Sgt Jonathan Eric Kups, 38, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Pte Frampton was 18 when he joined the Army in 2009, training at Catterick before enlisting in 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment suffers great loss in Afghanistan Five soldiers from 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment and another soldier from the 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are believed to have been killed in an explosion yesterday in southern Afghanistan just … 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment deployed to Afghanistan in October of this year - their second tour of Kabul in two years.. They were welcomed back by family and friends at their base at Weeton Barracks, near Kirkham, Lancashire. Members of the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment at Weeton Barracks, Lancashire before deployment to Afghanistan. 31st Oct 2016. Hundreds of soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment have been welcomed home from Afghanistan. Andy Reid, a Corporal with 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was on patrol in Afghanistan in October 2009 when he stood on an improvised explosive device (IED). Five from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment had been on patrol in Kandahar province on Tuesday. The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot.It saw service for three centuries, before eventually being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) in 1958, to form the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. The battalion has been on a six-month tour of Helmand Province training and mentoring the Afghan National Army. PUBLISHED: 00:00, Thu, Mar 8, 2012. The Yorkshire Regiment, an Infantry Regiment of the British Army. Personnel from the Yorkshire Regiment will be deployed in Kabul over Christmas. One of the twice-yearly British troop rotations is in full swing. ... (The Yorkshire Regiment) are picked up by a Chinook helicopter after searching villages in Helmand provice for weapons and bomb-making materials. Soldiers in Afghanistan have sent back a series of messages for their loved ones . . 2,385 talking about this. "The six soldiers, five from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s, were on patrol in a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle when it was caught in an explosion in the Task Force Helmand area of operations." ``A soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment, having always wanted to serve on tour in Afghanistan, he worked hard throughout his mobilisation and pre-deployment training with 1 YORKS in Germany. The Regiment is recruiting. Pte Thomas Wroe, 18, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment. Share this page: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Reservists from 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment have each been awarded Afghan campaign medals at a ceremony at Catterick Garrison after being deployed to Kabul as part of … Among the British military personnel heading out to Afghanistan are members of the 2nd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment. 2012. Sgt Jonathan Eric Kups, 38, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In June 2019, we remembered D-Day 75 when three of our famous antecedent regiments were among the first ashore and CSM Stan Hollis of the Green Howard’s was awarded the only Victoria Cross on 6 June, a date that continues with us as our regimental formation day. Shortly before 1010 hours local time Sergeant Johnson was taking part in operations to recapture the town of Musa Qaleh in Helmand Province when an explosive device detonated - suspected to be a mine - resulting in the death of Sergeant Johnson and inflicting serious … Pte Thomas Wroe, 18, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment. An Army veteran who was told he would never walk again is preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity. Wiltshire Police Detective Sergeant Andy Cross at a press conference in Salisbury. Soldiers of The Yorkshire Regiment Return from Afghanistan Nearly 400 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (2 YORKS), were awarded operational medals for Operation TORAL, the codename for […] » Read more Soldier with 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment on Patrol in Afghanistan MOD 45153530.jpg 2,000 × 1,455; 619 KB Soldiers from 1 Yorks on Patrol in Afghanistan MOD 45153528.jpg 2,000 × 1,333; 678 KB The regiment serving in Afghanistan in 2012 Credit: PA After the 2010 Defence Review, the Yorkshire Regiment was reduced from three battalions to two regular battalions. Yorkshire Regiment commanding officer, Lt Col Zac Stenning, paid tribute to his "incredibly brave men". The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (YORKS) is one of the large infantry regiments of the British Army. An inquest has begun into the deaths of six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment, all killed in the bloodiest attack on British troops since the start of the conflict in Afghanistan 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. A total of 454 British forces personnel or Ministry of Defence civilians have died while serving in Afghanistan since the ... 19, from Darlington. The RAF Tristars are busy shuttling to and from Kandahar this week. TWO British soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment were killed today by two explosions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) is the infantry regiment of the North of England. The six soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan on 6 March 2011. The Yorkshire Regiment has strong bonds with our home county of Yorkshire and the conurbation of Teesside. The soldiers’ next of kin have been informed, following yesterday’s blast. We’re handing Afghanistan to the Taliban. Medals for Yorkshire reservists deployed to Afghanistan 01.10.2020. A SOLDIER killed in an explosion in Afghanistan was named today as Private John King, 19. Their families have been told. Battlesbury Hill, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK. Soldiers locked in some of the most brutal fighting in Afghanistan face the dole when they return. However, the return of the 3 rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment from Afghanistan, has proved to be an exception. BBC Look North's Nicola Rees meets soldiers from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan. The bodies of two soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment are to be brought home today. Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe were shot dead in Afghanistan … Ahead of departure from North Yorkshire, troops practised on Exercise Kabul Dawn at Caerwent training area, where they also had to factor in a simulated press organisation.. Sergeant Lee Johnson, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, killed Saturday 8 December 2007, in southern Afghanistan. Havercake Ale was originally brewed to celebrate the Regiment`s Tercentenary in 2002 when it was The Duke of Wellington`s Regiment and now Peter has given the green light to this latest brew to honour the Regiment`s service and sacrifice in war torn Afghanistan. The candle was first lit when around 90 soldiers from the Corunna Company, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were deployed to Afghanistan less than a month ago. THE six brave soldiers of the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment killed in Afghanistan have pushed the number of British servicemen lost in the region past 400.