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HISTORY The ''Regiment'' was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 3rd Battalion, The Prince Of Wales's Own Regiment Of Yorkshire (Yorkshire Volunteers) , the 3rd Battalion, The Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (Yorkshire Volunteers) and the King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry) due to the reforms implemented in consequence of the Strategic Defence Review . The RHQ is based at Pontefract and the ''Regiment'', part of 15 (North East) Brigade , comprises one small Headquarters Company and 5 Rifle Companies:
During the summer of 2004 the Regiment adopted a new Regimental Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF) of the White Rose of Yorkshire on a black background (this design was previously used by the 49 West Riding Division between the WWI and WWII). In November 2004 the ''Regiment'' dispatched a composite company (Normandy Company) to Basra , Iraq as part of 4 Armoured Brigade of the Multi-National Division (South East) for a 6-month tour-of-duty. The Regiment has contributed soldiers to each of the operation TELIC deployments since 2003 and continues to do so on the current TELIC 7 (with 4 Para). As part of the Restructuring of the army announced in 2004 , the Light Infantry company will be replaced by companies of the Green Howards , and the regiment will become the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment , rebadging on 6th June 2006. |
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