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additional quota was fixed at 1360 men. The lieutenancies were required to carry out 20 days' initial training as soon as possible. The lieutenancy of the North Riding decided to organise their supplementaries into three battalions of six companies each, but in March this was changed to a single regiment of 10 companies while other supplementary men reinforced the regular militia regiment, which had been depleted by men volunteering for the
Regular Army. Initially referred to as the North York Supplementary Militia, later as the
1981:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
589:, doubled the number of men due from the North Riding. The same proportions applied except that billmen were reduced in favour of pikemen, and Huntingdon ordered that the 'shot' should be concentrated in the wapentakes nearest the coast. Training should be held four times between 24 May and 22 July, the 'shot' being trained for three days on each occasion before the whole band was brought together, the powder and match to be supplied by the Lord Mayor of York and paid for by the wapentakes. In 1588
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877:; for example, when a plot was discovered in the West Riding in 1663, the North Riding militia was mustered and 300 foot placed on alert to march at the slightest warning. The North Riding men were warned for duty in 1665 and again in July 1666 because of French and Dutch invasion threats. In 1666 it was announced that any additional volunteers who presented themselves would be issued with weapons from reserve stocks if there was an invasion. The Dutch did mount an attack in 1667,
2773:./> When the regiment became rifles in 1853 the whole regiment adopted rifle green jackets with black facings. On becoming a battalion of the Green Howards in 1881, it was forced to adopt the red tunic and white facings of an English line regiment, with the addition of the letter 'M' on the shoulder straps. The green jackets continued to be used when not on parade, until worn out. The Green Howards regained their traditional grass green facings in 1899.
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18 dead and six seriously wounded in the market place though it was believed that nearly 50 had died, some bodies being found in the fields. the
Cleveland battalion had lost one private killed, the ensign who died of his wound, and three other privates wounded; the Richmond battalion had no casualties. The North York Militia were praised for their resolute action, but gained the nickname of the 'Hexham Butchers'. One of the wounded privates was granted an
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King drew the lots for individual regiments. Those raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places: the North
Yorkshire was 22nd. The list was adjusted in 1855 and no satisfactory reason was ever given for the 5th West Yorkshires, raised in 1853, being given the vacant 4th place, which gave it seniority over the North Yorks (still 22nd), which meant that they became the 3rd and 4th battalions respectively of the Green Howards in 1881.
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drummers, but these were reduced in 1819. The first militia training since disembodiment was held in 1820, during which Lord Dundas retired from the colonelcy and Lt-Col
Sheldon Cradock was promoted to replace him. Training was also held in 1821, 1830 and 1831 (at Richmond Racecourse), but not again thereafter. 1831 was the last time the militia ballot was held in England. Officers were occasionally commissioned into the regiment (the
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fund, to which Col Earl
Fauconberg and Lt-Col Sir Thomas Dundas were major contributors. On 24 July 1795 two companies (168 men) of 'light-armed marksmen' were ordered to be added to the North York Militia. Although some have claimed that these were the first green-jacketed rifle companies in British service they were actually armed with fusils (light muskets) rather than rifles, and their green uniform was not so dark as that of the
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the whole battalion was garrisoning them by 22 April, with battalion HQ moved to
Devondale siding on the railway. A large 'drive' by four columns towards the blockhouse line was organised for 11 May and the blockhouse garrisons were strengthened, but the Boers being pursued would not face the blockhouses and fled south, leaving their livestock, waggons, and many prisoners. Over the following weeks the battalion suffered badly from
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York Rifles were embodied at
Richmond on 12 December 1854, with an OR strength of 14 permanent staff sergeants, 13 volunteer sergeants, 28 corporals and 714 privates. Because of the way the 1852 Act had been drafted, many militiamen enlisted before April 1854 objected to being embodied beyond 56 days, and this led to a serious mutiny in the North York Rifles in March 1855. The ringleader was convicted by
1242:, with a strength of 642 rank and file against its establishment of 720. The great majority were substitutes rather than balloted men, and this continued through the regiment's early history. Lord Fauconberg wanted to add a light infantry company but was informed that there was no authority for this. On 6 June the regiment began a march to Newcastle. In November it moved to York for the winter.
2023:, and he had been rapidly promoted to major and then lt-col. However, he resigned in 1855 in protest at what he saw as a lack of support from the colonel (the Duke of Leeds). His successor Lt-Col Robert Colling had first joined the regiment in 1808 and retired after two months in command; he was replaced by Lt-Col Hamlet Coote Wade (later Wade-Dalton), recently retired from the
998:, disarmed and turned out the old soldiers of the garrison company and installed their militia in their place. The companies of the Richmondshire Regiment took turns to guard the magazine at Scarborough. The conspirators then arranged to continue paying the militia when their 14 or 21 days' service had expired. Afterwards a company of mounted grenadiers for service in William's
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a crown above and 'NORTH YORK' round the edge. Officers' buttons were silver with the rose surrounded by a crowned garter, the wording 'NORTH YORK' at the bottom. The North York
Supplementary Militia appears to have worn buttons with a garter star, the garter lettered 'N. YORKRE SUP. REGT.', changing to 'SECOND NORTH YORKSHIRE' when the regiment was redesignated. The black
2049:, but continued its annual training at Richmond, 21 days in 1858 and 1859, 28 days thereafter. From 1862 preliminary training was held for new recruits. As a rifle regiment, the North Yorks paid particular attention to shooting, building a rifle range at Aislabeck in 1861 and appointing its first instructors in musketry. Militia battalions now had a large
1896:, which required the connivance of the guards in smuggling the material into the camp and the product out. A regimental court martial sat for three days in September, at which four sergeants were reduced to the ranks and two others reprimanded. After Norman Cross the regiment moved to Colchester, and then in June 1813 it went to
656:) and the counties were ordered to muster their TBs and keep them in readiness. As the King gathered an expeditionary force on the border in 1639, Yorkshire became an important staging-post, with the TBs ordered to rendezvous at York, though in practice many of the men sent were not trained bandsmen but untrained substitutes.
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companies, but the government did not supply these. Between 1812 and the reformation of the regiment in 1852 the grenadier company wore red coats with epaulettes, the rifle companies green jackets with three rows of buttons, and remaining (light) companies red coats with swallow tails and wings, with a green plume in the
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as far back as 1805 when the regiment was quartered at
Weymouth while the Royal Family was in residence. Authority to use the badge was formally granted to the North York and to the 2nd and 3rd West York Militia on 26 August 1811. The regiment appears to have worn the white rose as a shako plate. The
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railway. When it arrived the few large blockhouses were about 6 miles (9.7 km) apart, and the battalion set to work building small ones at half-mile intervals, connected with each other by barbed-wire fences and communicating by telephone. Having built these blockhouses at a rate of six per day,
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extended the
Cardwell system by combining the linked battalions of each sub-district into a single county regiment. On 1 July 1881 the 19th Foot became the Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) – still generally known as the Green Howards. Because the district had been unable to raise a second
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was promoted to be an additional lt-col. The Volunteers were reformed in 1803 and Lt-Col Lawrence Dundas resigned to take command of the Cleveland Volunteers. William Frankland, MP, was appointed on 14 December to replace him, and when Smelt also resigned soon afterwards Maj William Hale was promoted
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and instructed them to disperse, but they attacked the militia, breaking into their ranks. One of the ringleaders seized a private's musket and shot him dead, and an ensign was shot in the back by a pistol from. the crowd. The militia were then ordered to open fire, which cleared the rioters, leaving
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Early buttons worn by officers appear to have been silver with a border and the letters 'NY' in the middle, later 'Y / NR / M'. The ORs wore a pewter button marked 'NY'. Buttons from the Napoleonic period show 'NYM' in various scripts. Then (possibly after 1811) the regiment used the white rose with
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The nature of the fighting in South Africa required large numbers of mounted troops. In 1901 volunteers for the Mounted Infantry were invited from units at home. They had to be at least nineteen and a half years old, with not less than nine months' service. The plan had been to organise companies of
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By September 1901 some 16 officers of 4th Bn were attached to other units, many of them in South Africa. However, the demand for garrison troops in South Africa continued, 4th Green Howards was re-embodied at Richmond on 17 February 1902 and the men agreed to volunteer for overseas service. It moved
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regiments. All but 25 men of the North York Militia (and they were mainly time-expired men) volunteered for this service, but it was some time before the regiment was called upon. Also in 1811 the regiments were instructed to establish a regimental school for the children of NCOs and privates, under
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While the Regular Militia were the mainstay of national defence during the Napoleonic Wars, they were supplemented from 1808 by the Local Militia, which were part-time and only to be used within their own districts. These were raised to counter the declining numbers of Volunteers, and if their ranks
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ordered composite battalions to be formed from the grenadier companies of different battalions: Lt-Col Lord Dundas (as he had now become) was in command of that formed at Colchester. In practice, Lord Fauconberg was rarely with the regiment, and Lord Dundas was often absent, so the effective command
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to disperse the crowds, but the strike continued for three weeks and the garrison had troops out daily to watch for the movements of the strikers. In March a party of some 500 sailors at North Shields attempted to free some of their fellows who had been taken by a Royal Navy pressgang. Failing, they
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they refused to continue their march until it was paid. Lieutenant-Col Dundas promised that the money would be paid at Newcastle, and the men were further encouraged by news that an Act going through Parliament meant that wives and children of militiamen would be financially supported by the county.
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he was obliged to order the lords-lieutenant in Northern England to enforce them. Accordingly, he began lieutenancy meetings in the North Riding on 5 August 1758 to put the Acts into force. His political friends in the riding readily offered to take commissions. By the following summer he had formed
562:(JPs). The entry into force of these acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. Although the militia obligation was universal, it was impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, and from 1572 the practice was to select a proportion of men for the
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In the Seven Years' War militia regiments camped together took precedence according to the order in which they had arrived, then from 1760 they drew lots to determine their precdence in camp. During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot
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were blue, bearing the coat of arms of the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Holderness. In any case, when the men were issued with their new clothing in 1760 Holderness changed the facings to black, which they retained until 1881. The officers' lace was also changed from gold to silver in 1760. In 1781
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In response to the invasion threat the government had increased the available forces by forming fencible (home defence) regiments of horse and foot, and by encouraging the counties to add volunteer companies to their militia regiments, paid for by subscription. North Yorkshire set up a subscription
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were in session. That year two 6-pounder 'battalion guns' were attached to each militia regiment, and the North Yorks sent parties to Tynemouth for instruction in gunnery, suffering some casualties in a training accident. In December 1794 the regiment was rapidly marched in two divisions to Berwick
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in Richmond to accommodate the crowds for a race meeting. On 2 October the two battalions returned to Newcastle. By now the term of service of the early recruits was nearing expiry, and the lieutenancy considered ways to keep up numbers, including amalgamating the two battalions. However, peace was
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As described above, the uniform of the light companies of 1795 was green, with regimental black facings, while the rifle companies of 1804 wore true Rifle green with black facings, distinguished from the 95th Rifles only by their buttons. In 1810 the regiment requested green greatcoats for the two
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The annual training in 1854 ran from 2 to 29 June. The Crimean War having broken out, there was considerable recruitment from the militia into the regular army. The despatch of the expeditionary force denuded the forces in Britain, and the militia began to be called out for home defence. The North
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There was considerable opposition to the militia ballot and militia taxation, which broke out into rioting, with mobs attempting to destroy the magistrates' and parish constables' lists. Yorkshire was particularly affected, with a major riot in the Wapentake of Bulmer on 12 September 1757. The mob
968:, upon which he felt he could rely, unlike the locally commanded militia. The Yorkshire Militia horse and foot had been regularly mustered from 1678 until the end of 1685, but not again except in single troops and companies, and the muster rolls were out of date. With a new invasion threatened, by
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The militia order of precedence balloted for in 1793 (the North Riding was 33rd) remained in force throughout the French Revolutionary War. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the Napoleonic War, when the North Riding was 44th.This order continued until 1833. In that year the
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from December 1875. This assigned Regular and Militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The North York Militia was assigned to 1st Brigade of 3rd
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of permanent staff (about 30) and a number of the officers were former regulars. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army. The regiment struggled to recruit enough junior officers and privates to maintain its strength. The strength at annual training
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for a rest. The authorities had decided that the composite MI companies did not work well together, so they were distributed among their parent regiments. The two Green Howards sections were sent by rail to Machadorp, where they drew fresh horses and joined the MI Company of 1st Green Howards at
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The North Riding was given a quota of 608 men to raise in 1852, followed by a further 368 the following year, for a regimental establishment of 976. When the North York LI was reformed in 1852, some of the old officers were still wearing the green uniform of the rifle companies, others the light
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as Major. On 19 March 1797 a party of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and drummers from the North York Militia marched from Colchester to assist in drilling the new levies, and a year later a group of five sergeants, five corporals and 10 privates were sent to be NCOs in the 2nd North York, in
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when that regiment was formed in 1800. It appears that the choice of colour was simply because the green uniforms had already been ordered for the four proposed troops of fencible cavalry in the North Riding. However, these fencibles were never raised, part-time troops of yeomanry cavalry being
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commanded the Pickering Lythe regiment on its march north. But once again the trained men were outweighed by untrained, unpaid, unwilling substitutes, and there were widespread mutinies and disorders at York and elsewhere. Charles's generals were unwilling to commit this force to action on the
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After Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training. The permanent staff at Richmond comprised the adjutant, sergeant-major, 30 sergeants, 30 corporals and 14
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with the two rifle companies at Look Battery. On 12 July the militia were ordered to reduce the additional supplementary militia quota added in 1803, but the North Yorks had transferred so many men to the Regulars that only 4 men had to be discharged. With a strength of 1007 men under Lt-Col
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In an attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, the Government created the Supplementary Militia in 1796, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Militia in emergency. North Yorkshire's
2418:'s commandos, and took part in the capture of De la Rey's wagon convoy. In July 1901 word came of another convoy and the Yorkshire Company was the first to saddle up and seize the wagons. One man of the Green Howard details was killed near Taungs. From Taungs the company continued through
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as colonel of the Richmondshire battalion, but although Darcy helped to organise the regiments he had first held the colonelcy 50 years before and he died in December 1758. Many of the men enlisted were substitutes for balloted men, the officers of the company raised in Ryedale collecting
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two battalions each of nine companies, the Richmondshire on 3 July 1759, which was immediately embodied, and the Cleveland and Bulmer Battalion followed later in the year (though it was sometimes referred to as the 1st Battalion). The commissions of the two commanding officers (COs), Col
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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 re-established county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. An
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gradually rose to about 567 in 1872 and then stabilised. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war. They were first called out for duty for a few months in 1878 in response to the crisis over the
2484:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. However, the always-understrength 4th Green Howards did not transfer to the SR and was disbanded on 31 March 1908.
