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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. [49]
On becoming a battalion of the Green Howards in 1881, it was forced to adopt the red tunic and white facings of an English line regiment, with the addition of the letter 'M' on the shoulder straps. The green jackets continued to be used when not on parade, until worn out. The Green Howards regained their traditional grass green facings in 1899.
The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [2] In 1938 the battalion headquarters moved to Lytton Street in Middlesbrough, [3] but shortly after the end of the Second World War, elements of B Company, 4th Battalion The Green Howards returned to the Thirsk Road drill hall. [4]
The 2nd Battalion (Green Howards), plus 60 members of the 4th Battalion, deployed with 11th Light Brigade in September 2009 for a seven-month posting in Op Herrick XI as the OMLT Battle Group. [27] Their actions featured in a series of Newsnight programmes shown both during the deployment and after their return, which focused on OMLT 2 in ...
The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 4th/5th Battalion The Green Howards (Yorkshire Volunteers) and 7th Battalion, The Light Infantry due to the implementation of the reforms of the Territorial Army envisaged in the Strategic Defence Review.
As a result, most of the Yorkshire battalions of TA infantry were merged into a single battalion of the new regiment. The battalions merged into the new regiment were: 3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire; 4th/5th Battalion, The Green Howards; The West Riding Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
It contained the same infantry brigades as before, the 149th (4th to 7th Battalions Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), 150th (4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 4th and 5th Green Howards and 5th Durham Light Infantry), and 151st (6th to 9th battalions Durham Light Infantry).
150th Brigade was not reformed when 50th (Northumbrian) Division was reconstituted in the Territorial Army in 1947. Instead, the reformed 4th East Yorkshires and 4th Green Howards became part of 151 Infantry Brigade, now subtitled 'Yorkshire & Durham'. [21]