[42], The 5th Battalion was formed in June 1939 as a 2nd Line Territorial Army duplicate of the 4th Battalion. Hi Bill,That's an interesting story. [36] The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 62nd Brigade in the 21st Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front, later serving with 3rd Division. Thank you. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google [17] The 1st East Riding Yeomanry was reconstituted as a Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Mechanised) equipped with 28 light tanks, 44 carriers and 41 motorcycles. He's marriage licence to my grandmother indicates he was from the East York Regiment. The following members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross: Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881. Hi I'm researching my family history,I always remember my grandma telling me they were based at Victoria Barracks Beverley during WW2,i think my Grandfather John Burn was a soldier maybe Corporal or later a Pioneer Sergeant.Unfortunately he suffered brain damage when falling off his bike after a bird flew in front of him.Any information would be gratefully received. However, another meeting held on 21 May resolved to raise the East Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, and 10 independent company-sized RVCs were quickly formed, their officers receiving their commissions the following year. After the consolidated battalion became the 1st Yorkshire (East Riding) RVC the administrative battalion took the number 1 (though there were no others in the East Riding). Following the experience of the war, it was decided that only the fourteen most senior yeomanry regiments would be retained as horsed cavalry,[14] with the rest being transferred to other roles. The 5th Bn was considered a new unit and did not receive the 'South Africa 1900–01' Battle Honour earned by the 2nd VB. [33], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[34] the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions. In 1880 a scarlet tunic was adopted with white facings, blue trousers with red stripe, and white belts. He was at Arnhem too where he was carrying a casualty from the battlefield when he stepped on a mine that took his foot off. [40] It moved into Burma, crossing the Chindwin River at Kalewa and the Irrawaddy River at Sameikkon in April 1945 and joined the 99th Indian Infantry Brigade, part of the 17th Indian Division at Meiktila after the siege by the Japanese had been broken. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix, and would be filled up with the recruits who were flooding in for both the TF and 'Kitchener's Army'. Hi Max,We do have some information on Major R Rutherford. My uncle Tony Norris was with the East Yorks at Ouistreham as a stretcher bearer. It was formed in 1908 from a nucleus provided by a Volunteer battalion first raised in 1859. This consisted of: One 75mm gun, two 50mm anti-tank guns, three 81mm mortars, a 37mm gun and 5 machine gun posts. [51][52], The regiment was in Mandatory Palestine during the Zionist insurgency and then took part in the Malayan Emergency in 1953–56 before returning to Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine. The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry – it was formed from the merger of three regular battalions, plus a reserve battalion: [33] However, the battalion lost out to the other units being formed in Hull, particularly the 'Hull Pals', a full brigade of whom were raised for Kitchener's Army by Lord Nunburnholme. After the war the Regiment was stationed at Laboe (Kiel Estuary) until being placed in ‘suspended animation’ on 7 March 1946. [2] It took part in the Battle of Killiecrankie in July 1689[3] and the Battle of Cromdale in April 1690 during the Jacobite rising of 1689 to 1692. [16] In 1751, when the numerical system of designation of Regiments of Foot was adopted, it became the 15th Regiment of Foot. [38], The battalion never saw active service, though a number of officers and men served with other battalions of the East Yorkshires. They were mobilised on the 7th of September 1939. The enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need.