2038:, but the move did not come until January 1856, wooden huts having been erected in the barrack square to accommodate all the men. The regiment was reduced to a strength of 455 ORs in seven companies by the number of men volunteering for the regulars. After the war was ended by the
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was appointed Lord Lieutenant of all three Ridings of Yorkshire on 5 October 1688 and he immediately formed the eight independent troops of horse militia into a single regiment under his own command. Although the militia played almost no part in the overthrow of James II in the
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on 11 July, arriving on 8 August and remaining for nearly two years, camping at Foxall Heath and Lexden Heath in the summers of 1803 and 1804. In August 1803 the remainder of the supplementary militia was added to the regiment, raising its strength to 1157 in 12 companies; Maj
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For example, Sir William Pennyman raised a Royalist Regiment of Foot that was largely recruited from the Yorkshire TBs and led by men from Yorkshire and Durham, several of them previously Yorkshire TB officers. This was the senior foot regiment in the King's army and fought at
371:. For the Roxburgh Campaign in the winter of 1334–5 the three ridings of Yorkshire were ordered to send 1050 light horsemen and 5310 foot, but only a fraction of these arrived. Those of the North Riding were the last to join, but they were supplemented by a contingent from the
1064:, commissioned Thomas Worsley as Lt-Col of the Cleveland Regiment of Militia Foot, and the parishes did their best to supply the men and equipment. Although there was a Jacobite rising in Northumberland in October, the rebels did not threaten Yorkshire, instead moving towards
2442:. This company had been formed at the beginning of the war and had seen considerable service as part of 4th MI Battalion. The two sections remained with this company for the rest of the war, serving as part of Col C.W. Parks's column, the only column operating north of the
2287:. It embarked under the command of the newly promoted Lt-Col Bernard Harrison with a strength of 29 officers (all but eight seconded from other units) and 564 ORs (recruitment had continued during the disembodiment, and the age limit had been lowered to 19). It arrived at
728:) Charles's government attempted to form better regiments by combining TB contingents. The northern counties including Yorkshire were to provide the core of trained troops. It seems that in this campaign Pennyman's Langbaurgh regiment served to guard the crossings of the
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The plan had been for each two-battalion regular regiment to have two militia battalions associated with it, and the intention was to raise a second battalion for the North York Militia. However, the existing regiment, recruited mainly from the ironstone miners of the
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in March 1853. Most of the remaining officers and staff soon retired and were replaced by younger men. Most of the other ranks (ORs) were recruited by the captains of the 10 companies in their own districts. The first training was held between 12 May and 8 June 1853.
1640:, with the North Yorks trained as the brigade's light infantry. The Supplementary Militia had been disembodied in 1799, but was now re-embodied, a draft of 470 joining the North Yorks at Whitburn, the regiment forming 13 complete companies and one partially complete.
1548:, the 2nd North Yorks were still stationed at Hull in June 1799, but in common with the other supplementaries was disembodied soon afterwards. The disembodied men were encouraged to volunteer for the regulars, and the North Riding was expected to find 226 men for the
1339:, and the North York Militia was marched to Richmond, where it was disembodied on 12 March 1783. From 1784 to 1792 the militia were assembled for their 28 days' annual peacetime training, but to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually mustered each year.
1591:. While at Hull the regiment and detachments received similar orders to the 2nd North Yorks, to make themselves familiar with every road and footpath in the area. On 23 April 1798 the regiment marched (without its guns) to Scotland, camping at West Barn Links near
1155:, MP, of the Cleveland & Bulmer, were dated January 1759. Duncombe was a political opponent and had come under suspicion in 1745, but Holderness's friends did not think that he could be refused a commission. Holderness had originally re-appointed his uncle Sir
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of 1327, where the threat was so great that all men between 16 and 60 were called out in parts of Yorkshire. Levies from Yorkshire were summoned in October 1332 for defensive duties during the campaign by the Disinherited Scots, and again the following year for
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area, and Parks was reinforced and sent in an attempt to capture it. The column was attacked at Elandspruit on 24 December, when the Boers captured trenches overlooking the camp. There were numerous casualties and some 40 horses were shot in camp, but the
1367:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the part-time
528:. The North Riding supplied 227 of these, of whom 141 came from the wapentakes of Richmondshire. The deployment being outside their county, the men were issued with 'coat and conduct money' to supply them with a uniform coat and to pay for their journey.
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concluded with France on 3 November, and on 3 December the two battalions were marched back to North Yorkshire so the men could be discharged near to the parishes where they had been balloted. Thereafter the militia did 28 days' training each year.>
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broke out in 1775, and by 1778 Britain was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, while the bulk of the Regular Army was serving overseas. On 28 March the militia were ordered to be embodied on 21 April. This time the
835:. c. 6) under the control of the king's lords lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the New Model Army that had supported
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The Peace of Amiens was short-lived and on 11 March 1803 the militia was ordered to be re-embodied. The North York Militia assembled at Richmond on 18 March with about 800 men in 10 companies. On 19 May it moved to Sunderland, and then marched to
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and the chance of seeing action brought an influx of candidates for commissions. In December the Militia Reserve were called out, and by June 1900 185 reservists from the 4th Bn had been sent to South Africa, mostly to the 1st Bn, serving in the
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of the West York Militia and Col John Darcy of the Richmondshire Militia (who had earlier been conveniently 'unable to find' Lumley when ordered to detain him). The conspirators seized the main guard and gates of the city, detained the Governor,
2267:. The war appeared to be coming to an end, and militia battalions at home began to be disembodied. However, the Boers continued guerrilla warfare, and the 4th Bn remained embodied into 1901. In February the battalion provided volunteers for a
1272:, which was the army's largest training camp, where the Militia were exercised as part of a division alongside Regular troops while providing a reserve in case of French invasion of South East England. Colonel Milbanke resigned in October and
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on 1 June, where it was joined by a draft of 264 supplementary militiamen, bringing the strength of the 12 companies to 1146, still 133 short of establishment because of men volunteering to transfer to the Regulars (a whole company of the
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became colonel in 1846) but the permanent staff was progressively reduced, those sergeants who retired on a Chelsea pension not being replaced. In 1836 the arms (except those of the staff) were returned to the Ordnance Stores at Hull.
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and 1st Royal Lancashires. At the end of the camping season the regiment moved to Gosport, where the principal duty was escorting prisoners-of-war from Portsmouth to prisons around the country. The summer of 1806 was spent in camp on
2255:, when it was 444 strong after active recruiting to replace the reservists; it also had the home details of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bns attached to it. At Strensall 4th Green Howards were brigaded with three other militia battalions:
1412:. The mutiny having been quelled, the regiment remained in billets at Berwick until February 1795 when it marched through snow to the Sunderland area to join a division of regular and auxiliary troops on coast defence duties under
2344:, York. 4th Green Howards provided two officers and 31 ORs, together with 18 ORs from the attached depot details of the Green Howards, forming two sections of the company. The other two sections were formed from details of the
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New establishments were set for the disembodied militia in 1802, with the North Yorkshires' quota set at 911 in 10 companies, the light companies having been disbanded in 1801 at the end of the volunteers' 5-year enlistment.
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was signed the following March and the regiment was marched back to the North Riding, where it was disembodied by Lt-Col Dundas on 23 April 1802. The arms and accoutrements of the regiment were stored at Scarborough Castle.
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the deputy lieutenants of the North Riding used individual militia companies to hunt for the 'principal actors' and 'suspicious persons'. Despite these exertions, two of the conspirators made their escape from Scarborough.
1176:. Rioting against the militia ballot broke out in various towns in Northumberland in February 1761. On 7 March Col Duncombe sent two companies from each battalion of the North York Militia under Maj Christopher Crowe to
2316:, arriving at Southampton on 24 September. It went by train to Richmond where it was disembodied. During its short active service the battalion had lost six men killed or died of disease. The participants received the
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. In 1638 the Yorkshire TBs were the largest in the country, mustering 12,241 foot together with 365
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was leased to become the depot for the regiment, with new quarters built for the permanent staff who had previously been accommodated in Temple Square in the town. One of the new captains appointed in 1852 had been
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After the Boer War, the future of the militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the
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in June. But at first the only officer appointed was an adjutant for the North York unit. On 1 December it was announced that the two corps would be amalgamated on 1 January 1861. The new unit was designated the
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The Richmondshire Battalion marched to Newcastle on 2 August, where it was later joined by the Cleveland & Bulmer. They remained in the North-East for several years, alternating quarters between Newcastle,
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regiments of the riding served in home defence and internal security in all of Britain's major wars. It was one of the first British units to include specialist riflemen. The regiment became a battalion of the
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then marched on Newcastle, but Lord Fauconberg marched out at the head of a party of the North Yorkshire Militia and the sailors dispersed. In November the regiment was engaged in fire-fighting in Newcastle
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On 1 December the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding, now Earl Fauconberg, was instructed to call out the trained part of the North York Militia. The regiment was embodied on 20 December 1792, even before
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formed a 500-strong body of armed citizens to mount guard. A lieutenancy meeting at Thirsk on 20 September was called off and the North Riding remained disturbed for some time, particularly around Whitby.
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with volunteers from the North York Militia (leading to a legend that the North York Militia had served there). Equipped with militia arms and horses, the company marched out of York on 16 December 1688.
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The regiment was ordered to march from Richmond to Newcastle and Gateshead, but the men were not paid their 'marching money'. The following morning, when the first 'division' (half-battalion) paraded at
2226:) rather than the men being billeted. In 1888 the battalion trained as part of a brigade at Strensall; several staff sergeants died as a result of bronchial infections contracted in the wet conditions
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and Northumberland Militia. The flank (grenadier and light) companies from each regiment were formed into composite Grenadier and Light battalions. Several companies of each regiment were stationed at
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In the 16th Century little distinction was made between the militia and the troops levied by the counties for overseas expeditions. Between 1589 and 1601 Yorkshire supplied 1810 levies for service in
343:'s army of 1300 the ridings of Yorkshire were ordered to supply 5000 men, but they were over 2000 short and very irregularly arrayed, some 2900 gathering at Carlisle and then taking part in the short
705:
On 1 April the King ordered Pennyman and his regiment to march to reinforce Berwick, which was threatened by the Scots. The rest of the force at York marched north piecemeal until it concentrated at
5511:
2113:
were transferred from the command of the lord lieutenant and affiliated to the new county regiment in a 'sub-district' with a shared depot. Sub-District No 4 (North Riding of Yorkshire) comprised:
1612:, where the regiment moved in June 1799. In the spring of 1800 there were serious riots in the Edinburgh area, and a 120-strong detachment of the North Yorks had to march down from the castle to
1328:
for the camping season and then in November went into winter quarters in nearby Sunderland. On 13 February 1783 it was called out to aid the civil powers in suppressing an anti-pressgang riot by
6152:
2785:
officers' pouch-belt plate from 1855 to 1881 had the white rose within a crowned wreath, the crown resting on a label inscribed 'NORTH YORK' and a label beneath the rose inscribed 'RIFLES'.
1492:, ready to march at short notice. Earl Fauconberg resigned the command on grounds of ill-health in 1797 and Lord Dundas was appointed colonel, Maj Lawrence Dundas being promoted to Lt-Col.
1892:
From Brighton the regiment moved to Nottingham on 27 April 1812, and then to Norman Cross Barracks, where it stayed from May to November. The prisoners at Norman Cross made extra money by
1060:
the lieutenancies of the northern shires were ordered on 16 September to prepare their militia, which meant quickly finding new officers and men. The Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding,
6147:
1885:
approved the proposal to train the whole regiment (not just the light and rifle companies) as light infantry. The change was made gradually but by 1814 the regiment became known as the
1384:
The ban on militia regiments recruiting by 'beat of drum' outside their own counties had also been lifted, and the North Yorkshires found that they could raise men easily in Newcastle.
5644:
1018:. A national muster of the militia was called in 1697. There were now eight foot regiments in Yorkshire, of which three (together with three troops of horse) were in the North Riding:
593:
Ralph Bosvile was appointed muster-master to oversee the training of the Yorkshire TBs. As the threat of invasion increased Huntingdon was ordered to raise 12,000 men in Yorkshire and
1540:, east of Hull, instructed to familiarise themselves thoroughly with the local country and be ready to march at short notice if there was an invasion. Sentries at Hull and along the
597:, 3000 for coast defence, 6000 for the rest of the area, and 3000 as a mobile reserve. He reported that he had only 400 horse, but 6000 good foot and 2000 hardly inferior. When the
1014:, became colonel of the Richmondshire Regiment. In 1689 and 1690 the militia were alerted in case of French invasion, but the situation remained quiet during the remainder of the
1451:
Whitley Camp broke up on 20 October 1795 and the North York Militia went to Tynemouth Barracks and North Shields. At the end of April 1796 it began a march in three divisions to
5276:
2545:
Following the 1852 Militia Act colonels were no longer appointed to the militia and the lieutenant-colonel became the commanding officer (CO); at the same time, the position of
1363:
saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
793:
Once Parliament had established full control it passed new Militia Acts in 1648 and 1650 that replaced lords lieutenant with county commissioners appointed by Parliament or the
2251:. A few served with 3rd (5th West York Militia) Bn, which had been embodied in December and volunteered for active service. 4th Battalion was not embodied until 5 May 1900, at
775:. But in 1643 Sir Hugh changed sides and thereafter held Scarborough for the King. It is probable that men of the Pickering Lythe TB Regiment served in the garrison. After the
771:
The Cholmley brothers supported Parliament, Sir Henry raising a regiment of foot that fought at Edgehill and Sir Hugh commanding regiments of horse and foot in the garrison of
1238:
was embodied as a single regiment of 10 companies (including a Grenadier Company) under the command of Sir Ralph Milbanke. On 1 May 1778 the regiment was sent to quarters at
1637:
1633:
893:(a new position since the Restoration), had been ordered in June to call out all his horse and foot to defend the coast, and when news of the rids arrived he deployed three
1528:
In May 1797 the North York Supplementaries were part of a brigade in East Yorkshire that also included the three regiments of West Yorkshire Supplementaries as well as the
1123:
1111:
terrorised the magistrates and seized the lists, then moved on to York to prevent the meeting of the lieutenants, destroying the inn where they were to meet. Afterwards
1809:
could not be filled voluntarily the militia ballot was employed. The quota was six times that of the regular militia, so six regiments were formed in the North Riding:
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helmets and 'splents' (arm guards). Threatened by a French invasion in 1539, Henry held a muster of the whole country, with the following results in the North Riding:
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5459:
4439:
1900:. It now prepared for service in Ireland by marching from 2 July to 7 August to reach Glasgow. On 13 September it continued its march to the embarkation port of
1628:. In November it marched back to Newcastle and Gateshead for the winter, the heavy baggage going by sea. At the end of July 1801 the regiment joined a camp at
2700:
2218:
in 1882 meant that a number of militia battalions, including the 4th Green Howards, were trained for 56 rather than 28 days, part of which was carried out at
4512:
1608:
had to be placed and the sentries doubled, issued with live ammunition. The regiment also had to provide escorts for French prisoners of war on their way to
3796:
628:
ordered 'none of her trayned-bands to be pressed'. Replacing the weapons issued to the levies from the militia armouries was a heavy cost on the counties.
