ARmy Rumour SErvice

**Kitmarlowe** · 01-12-2005, 15:11

Gosh.....That's going to surprise some of the older lads in my unit. I joined 3DWR, became E&WRR and now I'll be 4 Yorks. They joined 3 Yorks, became 3/4 Yorks then 4 Yorks........

Wot a surprise....

**Barrack Room Lawyer** · 01-12-2005, 15:55

Originally Posted by Paoli

Originally Posted by Barrack Room Lawyer

Farewell Brandywhine flash, it was a privledge to wear you:

Mate, you're setting yourself up...

Two ways of playing this one:

Yeah I meant it like that WAH!

or:

bugger

**Barrack Room Lawyer** · 05-12-2005, 09:28

http://history.farmersboys.com/regts_future.htm

**Burgers** · 05-12-2005, 15:19

Originally Posted by polar

Probably make that 1/3rd from Durham, would a West Riding recruit join a Southern 'English' regiment or join the Yorkshire Regiment? I am ignoring any family history (which would be another factor) but how much PR is the local media going to give a 'foreign' regiment over the Yorkshire Regiment.
Even parts of Lincolnshire, Derbys and Notts will think the Yorks are their local regiment (and not the Anglians/Mericians)

Not so...with a five battalion regiment running around, the Rifles will have battalions in every warzone, and fingers in every pie.
As a result the Sun will keep writing articles on that 'elite regiment, the Rifles' and people will come to know it as a household name.
To add to this, the old LI battalions that were recruiting out of Yorkshire couldn't use the 'yeah we're like Sharpe's rifles' line. But now they can!

Matter of time before they start amalgamating the rest of the country...