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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name=The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment; 19th Regiment of Foot) |image=XIX-cap-badge.jpg |image_size=180px |caption=Green Howards [[cap badge]] |dates=20 November 1688 β 6 June 2006 |country={{flag|Kingdom of England}} (1688β1707)<br>{{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1707β1800)<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}} (1801β2006) |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |type=[[Line infantry]] |role=[[Light infantry]] |size=One battalion |garrison=[[Richmond Barracks, North Yorkshire|Richmond Barracks]], [[North Yorkshire]] |ceremonial_chief=[[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V of Norway]] |ceremonial_chief_label=Last Colonel in Chief |colonel_of_the_regiment=[[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Peter Inge, Baron Inge|Peter Inge]] [[Order of the Garter|KG]], [[Order of the Bath|GCB]], [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] |colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Last Colonel |nickname= |motto= |colors= Green Facings |march=Quick β ''The Bonnie English Rose'' <br /> Slow β ''Maria Theresa'' |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=[[Battle of Alma|Alma]] (20 September) |identification_symbol=[[File:Green Howards TRF.svg|100px]] |identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash |}} The '''Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)''', frequently known as the '''Yorkshire Regiment''' until the 1920s,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28121 |supp=y|page=2157|date=20 March 1908}}</ref> was a [[line infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Army]], in the [[King's Division]]. Raised in 1688, it served under various titles until it was amalgamated with the [[Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire]] and the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)]], all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King's Division, to form the [[Royal Yorkshire Regiment|Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)]] on 6 June 2006.
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