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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
10.07.2006
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The Duke
of Wellington's Regiment (Regimental site) |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Army site) |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Osnabrück Garrison site) |
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Regimental
History (Regimental site) |
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Dukesarus:
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Unofficial), by Eric. |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment, by Glenvil Roberts. |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment, by Campbell Ricketts (Yorkshire
Volunteers). |
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Brief
History (Regimental site) |
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A
Brief History of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, by Eric. |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British
Army in the Great War). |
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The
Duke of Wellington's Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental
Warpath 1914-1918) |
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RHQ and
Depot: |
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RHQ: Wellesley Park, Halifax, Yorkshire |
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33rd Regimental
District at Halifax [1881-1905] |
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E Group
at Catterick [1946-48] |
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Yorkshire
Brigade at York [1948-1968] |
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King's
Division at York [1968-2006] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1881-2006] |
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2nd
Battalion [1881-1948] |
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Militia
and Special Reserve: |
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3rd Battalion (6th West York Regiment
of Militia) [1881-1953]
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Territorials
and Volunteers: |
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The
Volunteer Army (Regimental site) |
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1st
Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] |
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2nd
Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] |
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3rd
Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] |
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4th
Battalion [1908-1938] |
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5th
Battalion [1908-1936] |
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5th/7th
Battalion [1957-1961] |
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6th
Battalion [1908-1947] |
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7th
Battalion [1908-1957] |
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The
West Riding Battalion [1961-1971] |
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Yorkshire
Volunteers [1967-1992] |
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3rd
Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regt (Yorkshire Vols)
[1992-1999] |
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The
East and West Riding Regiment [1999-2006] |
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates):
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2/4th Battalion [1914-1919] |
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4th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1919]
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2/5th Battalion [1914-1919] |
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5th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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2/6th Battalion [1914-1918] |
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6th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1919]
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2/6th Battalion [1939-1942] |
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2/7th Battalion [1914-1918] |
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7th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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2/7th Battalion [1939-1942] |
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8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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8th Battalion [1940-1941] |
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9th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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9th Battalion [1940-1941] |
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10th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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10th Battalion [1941-1946] |
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11th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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11th Battalion [1944-1947] |
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12th (Labour) Battalion [1916-1917]
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12th Battalion [1944-1947] |
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13th (Service) Battalion [1918-1919]
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14th (Service) Battalion [1918-1918]
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50th (Holding) Battalion [1940-1941]
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53rd (Service) Battalion [1917-1919]
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[combined
battle honours of 33rd Regiment and
76th Regiment, plus:]
Dettingen1,
Mysore2,
Ally Ghur3,
Delhi 18033,
Leswaree3,
Deig3, Corunna4,
Relief
of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1900-02
Great War [21 battalions]:
Mons,
Le Cateau, Retreat
from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres
1914 '15 '17, Nonne Bosschen, Hill 60, Gravenstafel,
St. Julien, Aubers, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin,
Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le
Transloy, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18,
Arleux, Bullecourt, Messines 1917 '18, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road,
Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai
1917 '18, St. Quentin, Ancre 1918, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck,
Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume
1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal
du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18,
Piave,
Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Suvla,
Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915,
Egypt 1916
Afghanistan
1919
Second World War:
Dunkirk
1940, St. Valery-en-Caux,
Tilly sur Seulles, Odon, Fontenay Le Pesnil, North-West
Europe 1940
'44-45, Banana
Ridge, Medjez Plain, Gueriat el Atach Ridge, Tunis, Djebel Bou
Aoukaz 1943, North Africa 1943, Anzio,
Campoleone, Rome, Monte Ceco, Italy 1943-45, Sittang
1942, Paungde, Kohima,
Chindits 1944, Burma 1942-44
The
Hook 1953, Korea 1952-53,
Iraq 2003
1. awarded
1882 for service of 33rd Regiment.
2. awarded 1889 for service of 76th
Regiment.
3. awarded 1886 for service of 76th
Regiment.
4. awarded 1908 for service of 76th
Regiment.
Note: In 1962 companies
of 1st Battalion were redesignated for battle honours:
HQ Company - Hook Company
A Company - Alma Company
B Company - Burma Company
C Company - Corunna Company
D Company - Dettingen
Company (formed after
1962 and subsequently disbanded)
Support Company - Somme Company
(formed after 1962)
Waterloo Company - designation of composite companies, first
used in 1997.
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Note: 1st Battalion inherited in
1948 the Honorary Stand of Colours carried by 2nd Battalion (former
76th Foot). The regiment is the only
one to carry four Colours on parade. |
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Regimental
Colours (Regimental site) |
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Badges: |
The Duke of Wellington's Crest, with the motto 'Virtutis fortuna
comes' (inherited from 33rd Regiment);
An elephant with howdah and mahout circumscribed 'Hindoostan', ensigned
with the Crown (inherited from 76th Regiment).
