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The 3rd Battalion (West Yorkshire), Yorkshire Volunteers was an infantry battalion of the only full Territorial Army (TA) regiment in Yorkshire.The battalion was formed along with the 2nd (Yorkshire and Humberside) Battalion of the same regiment in 1971.
At a ceremony outside the Town Hall the regiment paraded two guards of soldiers who had recently returned from Iraq, and the colours of the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's), led by the Kings Division Band, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Vallings, the Battalion commanding officer. The Mayor of Rotherham ...
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
The Honorary Colours were approximately 6-foot 6 inch by 6-foot. Following rebadging, on 6 June 2006, the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) inherited responsibility for parading the Honorary Colours. On 31 March 2007 the Regulation colours were taken out of service and laid up in Halifax Parish church.
10th Battalion (1940–41) – converted to 150th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, 254th Indian Tank Brigade 11th (Reserve) Battalion (1914–16) – 90th Brigade , 33rd Division – Home Service, disbanded 1916
4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) 4th Battalion, the Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords) [ 5 ] In addition, the King's Division also maintains a single regular army band titled the Band of the King's Division , which is a component band of British Army Bands Catterick. [ 6 ]
The 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (4 YORKS) was an infantry battalion of Yorkshire's only Territorial Army (TA) regiment, and existed for just around four years before amalgamating with another battalion of the Yorkshire Volunteers.
In 1971, this cadre was expanded to become "A" (West Riding Artillery) Battery, 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Volunteers. On 1 April 1975, an independent observation post battery, 269 (West Riding) OP Battery RA (Volunteers), was formed at Leeds from the cadre (and the cadre disbanded), reviving the West Riding Artillery lineage in the Royal Artillery.