1193:, one of the first awarded to a militiaman. (The militia contributed 5 per cent of their pay towards the cost of the hospital, the same as the Regulars).
605:
of the Bulmer and Ryedale companies (300 men) were alerted to have their bands in readiness. The threat disappeared with the defeat of the Armada at sea.
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981:
of 1688, one of the exceptions was the Yorkshire Militia. After William's landing in the West Country on 5 November, two of his leading supporters, the
4040:
3409:
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near York, which was being developed as a tactical training ground. From now on the battalion training was routinely carried out at tented camp (often
1784:
Barracks in October. In March 1810 it marched back to Chatham, and then moved to the Tower of London, where it was deployed on 10 April to protect the
304:
of 1285. Now Commissioners of Array would levy the required number of men from each shire. The usual shire contingent was 1000 infantry commanded by a
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1660:
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Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine)
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During the summer of 1794 the regiment was temporarily sent out to quarters around Morpeth, Chester-le-Street, Blyth and Seaton while the Newcastle
3420:
1023:
890:
2308:. Peace was declared on 31 May and the battalion dismantled the blockhouses and moved to Devondale. On 6 July it was joined by the MI detachment (
1841:, commanded by Lt-Col Cmdt John Fothergill, formerly Maj of the Pickering Lythe Volunteers, commissioned 28 February 1809, followed apparently by
1817:, Col Marwood Turner van Straubenzee, formerly Col of the Loyal Dales Volunteers and Lt-Col 2nd North York Militia, commissioned 22 November 1808
1579:
at Hull. However, the barracks were too small for the whole regiment, so seven companies were stationed there with some of the men in billets in
573:
training and equipping the militia became a priority. In 1584–85 the JPs of the North Riding were planning to equip and train 1000 men, 250 with
3431:
1616:
to help disperse the mob. The regiment also foiled a breakout attempt by French prisoners in the castle. In June 1800 the regiment was moved to
1520:
the new regiment was commanded by Col Robert Crowe, former Lt-Col of the North York Militia (in 1787) with Turner Straubenzee as his Lt-Col and
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1143:
331:
kings' campaigns in Wales, but its men were regularly summoned for expeditions to Scotland. For instance, Yorkshire levies were in the army at
5486:
3992:
1758:
There was constant encouragement to the militia to volunteer for the Regulars. While the North Yorks were at Deal so many volunteered for the
5784:
3442:
1276:
was commissioned to succeed him on 18 November 1779. The camp broke up in November and the regiment was distributed across villages in west
6157:
2538:
1965:
709:
and then moved up to camp at Birkhill west of Berwick on 30 May. The force was poorly trained and supplied; when a superior force of Scots
17:
6016:
5690:
1831:, Lt-Col Cmdt Hon Lawrence Dundas, formerly Lt-Col Cmdt Cleveland Volunteers and Lt-Col North York Militia commissioned 24 September 1808
1767:
1440:
905:, and Sir Thomas Slingsby's at Scarborough. After six weeks' paid service the men were stood down in anticipation of the signing of the
3223:
2433:
In about September 1901 Capt Norman was invalided home and the company, leaving its horses at Klerksdorp, was sent to the MI Depot at
1878:
5705:
6047:
5899:
1500:
1076:– though a volunteer regiments was raised and served without pay – and fell into abeyance like the rest of the militia in England.
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590:
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and given a prison sentence, but the War Office accepted the legal argument and many of the men had to be discharged. During 1855
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3631:
3557:
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The 1852 reforms had established militia artillery units for the first time. Two new corps of militia artillery were planned for
1690:
were issued to the North York Militia to form two additional companies. Unlike the previous light companies, these wore the true
1448:). Recruiting parties for the light militia companies were sent out on 1 August 1795 and they were completed on 12 January 1796.
1352:
declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. Fauconberg was still colonel of the regiment, but it was usually commanded by Lt-Col
4523:
1877:
a sergeant-instructor; the acting CO of the North Yorks replied that the regiment had done so several years before. In 1812 the
909:
on 31 July. By the 1670s there were complaints that the North Riding militia had not met for two, three or four years at a time
391:
the Scots were again harrying Northern England, and the men of the North Riding were arrayed three times between 1377 and 1380.
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The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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drove the Boers out with the bayonet. The company ended the war participating in 'drives' in Northern Transvaal under Maj-Gen
1221:
6082:
5990:
3535:
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2663:
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2259:, 3rd West York and 3rd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. After a summer of training the 4th Bn was moved in October into
855:
5665:
2336:
141, half-companies of 70, or sections of 35. One such company was formed in the North-Eastern District, attached to 4th Bn
1559:
the North York Militia at Colchester sent parties to watch the roads to catch deserters. In October the regiment marched to
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This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France
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839:'s military dictatorship, and almost the whole burden of home defence and internal security was entrusted to the militia.
477:: 455 archers horsed and harnessed, 326 billmen; 286 archers without horse or harness, 377 billmen, 7 spearmen; total 1451
421:, recording the names of the men from each township and the 'harness' each man possessed, such as 'jacks' (padded coats),
5412:
A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
5393:, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9.
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2517:
2384:
2252:
2234:
In 1899, the 4th Bn only had eight officers – a colonel, a major, five captains (one seconded from another unit) and one
1770:
1391:. Lieutenant–Col Dundas was in command of all the troops quartered in Newcastle, and he sent a detachment of the regular
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1249:
1107:
when the county had secured 60 per cent of its quota of recruits. The North Riding was given a quota of 720 men to fill.
733:
195:
620:. However, the counties usually conscripted the unemployed and criminals rather than the Trained Bandsmen – in 1585 the
5578:
5504:
5434:
2596:
1600:
at Sunderland Barracks was composed of North York Militiamen). The regiment left the camp on 3 October and wintered in
1427:
1112:
867:
613:
2367:
After a short riding course at Fulford, the company left York for embarkation to South Africa on 29 March, landing at
1455:
in Essex, but its arrival was delayed until 22 June while elections were held in Colchester. It was brigaded with the
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5568:
2712:
2706:
2645:
1038:
982:
780:
677:
570:
191:
161:
3389:
2546:
6052:
5588:
4462:
3395:
2567:
2097:) with its headquarters at Scarborough. The North York Rifles transferred one captain and 256 ORs to the new unit.
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In August 1855 the North York Rifles were given preparatory orders to move from billets in Richmond to barracks at
2020:
1955:. The regiment finally returned with a strength of 1029 men to Richmond, where it was disembodied in January 1816.
1882:
1821:
990:
847:
2900:
or Richmondshire was a feudal barony within the North Riding, comprising the wapentakes of Gilling East and West,
2756:
on the red coats of the two regiments reformed in 1759 were green or blue. The latter is more likely, because the
1103:
were to be provided to each regiment from the Regular Army, and arms and accoutrements would be supplied from the
6142:
5639:
5414:, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
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In 1791 Lt-Col Dundas purchased new shoulder-belt plates for the officers: these were silver ovals bearing the
2709:(as Marquess of Carmarthen) commanded a company as a captain in 1796, later Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding
1927:
was signed in May and by June the regiment had received its preparatory orders for disembodiment. However, the
1424:
671:
2375:
where they were issued with their horses and joined the 21st Mounted Infantry Battalion in a column under Col
1387:
On 20 February 1793, shortly after the regiment arrived in Newcastle, there was a strike among coal miners at
495:: 389 archers horsed and harnessed, 313 billmen; 753 archers and billmen without horse or harness; total 1455.
6026:
5884:
5680:
2317:
2109:, regular infantry battalions were linked to particular counties or localities, while the county Militia and
1834:
4th North York Local Militia: York and Thirsk, Lt-Col Cmdt William Serjeantson, commissioned 28 February 1809
995:
484:: 180 archers horsed and harnessed, 111 billmen ditto; 360 archers not horsed or harnessed, 366 billmen ditto
5148:
2279:
by train to Fulford Barracks for re-clothing and a short musketry course. On 10 March the battalion went to
1852:, Lt-Col Cmdt Isaac Leatham, commissioned 28 February 1809, Lt-Col Cmdt Thomas Mitchelson from 12 April 1815
1186:
6072:
5779:
5710:
5371:
2357:
2353:
1838:
609:
582:
2194:
joined as the 3rd Battalion, while the North York Militia became the 4th, no longer uniformed as Rifles:
6132:
6127:
5608:
2877:
2511:
2443:
2155:
2094:
2067:
1152:
1050:
602:
5809:
5553:
5212:
4456:
2469:
2376:
1556:
1288:, due to arrive on 9 June. It was apparently one of the militia regiments ordered to London during the
1230:
1196:
The two battalions spent the summer of 1761 and 1762 in Yorkshire, being quartered at various times at
1160:
subscriptions from those liable to the ballot in order to pay the bounties promised to the volunteers.
1096:
1003:
714:
481:
2765:) instead of the cocked hat, perhaps an early indication of light infantry character in the regiment.
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5598:
5583:
5469:
3384:
2651:
1912:
1388:
1360:
999:
925:
467:
219:
5634:
1034:
Bulmer Regiment: 276 men in 5 companies formerly commanded by the late Col Sir Bartholomew Bouchier
350:
The shire levies of Yorkshire would have been among those called out to defend against the Scottish
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5685:
5593:
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4451:
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2681:
2446:. In December news arrived that the fugitive Transvaal Government had crossed the railway into the
2407:
2337:
2312:) and on 28 August started out by train for Cape Town. On 6 September it embarked on the mail ship
1752:
1413:
1069:
917:
882:
794:
718:
664:
621:
405:
enforced the statutes, and in 1535 the commissioners took a muster of the men of the wapentakes of
231:
105:
76:
459:
ditto, 8 spearmen ditto; 242 archers neither horsed nor harness, 478 billmen ditto; total 1380 men
6097:
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5904:
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5558:
5527:
2862:
2349:
2345:
2024:
1849:
1629:
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1368:
1304:
outside Gosport until the end of October, when it was distributed by companies in billets across
1085:
1073:
1057:
798:
786:
Colonel John Scrope and members of the Darcy family, with a party of the Richmondshire TBs, held
753:
364:
4954:
4943:
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3388:
1943:
in 1815 led to a renewal of hostilities with France. The North York LI remained in. Ireland, at
652:
In November 1638, the King's relationship with Scotland moved towards outright hostilities (the
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2039:
1924:
1419:. The North York Militia was brigaded with the 37th Foot and the Royal Lancashire Fencibles at
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1190:
969:
921:
906:
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725:
631:
With the passing of the threat of invasion, the TBs declined in the early 17th Century. Later,
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293:
285:
5339:
Jonathan Oates, 'Civil Defence in North-East England during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715',
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in 1644 Scarborough was the last important Royalist garrison and seaport in Yorkshire. It was
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5742:
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2260:
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to return to Gravesend and march to Chatham Barracks. On 17 May 1811 the regiment marched to
1777:
1744:
1392:
1349:
1253:
874:
824:
749:
732:. Sir Hugh Cholmley had been dismissed from his county appointments in 1639, but his brother
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601:
threatened to land the Duke of Parma's army on the coast of England, the captains, including
388:
360:
344:
301:
5026:
1773:
were granted commissions in that regiment, going on to distinguished careers in the Rifles.
790:, which was intermittently under siege from July 1643 until its surrender in November 1645.
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5814:
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5407:, Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X.
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2295:(a few shots being fired at the trains), arriving on 4 April. Its task was to garrison the
2248:
2235:
1792:. The disorder was soon over and on 24 April the regiment embarked on transport vessels at
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1715:
1572:
1564:
1545:
1489:
1485:
632:
617:
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Historical Record of the Royal Sherwood Foresters; or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia
2508:, Richmondshire Battalion, January 1759, then combined regiment from 1778 to October 1779
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with clasps for 'Cape Colony' and 'South Africa 1902', and the battalion was granted the
2244:
2223:
1728:
1560:
1452:
1091:
978:
953:
706:
520:
After Henry's death in 1547, the county and city of York were ordered to send 600 men to
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340:
5243:
5234:
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5216:
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infantry uniform. At the request of the Duke of Leeds the regiment was redesignated the
1575:
guarding against the numerous escape attempts. On 30 December the regiment moved to the
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The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660–1802
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761:
372:
351:
332:
62:
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Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia, or Third West York Light Infantry
2042:
in March 1856, the regiment returned to Richmond and was disembodied on 17 June 1856.
1480:, first commissioned as a captain in 1789 and promoted in 1795. On 28 December 1796 a
1180:. Next day a crowd of several thousand gathered in the town. The magistrates read the
335:
early in 1298, but a fresh levy later in the year apparently arrived too late for the
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818:
695:
555:
488:
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273:
2121:, the 'Princess of Wales's Own' from1875, but generally known as the 'Green Howards'
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W.Y. Carman, 'The Richmond Forresters Yeomanry and the North York Militia, 1820',
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2219:
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2146:
2106:
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2028:
1978:
1740:
1710:
1644:
1609:
1464:
1011:
828:
802:
463:
223:
1915:, arriving on 23 September. It was stationed there until 14 December, and then at
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2728:
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2481:
2477:
2423:
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1702:
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1617:
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The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (
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252:
240:
174:
143:
2476:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping
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5944:
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In October news reached Whitburn that peace preliminaries had been agreed. The
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1309:
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913:
851:
806:
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Control of the TBs was one of the main points of dispute between Charles I and
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699:
598:
525:
474:
470:: 248 archers, 140 billmen, 412 able men (archers and billmen) without harness
387:
and 247 foot archers, serving from 25 June to 27 August. Early in the reign of
89:
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H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
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Philip J. Haythornthwaite, 'Rifle Companies of the North York Militia, 1814',
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1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'
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was formed from the North York Militia, the Warwick Fencible Cavalry and the
1364:
1325:
1305:
1156:
961:
787:
594:
563:
506:
456:
445:
410:
289:
236:
166:
133:
35:
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2672:, commissioned as a sub-lieutenant 1876, gained a regular commission in the
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1st Administrative Battalion, North Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps at Richmond
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Sir Hugh Cholmley's Horse at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Sir Henry Cholmley's Foot at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Sir Hugh Cholmley's Foot at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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2nd Administrative Battalion, North Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps at Malton
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on 14 November. Training included winter route marches on the moors round
375:. For the summer campaign of 1335 the North Riding contingent comprised 3
284:, formed a large part of the army that defeated the invading Scots at the
5362:
3921:
2459:. After the war, the MI sections rejoined 4th Bn at Devondale on 6 July.
