East Yorkshire Regiment
The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own), becoming The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1958. Subsequently, the regiment was one of the Yorkshire infantry regiments which amalgamated to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6 June 2006.
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... The following members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross Private George William Chafer, Great War Private John Cunningham, Great War Second Lieutenant John Harrison, Great War Sergeant Harold Jackson ...
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... Brigade 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull, Hull Commercials), The East Yorkshire Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion (2nd Hull, Hull Tradesmens. 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment 12th (Ayr Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Guards Brigade The ...
... out for the County Championship title between Surrey and last year's champions Yorkshire ... Yorkshire travelled to Taunton in Somerset, and after the first day was rained off, Somerset had to bat on a rain-affected pitch ... seven for 32 as Somerset fell to 99, but Yorkshire never got the chance to reply as the third day was rained off ...
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