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  • Geraldine Carter – Funeral Notice.
    Geraldine Carter’s funeral will be in Halifax Minster on Friday 6th March at 12.00. This will be followed by the Committal at Parkwood Crematorium at 1.30 pm. The wake will then take place in Halifax Minster following the committal.   As you will know Geraldine was an immensely loyal and generous supporter of the Regiment in Calderdale ...
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  • Seasonal Greetings to everyone
    Seasonal Greetings to everyone
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  • Windscreen stickers
      Vinyl Windscreen stickers are now available from the Association office.   They are reusable, should you change car or have to replace a damaged screen. All you need to do is clean the area of windscreen where you want to put it, wet the front of the sticker and apply it to the screen. Peel off the backing ...
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  • Museum Visitors from Palazzuolo sul Senio
    The association hosted a visit from five members of a military re-enactment group from Palazzuolo-sul-Scenio, in Italy. Some Veterans and Battlefield trip Group members will remember it is the town which the Dukes visited in 2011, on the Anniversary of the Battle of Monte Ceco, from September 1944. Regimental Secretary David Harrap acted as their guide, both ...
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  • Historical Enquiries – Temporary Closure of Service
    We regret to advise that as of today, 30th April 2025, owing to unforeseen technical issues, the Regimental Archives Historical Enquiries service is temporarily closed. When the service is able to resume this notice will be removed For further information see the Archives page:- https://www.dwr.org.uk/regimental-family-history-research/
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  • Easter
    Wishing everyone a fruitful gathering of Eggs on Sunday  
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  • New Regimental Secretary for the Royal Yorkshire Regiment RHQ
    As many may be aware, the current Royal Yorks Regiment Regimental Secretary, Lt Col David O’Kelly, retired this month, after 18 years loyal and outstanding service. Colonel Nigel Rhodes will take over the position in November. Nigel commissioned into the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) in 1991, serving as the Operations Officer, Adjutant and Corunna Company ...
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  • Change of RHQ eMail Address
    With immediate effect the Association office has a new eMail address. which is [email protected]   Note that eMails sent to the older BT Connect number may not be seen.
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  • New MoD Portal Cap Badge Design Cancelled
    You may all be aware that Regimental Cap badges, uniforms and logos of units in the current order of Battle (Serving units) are in the process of being changed to convert the Queens Crown and ER-II Cypher to a Kings Crown and CR-III Cypher. Unfortunately in the heat or confusion in doing it our cap badge ...
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  • Op Grapple Memorial – Update
    This is an update to the main Op Grapple Memorial proposed for Gorazde. See here:- https://www.dwr.org.uk/2022/05/24/gorazde-bosnia-memorial/   The deployment of the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment to Bosnia on Op Grapple in March 1994 contributed hugely towards the success of the UN’s involvement at an incredibly challenging time in the civil war then engulfing the ...
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  • Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle – Bankfield Museum / DWR event 17th March, 2018

    Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle – Bankfield Museum / DWR event 17th March, 2018

    14:00 -16:00
    17 March 201820182018
    Bankfield Museum
    Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax, UK
    Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax, UK

    Sam Sweeney, Radio 2’s Folk Musician of the Year (2015), is making a special appearance at Bankfield Museum as part of the programme of events remembering the Great War, commemorated in the award-winning For King and Country exhibition.

    Sam, a member of Bellowhead and Leveret, will be in the beautiful Oak Gallery at Bankfield Museum, for a special performance of talks accompanied by music. Several years ago, Sam purchased what he thought was a new violin from a shop in Oxford. Only when he got the instrument home did he find the internal markings, detailing that the violin was made by Richard S Howard in Leeds, in 1915. After further research by Sam’s father, they found that Howard was killed in 1917 while serving with The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, leaving the instrument unfinished for nearly 100 years.

    Sam played Howard’s fiddle in his successful touring show Made in the Great War, even travelling to Howard’s grave in Belgium. Now, he and his father re-tell their story and that of the violin, surrounded by the Duke of Wellington’s Regimental Museum, housed in Bankfield Museum.

    All proceeds from this performance are being donated to the Regimental Museum Fund. The Duke of Wellington’s Regimental Museum represents over 300 years of the Regiment, since its raising in 1702. The Museum tells the stories of the soldiers who served using their own words.

     

    Tickets £5.00

    Buy your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sam-sweenys-fiddle-tickets-40732571217

    For more information or enquiries:

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://museums.calderdale.gov.uk/whatson/events/sam-sweeneys-fiddle

    Social Media Hashtags: #bankfieldmuseum #samsweeney’sfiddle

    Videos:

    Link to YouTube video of Sam playing the violin at Richard Howard’s grave: https://youtu.be/-q9Kirx1-KU

    Link to YouTube video of press coverage: https://youtu.be/_W9OnNDYk0c

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