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The Green Howards (Alexandra, ... The Princess became Queen Alexandra in 1901, and was the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief from 1914 until her death in 1925. [22]
Captain Gavin John Hamilton, MC (15 May 1953 – 10 June 1982) [2] was a British Army infantry soldier. He was educated at The Royal Masonic School, Bushey. He was the Officer Commanding 19 (Mountain) Troop, D Squadron, 22 Special Air Service during the Falklands War when he was killed in action behind enemy lines on West Falkland.
They were presented to the Green Howards Regimental Museum (the regiment in which he had earlier served), by Sir Ernest Harrison OBE, at a ceremony in the Tower of London on 11 November 1997, twenty years after Tandey died. [35] A copy of Tandey's Victoria Cross is now displayed at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond, North ...
Weston was 21 years old, and a lieutenant [1] in the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), [2] British Army, attached to 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
[29] [30] [31] [5] Franklyn relinquished the colonelcy of his old regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) on 21 October 1949. [32] [33] [5] He retired to Newbury, Berkshire, where he died on 31 March 1963, four years after the death of his wife, at the age of 77, from a heart attack. [3]
Peacock's service exploits are part of the exhibition in the Green Howards' Regimental Museum in Richmond, North Yorkshire; all other individuals thus displayed were recipients of the Victoria Cross. Norwegian War Cross with Sword (1942) Distinguished Conduct Medal (1945, Germany) Military Medal (1938, Palestine)
Brigadier Harold Cecil Harrison, CB, DSO (26 February 1889 – 26 March 1940) [1] was a senior British Army officer and an English rugby union player, who at club level represented several rugby teams in the British Armed Forces, most notably United Services, and was capped four times for the England national rugby union team.
Robinson was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1894, and was educated at Scarborough College. [1] He later entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, [1] from where he was commissioned into the Green Howards on 12 August 1914 [2] and saw service during the First World War. [3]