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The York and Lancaster Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was created in the Childers Reforms of 1881 by the amalgamation of the
Cap badge of the York and Lancaster Regiment.
British soldiers landing at Trinkitat, February 1884 a sketch by Melton Prior
The Relief of Ladysmith. Sir George Stuart White greets Major Hubert Gough on 28 February. Painting by John Henry Frederick Bacon (1868–1914)
Graves of three soldiers of the York and Lancaster Regiment who died at Epinoy, France on 1 October 1918.
The 84th Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 65th Regiment of Foot to form the York and Lancaster Regiment, with the
York and Lancaster Regiment
…1968. The regiment was created in the Childers Reforms of 1881 by the amalgamation of the 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot and the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in many small conflicts and both World War I and World War II until 1968, when the regiment chose to be disbanded rather than…
The Kondareddy Buruju fort at Kurnool, captured by the regiment in 1815
George Wetherall, Colonel of the Regiment during the Indian Rebellion
Memorial inside the York Minster