2447:
2399:
2395:
2280:
1928:
1901:
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1763:
1759:
1748:
1691:
1687:
1544:
were doubled. Although the threat to the East Coast diminished after the
1420:
902:
797:. At the same time the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear. Under the
710:
681:
625:
492:
316:. The able-bodied men were equipped by their parishes and arrayed by the
170:
5424:
5380:
5294:
5285:
5181:
5172:
5156:
5099:
5049:
4543:
4258:
4238:
4224:
4132:
2190:
militia battalion, the 5th West Yorkshire Militia recruited from around
912:
Colonel Conyers Darcy of the Richmondshire Regiment was elevated to the
842:
The North York Militia regiments of foot were now commanded as follows:
5425:
J.R. Western, 'The County Fencibles and Militia Augmentation of 1794',
5338:
3660:
3294:
Strickland's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2793:
button worn on the rifle companies' uniform prior to1855 had a crowned
2781:
2419:
2372:
1908:
1785:
1736:
1621:
1580:
1472:
1405:
1380:
1329:
1317:
1301:
1173:
1065:
945:
729:
637:
402:
5182:
Brig T.F.J. Collins, 'Two Early Portraits of the North York Militia',
4041:
North York Militia at Regiments.org (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2379:. The company spent the next six months continuously 'on trek' in the
1714:
Frankland the regiment formed part of a militia brigade including the
783:
from February until 25 July 1645, when Cholmley surrendered on terms.
398:
Wapentakes of Yorkshire: the North Riding is shown in shades of green.
5144:
3269:
Pennyman's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2909:
2905:
2901:
2794:
2732:
2673:
2577:
2557:
Lieutenant-Colonels of the regiment from1852 included the following:
2439:
2288:
2264:
2073:
1828:
1597:
1549:
1537:
1529:
1460:
1456:
1285:
1265:
1165:
1142:, was in a difficult position: he had voted against the Acts, but as
932:
in 1683, Fauconberg's Troop was marched to the vicinity of London at
805:
the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the
438:
434:
406:
321:
5312:
The Militia Artillery 1852–1909 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2165:
1872:
In 1811 an Act was passed to permit interchange between British and
1859:
462:
On Bagby Moor, from the wapentake of Birdforth and the liberties of
5206:
The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640
2584:
2434:
2391:
2300:
2035:
1948:
1936:
1797:
1706:
1698:
1592:
1372:
1261:
1205:
1181:
1100:
937:
897:
of Militia Horse along the coast: Viscount Fauconberg's at Whitby,
740:
border. The campaign was as much a failure as the previous year's.
624:
had ordered the impressment of able-bodied unemployed men, and the
115:
5262:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
5208:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-34520-0.
5451:
5307:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-03894-0.
5255:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
3364:
Pennyman's Foot at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2573:
Robert Colling, ensign 1808, capt 1808, lt-col 1855; retired 1855
2427:
2403:
2292:
2159:
1944:
1897:
1674:
1625:
1601:
1409:
1400:
1281:
1072:. The Yorkshire Militia seems to have played no part against the
933:
641:
578:
574:
521:
513:
269:
2632:
Col Robert George Hopkinson, former CO, appointed 29 August 1891
2590:
Charles Sidney Bradley, promoted 1883, resigned 14 October 1885
2177:
2105:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
1056:
The militia were rarely mustered thereafter. In response to the
1022:
Richmondshire Regiment: 323 men in 7 companies commanded by Col
916:
in 1680 and the following year passed the colonelcy to his son,
5305:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
5279:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
3443:
Scrope's Foot at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
3224:
Yorkshire TBs at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2790:
1916:
1541:
1316:. On 26 October it began a move back to Yorkshire, arriving at
1209:
1201:
1177:
941:
765:
502:
422:
418:
6153:
Military units and formations in the North Riding of Yorkshire
5472:
British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660
3020:
Nicholson, pp. 16–24, 94-5, 130–1, 179–80, 184–5, Appendix VI.
1813:
1st North York Local Militia: over 1200 men from Richmond and
2770:
1988:
2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'
1920:
1613:
1588:
1313:
1280:
for winter quarters. On 25 May 1780 the regiment was sent to
1260:
During the summer of 1779 the North Yorkshire Militia was at
1239:
894:
414:
265:
2839:
awarded for its overseas service in In the Second Boer War:
1505:
Supplementary-Militia, turning-out for Twenty Days Amusement
1028:
Cleveland Regiment: 303 men in 6 companies commanded by Col
5359:, London: Methuen, 1924/Greenhill 1991, ISBN 1-85367-100-2.
2529:
Robert Crowe, 2nd North York, commissioned 22 February 1797
1940:
1277:
1269:
964:
disregarded the militia and concentrated on expanding the
873:
The militia were frequently called out during the reign of
430:
308:, divided into companies of 100 commanded by constables or
260:
6148:
Military units and formations in Richmond, North Yorkshire
2621:
The following served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:
1820:
2nd North York Local Militia: Richmond, Lt-Col Commandant
1709:
for a projected invasion, the regiment moved into camp at
5157:
W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
1335:
A few days later the war was ended by the agreement of a
1332:
sailors. The militia patrolled the streets for two days.
2201:
3rd (5th West York Militia) Battalion, later at Richmond
1664:
Uniform of the North York Militia rifle companies, from
272:. The universal obligation to serve continued under the
5314:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1987, ISBN 0-9508205-1-2.
327:
Yorkshire was rarely called upon to supply men for the
5150:
The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902
3797:'North Yorkshire Militia 1759–1820' at School of Mars.
2797:, with a spray of leaves beneath and the title above.
2422:, arriving from Krugersdorp just too late to help Col
1739:. In February 1808 it moved to Pleyden Barracks, near
516:
Wapentake: 267 men with horse and harness, 911 without
2330:
2119:
19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot
1977:
The Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the
1604:. The town was very disturbed at the time, and night
1525:
exchange for efficient men from the supplementaries.
659:
Four regiments were assembled from the North Riding:
4513:'Local Militia – North Yorkshire' at School of Mars.
2806:
each year. For the North Riding the positions were:
2603:, appointed 6 October 1891, retired 10 November 1896
264:, the military force raised from the freemen of the
5474:– The BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine)
5427:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5383:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5365:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5341:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5297:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5288:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5184:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5175:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
5159:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
4220:
4218:
4216:
4214:
2593:Robert George Hopkinson, promoted 14 November 1885
5295:Brig Charles Herbert, 'Coxheath Camp, 1778–1779',
2735:, major from 1797, promoted to lt-col 1803, later
2629:, former CO, appointed 17 December 1873, died 1891
2606:James Wilson Richardson, promoted 18 November 1896
2520:, appointed 18 November 1779, resigned 25 May 1797
2371:. The men went by train to Elandsfontein, then to
2360:, and it was commanded by Capt A.O. Norman of the
2145:district, was always understrength. Following the
2100:
2045:The North York Rifles was not embodied during the
1068:where they were defeated by Regular forces at the
5194:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
2641:Other notable officers of the regiment included:
2166:4th (North York Militia) Battalion, Green Howards
1256:, shown in the uniform of the North York Militia.
1208:. In September 1762 they were moved out of their
1134:, shown in the uniform of the North York Militia.
6119:
5735:
5391:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
4652:
4211:
2761:the officers wore 'helmets' (presumably the new
2570:, capt 1852, maj 1853, lt-col 1854 resigned 1855
2541:, commissioned 11 February 1846, died 4 May 1859
2514:, Cleveland & Bulmer Battalion, January 1759
2158:in Scotland. The brigade would have mustered at
827:, the English Militia was re-established by the
566:, (TBs) who were mustered for regular training.
546:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour (
218:, was an auxiliary military force raised in the
5328:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (1968 reprint).
5152:, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 7 Vols 1900–09.
3326:Henry Cholmley at History of Parliament Online.
1788:during the disturbances over the arrest of Sir
1694:uniform, and had buglers rather than drummers.
1216:
292:in 1138. The levies were reorganised under the
5353:A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages
3960:
3958:
3283:Hugh Cholmley at History of Parliament Online.
2204:4th (North York Militia) Battalion at Richmond
2061:
1991:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'
1827:3rd North York Local Militia: Guisborough and
1632:near Sunderland, brigaded with the Durham and
1408:on their way to deal with a serious mutiny at
1144:Secretary of State for the Northern Department
1049:Richmondshire Troop: 62 men commanded by Capt
1043:Cleveland Troop: 57 men commanded by Capt Sir
5526:
5512:
5400:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7.
5260:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
5253:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
5199:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
5013:
5011:
5009:
5007:
4919:
4917:
4915:
4887:
4885:
4883:
4881:
4879:
4877:
4875:
4743:
4741:
4739:
4737:
4718:
4716:
4714:
4712:
4710:
4700:
4698:
4670:
4668:
4666:
4664:
4612:
4610:
4608:
4553:
4551:
3988:
3986:
3984:
3982:
3980:
3978:
3976:
3974:
3972:
3970:
3956:
3954:
3952:
3950:
3948:
3946:
3944:
3942:
3940:
3938:
3867:
3865:
3863:
3861:
3859:
3857:
3855:
3732:
3730:
3728:
3726:
3196:Cruickshank, pp. 25–7, 61–2, 126; Appendix 3.
2149:a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
2136:No 4 Brigade Depot – to be formed at Richmond
1935:, and the regiment remained in service. Then
1919:until 30 March 1814, after which it moved to
948:. Yorkshire was not directly involved in the
5439:Edgehill 1642: The Campaign & The Battle
5186:, Vol 41, No 168 (December 1963), pp. 215–6.
5169:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967.
5118:
5116:
4986:
4524:Osbaldeston at History of Parliament Online.
4426:
4424:
4396:
4394:
4392:
4390:
4296:
4294:
4292:
4290:
4288:
4286:
4284:
4274:
4272:
4270:
4234:
4232:
4173:
4171:
4169:
4167:
3853:
3851:
3849:
3847:
3845:
3843:
3841:
3839:
3837:
3835:
3321:
3319:
2742:
2526:, promoted 25 May 1797, retired 14 June 1820
1867:
1766:that Capt Strode of the rifle companies and
1747:for the summer, providing guards aboard the
550:c. 2). The county militia was now under the
498:Within the Liberty of Allertonshire: 342 men
312:, and subdivided into sections of 20 led by
5421:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
5367:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
5299:, Vol 45, No 183 (Autumn 1967), pp. 129–48.
4101:
4099:
4097:
3598:
3596:
3558:Strickland at History of Parliament Online.
3278:
3276:
3255:
3253:
3251:
3249:
2721:(as Earl of Mulgrave) formerly lieutenant,
2701:Sir John Lawson, 2nd Baronet of Brough Hall
1803:
1342:
1090:Under threat of French invasion during the
764:in 1642, later forming part of the army at
724:When hostilities were renewed in 1640 (the
531:
5519:
5505:
5343:, Vol 80, No 322 (Summer 2002), pp, 86–97.
5290:, Vol 60, No 242 (Summer 1982), pp. 125–6.
5271:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
5220:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
5095:
5093:
5004:
4912:
4872:
4734:
4707:
4695:
4661:
4645:
4643:
4605:
4598:
4596:
4594:
4592:
4590:
4548:
4539:
4537:
4535:
4533:
4531:
4450:
4330:
4328:
3967:
3935:
3723:
3632:Goodricke at History of Parliament Online.
3525:Stapleton at History of Parliament Online.
2747:
2652:Sir Thomas Clifford–Constable, 2nd Baronet
1856:The Local Militia were disbanded in 1816.
5177:, Vol 61, No 246 (Summer 1983), pp. 63–6.
5113:
4777:
4775:
4773:
4421:
4387:
4281:
4267:
4243:
4229:
4164:
4036:
4034:
4032:
4030:
4028:
4026:
4024:
4022:
4020:
3917:
3915:
3913:
3911:
3909:
3907:
3905:
3903:
3901:
3899:
3832:
3547:Crosland at History of Parliament Online.
3316:
2715:(as Marquess of Carmarthen), captain 1852
2636:
2612:John Charles Rivis, promoted 9 April 1904
2609:Bernard Gauntlett Harrison, promoted 1902
2587:, promoted 10 December 1873, retired 1883
2539:Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds
2480:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1735:, then in December the regiment moved to
1583:, four companies went to the barracks in
1138:The Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding,
53:
5429:, Vol 34, No 137 (March 1956), pp. 3–11.
5335:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965.
5161:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
5043:
4771:
4769:
4767:
4765:
4763:
4761:
4759:
4757:
4755:
4753:
4630:
4628:
4626:
4624:
4622:
4094:
4018:
4016:
4014:
4012:
4010:
4008:
4006:
4004:
4002:
4000:
3792:
3790:
3788:
3786:
3784:
3782:
3780:
3778:
3776:
3774:
3772:
3770:
3768:
3766:
3593:
3273:
3246:
2835:The battalion colour bore the following
2583:Charles Henry Dowker, formerly captain,
2176:
1858:
1659:
1499:
1495:
1244:
1220:
1122:
455:: 357 archers horsed and harnessed, 295
393:
5090:
4640:
4587:
4528:
4325:
3932:Turton, pp. 40–2, Appendices J & K.
3764:
3762:
3760:
3758:
3756:
3754:
3752:
3750:
3748:
3746:
3187:Turton, pp. 9–12; Appendices D & E.
3084:
3082:
3080:
3078:
3076:
3074:
3072:
3070:
3068:
3066:
3064:
2719:George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
2664:Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, 4th Baronet
1522:Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, 4th Baronet
1444:formed instead (the forerunners of the
1308:. From 1 June 1781 the regiment was at
1037:Bulmer Troop: 56 men commanded by Capt
1024:Sir Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Baronet
989:seized York. They were aided by Lt-Col
577:(armour, signifying pikemen), 400 with
14:
6120:
5281:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
3896:
3603:Darcy at History of Parliament Online.
3536:Darcy at History of Parliament Online.
3115:Cruickshank, pp. 17, 24–5, 112, 130–4.
