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== 4th Mysore War Chronology ==*'''1685''' raised by Sir Edward Hales as Hales's Regiment*'''1694''' took precedence as the 14th Regiment of Foot*'''1751''' became the 14th Regiment of Foot*'''1782''' became the 14th (the Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot*'''1809''' became the 14th (Buckinghamshire - The Prince of Wales Own) Regiment of Foot*'''1881''' became The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)*'''1921''' became The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)*'''1958''' amalgamated with The East Yorkshire Regiment (15th Foot) to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire*'''2006''' amalgamated with two other Yorkshire regiments becoming the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

== History in India ====== 1807-1831 ====The 12th Regiment of Foot first 1st battalion embarked for the East Indies [[Madras]] in June 1796 onboard 1807 aboard the [[East Indiamen]] "''Royal George'', ''Wyndham'' and ''Wexford'' arriving in November and being quartered at [[RockinghamFort St George]]". "The ships' logs can be found in the [[Hawkesbury]]", "[[Airlie CastleBritish Library]]" and "[[Melville Castle]]". They were convoyed by the frigate "Fox". Lists of list all the officers and men members of the regiment that boarded these ships have been transcribed from the ships logs held at for India along with the British Library women and put online on the [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_advanced_search.php fibis search] website. Wives children that accompanied the men are also listedthem.

The regiment arrived in Madras in January 1797 and remained in India until 1809. During it's time in India ''1808''' the regiment saw action battalion took part in an expedition against [[Tranquebar]] which surrendered to the British on 8th February 1808. The battalion then proceeded to [[4th Mysore WarBengal]] taking . They remained at [[Fort William]] until they were sent to take part in an expedition against the storming of Île de France ([[SeringapatamMauritius]] on the 4th May 1799).

The regiment embarked again for India from Ireland in July 1864 aboard the "Alnwick Castle", "Trafalgar", Calcutta" '''1814''' returned to Bengal and "Alquis". The First Battalion saw action were stationed in the Second Afghan War 1879-1881[[Berhampore (Bengal Presidency)|Berhampore]].

From 1864 '''1815''' sent to 1907 the Suffolk Regiment always had at least one battalion serving take part in India. In St Marys Church, Bury St Edmunds, there is a brass plaque commemorating the 266 officers and men of the Second Battalion who died in India from 1864 to 1878[[Gurkha War]].

== World '''1817''' they were employed against the [[3rd Maratha War II ==|Pindarees and Mahrattas]].

The Suffolk Regiment '''1818-1824''' the battalion were also in India during World War IIat [[Meerut]].

'''1830''' in November the regiment left Berhampore and went to Fort William. On 27th December some of the regiment embarked for Europe aboard the EIC chartered ship ''Recovery'' and arrived at Gravesend on 13th May 1831. '''1831''' the rest of the men left [[Calcutta]] in January and arrived in Gravesend in July. ==== 1868-1879 ==== The Suffolk 1st Battalion were in India. '''1868''' arrived in [[Bombay]] on 14th November on ''H.M.S. Euphrates''. Were stationed in [[Cawnpore]] in December. ==== 1878-1892 ==== The 2nd battalion were in India. '''1879''' at the [[Battle of Kabul 1879|outbreak at Cabul]] '''1880''' at [[Afghanistan]] '''1882''' at [[Nowshera]] '''1883''' at [[Amritsar]] and [[Sialkot]] '''1885''' leaves [[Umballa]] for [[Mooltan]] '''1886''' at [[Mooltan]] == External links =='''Historical books online'''*''Historical record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment Archives are held of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1845'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=UXL_zGewQLsC Google Books ]. First Battalion’s Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=UXL_zGewQLsC&pg=PA62 page 62]*Memorial at St John’s Churchyard, Meerut to those who died at the [[Suffolk Records OfficeSiege of Bhurtpore 1826|Capture of Bhurtpore]]: [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/6/mode/2up Names on monument of NCOs and men killed] page 6 '' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 Archive.org*[http://books.google.com/books?id=raQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA265 "On Cholera Morbus,in Bury St EdmundsHis Majesty's 14th Regt. Berhampore"] by J. Mouat, M. D. ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Volume 4 1829'', page 265. Includes a list of names of soldiers who became ill. '''Wikipedia'''*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Regiment West Yorkshire Regiment] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own_Regiment_of_Yorkshire Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Regiment Yorkshire Regiment] '''Other links'''*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080110104657/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/014WYork.htm The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004519/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/014-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220157/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/014-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220004/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/yorks_family_tree_1.pdf Yorkshire Regiment Family Tree] www.army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.*[http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/westyorkshire.html West Yorkshire Regiment memorial] in Kuldana, [[Murree]] where the 14th were from 1907-1910, photos and details*[http://earlyphotographers.blogspot.com/2011/07/bremner.html Photograph of the 1st Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Winners of the Quetta District Machine Gun Competition 1904]. Photograph by Fred Bremner. earlyphotographers.blogspot.com*Now an archived website: [http://www.pwoyorkshire.co.uk:80/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire (PWO) Museum] Archived website including **[https://web.archive.org/web/20140802181140/http://www.pwoyorkshire.co.uk:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=29 The West Yorkshire Regiment (14th Regiment of Foot)]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20140802181133/http://www.pwoyorkshire.co.uk:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 Historical Research]. Replaced by *[http://www.yorkarmymuseum.co.uk/index.php York Army Museum] The regimental museum of The Royal Dragoon Guards and The Yorkshire Regiment. The Museum holds the collection of Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire for the Yorkshire Regiment, being the 14th and [[15th Regiment of Foot]], and the regimental collections for all of The Royal Dragoon Guards’ antecedents, being [[4th Dragoon Guards|4th]], [[5th Dragoon Guards|5th]] and [[7th Dragoon Guards]] and the [[6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons|6th Dragoons]].  {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]