The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment),
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding—Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The 5th West York Militia.
4th Batt. The North York Militia.
The White Rose.
The Princess of Wales's
Cypher with Crown and Coronet.
TITLES.
1688-91. Colonel Francis Luttrell's Regiment of Foot.
1691-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot (in 1693 Colonel Earl's).
1751-82. The 19th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1875. The 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot.
1875-81. The 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding—Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1692-96. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1709-13. Germany.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1709. Pont-à-Vendin.
1710. Douay.
1711. Bouchain.
1744-48. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1761. Belle Isle.
1781-82. America.
1793. Nieuport.
1794-95. Flanders.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1799. Seringapatam.
1810. Mauritius.
1817-19. Ceylon.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
1868. Hazara.
1884-85. Nile.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Grass-Green facings (to 1881); Scarlet and White facings (since 1881). Recently (1900) the grass-green facings have been restored.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The White Rose" (of York) in the Regulations. Also a special device on various appointments—"H.R.H. the Princess of Wales's Cypher and Coronet, combined with a Cross"; on the cross, 1875.
Nicknames.—"The Green Howards," "Howard's Garbage," or "Howard's Greens," from its facings and Colonel's name (1738-48); also "The Bounders."
Notes.—Raised from independent companies of pikemen and musketeers in Devonshire.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 19th, or 1st Yorkshire, North Riding Regiment. 1688-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1848.]
The Nineteenth and their Times. By Colonel John Biddulph. [London: Murray. 1900.]