3062:
3060:
3058:
3056:
3054:
3052:
3050:
3048:
3046:
3044:
2737:Lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man
2725:, commissioned as major 18 August 1846
2580:, appointed 1855, became CO 4 May 1859
2552:
2291:on 1 April 1902 and moved by train to
2210:2nd Volunteer Battalion at Scarborough
2170:Not to be confused with 4th Battalion
974:Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle
812:
448:in the wapentake of Hallikeld: 322 men
5500:
5385:, Vol 19, No 73 (Spring 1940), p. 49.
5381:G.O. Rickword, 'North York Militia',
4750:
4619:
3997:
3383:
2625:Brevet-Col Hamlet Coote Wade-Dalton,
2174:, of the Territorial Force 1908–1961.
2127:2nd North York Militia – never formed
2091:East and North York Artillery Militia
1324:. In June 1782 the regiment moved to
1010:Colonel Darcy died early in 1689 and
952:of 1685, but after its defeat at the
3743:
3680:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299–302.
3160:Boynton, pp. 13–7, 91–2, 96, 159–60.
2616:
2124:North York Rifle Militia at Richmond
1140:Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
1062:Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness
863:Pickering Lythe: Sir Jordan Crosland
226:. From their formal organisation as
6158:Rifle regiments of the British Army
5445:
5247:, Vol VII, London: Macmillan, 1912.
3041:
2697:, ensign 1807, later to 95th Rifles
2518:Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
2207:1st Volunteer Battalion at Richmond
2084:for the first time in May, and the
1274:Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
1250:Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
891:Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding
196:Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
24:
5238:, Vol VI, London: Macmillan, 1910.
5229:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
4494:Fortescue, Vol VII, pp. 34–5, 334.
3390:"Cholmley, Hugh (1600-1657)"
3133:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 12, 16, 125.
2752:There is some dispute whether the
2646:Miles Stapleton, 8th Lord Beaumont
2597:Byron Cary, 12th Viscount Falkland
2331:Yorkshire Mounted Infantry Company
2283:and sailed next day aboard the SS
2229:
1655:
1476:devolved on the latter's son, Maj
25:
6169:
5491:(archived at the Wayback Machine)
5167:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638
4466:. Vol. 31. pp. 123–124.
3399:. Vol. 10. pp. 134–135.
2713:George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds
2707:George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
1907:The North York Militia landed at
1887:North York Light Infantry Militia
1039:Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet
678:Sir William Pennyman, 1st Baronet
192:Sir William Pennyman, 1st Baronet
162:Great Siege of Scarborough Castle
5125:
5104:
5081:
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4968:
4959:
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4937:
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4903:
4894:
4863:
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4845:
4836:
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4818:
4809:
4796:
4787:
4725:
4686:
4677:
4578:
4569:
4560:
4517:
4506:
4497:
4488:
4479:
4470:
4463:Dictionary of National Biography
4444:
4433:
4412:
4403:
4378:
4369:
4360:
4351:
4342:
4316:
4307:
4252:
4202:
4189:
4186:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
4180:
4155:
3396:Dictionary of National Biography
2948:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16.
2830:
2568:Alan Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart
2383:with various columns supporting
2299:line to Maribogo on the Vryburg–
1532:and the Durham, Leicestershire,
1433:
1030:Sir Thomas Pennyman, 2nd Baronet
1012:Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet
991:Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet
848:Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet
647:
246:
239:in 1881, and saw service in the
100:
82:
69:
55:
5487:List of officers from Turton's
4146:
4137:
4126:
4117:
4108:
4085:
4072:
4063:
4054:
4045:
3926:
3883:
3874:
3819:
3810:
3801:
3710:
3701:
3692:
3683:
3674:
3665:
3654:
3645:
3636:
3625:
3616:
3607:
3584:
3571:
3562:
3551:
3540:
3529:
3518:
3509:
3496:
3487:
3478:
3469:
3456:
3447:
3436:
3425:
3414:
3403:
3377:
3368:
3357:
3348:
3339:
3330:
3307:
3298:
3287:
3262:
3237:
3228:
3217:
3208:
3199:
3190:
3181:
3172:
3163:
3154:
3145:
3136:
3127:
3118:
3109:
3100:
3091:
3032:
3023:
3014:
2915:
2524:Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas
2506:Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet
2501:after it was reformed in 1759:
2402:and along the Marico Valley to
2181:Cap badge of the Green Howards.
2101:Cardwell & Childers Reforms
1972:
1911:on 18 September and marched to
1776:From Deal the regiment went to
1762:forming a new 3rd Battalion at
1149:Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet
1128:Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet
1079:
689:Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet
276:and the shire levies under the
200:Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas
5398:The Army and Society 1815–1914
4161:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
3816:Turton, pp. 39–40; Appendix I.
3313:Fissel, pp. 212–3, 244, 292–3.
3005:
2996:
2987:
2978:
2969:
2960:
2951:
2942:
2890:
2462:
2004:
1848:6th North York Local Militia:
1837:5th North York Local Militia:
1824:, commissioned 6 December 1808
1354:Sir Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet
960:After the rebellion's defeat,
13:
1:
6138:Militia of the United Kingdom
5245:A History of the British Army
5236:A History of the British Army
5227:A History of the British Army
5218:A History of the British Army
5137:
5131:Turton, pp. 42, 47–8, 50, 56.
5122:Raikes, pp. 22, 144–8, 172–4.
4485:Fortescue, Vol VI, pp. 180–1.
4322:Western, pp. 221–5, 301, 408.
4114:Turton, pp. 46–7, Appendix N.
3234:Fissel, pp. 4–6, 14, 198–207.
2800:
2658:Sir George Cooke, 7th Baronet
2561:Gregory Elsley, promoted 1820
2487:
2358:North Staffordshire Regiments
2027:, which he had served in the
1958:
1552:, which was stationed there.
1151:of the Richmondshire and Col
996:Sir John Reresby, 2nd Baronet
926:Queen's Troop of Horse Guards
860:Langbaurgh: Col Henry Chaytor
743:
5465:History of Parliament Online
3613:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 302–3.
3484:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5.
3336:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 198–9.
2883:
2576:Hamlet Coote Wade, formerly
2564:George Healey, promoted 1852
2410:railway. It skirmished with
2078:North York Artillery Militia
1863:Plan of Norman Cross Prison.
1727:, the autumn in barracks at
1638:3rd Royal Lancashire Militia
1231:American War of Independence
1217:American War of Independence
694:Northallertonshire, Col Sir
583:Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire
243:. It was disbanded in 1908.
18:5th North York Local Militia
7:
5441:, Kineton: Roundwood, 1967.
4965:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
2878:Yorkshire Artillery Militia
2846:
2492:
2390:'s force. It moved through
2095:Yorkshire Artillery Militia
2086:East York Artillery Militia
2068:Yorkshire Artillery Militia
2062:Yorkshire Artillery Militia
1843:George 'Squire' Osbaldeston
1751:. In September it moved to
1463:and the Northumberland and
928:. During the crisis of the
920:, who was simultaneously a
825:Restoration of the Monarchy
10:
6174:
5326:The Welsh Wars of Edward I
5273:(various dates from 1840).
4584:Raikes, p. 137–43, 148–50.
2470:Secretary of State for War
2377:Edward Ingouville-Williams
2318:Queen's South Africa Medal
2238:– but the outbreak of the
2169:
2065:
1587:, and one was detached to
1471:. While at Colchester the
1083:
816:
535:
6035:
5999:
5978:
5762:
5755:
5728:
5653:
5617:
5541:
5534:
5528:British Militia Regiments
5321:, London: Mitchell, 1872.
5069:Turton, pp. 66, 86–7, 96.
4452:Chichester, Henry Manners
3011:Morris, pp. 285–7, 301–2.
2743:Heritage & Ceremonial
1868:North York Light Infantry
1361:French Revolutionary Wars
433:, from the wapentakes of
220:North Riding of Yorkshire
185:
180:
157:
149:
139:
129:
121:
111:
96:
49:
41:
31:
5403:Maj Robert Bell Turton,
5376:, London: Bentley, 1876.
5333:Edward III and the Scots
5310:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
5277:Col George Jackson Hay,
5201:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3304:Fissel, pp. 16–8, 22–36.
2936:
2868:Militia (United Kingdom)
2497:The following served as
2406:, then to Taungs on the
2338:Northumberland Fusiliers
2117:1st and 2nd Battalions,
1998:North York Rifle Militia
1804:North York Local Militia
1743:, then it camped within
1666:The Costume of Yorkshire
1620:, with two companies at
1343:French Revolutionary War
809:to control the country.
721:and the army dispersed.
571:war broke out with Spain
532:North York Trained Bands
501:Within the Liberties of
77:Kingdom of Great Britain
32:North York Rifle Militia
6027:Forfar & Kincardine
5640:Forfar & Kincardine
5317:Capt A.E. Lawson Lowe,
4974:Spiers, pp. 243–2, 254.
4923:Turton, pp. 153, 162–4.
4747:Turton, pp. 133–6, 140.
3740:, Appendices A & B.
3169:Cruickshank, pp. 130–4.
2863:Militia (Great Britain)
2748:Uniforms & Insignia
2535:, promoted 14 June 1820
2499:Colonel of the Regiment
1668:by George Walker, 1814.
1086:Militia (Great Britain)
1074:Jacobite rising of 1745
1058:Jacobite Rising of 1715
754:First English Civil War
717:Charles negotiated the
294:Assizes of Arms of 1181
268:under command of their
255:was descended from the
6143:Regiments of Yorkshire
4992:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
4833:Litchfield, pp. 145–6.
2975:Morris, pp. 92–3, 301.
2637:Other notable officers
2198:1st and 2nd Battalions
2182:
1864:
1780:in June 1809, then to
1686:On 6 October 1804 208
1669:
1571:, where it joined the
1557:naval mutinies of 1797
1518:2nd North York Militia
1512:
1257:
1226:
1225:Coxheath Camp in 1778.
1191:Royal Hospital Chelsea
1135:
777:Battle of Marston Moor
713:was arrayed on nearby
548:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
544:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
399:
369:Battle of Halidon Hill
286:Battle of the Standard
5204:Mark Charles Fissel,
4955:Amery, Vol V, p. 464.
4944:Amery, Vol V, p. 383.
4933:Amery, Vol V, p. 280.
4457:"Kincaid, John"
4261:Fencibles and Militia
3880:Raikes, pp. 21–2, 33.
2819:13th on 28 April 1781
2682:Battle of Laing's Nek
2601:Royal Sussex Regiment
2261:Hillsborough Barracks
2180:
2056:Treaty of San Stefano
1862:
1663:
1507:: 1796 caricature by
1503:
1496:Supplementary Militia
1423:under the command of
1393:Inniskilling Dragoons
1389:Washington, Co Durham
1356:, appointed in 1789.
1337:peace treaty at Paris
1254:John Singleton Copley
1248:
1224:
1126:
868:Sir Thomas Strickland
687:Pickering Lythe, Col
560:justices of the peace
397:
345:Siege of Caerlaverock
302:Statute of Winchester
5454:The Long, Long Trail
5242:Sir John Fortescue,
5233:Sir John Fortescue,
5224:Sir John Fortescue,
5197:Col John K. Dunlop,
4658:Litchfield, pp. 1–7.
4051:Westerrn, pp. 262–3.
3581:, pp. 26–8, 39–40, .
2927:Langbaurgh Wapentake
2249:Battle of Paardeberg
2214:The outbreak of the
1931:continued until the
1573:East Norfolk Militia
1565:Prisoner-of-war camp
1546:Battle of Camperdown
1490:West Suffolk Militia
1350:Revolutionary France
1300:. It then camped at
691:, colonel since 1636
278:Sheriff of Yorkshire
5479:Richard A. Warren,
5372:Capt G.A. Raikes,
5331:Ranald Nicholson, '
5078:Turton, Appendix O.
5060:Turton, pp. 41, 53.
4909:Turton, pp. 154–65.
4722:Turton, pp. 127–31.
4476:Turton, pp. 96–100.
4348:Turton, pp. 72, 82.
3993:Turton, Appendix S.
3964:Turton, Appendix Q.
3205:Turton, Appendix F.
3142:Hay, pp. 11–17, 88.
3124:Fissel, pp. 183–90.
2957:Fissel, pp. 178–80.
2813:39th on 12 May 1779
2810:13th on 1 June 1778
2553:Lieutenant-Colonels
2453:Manchester Regiment
2354:South Staffordshire
2245:Relief of Kimberley
2224:Richmond Racecourse
2025:13th Light Infantry
1697:In July 1805, when
1561:Norman Cross Prison
1478:Hon Lawrence Dundas
1453:Colchester Barracks
979:Glorious Revolution
954:Battle of Sedgemoor
887:Viscount Fauconberg
813:Restoration Militia
726:Second Bishops' War
707:Newcastle upon Tyne
603:Sir William Fairfax
512:At Barton Cross in
300:, and again by the
6133:Militia of England
6128:North York Militia
5396:Edward M. Spiers,
5258:J.B.M. Frederick,
5251:J.B.M. Frederick,
5190:C.G. Cruickshank,
5017:Turton, pp. 147–8.
5001:Spiers, pp. 275–7.
4983:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
4900:Turton, pp. 150–4.
4891:Turton, pp. 141–5.
4851:Spiers, pp. 195–6.
4842:Raikes, pp. 196–9.
4815:Frederick, p. 980.
4804:Army & Society
4731:Turton, pp. 131–2.
4704:Turton, pp. 125–6.
4674:Raikes, pp. 152–7.
4649:Dunlop, pp. 42–51.
4616:Turton, pp. 121–4.
4566:Turton, pp. 106–9.
4557:Turton, pp. 101–7.
4503:Turton, pp. 89–91.
4430:Turton, pp. 87–93.
4384:Turton, pp. 79–81.
4313:Raikes, pp. 50–60.
4278:Turton, pp. 69–71.
4208:Turton, pp. 59–62.
4123:Turton, pp. 49–51.
3871:Frederick, p. 106.
3807:Raikes, pp. 19–20.
3720:, pp. 124–57, 251.
3707:Turton, pp. 35–40.
3622:Turton, pp. 28–30.
3475:Turton, pp. 20–22.
3259:Turton, pp. 17–20.
3243:Fissel, pp. 206–7.
3214:Fissel, pp. 174–8.
