Editing Green Howards (section)

===The Victorian era===
[[File:1st Battalion, 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot Warrant & Non-Commissioned Officers in Bermuda ca 1879-1880.jpg|thumb|1st Battalion Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in the [[Bermuda Garrison|garrison]] of the [[Imperial fortress]] of [[Bermuda]], circa 1879-1880]]
The regiment saw action at the [[Battle of Alma]] in September 1854 and at the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|Siege of Sevastopol]] in winter 1854 during the [[Crimean War]] and then saw action again during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=nam>{{cite web|url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/green-howards-alexandra-princess-wales-own-yorkshire-regiment|title=Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=30 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030082108/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/green-howards-alexandra-princess-wales-own-yorkshire-regiment|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1875, [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales]] presented new colours to the 1st Battalion at [[Sheffield]], and consented to the regiment bearing her name, thus becoming the 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding&nbsp;– Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/norwegianlink.htm |title=The Norwegian Link |publisher=Friends of the Green Howards |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308195659/http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/norwegianlink.htm |archive-date=8 March 2005 }}</ref> The regiment adopted a [[cap badge]] consisting of the Princess's cypher "A" combined with the [[Flag of Denmark|Dannebrog]] or Danish cross and topped by her coronet. The Princess became Queen Alexandra in 1901, and was the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief from 1914 until her death in 1925.<ref name=evolution>{{cite web|url=http://greenhowards.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/about-us/green-howards-regiment/evolution-of-a-name/|title=Evolution of a Name|publisher=Green Howards Museum|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031755/http://greenhowards.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/about-us/green-howards-regiment/evolution-of-a-name/|url-status=dead}}</ref>