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The title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster , or from the counties. Instead, the name came from the fact that it recruited from, amongst other places, landed properties owned by the Duchy Of York and the Duchy Of Lancaster . The regiment's recruiting area was in fact wholly within South Yorkshire (an area known as Hallamshire ). Indeed, the regiment's TA battalion dropped its number and was known simply as The Hallamshire Battalion from 1924 . The new regiment saw service in both Egypt and Sudan immediately after its formation, and also during the Second Boer War , when it took part in the Relief Of Ladysmith . The regiment raised 22 Battalions for service in the First World War , of which 8 saw action on the first day of the Battle Of The Somme . During the Second World War , the regiment sent six battalions to serve in the Burma campaign in various roles:
Other units of the regiment saw service in Europe - the 1st Battalion was involved in the Norwegian Campaign , and was carried to and from Norway by HMS ''Sheffield'' ; this led to a bond of friendship between the regiment and the ship, and meant that when the ''Sheffield'' was adopted by its namesake city, the Yorks and Lancs was awarded the freedom of Sheffield soon after. The 2nd Battalion, before becoming Chindits , was involved in the defense of Heraklion , during the Battle Of Crete in 1941, after which they became part of the British 70th Infantry Division in the breakout from Tobruk . They were transferred, along with the rest of the 70th Infantry Division, to India and Burma where they took part in the 2nd Chindit Campaign and the Arakan offensive toward the end of the war. Following the Second World War, the regiment saw service around the world, including participation in the Suez Crisis of 1956 . With the reorganisation of the army in 1968 , the Yorks and Lancs was one of two infantry regiments that chose to be disbanded rather than amalgamated with another regiment. However, although the 1st Battalion was disbanded in 1968 , with the Regimental HQ closing in 1987 , the traditions of the regiment were continued through the descendents of the Hallamshire Battalion, which was constituted as two companies in the Yorkshire Volunteers . This was reduced to a single company in 1992 before the Hallamshire lineage was ended in 1999 . HONOURS AND AFFILIATIONS Battle honours
1. the honour India of the 84th Regt was modified to India 1796-1819 in 1912 to differentiate it from the "India" Tiger badge of the 65th Regt 2. awarded 1909 for services of 65th Regiment Affiliations
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