Yorkshire Regiment

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Yorkshire Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army with historic roots in Yorkshire, England, formed through the amalgamation of several older county regiments.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yorkshire Regiment canonical 3
1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 1
Alexandra’s Yorkshire Regiment 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alliedUnit The Royal Victoria Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment

Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Hawke's Bay Company, 7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Royal New Brunswick Regiment ⓘ
Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Royal Regina Rifles
associatedCounty East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
South Yorkshire ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
battleHonour Afghanistan ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

Somme River ⓘ
surface form: Somme

Ypres ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
colonelInChief Prince Andrew, Duke of York ⓘ
colors black ⓘ
gold ⓘ
green ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formationDate 2006-06-06 ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ
Green Howards ⓘ
Prince of Wales’s Own ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
freedomOfTheCity Leeds ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
York ⓘ
garrison Catterick Garrison ⓘ
garrisonLocation Catterick ⓘ
surface form: Catterick, North Yorkshire
hasBattalion Yorkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
mascot Private Derby (ram) ⓘ
motto Fortune Favours the Brave ⓘ
nickname Yorkshire ⓘ
surface form: Yorks
partOf King's Division ⓘ
precededBy Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ
Green Howards ⓘ
Prince of Wales’s Own ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
recruitingArea Yorkshire ⓘ
regimentalMuseum Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum ⓘ
Green Howards Museum ⓘ
Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum ⓘ
role armoured infantry ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Minden Day → associatedWith → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
Yorkshire Regiment → hasBattalion → Yorkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
Green Howards → regimentalTitle → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Green Howards → amalgamatedToForm → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
Green Howards → successorUnit → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment → hasAlternativeName → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment
Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment → hasAlternativeName → Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexandra’s Yorkshire Regiment