33rd Foot raised in 1702 as Huntingdons Regiment, became the 1st Yorkshire West Riding in 1782. The 76thFoot raised in 1787 linked as 1st & 2nd Battalions in 1881.

Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington was a subaltern in the 76th in 1787 and in those days gentlemen purchased their commissions and moved regiment and rank as quickly as their finances would allow. He quickly became a Lieut. Colonel and a year after his death Queen Victoria granted the 33rd a second title , The Duke of Wellington's, in his honour. It is the only British Regiment to be named after a non royal, his crest is the regiments badge.

1881.07.01 The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
organised as the county regiment of Yorkshire West Riding, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions:
1st Battalion, redesignation of 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, redesignation of 76th Regiment of Foot

1921.01.01 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
2006.06.06 to unite with The Prince of Wales's Own Regt of Yorkshire , and The Green Howards, to form The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th, and 33rd/76th)

The Colours and memorials are in York Minster.

Battle Honours WW1

Great War [21 battalions]: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Nonne Bosschen, Hill 60, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Aubers, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Bullecourt, Messines 1917 '18, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Ancre 1918, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916

Battle Honours WW2

Second World War: Dunkirk 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Tilly sur Seulles, Odon, Fontenay Le Pesnil, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Banana Ridge, Medjez Plain, Gueriat el Atach Ridge, Tunis, Djebel Bou Aoukaz 1943, North Africa 1943, Anzio, Campoleone, Rome, Monte Ceco, Italy 1943-45, Sittang 1942, Paungde, Kohima, Chindits 1944, Burma 1942-44

The Hook 1953, Korea 1952-53, Iraq 2003

 

The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum, Halifax (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1st Battalion

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1881 India: Nowshera
1885 Kulduna
1887 Meanmeer
1888 Aden
1889 England: Bradford
1892 Dover
1895 Malta
1898 England: Dover
1900 South Africa 13 Bde
1902 England: York
1905 India: Sitapur
1907 Rhaniket
1910 Solon
1912 Ambala
1914.08 India (throughout WW1)
1919 Afghanistan
1920 Palestine
1921.01.01 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
1921 Ireland: Curragh
1922 Germany Army of Occupation
1923 England: Aldershot 3 Bde
1924 Gosport
1926 Devonport
1930 Aldershot 2 Bde
1935 Malta
1937 England: Aldershot 3 Bde
1939.09 France & Belgium 1 Inf Div, BEF
1940.06 UK
1943.03 North Africa : Tunisia 3 Bde, 1 Inf Div
1943.12 Italy
1945.02 Palestine
1945 Palestine
1947 England: Chiselden depot
1948.06.17 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title
1951 Germany: Minden 6 Armd Div
1952.10 Korea 29 Inf Bde Gp
1953.11 at sea
1953.12 Gibraltar
1955.09 England: Chiselden
1956.08 Malta
1956.11 Cyprus
1957.09 Northern Ireland
1959.10 England: Brentwood
1960.05 England: Colchester 19 Bde
1960.07 (Kenya)
1960.11 England: Colchester 19 Bde
1961.07 (Kenya)
1961.11 England: Colchester
1962.07 England: Barnard Castle
1962.10 England: Catterick
1962.07 (British Honduras)
1963.04 England: Catterick
1963.05 (British Honduras)
1964.03 Germany: Osnabrück 12 Bde
1967.05 England: Warminster
1968.07 Hong Kong
1970.11 England: Catterick 24 Inf Bde
1971.06 (Northern Ireland)
1971.10 England: Catterick 24 Inf Bde
1972.04 (Northern Ireland)
1972.07 England: Catterick 24 Inf Bde
1973.03 Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde
1974.09 England: Aldershot 24 Inf Bde
1976.01 (Northern Ireland)
1976.03 England: Aldershot 16 Para Bde
1976.06 Germany: Minden 11 Armd Bde
1977.01 Germany: Minden 4 Armd Div
1977.07 (Northern Ireland)
1977.11 Germany: Minden BAOR
1979.10 (Northern Ireland)
1980.02 Germany: Minden BAOR
1980.11 England: Catterick 5 Field Force
1981.12 (Northern Ireland)
1982.04 England: Catterick 24 Inf Bde
1983.01 Gibraltar
1985.01 Tidworth ACE MF (L)
Belize
Tidworth ACE MF (L)
1987.03 Northern Ireland: Holywood 39 Inf Bde
1989.02 England: Tern Hill 143 Bde
1991.07 England: Bulford ACE MF (L)
1993.02 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde
1993.03 England: Tidworth 1 Mech Bde
1994.03 (Bosnia)
1994 England: Tidworth 1 Mech Bde
1995.03 England: Weeton 42 Bde (NI Reserve Bn)
1995.03 Northern Ireland coys rotating in S. Armagh
1997.02 England: Weeton
1997.07 Falkland Islands (W Coy)
1997.11 England: Weeton
1998.01 England: London (Hounslow) London Dist: public duties
(Northern Ireland) C Coy attached to 1 Royal Scots
England: London (Hounslow) London Dist: public duties
2000.02 Germany: Osnabrück 4 Armd Bde

2002.06.01 Colours were to be presented by HM Queen Elizabeth II at Osnabrück (Regt tercentenary)..

However s the then Colonel in Chief of the Duke of Wellington Regiment Maj Gen Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter presented the Colours on behalf of Her Majesty who was unable to attend the event, as Mayor of Skipton I was a guest of the Regiment on that occasion...

Andrew Rankine

2003.03 Persian Gulf
2003.03 Iraq 1 Armd Div
2003.07 Germany: Osnabrück 4 Armd Bde
2003.07 (Kosovo) (S Coy)
2003.11 UK
2004.09 Germany: Osnabrück CATC
2004.10 (Iraq) 4 Armd Bde, MND
2005.10 Germany: Osnabrück CATC
2005.12 England: Warminster (Battlesbury B) Inf Demo Bn
2006.06.06 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th, and 33rd/76th) (Duke of Wellington's)

2nd Battalion

1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1881 Ireland: Curragh
1884 Tipperary
1885 England: ?
1886 Bermuda
1888 Nova Scotia: Halifax
1891 West Indies
1893 South Africa
1898 Burma: Rangoon
1902 India: Dinapore
1905 England: Lichfield
1909 Tidworth
1911 Ireland: Dublin
1914.08 France and Flanders 5 Div
1916.01 France and Flanders 4 Div
1919 England: Sheffield
1919 Ireland: Collinstown
1921.01.01 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
1922 Egypt
1926 Singapore
1928.12 India: Ahmednagar
1931 Kemptee
1933 Nowshera
1935 NW Frontier
1937.11 Multan
1939 Delhi
1942.02 Burma & India
1946 UK
1948.06.17 disbanded at Strensall (technically "amalgamated" with 1st Battalion)