The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
Cap badge of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Active	1 July 1702 – 6 June 2006
Country	Kingdom of England (1702–1707)  Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch	British Army
Type	Line infantry
Role	Armoured infantry (Warrior IFV)
Size	One Battalion (at final amalgamation)
Garrison/HQ	Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster
Nickname(s)	"The Dukes", "The Havercake Lads", "The Pattern", "The Immortals", "The Pigs", "The Old Seventy-Sixth", "The Old Seven and Sixpennies", "The Duke of Boot's
Motto(s)	Virtutis Fortuna Comes (Latin: "Fortune is the companion of virtue")
Colours and facings	Colours: 2 Regulation & 2 Honorary Red
March	Quick: The Wellesley
Mascot(s)	Indian elephant
Anniversaries	St George's Day (23 April) Waterloo Day (18 June)
Engagements	See #Battle honours
Commanders
Last Commanding Officer	Lieutenant Colonel Phil Lewis OBE
Last Colonel in Chief	His Grace Arthur Valerian Wellesley KG LVO OBE MC DL, 8th Duke of Wellington
Last Colonel of the Regiment	Major-General Sir Evelyn John Webb-Carter KCVO OBE
Notable commanders	Lt Col Brian Webb-Carter General Sir Charles Huxtable KCB OBE DL
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.

In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days the regiment was named Huntingdon's Regiment after its Colonel. As Colonel succeeded Colonel the name changed, but in 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the regiment was from that time officially known as the 33rd Regiment of Foot. In 1782 the regiment's title was changed to the 33rd (or First Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment, thus formalising an association with the West Riding of Yorkshire which, even then, had been long established. The first Duke of Wellington died in 1852 and in the following year Queen Victoria, in recognition of the regiment's long ties to him, ordered that the regiment's title be changed to the 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. In 1881, following the Childers Reforms, the 33rd was linked with the 76th Regiment of Foot, who shared their depot in Halifax. The 76th had first been raised in 1745, by Simon Harcourt and disbanded in 1746, re-raised in 1756 disbanded again in 1763, before being raised again in 1777, disbanded in 1784 and finally re-raised, in 1787, for service in India, by the Honorable East India Company. The two regiments became, respectively, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. In 1948 the 1st and 2nd battalions were amalgamated into a single battalion, the 1st Battalion. On 6 June 2006 the 'Dukes' were amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Green Howards to form the 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot). Following further mergers, in 2012, the battalion was redesignated as the new 1st Battalion (1 Yorks) of the regiment.