2898:Honour of Richmond
2822:43rd on 7 May 1782
2816:10th on 6 May 1780
2778:White Rose of York
2758:regimental colours
2690:, MP. captain 1869
2444:Delgoa Bay Railway
2385:Lieutenant-General
2362:Gordon Highlanders
2216:Anglo-Egyptian War
2183:
1953:Battle of Waterloo
1951:, until after the
1883:Commander-in-Chief
1865:
1670:
1513:
1258:
1236:North York Militia
1227:
1136:
1117:Lord Mayor of York
950:Monmouth Rebellion
879:raiding the Medway
773:Scarborough Castle
734:Lieutenant-Colonel
654:First Bishops' War
587:Earl of Huntingdon
556:deputy lieutenants
554:, assisted by the
400:
373:Honour of Richmond
352:Great Raid of 1322
333:Berwick upon Tweed
212:North York Militia
6115:
6114:
6111:
6110:
6007:Argyll & Bute
5763:England and Wales
5751:
5750:
5736:England and Wales
5724:
5723:
5625:Argyll & Bute
5542:England and Wales
5165:Lindsay Boynton,
5040:Turton, pp. 90–1.
4683:Spiers, pp. 91–2.
4418:Turton, pp. 86–7.
4400:Turton, pp. 84–6.
4375:Turton, pp. 71–9.
4366:Raikes, pp. 66–7.
4249:Turton, pp. 64–8.
4177:Turton, pp. 56–8.
4143:Turton, pp. 51–4.
4091:Raikes, pp. 44–5.
4069:Turton, pp. 42–6.
3829:, pp. 290–2, 296.
3698:Raikes, pp. 15–7.
3671:Turton, pp. 34–8.
3651:Turton, pp. 31–3.
3568:Turton, pp. 25–7.
2858:Militia (England)
2841:South Africa 1902
2723:Coldstream Guards
2617:Honorary Colonels
2426:in the action at
2381:Western Transvaal
2325:South Africa 1902
1966:7th Duke of Leeds
1701:was massing his '
1683:on 5 March 1804.
1446:Yorkshire Hussars
1070:Battle of Preston
970:William of Orange
940:and was later at
899:Sir George Savile
856:Hon Conyers Darcy
819:Militia (England)
719:Treaty of Berwick
696:Robert Strickland
356:Weardale campaign
354:and again in the
337:Battle of Falkirk
216:North York Rifles
205:
204:
153:'Hexham Butchers'
16:(Redirected from
6165:
5760:
5759:
5733:
5732:
5696:Londonderry (II)
5539:
5538:
5521:
5514:
5507:
5498:
5497:
5446:External sources
5324:John E. Morris,
5192:Elizabeth's Army
5132:
5129:
5123:
5120:
5111:
5108:
5102:
5097:
5088:
5085:
5079:
5076:
5070:
5067:
5061:
5058:
5052:
5047:
5041:
5038:
5032:
5024:
5018:
5015:
5002:
4999:
4993:
4990:
4984:
4981:
4975:
4972:
4966:
4963:
4957:
4952:
4946:
4941:
4935:
4930:
4924:
4921:
4910:
4907:
4901:
4898:
4892:
4889:
4870:
4867:
4861:
4858:
4852:
4849:
4843:
4840:
4834:
4831:
4825:
4822:
4816:
4813:
4807:
4800:
4794:
4791:
4785:
4784:, various dates.
4779:
4748:
4745:
4732:
4729:
4723:
4720:
4705:
4702:
4693:
4690:
4684:
4681:
4675:
4672:
4659:
4656:
4650:
4647:
4638:
4637:, various years.
4632:
4617:
4614:
4603:
4600:
4585:
4582:
4576:
4573:
4567:
4564:
4558:
4555:
4546:
4541:
4526:
4521:
4515:
4510:
4504:
4501:
4495:
4492:
4486:
4483:
4477:
4474:
4468:
4467:
4459:
4448:
4442:
4437:
4431:
4428:
4419:
4416:
4410:
4407:
4401:
4398:
4385:
4382:
4376:
4373:
4367:
4364:
4358:
4355:
4349:
4346:
4340:
4332:
4323:
4320:
4314:
4311:
4305:
4298:
4279:
4276:
4265:
4256:
4250:
4247:
4241:
4236:
4227:
4225:Haythornthwaite.
4222:
4209:
4206:
4200:
4193:
4187:
4184:
4178:
4175:
4162:
4159:
4153:
4150:
4144:
4141:
4135:
4130:
4124:
4121:
4115:
4112:
4106:
4103:
4092:
4089:
4083:
4076:
4070:
4067:
4061:
4058:
4052:
4049:
4043:
4038:
3995:
3990:
3965:
3962:
3933:
3930:
3924:
3919:
3894:
3887:
3881:
3878:
3872:
3869:
3830:
3823:
3817:
3814:
3808:
3805:
3799:
3794:
3741:
3734:
3721:
3714:
3708:
3705:
3699:
3696:
3690:
3689:Hay, pp. 136–44.
3687:
3681:
3678:
3672:
3669:
3663:
3658:
3652:
3649:
3643:
3640:
3634:
3629:
3623:
3620:
3614:
3611:
3605:
3600:
3591:
3588:
3582:
3575:
3569:
3566:
3560:
3555:
3549:
3544:
3538:
3533:
3527:
3522:
3516:
3513:
3507:
3500:
3494:
3491:
3485:
3482:
3476:
3473:
3467:
3460:
3454:
3453:Hay, pp. 99–104.
3451:
3445:
3440:
3434:
3429:
3423:
3418:
3412:
3407:
3401:
3400:
3392:
3381:
3375:
3372:
3366:
3361:
3355:
3352:
3346:
3343:
3337:
3334:
3328:
3323:
3314:
3311:
3305:
3302:
3296:
3291:
3285:
3280:
3271:
3266:
3260:
3257:
3244:
3241:
3235:
3232:
3226:
3221:
3215:
3212:
3206:
3203:
3197:
3194:
3188:
3185:
3179:
3178:Hay, pp. 90, 95.
3176:
3170:
3167:
3161:
3158:
3152:
3151:Turton, pp. 6–9.
3149:
3143:
3140:
3134:
3131:
3125:
3122:
3116:
3113:
3107:
3104:
3098:
3095:
3089:
3086:
3039:
3036:
3030:
3027:
3021:
3018:
3012:
3009:
3003:
3002:Turton, pp. 1–4.
3000:
2994:
2993:Raikes, pp. 1–6.
2991:
2985:
2984:Oman, pp. 390–6.
2982:
2976:
2973:
2967:
2964:
2958:
2955:
2949:
2946:
2930:
2919:
2913:
2894:
2670:Alan Hill-Walker
2599:, former Lt-Col
2549:was introduced.
2547:Honorary Colonel
2474:St John Brodrick
2342:Fulford Barracks
2269:Mounted Infantry
2220:Strensall Common
2187:Childers Reforms
2162:in time of war.
2147:Cardwell Reforms
2107:Cardwell Reforms
2080:appeared in the
2029:First Afghan War
1979:Militia Act 1852
1939:'s escape from
1778:Shorncliffe Camp
1741:Rye, East Sussex
1645:Treaty of Amiens
1610:Edinburgh Castle
1577:North Blockhouse
1482:Corps de Reserve
1465:Somerset Militia
1417:Sir William Howe
1092:Seven Years' War
829:Militia Act 1661
795:Council of State
752:that led to the
676:Langbaurgh, Col
616:and 400 for the
365:Siege of Berwick
224:Northern England
104:
88:
86:
85:
75:
73:
72:
65:
61:
59:
58:
29:
28:
21:
6173:
6172:
6168:
6167:
6166:
6164:
6163:
6162:
6118:
6117:
6116:
6107:
6031:
5995:
5979:Channel Islands
5974:
5905:Nottinghamshire
5885:Montgomeryshire
5850:North Hampshire
5845:Gloucestershire
5805:Caernarvonshire
5800:Carmarthenshire
5785:Buckinghamshire
5747:
5720:
5691:Londonderry (I)
5649:
5613:
5530:
5525:
5495:
5448:
5389:Arthur Sleigh,
5140:
5135:
5130:
5126:
5121:
5114:
5110:Hay, pp. 154–5.
5109:
5105:
5098:
5091:
5087:Turton, p. 102.
5086:
5082:
5077:
5073:
5068:
5064:
5059:
5055:
5048:
5044:
5039:
5035:
5030:, 18 July 1876.
5025:
5021:
5016:
5005:
5000:
4996:
4991:
4987:
4982:
4978:
4973:
4969:
4964:
4960:
4953:
4949:
4942:
4938:
4931:
4927:
4922:
4913:
4908:
4904:
4899:
4895:
4890:
4873:
4869:Turton, p. 139.
4868:
4864:
4860:Turton, p. 137.
4859:
4855:
4850:
4846:
4841:
4837:
4832:
4828:
4824:Hay, pp. 222–3.
4823:
4819:
4814:
4810:
4801:
4797:
4793:Raikes, p. 193.
4792:
4788:
4780:
4751:
4746:
4735:
4730:
4726:
4721:
4708:
4703:
4696:
4692:Turton, p. 124.
4691:
4687:
4682:
4678:
4673:
4662:
4657:
4653:
4648:
4641:
4633:
4620:
4615:
4606:
4601:
4588:
4583:
4579:
4574:
4570:
4565:
4561:
4556:
4549:
4542:
4529:
4522:
4518:
4511:
4507:
4502:
4498:
4493:
4489:
4484:
4480:
4475:
4471:
4449:
4445:
4438:
4434:
4429:
4422:
4417:
4413:
4408:
4404:
4399:
4388:
4383:
4379:
4374:
4370:
4365:
4361:
4357:Lowe, pp. 27–8.
4356:
4352:
4347:
4343:
4338:, 8 April 1797.
4333:
4326:
4321:
4317:
4312:
4308:
4299:
4282:
4277:
4268:
4257:
4253:
4248:
4244:
4237:
4230:
4223:
4212:
4207:
4203:
4199:, pp. 264, 288.
4197:English Militia
4194:
4190:
4185:
4181:
4176:
4165:
4160:
4156:
4151:
4147:
4142:
4138:
4131:
4127:
4122:
4118:
4113:
4109:
4104:
4095:
4090:
4086:
4080:English Militia
4077:
4073:
4068:
4064:
4059:
4055:
4050:
4046:
4039:
3998:
3991:
3968:
3963:
3936:
3931:
3927:
3920:
3897:
3891:English Militia
3888:
3884:
3879:
3875:
3870:
3833:
3827:English Militia
3824:
3820:
3815:
3811:
3806:
3802:
3795:
3744:
3738:English Militia
3735:
3724:
3718:English Militia
3715:
3711:
3706:
3702:
3697:
3693:
3688:
3684:
3679:
3675:
3670:
3666:
3659:
3655:
3650:
3646:
3641:
3637:
3630:
3626:
3621:
3617:
3612:
3608:
3601:
3594:
3589:
3585:
3579:English Militia
3576:
3572:
3567:
3563:
3556:
3552:
3545:
3541:
3534:
3530:
3523:
3519:
3514:
3510:
3504:English Militia
3501:
3497:
3493:Hay, pp. 104–6.
3492:
3488:
3483:
3479:
3474:
3470:
3464:English Militia
3461:
3457:
3452:
3448:
3441:
3437:
3430:
3426:
3419:
3415:
3408:
3404:
3382:
3378:
3373:
3369:
3362:
3358:
3353:
3349:
3344:
3340:
3335:
3331:
3324:
3317:
3312:
3308:
3303:
3299:
3292:
3288:
3281:
3274:
3267:
3263:
3258:
3247:
3242:
3238:
3233:
3229:
3222:
3218:
3213:
3209:
3204:
3200:
3195:
3191:
3186:
3182:
3177:
3173:
3168:
3164:
3159:
3155:
3150:
3146:
3141:
3137:
3132:
3128:
3123:
3119:
3114:
3110:
3105:
3101:
3096:
3092:
3088:Hay, pp. 297–8.
3087:
3042:
3037:
3033:
3028:
3024:
3019:
3015:
3010:
3006:
3001:
2997:
2992:
2988:
2983:
2979:
2974:
2970:
2965:
2961:
2956:
2952:
2947:
2943:
2939:
2934:
2933:
2921:The Liberty of
2920:
2916:
2895:
2891:
2886:
2849:
2833:
2803:
2782:King George III
2763:Tarleton helmet
2750:
2745:
2729:Cornelius Smelt
2639:
2619:
2555:
2533:Sheldon Cradock
2512:Thomas Duncombe
2495:
2490:
2482:Special Reserve
2478:Haldane Reforms
2465:
2424:Robert Kekewich
2333:
2240:Second Boer War
2232:
2230:Second Boer War
2175:
2168:
2103:
2070:
2064:
2040:Treaty of Paris
2016:Richmond Castle
2007:
1975:
1961:
1933:Treaty of Ghent
1925:Treaty of Paris
1870:
1822:William Chaytor
1806:
1790:Francis Burdett
1725:Southsea Common
1703:Army of England
1680:Cornelius Smelt
1658:
1656:Napoleonic Wars
1618:Stirling Castle
1534:Nottinghamshire
1498:
1469:William Crosbie
1436:
1345:
1298:St James's Park
1219:
1153:Thomas Duncombe
1132:James Northcote
1113:George Fox-Lane
1105:Tower of London
1101:drill sergeants
1088:
1082:
1045:William Hustler
1016:Nine Years' War
987:Viscount Lumley
907:Treaty of Breda
875:King Charles II
866:Northallerton:
846:Richmondshire:
833:13 Cha. 2 St. 1
821:
815:
746:
663:Richmondshire,
650:
552:Lord Lieutenant
540:
534:
403:King Henry VIII
389:King Richard II
367:and subsequent
361:King Edward III
253:English militia
249:
241:Second Boer War
208:
198:
194:
187:
175:Second Boer War
173:
169:
164:
144:Richmond Castle
83:
81:
80:
70:
68:
67:
56:
54:
34:4th Battalion,
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
6171:
6161:
6160:
6155:
6150:
6145:
6140:
6135:
6130:
6113:
6112:
6109:
6108:
6106:
6105:
6100:
6095:
6090:
6085:
6083:Queen's County
6080:
6075:
6070:
6065:
6060:
6055:
6050:
6045:
6039:
6037:
6033:
6032:
6030:
6029:
6024:
6019:
6014:
6009:
6003:
6001:
5997:
5996:
5994:
5993:
5988:
5982:
5980:
5976:
5975:
5973:
5972:
5967:
5962:
5960:Worcestershire
5957:
5952:
5947:
5942:
5937:
5932:
5927:
5922:
5917:
5912:
5907:
5902:
5900:Northumberland
5897:
5892:
5887:
5882:
5880:Merionethshire
5877:
5872:
5867:
5862:
5857:
5852:
5847:
5842:
5837:
5832:
5827:
5822:
5817:
5812:
5807:
5802:
5797:
5792:
5790:Cambridgeshire
5787:
5782:
5780:Brecknockshire
5777:
5772:
5766:
5764:
5757:
5753:
5752:
5749:
5748:
5746:
5745:
5739:
5737:
5730:
5726:
5725:
5722:
5721:
5719:
5718:
5713:
5708:
5703:
5698:
5693:
5688:
5683:
5678:
5673:
5668:
5663:
5657:
5655:
5651:
5650:
5648:
5647:
5642:
5637:
5632:
5627:
5621:
5619:
5615:
5614:
5612:
5611:
5606:
5601:
5596:
5591:
5589:Northumberland
5586:
5581:
5576:
5571:
5566:
5561:
5556:
5551:
5545:
5543:
5536:
5532:
5531:
5524:
5523:
5516:
5509:
5501:
5494:
5493:
5484:
5476:
5467:
5462:
5457:
5447:
5444:
5443:
5442:
5431:
5422:
5417:J.R. Western,
5415:
5408:
5401:
5394:
5387:
5378:
5369:
5360:
5345:
5336:
5329:
5322:
5315:
5308:
5303:Roger Knight,
5301:
5292:
5283:
5274:
5263:
5256:
5249:
5240:
5231:
5222:
5213:John Fortescue
5209:
5202:
5195:
5188:
5179:
5170:
5163:
5154:
5141:
5139:
5136:
5134:
5133:
5124:
5112:
5103:
5089:
5080:
5071:
5062:
5053:
5042:
5033:
5028:London Gazette
5019:
5003:
4994:
4985:
4976:
4967:
4958:
4947:
4936:
4925:
4911:
4902:
4893:
4871:
4862:
4853:
4844:
4835:
4826:
4817:
4808:
4795:
4786:
4749:
4733:
4724:
4706:
4694:
4685:
4676:
4660:
4651:
4639:
4618:
4604:
4602:Sleigh, p. 64.
