Green Howards

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infantry regiment line infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Green Howards was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its long service from the 18th century through both World Wars until its amalgamation in 2006.

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Label Occurrences
Green Howards canonical 10
The Green Howards 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
line infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
activeFrom 1688 ⓘ
activeUntil 2006 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment

Green Howards ⓘ
surface form: The Green Howards
amalgamatedToForm Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
associatedWith Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ⓘ
surface form: Princess Alexandra of Denmark
awardedVictoriaCrossesTo multiple soldiers in various conflicts ⓘ
battleHonour Alma ⓘ
Anzio ⓘ
El Alamein ⓘ
Inkerman ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

Sevastopol ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedOrAmalgamatedIn 2006 ⓘ
distinction one of the oldest infantry regiments in the British Army ⓘ
garrison Richmond (Yorks) ⓘ
surface form: Richmond, North Yorkshire
honoraryTitle Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Princess of Wales's Own
museumLocation Richmond (Yorks) ⓘ
surface form: Richmond, North Yorkshire
namedAfter General Sir Thomas Howard ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Alma ⓘ
Battle of Inkerman ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American War of Independence

Crimean War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
The Troubles ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ireland conflict

Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
partOf King's Division ⓘ
infantry of the British Army ⓘ
raisedInYear 1688 ⓘ
recruitedFrom North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
regimentalColour green facings ⓘ
regimentalMuseum Green Howards Museum ⓘ
surface form: Green Howards Regimental Museum
regimentalNumber 19th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
surface form: 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot

19th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
regimentalTitle Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
surface form: The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
regimentalType line infantry ⓘ
shortName Green Howards self-link ⓘ
successorUnit Yorkshire Regiment ⓘ
tradition strong regional identity with Yorkshire ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

6th Battalion, Green Howards → partOf → Green Howards ⓘ
6th Battalion, Green Howards → regiment → Green Howards ⓘ
7th Battalion, Green Howards → partOf → Green Howards ⓘ
7th Battalion, Green Howards → regiment → Green Howards ⓘ
7th Battalion, Green Howards → regimentalTradition → Green Howards ⓘ
Herbert Read → militaryBranch → Green Howards ⓘ
Yorkshire Regiment → formedByAmalgamationOf → Green Howards ⓘ
Yorkshire Regiment → precededBy → Green Howards ⓘ
Northumbrian infantry tradition → hasHeritage → Green Howards ⓘ
Green Howards → shortName → Green Howards self-link ⓘ
Green Howards → alsoKnownAs → Green Howards ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Green Howards