th Regiments of Foot). London : Leo Cooper Ltd., 1968. (Famous regiments) | |
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Scott, D. W. (Donald William). The York & Lancaster Regimental Museum guide & short history. Derby : English Life, 1985. | |
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Militia: |
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Raikes, G. A. (George Alfred). Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia; or, Third West York Light Infantry. London : Richard Bentley & Son, 1876. | |
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Broughton, E. C. A continuation of the Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia or Third West York Light Infantry, now the Third Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, from 1875 to 1905. London : William Clowes & Sons, 1906. | |
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First World War: |
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Cooksey, Jon ; Stockter, Hugo ; Taylor, Peter.
Pals : the 13th & 14th Battalions, York &
Lancaster Regiment. Barnsley, South Yorkshire
: Wharncliffe Pub. Ltd., 1986. ISBN: 0950789232 [Cover subtitle: A history of the two battalions raised by Barnsley in World War One] |
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Cooksey, Jon ; Stockter, Hugo ; Taylor, Peter. Pals : the 13th & 14th Battalions, York & Lancaster Regiment. Barnsley : Wharncliffe Woodmoor Investments for the Barnsley Chronicle, 1987. | |
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Gilvary, M. T. . History of the 7th Service Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Pioneers), 1914-1919. London : The Talbot Press, 1921. | |
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Haigh, R.H. ; Turner, P.W. The Battle of the Somme, 1916 : the experience of the 13th (Service) Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. [Sheffield] : Sheffield City Polytechnic, Department of Political Studies, 1983. | |
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Haigh, R.H. ; Turner, P.W. Training the 'New Armies' 1914-1916. [Sheffield] : Sheffield City Polytechnic, Department of Political Studies, 1983. | |
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Montagu, J. B. . A history of the 9th (Service) Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1914-19. [typescript], 1934. | |
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Oldfield, Paul ; Gibson, Ralph. Sheffield City
Battalion : the 12th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Barnsley : Wharncliffe, 1988. ISBN: 0950789275 |
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Pearson,Ian C. . Sheffield soldiers killed in action, 1st July 1916 : the opening day of the Somme offensive. Sheffield : Ian C. Pearson, 1991. | |
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Sparling, Richard A. . History of the 12th Service Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. [s.l. : s.n.], (J.W. Northend), 1920. | |
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Second World War: |
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Whiting, Charles ; Taylor, Eric. The fighting tykes : an informal history of the Yorkshire regiments in the Second World War. London : Leo Cooper, 1993. ISBN: 0850523575 | |
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Elmhirst, R. A diary of events, 6th Bn. : the York and Lancaster Regiment during the campaigns in North Africa and Italy, 1943-1945. [Rotherham : Hy. Garnett & Co., 1945. | |
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Dyke, T. Hart. Normandy to Arnhem : a story of the Infantry, The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment. Sheffield : Greenup & Thompson, 1966. | |
| Other Wars: | ||
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Kearsey, A. (Alexander Horace Cyril) War
record of the York & Lancaster regiment, 1900-1902, from regimental and private sources. London : G. Bell and sons, 1903. |
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