15th Regiment of Foot

Known asThe East Yorkshire Regiment

Chronology

1685 raised as Clifton's Regiment of Foot
1751 became the 15th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot
1881 became the East Yorkshire Regiment
1935 became the East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
1958 amalgamated with The West Yorkshire Regiment (14th Foot) to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (14th/15th Foot)
2006 amalgamated, with two other Yorkshire regiments becoming the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)