Note about the Green Howards - World War 2 army

The 6th Battalion, Green Howards, was part of an English county regiment, the 19th Foot of Alexandra, the Princess of Wales own Yorkshire Regiment, whose depot was at Richmond, Yorkshire.

The regiment was first raised in 1688 by a Colonel Luttrell and had a great number of battle honours which would be upheld, and added to, in the Second World War. Being one of the few regiments left to retain its name, it formed a vital part of Her Majesty’s Forces, serving anywhere trouble was found; it comprised good and true men and at the risk of me being pompous, splendid soldiers, as our record shows.

I was born and lived for sixty-five years until I retired in Green Howard country, the North Riding of Yorkshire. I was and always will be a Green Howard at heart.

Bill Cheall