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|unit_name=The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment; 19th Regiment of Foot) |image=XIX-cap-badge.jpg |image_size=180px |caption=Green Howards cap badge |dates=20 November 1688 – 6 June 2006 |country={{flag|Kingdom of England}} (1688–1707) {{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1707–1800) {{flag|United Kingdom}} (1801–2006) |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |type=Line infantry |role=Light infantry |size=One battalion |garrison=Richmond Barracks, North Yorkshire |ceremonial_chief=King Harald V of Norway |ceremonial_chief_label=Last Colonel in Chief |colonel_of_the_regiment=Field Marshal Peter Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL |colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Last Colonel |nickname= |motto= |colors= Green Facings |march=Quick – The Bonnie English Rose Slow – Maria Theresa |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=Alma (20 September) |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash |}} The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s,[1] was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under various titles until it was amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King's Division, to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6 June 2006. HistoryEarly historyThe regiment was raised by Colonel Francis Luttrell in 1688 from independent companies of infantry in Devon.[2] It embarked for Flanders in spring 1692 and saw action at the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692,[3] the Battle of Landen in July 1693 and the Siege of Namur in summer 1695 during the Nine Years' War.[4] The regiment returned to England in March 1696.[5] The regiment returned to Flanders in spring 1710 and took part in the siege of Douai in summer 1710 during the War of the Spanish Succession.[6] The regiment returned to Flanders again in 1744 and saw action at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745,[7] the Battle of Rocoux in October 1746[8] and the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession.[9] The regiment returned to England in winter 1748.[10] The regiment was known by the names of its various colonels until 1751, when it became the 19th Regiment of Foot.[11] The regiment took part in the capture of Belle Île in April 1761 during the Seven Years' War.[12] In 1782, all regiments of foot without a special designation were given a county title "to cultivate a connection with the County which might at all times be useful towards recruiting"[13] and so the regiment was redesignated the 19th (1st North Riding of Yorkshire) Regiment.[11] The regiment also saw action at the Siege of Seringapatam in April 1799 during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.[14] The Two HowardsThe regiment was known as the Green Howards from 1744. At that time, regiments were known by the name of their colonel. The 19th regiment's colonel was Hon. Sir Charles Howard. However, at the same time, the 3rd Regiment of Foot had been commanded by its colonel Thomas Howard, since 1737. To tell them apart (since they both would have been known as 'Howard's Regiment of Foot'), the colours of their uniform facings were used to distinguish them. In this way, one became 'Howard's Buffs' (eventually simply The Buffs), while the other became the Green Howards. Although the Green Howards were referred to unofficially as such from then on, it was not until 1921 that the regiment was officially retitled as the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment).[15] Under the Childers Reforms, all non-royal English infantry regiments were to wear white facings from 1881. In 1899, the regiment was able to reverse this decision with the restoration of the grass green facings formerly worn by the 19th Foot.[16] Kandyan WarsIn April 1801 the regiment was deployed to Ceylon for service in the Kandyan Wars.[14] The regiment lost 6 officers and 172 other ranks in a massacre there in June 1803 and then remained on the island to enforce British rule.[17] The regiment did not return to England until May 1820.[18] The Victorian eraThe regiment saw action at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854 during the Crimean War and then saw action again during the Indian Rebellion.[19] In 1875, Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales presented new colours to the 1st Battalion at Sheffield, and consented to the regiment bearing her name, thus becoming the 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot.[20] The regiment adopted a cap badge consisting of the Princess's cypher "A" combined with the Dannebrog or Danish cross and topped by her coronet. The Princess became Queen Alexandra in 1901, and was the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief from 1914 until her death in 1925.[21] Childers ReformsThe regiment was not fundamentally affected by the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Richmond Barracks in North Yorkshire from 1873, or by the Childers reforms of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment.[22] Under the reforms the regiment amalgamated with the militia battalions and rifle volunteers in its designated regimental district and became The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) on 1 July 1881.[23] The 1st battalion was stationed at Nova Scotia from 1884, moved to the Mediterranean in 1888 where it was stationed at Malta but also saw action in Egypt, then moved to Jersey in 1895 followed by Ireland in 1898. After a brief spell in Gibraltar in 1899, the battalion was posted to South Africa as reinforcement for the Second Boer War, where it was involved in the Relief of Kimberley and the battles of Diamond Hill (June 1900) and Belfast (August 1900). The battalion returned to the United Kingdom in September 1902.[24] The 2nd battalion was in Ireland from 1881 to 1886, when it returned to garrison back home in England. From early 1890 the battalion was stationed in British India, where it took part in military campaigns on the North-West Frontier.[24] The battalion had various postings, including at Sitapur and Benares until late 1902 when it was posted to Cawnpore.[25] A 3rd (Militia) Battalion, formed from the 5th West York Militia in 1881 was a reserve battalion. It was embodied in December 1899, and 700 men embarked on the SS Assaye in February 1900 for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[26] Many of the officers and men returned home in May 1902 on the SS Sicilia.[27] The 4th (Militia) Battalion, formed from the North York Rifles in 1881 was also a reserve battalion. It was embodied for service on 5 May 1900, disembodied on 2 July 1901, and re-embodied again for service during Second Boer War in South Africa. 