King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Wakefield and concurrently amalgamated with 2/4th Battalion | 146 (West Riding) Infantry Brigade |
. | A Company at Wakefield | . |
. | B Company at Normanton | . |
. | C Company at Dewsbury | . |
. | D Company at Batley | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as two units: | . |
. | B Company (Yorkshire), The Light Infantry Volunteers at Wakefield, successor to 4th/5th Bn The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
. | 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formed in TAVR III with. HQ at Wakefield | . |
. | A Company at Wakefield | . |
. | B Company at Pontefract | . |
. | C Company at Dewsbury | . |
1969.01.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre as 4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Wakefield, sponsored by Yorkshire Volunteers | . |
1971.04.01 | Reorganised as two companies: | . |
. | B Company (Yorkshire), The Light Infantry Volunteers at Wakefield | . |
. | E (The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Company, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Volunteers, reconstituted from cadre at Wakefield (det at Pontefract) | . |
1972.08.01 | Light Infantry Vols redesignated as 5th Bn, The Light Infantry (V) | . |
1975.04.01 | E Coy at Wakefield and Pontefract transferred as C Company 7th Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) | . |
1981.03.31 | C Coy 7th Battalion at Pontefract redesignated as A Company, 5th Bn, The Light Infantry (V) and consolidated at Pontefract | . |
1987.01.01 | 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Light Infantry formed with HQ at Wakefield with companies: | . |
. | HQ Company at Wakefield (Atk Pln at Wakefield, Mortar Pln at Pontefract), raised 1987 | . |
. | A Company at Wakefield, redesignation of B Coy, 5th Bn, The Light Infantry | . |
. | B Company at Pontefract, redesignation of A Coy, 5th Bn, The Light Infantry | . |
. | C Company at Batley, formed 15 Jan. 1986 from Batley pln of C Coy, 2nd Bn, Yorkshire Volunteers | . |
. | D Company at Barnsley, raised 1987 | . |
1988? | Redesignated 8th (Yorkshire) Battalion, The Light Infantry (Volunteers) | . |
1992.04.01 | Companies reorganised (D Coy disbanded): | . |
. | HQ Company at Wakefield, absorbed old A Coy; (by 1995 Atk and Mortar platoons withdrawn and consolidated in Fire Support Battalions) | . |
. | A Company at Doncaster, formed by redesignation of C Coy, 4th Bn, Yorkshire Volunteers | . |
. | B Company at Pontefract | . |
. | C Company at Batley, formed det ca. 1993 at Dewsbury | . |
1993.02.26 | Redesignated 8th Battalion, The (Yorkshire) Light Infantry (V) | . |
1996.08.03 | Redesignated The King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry) | . |
. | Converted to national defence RAC recce role upon conversion of The Royal Yeomanry to NBC role (not related to the Yorkshire Yeomanry) | . |
. | HQ Squadron at Wakefield, redesignation of HQ Coy | . |
. | A Squadron at Doncaster, redesignation of C Coy | . |
. | B Squadron at Pontefract, redesignation of B Coy | . |
. | C Squadron at Batley with det at Dewsbury, redesignation of A Coy | . |
1999.07.01 | Minden Company (Light Infantry), The East and West Riding Regiment formed by at Wakefield with Pln at Batley, Recce Pln at Wakefield, amalgamation of HQ Sqn and C Sqn (A Sqn and B Sqn disbanded; battalion amalgamated with 3rd Bn The Prince of Wales's Own Regt of Yorkshire (Yorkshire Vols) and 3rd Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regt (Yorkshire Vols)); later formed det at Doncaster | . |
2006.04.01 | <Yorkshire Platoon>, C (Rifles) Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers: pln formed at Doncaster, by amalgamation of C (DLI) Coy from The Tyne Tees Regt, and Doncaster pln of Minden (LI) Coy from East & West Riding Regt, perpetuating both Durham LI and K O Yorkshire LI as northern element not regimented in The Rifles; Wakefield element of Minden (LI) Coy transferred to form 299 Parachute Squadron, 72 Engineer Regiment RE | . |
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