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Uniform: |
1881-1905: scarlet; facings: white
1905-1953: scarlet; facings: scarlet
1953-2006: blue; facings: scarlet; piping:
scarlet
headdress: No.1 Dress cap: blue band, scarlet welt;
badge backing: red; side cap: blue, piped gold;
lanyard: scarlet (sgts and above); trouser stripe: 1"
scarlet
tie: thin silver stripes on chestnut ground
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cap badge
MoD
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1974.01.23 |
Col. (Hon. Brig.) Arthur Valerian (Wellesley),
8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC [also Hon.
Col. 2nd Bn Wessex
Regt] |
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1863.04.01 |
[1st Bn:] Gen. William Nelson Hutchinson |
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1875.04.28 |
[2nd Bn:]
Gen. Frederick Darley George, CB [also Cheshire
Regt] |
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1895.06.30 |
Gen. George Erskine [also
Argyll & Sutherland Hldrs] |
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1897.10.08 |
Gen. Sir Hugh Rowlands, VC, KCB |
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1909.08.02 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Herbert Eversley Belfield, KCB,
KCMG, KBE, DSO |
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1934.01.24 |
Brig-Gen. Percy Alexander Turner, CMG |
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1938.10.31 |
Col. Charles James Pickering, CMG, DSO |
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1947.11.01 |
Gen. Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison,
Bt, GBE, CB, DSO, MC [also 10th
Gurkha Rifles] |
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1957.11.01 |
Maj-Gen. Kenneth Godfrey Exham, KG, CB,
DSO |
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1965.10.01 |
Gen. Sir Robert Napier Hubert Campbell Bray,
GBE, KCB, DSO |
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1975.07.07 |
Maj-Gen. Donald Edward Isles, CB, OBE [also
Hon. Col. 3rd Bn Yorks Vols] |
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1982.10.22 |
Gen. Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, KCB,
CBE, ADCGen |
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1990.10.22 |
Brig. William Richard Mundell, OBE [also
Hon. Col. 3rd Bn Yorks Vols] |
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1999.06.18 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Evelyn John Webb-Carter, KCVO,
OBE |
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Motto: |
Virtutis fortuna
comes |
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Nicknames: |
inherited nicknames
of 33rd
Regiment and 76th Regiment |
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Anniversaries: |
St. George (23
Apr.) |
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Freedoms: |
Halifax (18 June
1945), Huddersfield (2 July 1952),
Spenborough 24 Feb.1959), Mossley (8 July 1967), Skipton (4 May 1991),
Barnsley (8 May 1995), Bradford (26 Apr. 1996), Sheffield (13 Apr.
2002), Craven District (20 July 2002), Erquinghem-Lys, France (12
Nov. 2005) |
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Marches: |
quick:
The Wellesley |
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unofficial:
I'm 95; Scotland the Brave; Ilkley Moor |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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The Havercake lad. |
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The Iron Duke (3 times a year) |
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1st Bn: Battalion notes. |
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Full Histories: |
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Brereton, J. M. (John Maurice); Savory,
A. C. S. The history of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West
Riding) 1702-1992. Wellesley Park, Halifax : Duke of Wellington's
Regiment (West Riding), 1993. ISBN: 0952155206 |
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Lunt, James D. The Duke of Wellington's
Regiment (West Riding) : (the 33rd/76th Regiment of Foot).
London : Leo Cooper Ltd., 1971. |
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Bruce, Clarence Dalrymple. History
of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions) 1881-1923.
London : The Medici,1927. |
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Barclay, C. N. (Cyril Nelson). The
history of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1919-1952. London
: Published for the Regimental Council, the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
by Clowes, 1953. |
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Short Histories |
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Le Poer-Trench, M. V. A short history
of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Aldershot
: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1922. |
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2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's
Regiment, Egypt 1922-26. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1926. |
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Le Poer-Trench, M. V. A short history
of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Aldershot
: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1940. |
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Le Poer-Trench, M. V. A short history
of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Newcastle-upon-Tyne
: J&P Bealls, 1944. |
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The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding). London : M. Page, 1954. |
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The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
London : Malcolm Page, [ca. 1956] |
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The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
London : Malcolm Page, [ca. 1958] |
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Savory, A.C.S. Regimental Colours,
1st and 2nd Battalions The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
London. |
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Militia:
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Moore, N. H. Records of the 3rd Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment : formerly 6th West
York Militia ... 1760-1910. London : Gale and Polden, 1910.
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First World War:
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Fisher, John J. History of the Duke
of Wellington's West Riding regiment (the Iron Duke's own) during
the first three years of the Great war from August 1914 to December
1917. [Halifax], 1917. |
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Bales, P. G. The history of the 1/4th
Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919.
Halifax ; London : E. Mortimer, 1920. |
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Second World
War: |
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Whiting, Charles ; Taylor, Eric. The
fighting tykes : an informal history of the Yorkshire regiments in
the Second World War. London : Leo Cooper, 1993. ISBN: 0850523575
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