East Yorkshire Regiment - Military Genealogy

East Yorkshire Regiment

Dates: 1881 - 1958

In World War I, sixteen hostilities-only battalions were formed, which fought on the Western Front, at Gallipoli, in Macedonia and Egypt.

In the Second World War, six hostilities-only battalions were raised. The Regiment fought in the Battle of France and was evacuated at Dunkirk. It took part in the Invasion of Normandy, the liberation of Western Europe, the North African Campaign, the Invasion of Sicily and the Burma Campaign.

The Regiment was in Palestine at the end of the British Mandate and took part in the Malayan Emergency in 1953-1956 before returning to Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine. In 1958, it returned to Britain for amalgamation.

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving East Yorkshire Regiment

" Julia :Have you a regimental number or any idea which East yorkshire Regiment he was in?also ideas of where he served?All this might help other members and maybe jog a memory or two. "

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" Here’s a chap who served in the East Yorkshire Regiment - just one of the many dressed up as a Yank. TC. [Image0335.jpg]"

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" Gwynne Jacob of the East Yorkshire Regiment was killed in action in North Russia on 1st Aug 1919. There is no mention of the Regiment serving in Russia on this website. Can anyone throw any light on this part of the Regiment’s history and perhaps on the actions that would have been taking ..."

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