4586:
4577:
4568:
4559:
4547:
4527:
4516:
4505:
4496:
4487:
4478:
4469:
4443:
4432:
4420:
4411:
4409:Turton, p. 84.
4402:
4386:
4377:
4368:
4359:
4350:
4341:
4336:London Gazette
4324:
4315:
4306:
4280:
4266:
4251:
4242:
4228:
4210:
4201:
4188:
4179:
4163:
4154:
4152:Turton, p. 54.
4145:
4136:
4125:
4116:
4107:
4105:Raikes, p. 49.
4093:
4084:
4071:
4062:
4060:Raikes, p. 40.
4053:
4044:
3996:
3966:
3934:
3925:
3895:
3882:
3873:
3831:
3818:
3809:
3800:
3742:
3722:
3709:
3700:
3691:
3682:
3673:
3664:
3653:
3644:
3635:
3624:
3615:
3606:
3592:
3590:Turton, p. 27.
3583:
3570:
3561:
3550:
3539:
3528:
3517:
3515:Turton, p. 24.
3508:
3495:
3486:
3477:
3468:
3455:
3446:
3435:
3424:
3413:
3402:
3385:Firth, Charles
3376:
3374:Young, p. 253.
3367:
3356:
3354:Young, p. 233.
3347:
3345:Turton, p. 15.
3338:
3329:
3315:
3306:
3297:
3286:
3272:
3261:
3245:
3236:
3227:
3216:
3207:
3198:
3189:
3180:
3171:
3162:
3153:
3144:
3135:
3126:
3117:
3108:
3099:
3090:
3040:
3031:
3022:
3013:
3004:
2995:
2986:
2977:
2968:
2959:
2950:
2940:
2938:
2935:
2932:
2931:
2914:
2888:
2887:
2885:
2882:
2881:
2880:
2875:
2870:
2865:
2860:
2855:
2848:
2845:
2832:
2829:
2824:
2823:
2820:
2817:
2814:
2811:
2802:
2799:
2749:
2746:
2744:
2741:
2740:
2739:
2726:
2716:
2710:
2704:
2703:, captain 1853
2698:
2691:
2685:
2678:Victoria Cross
2667:
2661:
2660:, captain 1789
2655:
2654:, captain 1834
2649:
2648:, captain 1824
2638:
2635:
2634:
2633:
2630:
2618:
2615:
2614:
2613:
2610:
2607:
2604:
2594:
2591:
2588:
2581:
2574:
2571:
2565:
2562:
2554:
2551:
2543:
2542:
2536:
2530:
2527:
2521:
2515:
2509:
2494:
2491:
2489:
2486:
2464:
2461:
2457:Bruce Hamilton
2369:Port Elizabeth
2350:East Yorkshire
2346:West Yorkshire
2332:
2329:
2271:(MI) company (
2253:Strensall Camp
2231:
2228:
2212:
2211:
2208:
2205:
2202:
2199:
2167:
2164:
2138:
2137:
2134:
2131:
2128:
2125:
2122:
2102:
2099:
2066:Main article:
2063:
2060:
2006:
2003:
1993:
1992:
1989:
1986:
1974:
1971:
1960:
1957:
1894:Straw plaiting
1869:
1866:
1854:
1853:
1846:
1835:
1832:
1825:
1818:
1805:
1802:
1782:Brabourne Lees
1657:
1654:
1497:
1494:
1467:under Maj-Gen
1435:
1432:
1344:
1341:
1322:Kirkbymoorside
1218:
1215:
1204:, Gilling and
1172:, Berwick and
1084:Main article:
1081:
1078:
1054:
1053:
1047:
1041:
1035:
1032:
1026:
1004:Henry Belasyse
1002:was raised by
1000:Irish campaign
930:Rye House Plot
914:House of Lords
871:
870:
864:
861:
858:
817:Main article:
814:
811:
807:New Model Army
745:
742:
737:Henry Cholmley
703:
702:
700:Sizergh Castle
692:
685:
674:
649:
646:
633:King Charles I
599:Spanish Armada
536:Main article:
533:
530:
526:Northumberland
518:
517:
510:
499:
496:
485:
478:
475:Middleham Moor
471:
460:
449:
442:
248:
245:
206:
203:
202:
189:
183:
182:
178:
177:
159:
155:
154:
151:
147:
146:
141:
137:
136:
131:
127:
126:
123:
119:
118:
113:
109:
108:
98:
94:
93:
90:United Kingdom
51:
47:
46:
43:
39:
38:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
6170:
6159:
6156:
6154:
6151:
6149:
6146:
6144:
6141:
6139:
6136:
6134:
6131:
6129:
6126:
6125:
6123:
6104:
6101:
6099:
6096:
6094:
6091:
6089:
6086:
6084:
6081:
6079:
6076:
6074:
6071:
6069:
6066:
6064:
6061:
6059:
6058:King's County
6056:
6054:
6051:
6049:
6046:
6044:
6041:
6040:
6038:
6034:
6028:
6025:
6023:
6020:
6018:
6015:
6013:
6010:
6008:
6005:
6004:
6002:
5998:
5992:
5989:
5987:
5984:
5983:
5981:
5977:
5971:
5968:
5966:
5963:
5961:
5958:
5956:
5953:
5951:
5948:
5946:
5943:
5941:
5938:
5936:
5935:Staffordshire
5933:
5931:
5928:
5926:
5923:
5921:
5918:
5916:
5915:Pembrokeshire
5913:
5911:
5908:
5906:
5903:
5901:
5898:
5896:
5893:
5891:
5888:
5886:
5883:
5881:
5878:
5876:
5873:
5871:
5868:
5866:
5863:
5861:
5858:
5856:
5855:Hertfordshire
5853:
5851:
5848:
5846:
5843:
5841:
5838:
5836:
5833:
5831:
5828:
5826:
5823:
5821:
5818:
5816:
5813:
5811:
5808:
5806:
5803:
5801:
5798:
5796:
5795:Cardiganshire
5793:
5791:
5788:
5786:
5783:
5781:
5778:
5776:
5773:
5771:
5768:
5767:
5765:
5761:
5758:
5754:
5744:
5743:Monmouthshire
5741:
5740:
5738:
5734:
5731:
5727:
5717:
5714:
5712:
5709:
5707:
5704:
5702:
5699:
5697:
5694:
5692:
5689:
5687:
5684:
5682:
5679:
5677:
5674:
5672:
5669:
5667:
5664:
5662:
5659:
5658:
5656:
5652:
5646:
5643:
5641:
5638:
5636:
5633:
5631:
5628:
5626:
5623:
5622:
5620:
5616:
5610:
5607:
5605:
5602:
5600:
5597:
5595:
5592:
5590:
5587:
5585:
5582:
5580:
5577:
5575:
5572:
5570:
5567:
5565:
5562:
5560:
5557:
5555:
5552:
5550:
5547:
5546:
5544:
5540:
5537:
5533:
5529:
5522:
5517:
5515:
5510:
5508:
5503:
5502:
5499:
5492:
5490:
5485:
5483:
5482:
5477:
5475:
5473:
5470:David Plant,
5468:
5466:
5463:
5461:
5458:
5456:
5455:
5452:Chris Baker,
5450:
5449:
5440:
5436:
5432:
5430:
5428:
5423:
5420:
5416:
5413:
5409:
5406:
5402:
5399:
5395:
5392:
5388:
5386:
5384:
5379:
5377:
5375:
5370:
5368:
5366:
5361:
5358:
5354:
5350:
5346:
5344:
5342:
5337:
5334:
5330:
5327:
5323:
5320:
5316:
5313:
5309:
5306:
5302:
5300:
5298:
5293:
5291:
5289:
5284:
5282:
5280:
5275:
5272:
5268:
5264:
5261:
5257:
5254:
5250:
5248:
5246:
5241:
5239:
5237:
5232:
5230:
5228:
5223:
5221:
5219:
5214:
5210:
5207:
5203:
5200:
5196:
5193:
5189:
5187:
5185:
5180:
5178:
5176:
5171:
5168:
5164:
5162:
5160:
5155:
5153:
5151:
5146:
5143:
5142:
5128:
5119:
5117:
5107:
5101:
5096:
5094:
5084:
5075:
5066:
5057:
5051:
5046:
5037:
5031:
5029:
5023:
5014:
5012:
5010:
5008:
4998:
4989:
4980:
4971:
4962:
4956:
4951:
4945:
4940:
4934:
4929:
4920:
4918:
4916:
4906:
4897:
4888:
4886:
4884:
4882:
4880:
4878:
4876:
4866:
4857:
4848:
4839:
4830:
4821:
4812:
4805:
4799:
4790:
4783:
4778:
4776:
4774:
4772:
4770:
4768:
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4762:
4760:
4758:
4756:
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4740:
4738:
4728:
4719:
4717:
4715:
4713:
4711:
4701:
4699:
4689:
4680:
4671:
4669:
4667:
4665:
4655:
4646:
4644:
4636:
4631:
4629:
4627:
4625:
4623:
4613:
4611:
4609:
4599:
4597:
4595:
4593:
4591:
4581:
4572:
4563:
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4525:
4520:
4514:
4509:
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4491:
4482:
4473:
4465:
4464:
4458:
4453:
4447:
4441:
4436:
4427:
4425:
4415:
4406:
4397:
4395:
4393:
4391:
4381:
4372:
4363:
4354:
4345:
4339:
4337:
4331:
4329:
4319:
4310:
4303:
4297:
4295:
4293:
4291:
4289:
4287:
4285:
4275:
4273:
4271:
4264:
4262:
4255:
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4240:
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4233:
4226:
4221:
4219:
4217:
4215:
4205:
4198:
4192:
4183:
4174:
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4168:
4158:
4149:
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4134:
4129:
4120:
4111:
4102:
4100:
4098:
4088:
4081:
4075:
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4027:
4025:
4023:
4021:
4019:
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4009:
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3994:
3989:
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3604:
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3472:
3465:
3459:
3450:
3444:
3439:
3433:
3428:
3422:
3417:
3411:
3406:
3398:
3397:
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3386:
3380:
3371:
3365:
3360:
3351:
3342:
3333:
3327:
3322:
3320:
3310:
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3295:
3290:
3284:
3279:
3277:
3270:
3265:
3256:
3254:
3252:
3250:
3240:
3231:
3225:
3220:
3211:
3202:
3193:
3184:
3175:
3166:
3157:
3148:
3139:
3130:
3121:
3112:
3106:Turton, p. 6.
3103:
3097:Turton, p. 5.
3094:
3085:
3083:
3081:
3079:
3077:
3075:
3073:
3071:
3069:
3067:
3065:
3063:
3061:
3059:
3057:
3055:
3053:
3051:
3049:
3047:
3045:
3038:Hay, pp. 80–1
3035:
3029:Turton, p. 4.
