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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]
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.
Lord Normanby joined the Green Howards as a Lieutenant in 1939. In 1940, he was captured at the Battle of Dunkirk and was held as a prisoner of war at Obermassfeldt in Thuringia until 1943. During his captivity, he persuaded his captors to allow him to teach braille to the blind prisoners, despite not knowing it himself. They constructed their ...
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Pages in category "Green Howards" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
[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.
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Veteran political correspondent Howard Fineman, who became an analyst for MSNBC and other outlets, died after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife announced Tuesday.