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1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (to September 1942)
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1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment (west riding)
(merged into 1/7th Battalion on 17 august 1944)
(merged into 1/7th Battalion on 17 august 1944)
Some members of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment testing gas equipment on board the Polish liner MS Sobieski, April 1940. She is lying off Gourock, Scotland and has been used as a troopship for some months. The men will soon be heading off to Norway.
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1/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment (west riding)
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11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
(from September 1942, replacing 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment)
(from September 1942, replacing 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment)
Men of the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers charge with fixed bayonets through 'artillery fire' at a battle school in Scotland, 20 December 1943.
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1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
(from july 1944, replacing 1/6th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) |
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