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Bob Russell: :To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the regiments which have the name of a county included inthe cap badge. [166028]Ivor Caplin: :The following 11 regular Army regiments include the name of a county in their official titles: The Argyle andSutherland Highlanders; The Cheshire Regiment; The Devon and Dorset Regiment; The Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's andRoyal Hampshires); The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment); The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment ofYorkshire; The Queen's Lancashire Regiment; The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment; The Staffordshire Regiment;The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment; and The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding).Of these 11 regiments, five feature the name of a county in their actual gap badges. They are: The Argyle and SutherlandHighlanders; The Cheshire Regiment; The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire; The Queen's Lancashire Regiment; and The Dukeof Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). |