Regimental Assocation (YRA)

The Regiment's golden thread

The Yorkshire Regiment Association aims to promote a spirit of comradeship and pride in the traditions of the Regiment.

Objectives

  1. To promote the efficiency of the Regiment by fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and the welfare of the Regiment and establishing and preserving its traditions.
  2. To make recommendation, as necessary, to the Yorkshire Regiment Benevolence Case Committee, in order to provide relief either generally or individually, for members of the Association or past and present members of the Regiment, and their dependants, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
  3. To support recruiting by encouraging suitable young men to join the Regiment and by assisting the Regiment in its activities to promote awareness of the Regiment and its good name in its recruiting area.
  4. To raise funds for the Yorkshire Regiment Charitable Trust.

Membership

  1. Ordinary Members. Membership is open to all past and serving members of the Regiment.
  2. Honorary Members. Individual, not otherwise eligible as above, may be proposed for membership of the Association. See the constitution for more details.
  3. Family Members. A Member's spouse, widow, or immediate family aged 18 or over shall be entitled to attend annual functions as though they were a member (no voting rights).
Membership is open to all Regular and TA Units of The Yorkshire Regiment and their antecedent Regiments (including The York and Lancaster Regiment) and all Cadet Detachments who wear the cap badge of The Yorkshire Regiment. Family membership is open to all wives, partners, widows and friends of the Regiment. For information about the rules and regulations, please read the Constitution.

Infrastructure

The inaugural meeting of the Association took place on 26 May 2007 at Worsley Barracks in York. The following individuals fill the Association Board posts: President of the Association Major General (Retd) G Binns CBE DSO MC; Acting Chairman and Vice-Chairman Major David Harrap and Association Secretary Major Mike Sullivan. The current President of the Association was appointed in June 2011.

How to Join

There is no longer an administrative joining fee. Write to the Association Secretary at RHQ York; or phone (01904) 461018, or e-mail us. You can download the Association Membership Form (see right) and we will add you to our Association database. When there are sufficient members in a town or area, they could join together as a branch. In the mean-time there will be one central branch maintained by RHQ in York. You can buy an Association Lapel Badge (£3 each) available from the Regimental PRI Shop.

Minutes

The minutes from the association meetings can be viewed to the right. For details of the next meeting please check the Regimental Diary.