West Riding militia

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The West Riding militia was a local auxiliary military force raised from the West Riding of Yorkshire to provide home defense and support to the regular British Army.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Middlesex militia 1
West Riding militia canonical 1
Yorkshire militia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary military force
militia regiment
allegiance British Crown
commandStructure Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
function augmentation of regular army strength in wartime
training of local reservists
garrison West Riding of Yorkshire
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
languageOfCommand English
locatedIn England
Great Britain
West Riding of Yorkshire
Yorkshire
militaryBranch British Army
partOf Territorial Army
surface form: British Army auxiliary forces
raisedFor internal security
local defence
supplementing regular forces
recruitedFrom West Riding of Yorkshire
recruitmentBasis county-based
local inhabitants
role home defence
support to the regular British Army
service domestic service only in principle
subdivisionOf West Riding militia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yorkshire militia
type infantry
uniform British militia infantry uniform of its period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex hasAssociatedMilitaryUnit West Riding militia
this entity surface form: Middlesex militia
West Riding militia subdivisionOf West Riding militia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yorkshire militia