The Regiment primarily consists of three Regular Army Infantry Battalions (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and one Territorial Army Infantry Battalion (4th). Additionally, we have local recruiting and display teams and further afield, numerous soldiers serving in training roles around the world.
We recruit soldiers with a strong sense of unity and high sporting prowess from Yorkshire and the rest of the UK. The Regiment is founded on more than 300 years of Yorkshire Warrior tradition and united by common values, history and home. We represent all that is best in the Army, in professionalism, in role, on operations, for career, for sport and for family. We are the best because our soldiers are the best.
Our ethos reflects a sense of belonging to Yorkshire and the common values of honesty, fairness, grit and pride. This Regiment is a strong, inclusive and meritocratic family that draws from the best military traditions of our forebear regiments.
REGIMENTAL MOTTO
'Fortune Favours the Brave'
REGIMENTAL JOURNAL
VICTORIA CROSSES
BATTLE HONOURS
We have 280
Battle Honours, the first for Namur 1695 and the most recent for Iraq 2003.
THE COLOURS
CAP BADGE
The white rose from the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, the Lion Rampant (part of the Duke of Wellington's crest) from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and a Brunswick green backing from the Green Howards.
REGIMENTAL MUSIC
The Regimental Quick March - "Ca Ira"
The Regimental Slow March - "The Duke of York"
1st Battalion Quick March: "Yorkshire Lass"
1st Battalion Slow March: "God Bless The Prince of Wales"
2nd Battalion Quick March: "Bonnie English Rose"
2nd Battalion Slow March: "Maria Theresa"
3rd Battalion Quick March: "The Wellesley"
3rd Battalion Slow March: "Destiny"
4th Battalion Quick March: "On Ilkley Moor"
4th Battalion Slow March: "The Duchess of Kent"
The Regimental Funeral March: "The Green Howards' Funeral March"
MASCOTS / PETS
The 1st Battalion have two regimental pets - ferrets called 'Imphal' and 'Quebec'.
REGIMENTAL 'FOOTPRINT'
The Regimental Headquarters (RHQ), Territorial Army (TA) and Army Cadet Force (ACF) / Combined Cadet Force (CCF) footprint is essential to maintaining the Regiment and ethos. RHQ continues to develop and maintain close links with the community and provide support to the Associations. RHQ is situated in York with Area Offices in Halifax and Richmond. The Affiliation with our ACF and CCF detachments is maintained and, where possible, training sponsorship enhanced.
FREEDOM CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNS
The privilege of a Freedom allows the Regiment to march through the Town or Borough with "drums beating, Colours flying and bayonets fixed". This has been granted in the following Yorkshire Boroughs:
York, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Kingston-upon-Hull, Barnsley, Beverley (East Riding of Yorkshire), Bridlington (East Riding of Yorkshire), Halifax (Calderdale), Harrogate, Huddersfield (Kirklees), Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond, Scarborough, Skipton (Craven District) and Rotherham.
AFFILIATED COMBINED CADET FORCES (CCF) CONTINGENTS and ARMY CADET FORCES DETACHMENTS (ACF)
Nine CCF Contingents and fifty-two ACF Detachments are affiliated to the Regiment (Yorkshire (North and West) - 19 Detachments; Humberside and South Yorkshire - 15 Detachments; Cleveland - 18 Detachments).