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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]
Edward Howland Robinson Green (August 22, 1868 – June 8, 1936), also known as Colonel Green, was an American businessman, the only son of financier Hetty Green (the "Witch of Wall Street"). In the late 19th century, he became a political ally in the Republican Party of William Madison McDonald , a prominent African-American politician.
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List of commissioned officers of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment; 19th Regiment of Foot) regiment of the British Army. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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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 ...