Duke of Wellington's Regiment

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with strong ties to Yorkshire and a distinguished service record in numerous major conflicts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Wellington's Regiment canonical	2
1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infantry regiment ⓘ regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alliedWith	The Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto	Yorkshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	West Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour	Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsula War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
colour	scarlet ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved	2006 ⓘ
dateFormed	1881 ⓘ
facedColour	buff ⓘ
formationContext	Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom	33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ 76th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Wellesley Barracks, Halifax, West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName	The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole	line infantry ⓘ
motto	Virtutis Fortuna Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	The Dukes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Imjin River NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Inkerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Monte Cassino NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vittoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy landings NERFINISHED ⓘ Relief of Ladysmith NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ 76th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalDepot	Halifax, West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMarch	The Wellesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum	Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum, Bankfield Museum, Halifax NERFINISHED ⓘ
translationOfMotto	Fortune is the companion of valour ⓘ
type	line infantry regiment ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yorkshire Regiment → formedByAmalgamationOf → Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ

Yorkshire Regiment → precededBy → Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ

Battle of the Hook → defendedByUnit → Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment