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It appears that the regimental amalgamation of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) and the Queen's Royal Lancers was envisaged as part of Army 2020. [2] The amalgamation was announced in July 2012, and the regiment was formed with an amalgamation parade before their colonel-in-chief, Queen Elizabeth II, at Richmond Castle on 2 May ...
The regiment was again at the forefront in 1992 as part of the deployment to Bosnia on Operation Grapple 1. [4] In 1999, the regiment was deployed to Canada as the 'opposing force' for training battlegroups. [5] The regiment took part in Operation Telic in Iraq, providing units for Telic 3 in 2004 and then Telic 7 in 2005. [6]
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) – King's Own Royal Border Regiment March (De ye ken John Peel) (Quick); The Red Rose (Slow) The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – The British Grenadiers (Quick); Rule Britannia (Slow) The Royal Anglian Regiment – Rule Britannia/Speed the Plough (Quick); The Northamptonshire (Slow)
The regiment was first formed as 17 Port Training Regiment Royal Engineers, at the existing Marchwood Military Port (near Southampton), Hampshire in 1949. [2] Since the Second World War, military vessels have operated in support of many major operations, such as during the Suez Crisis, conflicts in Belize and Borneo and particularly in the Falklands War, where over 75% of all stores were ...
Through its ancestry via the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (2nd Regiment of Foot), the PWRR is the most senior English line infantry regiment. The current regiment was named in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales. [2] Upon its creation, the Princess of Wales [3] and the Queen of Denmark [4] were Allied Colonels-in-Chief of the PWRR.
The current regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of 1st King's Dragoon Guards (raised in 1685 by Sir John Lanier as Lanier's or the 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse in response to the Monmouth Rebellion) and the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (raised in 1685 by the Earl of Peterborough as Peterborough's or the 3rd Regiment of Horse, also in response to the Monmouth Rebellion).
The East and West Riding Regiment (1999–2006), became 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment; TA of the Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion (1958–1960) became B, C, and D Companies in 3rd Btn; 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion (1958–1961), became independent in 1961; TA of The Duke of York's Own East ...
In July 1902, the regiment was redesignated as Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). [22] [30] In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve; [31] the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions. [32] [9]