3026:
3017:
3008:
2999:
2990:
2981:
2972:
2966:Hay, pp. 60–1
2963:
2954:
2945:
2941:
2928:
2925:consisted of
2924:
2918:
2911:
2907:
2903:
2899:
2893:
2889:
2879:
2876:
2874:
2873:Green Howards
2871:
2869:
2866:
2864:
2861:
2859:
2856:
2854:
2851:
2850:
2844:
2842:
2838:
2837:Battle honour
2831:Battle honour
2828:
2821:
2818:
2815:
2812:
2809:
2808:
2807:
2798:
2796:
2792:
2786:
2783:
2779:
2774:
2772:
2766:
2764:
2759:
2755:
2738:
2734:
2730:
2727:
2724:
2720:
2717:
2714:
2711:
2708:
2705:
2702:
2699:
2696:
2692:
2689:
2686:
2683:
2679:
2675:
2671:
2668:
2665:
2662:
2659:
2656:
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2650:
2647:
2644:
2643:
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2631:
2628:
2624:
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2611:
2608:
2605:
2602:
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2595:
2592:
2589:
2586:
2582:
2579:
2575:
2572:
2569:
2566:
2563:
2560:
2559:
2558:
2550:
2548:
2540:
2537:
2534:
2531:
2528:
2525:
2522:
2519:
2516:
2513:
2510:
2507:
2504:
2503:
2502:
2500:
2485:
2483:
2479:
2475:
2471:
2460:
2458:
2454:
2449:
2445:
2441:
2436:
2431:
2429:
2425:
2421:
2417:
2413:
2409:
2405:
2401:
2397:
2393:
2389:
2386:
2382:
2378:
2374:
2370:
2365:
2363:
2359:
2355:
2351:
2347:
2343:
2339:
2328:
2326:
2323:
2322:Battle honour
2319:
2315:
2311:
2307:
2306:Enteric fever
2302:
2298:
2294:
2290:
2286:
2282:
2276:
2274:
2270:
2266:
2262:
2258:
2257:3rd East York
2254:
2250:
2246:
2241:
2237:
2227:
2225:
2221:
2217:
2209:
2206:
2203:
2200:
2197:
2196:
2195:
2193:
2192:Knaresborough
2188:
2179:
2173:
2172:Green Howards
2163:
2161:
2157:
2152:
2148:
2144:
2143:Middlesbrough
2135:
2132:
2129:
2126:
2123:
2120:
2116:
2115:
2114:
2112:
2108:
2098:
2096:
2092:
2087:
2083:
2079:
2076:in 1860: the
2075:
2069:
2059:
2057:
2052:
2048:
2047:Indian Mutiny
2043:
2041:
2037:
2032:
2030:
2026:
2022:
2021:Earl Cathcart
2017:
2013:
2012:Court-martial
2002:
1999:
1990:
1987:
1984:
1983:
1982:
1980:
1970:
1967:
1956:
1954:
1950:
1946:
1942:
1938:
1934:
1930:
1926:
1922:
1918:
1914:
1910:
1905:
1903:
1899:
1895:
1890:
1888:
1884:
1880:
1875:
1874:Irish Militia
1861:
1857:
1851:
1847:
1844:
1840:
1836:
1833:
1830:
1826:
1823:
1819:
1816:
1812:
1811:
1810:
1801:
1799:
1795:
1791:
1787:
1783:
1779:
1774:
1772:
1769:
1765:
1761:
1756:
1754:
1753:Deal Barracks
1750:
1746:
1745:Chatham Lines
1742:
1738:
1734:
1730:
1726:
1721:
1720:2nd Somersets
1717:
1712:
1708:
1704:
1700:
1695:
1693:
1689:
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1676:
1667:
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1623:
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1599:
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1586:
1582:
1578:
1574:
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1566:
1562:
1558:
1553:
1551:
1547:
1543:
1539:
1535:
1531:
1526:
1523:
1519:
1510:
1509:James Gillray
1506:
1502:
1493:
1491:
1487:
1483:
1479:
1474:
1470:
1466:
1462:
1458:
1454:
1449:
1447:
1442:
1434:Green jackets
1431:
1429:
1428:Lord Mulgrave
1426:
1425:Major-General
1422:
1418:
1415:
1411:
1407:
1402:
1397:
1394:
1390:
1385:
1382:
1376:
1374:
1370:
1366:
1365:British Isles
1362:
1357:
1355:
1351:
1340:
1338:
1333:
1331:
1327:
1326:Eighton Banks
1323:
1319:
1315:
1311:
1307:
1306:Hertfordshire
1303:
1299:
1295:
1292:, camping in
1291:
1287:
1283:
1279:
1275:
1271:
1267:
1263:
1262:Coxheath Camp
1255:
1251:
1247:
1243:
1241:
1237:
1232:
1223:
1214:
1211:
1207:
1203:
1199:
1194:
1192:
1188:
1183:
1179:
1175:
1171:
1167:
1161:
1158:
1157:Conyers Darcy
1154:
1150:
1145:
1141:
1133:
1129:
1125:
1121:
1118:
1114:
1108:
1106:
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1027:
1025:
1021:
1020:
1019:
1017:
1013:
1008:
1005:
1001:
997:
992:
988:
984:
983:Earl of Danby
980:
975:
971:
967:
963:
962:King James II
958:
955:
951:
947:
943:
939:
935:
931:
927:
923:
919:
915:
910:
908:
904:
900:
896:
892:
888:
884:
883:Suffolk coast
880:
876:
869:
865:
862:
859:
857:
853:
849:
845:
844:
843:
840:
838:
834:
830:
826:
820:
810:
808:
804:
800:
796:
791:
789:
788:Bolton Castle
784:
782:
778:
774:
769:
767:
763:
757:
755:
751:
741:
738:
735:
731:
727:
722:
720:
716:
712:
708:
701:
697:
693:
690:
686:
683:
679:
675:
673:
672:Hornby Castle
669:
666:
662:
661:
660:
657:
655:
648:Bishops' Wars
645:
643:
639:
634:
629:
627:
623:
622:Privy Council
619:
615:
611:
606:
604:
600:
596:
595:County Durham
592:
588:
584:
580:
576:
572:
567:
565:
564:Trained bands
561:
557:
553:
549:
545:
539:
529:
527:
523:
515:
511:
508:
507:Whitby Strand
504:
500:
497:
494:
490:
486:
483:
479:
476:
472:
469:
465:
461:
458:
454:
450:
447:
446:West Tanfield
443:
440:
436:
432:
428:
427:
426:
424:
420:
416:
412:
411:Allertonshire
408:
404:
396:
392:
390:
386:
383:, 54 mounted
382:
378:
374:
370:
366:
362:
357:
353:
348:
346:
342:
341:King Edward I
338:
334:
330:
325:
324:was divided.
323:
319:
315:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
291:
290:Northallerton
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
263:
262:
258:
254:
247:Early history
244:
242:
238:
237:Green Howards
233:
229:
228:Trained Bands
225:
221:
217:
213:
207:Military unit
201:
197:
193:
190:
184:
179:
176:
172:
168:
167:Bolton Castle
163:
160:
156:
152:
148:
145:
142:
138:
135:
134:Green Howards
132:
128:
125:1–4 Regiments
124:
120:
117:
114:
110:
107:
103:
99:
95:
91:
78:
64:
52:
48:
44:
40:
37:
36:Green Howards
30:
27:
19:
6012:Berwickshire
5969:
5815:Denbighshire
5770:Bedfordshire
5488:
5480:
5471:
5453:
5438:
5426:
5418:
5411:
5410:War Office,
5404:
5397:
5390:
5382:
5373:
5364:
5356:
5352:
5349:Charles Oman
5340:
5332:
5325:
5318:
5311:
5304:
5296:
5287:
5278:
5270:
5259:
5252:
5244:
5235:
5226:
5217:
5205:
5198:
5191:
5183:
5174:
5166:
5158:
5149:
5127:
5106:
5083:
5074:
5065:
5056:
5045:
5036:
5027:
5022:
4997:
4988:
4979:
4970:
4961:
4950:
4939:
4928:
4905:
4896:
4865:
4856:
4847:
4838:
4829:
4820:
4811:
4806:, pp. 195–6.
4803:
4798:
4789:
4781:
4727:
4688:
4679:
4654:
4634:
4580:
4575:Hay, p. 154.
4571:
4562:
4519:
4508:
4499:
4490:
4481:
4472:
4461:
4446:
4435:
4414:
4405:
4380:
4371:
4362:
4353:
4344:
4335:
4318:
4309:
4301:
4300:War Office,
4260:
4254:
4245:
4204:
4196:
4191:
4182:
4157:
4148:
4139:
4128:
4119:
4110:
4087:
4079:
4074:
4065:
4056:
4047:
3928:
3890:
3885:
3876:
3826:
3821:
3812:
3803:
3737:
3717:
3712:
3703:
3694:
3685:
3676:
3667:
3656:
3647:
3642:Hay, p. 131.
3638:
3627:
3618:
3609:
3586:
3578:
3573:
3564:
3553:
3542:
3531:
3520:
3511:
3503:
3498:
3489:
3480:
3471:
3463:
3458:
3449:
3438:
3427:
3416:
3405:
3394:
3379:
3370:
3359:
3350:
3341:
3332:
3309:
3300:
3289:
3264:
3239:
3230:
3219:
3210:
3201:
3192:
3183:
3174:
3165:
3156:
3147:
3138:
3129:
3120:
3111:
3102:
3093:
3034:
3025:
3016:
3007:
2998:
2989:
2980:
2971:
2962:
2953:
2944:
2917:
2892:
2853:Trained band
2840:
2834:
2825:
2804:
2787:
2775:
2767:
2751:
2695:John Kincaid
2666:, major 1797
2640:
2620:
2556:
2544:
2496:
2466:
2432:
2388:Lord Methuen
2366:
2334:
2324:
2313:
2309:
2284:
2277:
2272:
2233:
2213:
2184:
2150:
2139:
2104:
2090:
2085:
2081:
2077:
2071:
2044:
2033:
2008:
1997:
1994:
1976:
1973:1852 Reforms
1962:
1929:American War
1906:
1891:
1886:
1879:Duke of York
1871:
1855:
1815:Spennithorne
1807:
1775:
1771:John Kincaid
1757:
1749:Prison hulks
1696:
1685:
1671:
1665:
1650:
1642:
1585:Hull Citadel
1569:Peterborough
1554:
1527:
1517:
1514:
1504:
1486:East Norfolk
1481:
1450:
1437:
1398:
1386:
1377:
1371:and mounted
1358:
1346:
1334:
1310:Danbury Camp
1290:Gordon Riots
1259:
1235:
1228:
1200:, Richmond,
1195:
1162:
1137:
1109:
1089:
1080:1757 Reforms
1055:
1009:
966:Regular Army
959:
911:
872:
854:, later Col
841:
822:
803:Protectorate
799:Commonwealth
792:
785:
770:
758:
747:
723:
704:
658:
651:
630:
607:
568:
541:
538:Trained band
519:
401:
380:
376:
349:
326:
313:
309:
305:
282:Walter Espec
259:
250:
230:in 1558 the
215:
214:, later the
211:
209:
130:Part of
26:
6068:Londonderry
5920:Radnorshire
5910:Oxfordshire
5895:Northampton
5435:Peter Young
3506:, pp. 3–16.
2731:, formerly
2688:John Hutton
2463:Disbandment
2448:Roossenekal
2400:Krugersdorp
2396:Ventersdorp
2281:Southampton
2093:(later the
2005:Crimean War
1902:Portpatrick
1839:Scarborough
1794:Tower Wharf
1760:95th Rifles
1692:Rifle green
1624:and two at
1555:During the
1441:95th Rifles
1421:Whitley Bay
1187:Out-Pension
1051:John Hutton
903:Bridlington
711:Covenanters
682:Marske Hall
638:Cuirassiers
618:Netherlands
493:Guisborough
489:Seamer Moor
329:Plantagenet
320:into which
257:Anglo-Saxon
171:Hexham riot
158:Engagements
150:Nickname(s)
140:Garrison/HQ
92:(1801–1908)
79:(1707–1800)
66:(1558–1707)
6122:Categories
5970:North York
5865:Lancashire
5835:Flintshire
5711:Mid-Ulster
5645:Haddington
5579:Lancashire
5554:Carmarthen
5357:378–1278AD
5145:L.S. Amery
5138:References
2801:Precedence
2795:bugle-horn
2676:and won a
2488:Commanders
2420:Rustenburg
2373:Klerksdorp
2297:blockhouse
2156:VIII Corps
2154:Division,
2111:Volunteers
1959:Long Peace
1913:Aughnacloy
1909:Donaghadee
1786:Royal Mint
1768:Lieutenant
1737:Eastbourne
1622:Linlithgow
1581:Sculcoates
1563:, a large
1473:War Office
1406:Tweedmouth
1381:Darlington
1369:Volunteers
1330:Royal Navy
1318:Pontefract
1302:Stokes Bay
1174:Sunderland
1066:Lancashire
946:Wandsworth
918:John Darcy
823:After the
750:Parliament
744:Civil Wars
730:River Tees
668:Lord Darcy
612:, 400 for
509:: 1025 men
441:: 613 men
415:Bagby Moor
318:Wapentakes
188:commanders
181:Commanders
6098:Westmeath
6088:Tipperary
6053:Fermanagh
6017:Edinburgh
5965:East York
5955:Wiltshire
5875:Middlesex
5840:Glamorgan
5775:Berkshire
5729:Engineers
5701:Tipperary
5630:Edinburgh
5609:Yorkshire
5569:Glamorgan
5535:Artillery
5355:, Vol I,
5267:H.G. Hart
4782:Army List
4302:1805 List
4259:Western,
4239:Rickword.
4195:Western,
4082:, p. 298.
4078:Western,
3893:, p. 147.
3889:Western,
3825:Western,
3736:Western,
3716:Western,
3577:Western,
3502:Western,
3462:Western,
2923:Cleveland
2910:Hallikeld
2906:Hang West
2902:Hang East
2884:Footnotes
2733:35th Foot
2674:58th Foot
2578:13th Foot
2440:Lydenburg
2412:De la Rey
2408:Kimberley
2310:see below
2289:Cape Town
2273:see below
2265:Sheffield
2236:subaltern
2151:Army List
2082:Army List
2074:Yorkshire
1829:Stokesley
1598:15th Foot
1550:35th Foot
1538:Burstwick
1530:31st Foot
1461:22nd Foot
1294:Hyde Park
1286:Hampshire
1266:Maidstone
1189:from the
1166:Gateshead
482:Pickering
439:Hallikeld
435:Hang East
407:Birdforth
381:vintenars
322:Yorkshire
314:vintenars
165:Siege of
45:1558–1908
6073:Longford
6000:Scotland
5986:Guernsey
5930:Somerset
5810:Cheshire
5756:Infantry
5618:Scotland
5594:Pembroke
5549:Cardigan
5050:Collins.
4802:Spiers,
4454:(1892).
4133:Herbert.
3387:(1887).
2847:See also
2585:1st Foot
2493:Colonels
2435:Pretoria
2392:Bloemhof
2301:Mafeking
2247:and the
2036:Bradford
1949:Drogheda
1937:Napoleon
1798:Brighton
1711:Weymouth
1707:Boulogne
1699:Napoleon
1630:Whitburn
1606:picquets
1593:Greenlaw
1373:Yeomanry
1206:Beverley
1182:Riot Act
1097:adjutant
938:Uxbridge
837:Cromwell
781:besieged
762:Edgehill
715:Duns Law
642:Dragoons
579:calivers
575:corslets
468:Newburgh
453:Richmond
377:ductores
310:ductores
306:millenar
116:Infantry
6103:Wicklow
6063:Leitrim
6048:Donegal
6036:Ireland
5940:Suffolk
5925:Rutland
5890:Norfolk
5716:Wicklow
5676:Donegal
5654:Ireland
5599:Suffolk
5584:Norfolk
5489:History
5265:Lt-Col
5100:Baldry.
4544:Carman.
3922:Parkyn.
3466:, p. 8.
2754:facings
2684:in 1881
2680:at the
2428:Moedwil
2404:Zeerust
2293:Vryburg
2160:Melrose
1945:Dundalk
1898:Harwich
1729:Portsea
1675:Ipswich
1626:Falkirk
1602:Glasgow
1414:General
1410:Glasgow
1401:Assizes
1282:Gosport
1210:billets
934:Croydon
924:in the
665:Colonel
640:and 35
610:Ireland
591:Captain
522:Alnwick
514:Ryedale
491:and at
457:billmen
417:, near
385:archers
274:Normans
270:Sheriff
232:Militia
186:Notable
106:Militia
63:England
50:Country
6093:Tyrone
5991:Jersey
5950:Sussex
5945:Surrey
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