Some Useful Links:
http://www.combatstress.org.uk
http://www.YorkshireRegiment.mod.uk
The Yorkshire Regiment
http://www.4yorks.mod.uk
4th. Battalion Page
http://www.army.mod.uk/ This is the official Army site.
http://regiments.org/ The new address for T. F. Mills's most comprehensive listing of British Army regiments over the years. The recommended start page for research on the subject.
http://www.military-uk.net A very comprehensive collection of links; up to date and easy to navigate
http://www.egroups.com/group/britregiments World-wide discussion group on British Regiments. Most highly commended. Recent postings may be viewed here without having to join.
http://www.pro.gov.uk/ Public Record Office, Kew. Useful when tracking down ancestors http://www.naval-military-press.co.uk Publishers of the CD-ROM version of all 81 paper volumes of "Soldiers Died in the Great War" permitting searches to be made by regiment, battalion, surname, Christian name(s), initial(s), place of birth, and other criteria. The price is £220 + VAT.
http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Information on soldiers who died on active service.
http://www.war-memorials.com 'Friend of War Memorials', a UK group with fairly obvious interests
NHewitt@iwm.org.uk The man to ask about the Imperial War Museum's Inventory of War Memorials
http://www.firepower.org.uk. The new Royal Artillery Museum
http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre
http://www.lightinfantry.org British Light Infantry regiments
rn-history@egroups.com
Royal Navy e-group
www.veterans-uk.info
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) the new merged veterans agency ~ The War Pensioners' Welfare Service has also changed it's name to: Veterans Welfare Service
and the 5 million or so people in Britain's largest county,
Click on the White Rose:
References:
Volunteer Artillery and Volunteer Infantry in the County of York 1859 - 1993 (amended 1997) by Major A. J. Podmore MBE TD published by Ray Westlake - Military Books, Newport, Gwent, 1997 ISBN: 1-871167-28-0
The following were all acknowledged as sources of information by the late Lt. Colonel J.C. "Mitch" Mitchell TD in his history of The West Riding Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)
The Bradford Volunteer Artillery - a Mini Archive 1914 - 1938, by RTP Peacock MBE The Leeds Volunteer Artillery by W Seddon The Bradford Volunteer Artillery - 70th(WR) Field Regiment RA TA 1939 - 1946 by J Douglas 121 Field/Medium Regiment 1939 - 46 by R. W. Morris The Bradford Volunteer Artillery - 122(WR) Field Regiment RA TA 1939 - 1942 by E. Ackroyd also published in paperback under the title "A freedom dearly bought". The Leeds Volunteer Artillery 1947 - 1971 by JT Wyatt
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