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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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1st Battalion,
Yorkshire Volunteers
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1967-1993
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United
Kingdom 
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1967.04.01 |
Yorkshire Volunteers
formed with HQ at Lumley Barrack, York, as TAVR
II successor to TA battalions in the Yorkshire
Brigade |
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- HQ Company at Lumley Barracks, York,
successor to 3rd Bn The Prince of Wales's
Own Regt of Yorkshire
- A (The Prince
of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire) Company at Lumley
Barracks, York, successor to 3rd Bn The
Prince of Wales's Own Regt of Yorkshire, and The
Leeds Rifles, The Prince of Wales's Own Regt of Yorkshire
- B (The Green
Howards) Company at Stockton Road, Middlesbrough with
det at Scarborough, successor to 4th/5th
Bn The Green Howards; det formed 1969 at Guisborough from
same unit
- C (The Duke
of Wellington's Regiment) Company at Halifax with det
at Keighley, successor to The West Riding
Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regt
- D (Hallamshire)
Company at Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield with dets at Rotherham
and Barnsley, successor to The Hallamshire
Bn The York and Lancaster Regt
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1969.12.01 |
E (The Leeds Rifles)
Company formed at Carlton Barracks,
Leeds with det at Castleford from The Leeds
Rifles, The Prince of Wales's Own Regt of Yorkshire
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1971.04.01 |
1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers
HQ at Lumley Barracks, York; Scarborough detachment
B Company transferred to form D Company 2nd
Battalion
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1973.04.01 |
C Coy consolidated
at Halifax (yielding Keighley to 3rd Battalion);
E Coy consolidated at Leeds (yielding Castleford to 2nd
Battalion)
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1975.04.01 |
D Coy consolidated
at Sheffield (yielding Rotherham and Barnsley to 3rd
Battalion)
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1977.12.01 |
A Coy at Colliergate,
York transferred as A Company 2nd Battalion;
E Coy at Carlton Barracks, Leeds redesignated as new A
Company
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1978.04.01 |
new E (The
York and Lancaster Regiment) Company formed at Doncaster
from detachment of B Company 3rd Battalion
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1978 |
D Coy formed detachment
at Middlewood Road, Sheffield
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1979 |
A Coy formed detachment
at Harrogate
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1986 |
G Company (interim
designation) formed at Guisborough from detachment B Company;
H Company (interim designation) formed at Harrogate with
detachment at Northallerton from A Coy 1st
Battalion and A Coy 2nd Battalion
(by 1 Jan.1987); K Company (interim designation) formed
at Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough from personnel B Coy
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1987.01.01 |
D Coy at Sheffield
transferred as D Company 4th Battalion
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1988.01.01 |
companies reorganised: A
Coy at Carlton Barracks, Leeds transferred as B Company
3rd Battalion; C Coy at
Halifax transferred as C Company 3rd
Battalion; E Coy at Doncaster transferred as
C Company 4th Battalion
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1989.01.17 |
1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (Cleveland)
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1992.04.01 |
reduced
to three rifle company establisment: |
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- HQ Company at York, absorbed C Coy
- A (The Green
Howards) Company at Scarborough with detachments at
Guisborough and Whitby, amalgamation of D Coy 2nd
Battalion and A Coy 1st Battalion
- B (The Green
Howards) Company at Middlesbrough [unchanged]
- C Company at Harrogate, redesignation
of D Coy, losing POWORY affiliation
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1992.12.15 |
HQ and HQ Company moved Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
(yielding York to 2nd Battalion)
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1993.04.25 |
redesignated
as 4th/5th Battalion, The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) (Yorkshire
Volunteers) |
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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Honorary Colonel, Yorkshire Volunteers: |
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1967.04.01 |
Hon. Maj-Gen. HRH
Katharine, The Duchess of Kent, GCVO |
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Royal Honorary Colonel, Yorkshire Volunteers
[all bns]: |
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1968.05.07 |
Hon. Maj-Gen. HRH
Katharine, The Duchess of Kent, GCVO |
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Honorary Regimental Colonel, Yorkshire
Volunteers [all bns]: |
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1981.04.01 |
Lt-Col. J.M. Wilson, TD |
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1984.11.01 |
Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Christopher James Tattersall,
TD |
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1988.04.01 |
Lt-Col. Anthony Edmond Gaynor, OBE |
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Honorary Colonel, 1st Bn, Yorkshire Volunteers: |
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1975.12.01 |
Lt. The Rt. Hon. Richard Aldred (Lumley),
12th Earl of Scarbrough, DL |
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1988.12.01 |
vacant |
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1989.10.26 |
Col. Ian Geoffrey Norton, TD, JP, DL
[continued 1993 in 4th/5th Bn Green Howards] |
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Motto: |
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Anniversaries: |
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Freedoms: |
Kirklees (25 Mar. 1979) |
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Marches: |
Ilkla Moor |
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Musicians: |
The Yorkshire
Volunteers Band TAVR (serving all battalions of the Yorkshire Volunteers),
formed 1967 by redesignation of The Leeds Rifles Band; redesignated
1969 as The Regimental Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers; redesignated
later as The Yorkshire Volunteers Band; officially disbanded 1 July
1999, but continued as a civilian organisation. |
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Mascot: |
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