Given the effectiveness in this sector of the preliminary Artillery barrage before the attack, the advance party had little opposition as it crossed No Mans Land. [3] At the outbreak of war the battalion was based in Ireland from there they were hurried to the front in Belgium; they landed in France on 6 October 1914. It lost one battalion as part of the Army 2020 defence review. 2006 - The Yorkshire Regiment. 21 officers, 576 men. In 1958, it merged with The West Yorkshire Regiment to form The Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire. No casualties. 1st Battalion - Berlin. When a scrap metal dealer came, I tossed the grenade on to the pile of metal objects, remarking with a smile, 'Here's an extra bit of metal for you.' It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated with the 33rd (The Duke of Wellingtons) Regiment of Foot to form The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding). More than 150 soldiers were mobilised on the British Army's Op Rescriptto deliver COVID-19 testing across the north of England in April 2020. In good condition. Some of the companies were trained as mounted infantry. 28 August 1914 : came under orders of 21st Brigade, 7th Division.
