ang="EN-US">The Green Howards was a British Army
infantry regiment very strongly associated with Middlesbrough and the area
south of the River Tees. Originally formed at Dunster Castle, Somerset in 1688
to serve King William of Orange, later King William III, this famous regiment
became affiliated to the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1782. As Middlesbrough
grew, its population of men came to be a group most targeted by the recruiters.
The Green Howards were part of the King's Division. On 6 June 2006, this famous
regiment was merged into the new Yorkshire Regiment and are now known as 2
Yorks – The 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards). There is also
a Territorial Army (TA) company at Stockton Road in Middlesbrough, part of 4
Yorks which is wholly reserve