555 officers and men returned to Southampton by the SS Tagus in October 1902, following the end of the war, and was disbanded at the Richmond barracks.[28] In July 1902, the regiment was redesignated as Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).[21][29] In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[30] the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions.[31][11] First World WarRegular ArmyThe 1st Battalion remained in India as part of the 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade in the 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division throughout the war and then took part in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919.[32] The 2nd Battalion landed at Zeebrugge as part of the 21st Brigade in the 7th Division in October 1914 for service on the Western Front.[32] The 2nd Battalion held the Menin crossroads for 16 days during the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914 sustaining heavy casualties.[33] Territorial ForceThe 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the York and Durham Brigade in the Northumbrian Division in April 1915 for service on the Western Front.[32] Both battalions saw action at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.[33] New ArmiesThe 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli as part of the 32nd Brigade in the 11th (Northern) Division in August 1915; the battalion was evacuated to Egypt in January 1916 and then moved to France in July 1916 for service on the Western Front.[32] The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 50th Brigade in the 17th (Northern) Division in July 1915 for service on the Western Front.[32] The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 69th Brigade in the 23rd Division in August 1915 also for service on the Western Front.[32] The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 69th Brigade in the 23rd Division in August 1915 also for service on the Western Front but moved to Italy in November 1917 and then returned to France in September 1918.[32] The 10th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 62nd Brigade in the 21st Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front.[32] The 12th (Service) Battalion, formed as the "Middlesbrough Pals" by the Mayor and Town of Middlesbrough, landed at Le Havre as pioneer battalion to the 40th Division in June 1916 also for service on the Western Front.[32] The 13th (Service) Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 121st Brigade in the 40th Division in June 1916 also for service on the Western Front but, after returning to the United Kingdom in June 1918, moved to Murmansk in November 1918.[32] Second World WarDuring the Second World War, the regiment was again increased in size, although not to as large an extent as in the 1914–1918 conflict. In all, twelve battalions saw service: the 1st, with 15th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division, and 2nd regular army Battalions, the 4th and 5th Territorial Army Battalions, both serving with the 150th Infantry Brigade of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, the 6th and 7th Battalions (both formed as 2nd Line duplicates of the 4th and 5th, when the Territorial Army was doubled in size in 1939, served with 69th Brigade, originally with the 23rd (Northumbrian) Division but later the 50th Division), the 8th was formed for home defence, the 9th was formed for garrison duty (and later converted into the 108th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, serving with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division from March 1942), the 10th was formed by the conversion of the 2nd East Riding Yeomanry (a war-time duplicate of this yeomanry unit) in 1940 and subsequently becoming the 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion attached to the 5th Parachute Brigade and part of the 6th Airborne Division[34] The 11th, 12th and 13th were all formed in 1940.[11][35] In 1942, the 12th Battalion was converted to armour as the 161st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, but retained its Green Howards cap badge on the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps as did all other infantry units converted in the same way.[36] In October 1943 it was then converted again, this time to the reconnaissance role, as 161st (Green Howards) Regiment in the Reconnaissance Corps. It never went into action as a regiment, but provided a replacement squadron to the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses when its transport was sunk on the way to France to fight in the Battle of Normandy.[37] Post WarFrom 1949 to 1952, the regiment took part in the campaign against Chinese and Malayan Communist Insurgents in Malaya. Over the next 30 years it served in Afghanistan, Suez, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Libya, Belize, Berlin and Northern Ireland.[35] While serving with the SAS, a former officer of the regiment, Gavin Hamilton, was killed in action during the Falklands War in 1982.[38] It also saw action during the First Gulf War in 1991 and during the Bosnian War from 1996 to 1997.[35] AmalgamationIn March 2006 at a farewell dinner at Dunster Castle in Somerset, the regiment paid farewell to HM King Harald V, its retiring Colonel-in-chief.[39] Until the regiment's rebadging, the Green Howards was one of five remaining line infantry regiments that had not been amalgamated in their entire history, a claim shared with The Royal Scots, The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers and The King's Own Scottish Borderers. However, on 6 June 2006 the regiment amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King's Division, to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot).[11] The official rebadging took place on 6 June 2006, whilst elements of the regiment were stationed in Bosnia and Kosovo.[35] A and B (Green Howards) companies of the Tyne-Tees Regiment, based in Scarborough and Middlesbrough respectively, merged with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment and Duke of Wellington's Regiment companies of the East and West Riding Regiment to form the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.[40] Following further mergers, in 2012, the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) was removed from the order of battle.[41] TraditionsEach year, all companies in the battalion took part in a competition, consisting of sports and military skills tests, to win the right to be named 'King Harald's Company', after the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief. The winning company was given a special flag bearing the King's personal cypher, the Company Sergeant Major was presented with a special pace stick, and all members of the company were permitted to wear a special red badge on the arm of their uniform.[42] Regimental MuseumThe Green Howards Regimental Museum is located in the old Trinity Church in the centre of the market place in Richmond, North Yorkshire.[43] Battle honoursThe regiment's battle honours were as follows:[11]
