East Yorkshire Regiment
[5] The regiment embarked for Flanders in spring 1694 for service in the Nine Years' War and took part in the capture of Huy in autumn 1694,[6] the attack of Fort Knokke in June 1695[6] and the Siege of Namur in summer 1695[7] before returning home in 1697.[16] The regiment was deployed to South America, where it took part in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in March 1741 during the War of Jenkins' Ear.[4] The regiment went on to take part in the capture of Île-d'Aix in 1757[19] and, having sailed for North America in 1758,[19] fought at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 during the Seven Years' War.[23] The regiment was deployed to the West Indies in 1795 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars and fought at attacks on Martinique and Guadeloupe[24] before returning to England in 1796.The 1st Battalion was shipped to New Brunswick in 1862 at the time of the Trent Affair, when Britain and the United States came close to war.870 officers and men embarked on the SS Nile from Southampton in March 1900, and arrived in South Africa the following month.[35] About 560 officers and men returned to Southampton on the SS Greek in early October 1902, following the end of the war, when the battalion was disembodied at Beverley.[39] The 1/4th Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the York and Durham Brigade in the Northumbrian Division in April 1915 for service on the Western Front.They formed 92nd Brigade in 31st Division, landed in Egypt in December 1915 and then moved to France in March 1916 also for service on the Western Front.After late 1942, when the threat of invasion had receded, they then started training for offensive operations and, in mid-1944, invaded Normandy, France.It later served with 50th (Northumbrian) Division through the Western Desert, Tunisian and Sicily campaigns before landing in the first wave on Gold Beach on D Day and then fighting through Normandy and North West Europe.The battalion was then converted to 115 LAA Regiment, RA and assigned to the 46th Infantry Division, with which it served in North Africa, Italy and Palestine.
Men of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, going up to the line near Frezenberg during the
Battle of Broodseinde
, 1917. Photo by
Ernest Brooks
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