The Territorial Army celebrates its 100th anniversary of its formation in 2008. The passing of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 combined the yeomanry and volunteers into the Territorial Force with the first units stood up on 1st April 1908 marking the birth of what we know today as the Territorial Army. From the Territorial Forces' mobilisation for the First and Second World Wars through to the conflicts and wars of today TA soldiers have been serving side by side with their Regular Army comrades. Award Productions is proud to pay tribute and to honour the memory of all TA soldiers who served the nation with the striking of The Commemorative Territorial Army Centennial Medal to be worn with pride, not alongside campaign medals or gallantry decorations, but separately and distinctively. The full-size medal is available to all those who served and are serving in the TA or TAVR, their next of kin or direct descendants. The obverse of this very distinctive antique bronzed oval medal proudly depicts the monogram TA with the year dates 1908-2008 in an oak wreath and the reverse features the Army crossed swords symbol with the inscription TERRITORIAL ARMY CENTENNIAL MEDAL. The medal ribbon is fitted to a ring suspension with its diagonal green and yellow stripes representing the TA and the blue stripe the period of 1967 -1979 when the TAVR (Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve) units were formed. An easy care 100% polyester tie has been tastefully designed with stripes matching the ribbon colours and bears an authenticating label on the reverse and the exclusive TA Centennial Lapel Pin is specially struck on the same principle as the miniature medal and, fitted with a secure clutch pin attachment, can be worn with pride.

The Yorkshire Regiment Official Calendar 2008 A small dedicated team from the Yorkshire Regiment have completed the design of the Regimental 2008 calendar. The calendar provides, through high quality photography and explanatory text, an overview of the roles that we perform, and other activities we participate in. The calendar has been produced with no cost to the Regiment.  The costs are borne by Aonix Limited, who have helped design, produce and print the calendar.  The major benefit to The Yorkshire Regiment is that proceeds from the sale of the calendar are given back to us as a donation to Parachute Regiment charities, therefore, the more we can sell through the regiment, the bigger the donation will be next year. If any of your members would like a supply of postcards to hand out, then please do not hesitate to contact us.  Calendars can be ordered by either returning one of the postcards to us, with appropriate payment, or by calling us on 0845 612 6647, and we can take your order and payment over the telephone.