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The Hull Rifles, later the 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force first raised in Kingston upon Hull in 1859. During the First World War it served on the Weste
Cap badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment, granted to the battalion in 1885
Londesborough Barracks, Hull.
Preserved trenches at Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62.
British Mark I Male tank, preparing to advance at Flers–Courcelette.
The 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment was a mobile coast defence unit of Britain's Territorial Force. It was formed in 1908 from a nucleus provided by a Volunteer battalion first raised in 1859.
Hull Rifles
…Battalion HQ and A to F Companies were at Londesborough Barracks, G & H Companies in East Hull. (The 2nd VB and the joint Cyclist Company together formed 5th (Cyclist) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, which was considered a new unit.) The 4th East Yorkshires formed part of the York & Durham Brigade of the TF's Northumbrian Division. The 4th East…
British Army cyclist in marching order, 1914–18.
Local politician and commanding officer of the 1/5th (Cyclist) Bn Sir Robert Aske.