The Yorkshire Regiment were recruiting in the St John's Centre, Leeds and had these two soldiers Cpl Chris Tompkins and LCpl Lewis Dean on hand to give information to anyone interested in the army and especially their regiment.
I served in the military a long time ago and was pleased to see that they were happy to represent their unit for my camera. I was not surprised by this The Yorkshire Regiment was only formed recently on 6 June 2006 as part of the restructing of the infantry, but the merged battalions that became The Yorshire Regiment have a long and proud history.
1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (ex 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire)
2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (ex 1st Battalion, Green Howards)
3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) (ex 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding))
4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (ex Prince of Wales's Own company of the East and West Riding Regiment, Green Howards company from the Tyne-Tees Regiment and two companies of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment from the East and West Riding Regiment), all formerly titled and known as the Yorkshire Volunteers.
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