Great Britain

The Princess of Wales’s Own

Kingdom of England

1688:

Francis Luttrell’s
Regiment of Foot
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1689:

2^nd Battalion raised
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1691:

Thomas Erle’s
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1698:

2^nd Battalion disbanded
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1707:

Kingdom of Great Britain

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1712:

George Freke’s
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1712:

Richard Sutton’s
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1715:

George Grove’s
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1729:

Richard Sutton’s
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1738:

Charles Howard’s
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1742:

ranked as 19^th Foot
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1748:

George Beauclerk’s
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1751:

19^th Regiment of Foot
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1756:

2^nd Battalion raised
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1758:

2^nd Battalion → 66^th Regiment of Foot
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1782:

19^th (1^st Yorkshire North Riding)
Regiment of Foot
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1801:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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1858:

2^nd Battalion raised
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1875:

19^th (1^st Yorkshire North Riding
Princess of Wales’s Own)
Regiment of Foot
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms

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1881:

1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,

The North Yorkshire Regiment
(Princess of Wales’s Own)
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The Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)

see also a Militia Battalion
and another Militia Battalion
and the Volunteer Battalions

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1902:

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)

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1920:

The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own
Yorkshire Regiment)
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1922:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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1948:

part of
The Yorkshire and Northumberland Brigade

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1949:

2^nd Battalion disbanded
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1951:

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1952:

2^nd Battalion raised
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1956:

2^nd Battalion disbanded
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1958:

brigade renamed in
The Yorkshire Brigade

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1968:

part of
The King’s Division

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1970:

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2007:

2^nd Battalion,
The Yorkshire Regiment
(14^th/15^th, 19^th and 33^rd/76^th Foot)
(Green Howards)

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2013:

merged into 1^st and 3^rd Battalion

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