Victoria Cross recipientsSoldiers of the Green Howards awarded the Victoria Cross (VC)
ColonelsColonels of the regiment were:[11]
19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot - (1782)
The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - (1881)
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - (1902)
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - (1921)
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References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=28121 |supp=y|page=2157|date=20 March 1908}} 2. ^Cannon, p. 2 3. ^Cannon, p. 3 4. ^Cannon, p. 4 5. ^Cannon, p. 5 6. ^Cannon, p. 7 7. ^Cannon, p. 10 8. ^Cannon, p. 11 9. ^Cannon, p. 12 10. ^Cannon, p. 13 11. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=The Green Howards|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/019Green.htm|work=Regiments.Org|accessdate=28 July 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024090000/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/019Green.htm|archivedate=24 October 2007}} 12. ^Cannon, p. 14 13. ^Royal Warrant dated 31 August 1782 14. ^1 Cannon, p. 19 15. ^Army Order 509/1920, in effect 1 January 1921 16. ^Eric Hamilton, Bulletin of the Military History Society, Special Issue No.1, 1968 17. ^Cannon, p. 21 18. ^Cannon, p. 26 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/green-howards-alexandra-princess-wales-own-yorkshire-regiment|title=Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)|publisher=National Army Museum|accessdate=28 October 2016}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/norwegianlink.htm |title=The Norwegian Link |publisher=Friends of the Green Howards |accessdate=12 March 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308195659/http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/norwegianlink.htm |archivedate=8 March 2005 }} 21. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://greenhowards.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/about-us/green-howards-regiment/evolution-of-a-name/|title=Evolution of a Name|publisher= Green Howards Museum|accessdate=20 May 2014}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |title=Training Depots 1873–1881 |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=16 October 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |archivedate=10 February 2006 |df=dmy-all }} The depot was the 4th Brigade Depot from 1873 to 1881, and the 19th Regimental District depot thereafter 23. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24992|pages=3300–3301|date=1 July 1881}} 24. ^1 Hart′s Army list, 1903 25. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence - The Army in India|day_of_week=Saturday |date=11 October 1902 |page_number=12 |issue=36896| }} 26. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The War - Embarcation of Troops|day_of_week=Thursday |date=1 March 1900 |page_number=7 |issue=36078| }} 27. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The War - Troops returning home|day_of_week=Monday |date=28 April 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36753| }} 28. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home| day_of_week=Friday |date=12 September 1902 |page_number=5 |issue=36871}} 29. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Monday |date=7 July 1902 |page_number=6 |issue=36813| }} 30. ^{{cite web|url= http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/mar/31/territorial-and-reserve-forces-act-1907|title=Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907|publisher=Hansard|date=31 March 1908|accessdate=20 June 2017}} 31. ^These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), with the 4th Battalion at South Parade in Northallerton (since demolished) and the 5th Battalion at North Street in Scarborough (since demolished) (both Territorial Force). The 4th Battalion moved to Thirsk Road in Northallerton in 1911. 32. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web|last=Baker|first=Chris|title=The Yorkshire Regiment|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/yorks.htm|work=The Long, Long Trail. The British Army in the Great War|accessdate=28 July 2012}} 33. ^1 Beckett, p. 136 34. ^{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/specfor/para12.htm |title=12th (Yorkshire) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment at regiments.org by T.F.Mills |accessdate=2014-04-22 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715140005/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/specfor/para12.htm |archivedate=15 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }} 35. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=The Green Howards Campaigns and Wars|url=http://greenhowards.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/about-us/green-howards-regiment/campaigns-and-wars/|publisher=Green Howards Museum|accessdate=28 July 2012}} 36. ^Forty, p. 51 37. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.recce.adsl24.co.uk/regts/161st.htm |title=161st (Green Howards) Reconnaissance Regiment |accessdate=5 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032005/http://www.recce.adsl24.co.uk/regts/161st.htm |archivedate=21 May 2014 }} 38. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3832175.Soldiers_remember_Falklands_hero/|title=Soldiers remember Falklands hero|work=The Northern Echo|date=9 November 2008|accessdate=12 March 2016}} 39. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/green-howards-mark-end-of-link-1-2608201|title=Green Howards mark end of link|work=Yorkshire Post|date=16 March 2006|accessdate=12 March 2016}} 40. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirevolunteers.org.uk/history.htm|title=A short history of the Yorkshire Volunteers|publisher=Yorkshire Volunteers|accessdate=12 March 2016}} 41. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/26215.aspx#|title= Yorkshire Regiment regimental history|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=12 March 2016}} 42. ^Powell, p. 265 43. ^{{cite web|url=http://greenhowards.org.uk/|title=Green Howards Regimental Museum|publisher=Green Howards|accessdate=12 March 2016}} 44. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27482|date=14 October 1902|page=6494}} Sources
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