page_title: West Yorkshire Regiment
section_title: Inter-war years
hierarchical_section_title: West Yorkshire Regiment / History / Inter-war years
caption_attribution_description: English: Troops of the West Yorkshire Regiment warily search Japanese dugouts in Meiktila, Burma, 28 February 1945. Troops of the West Yorkshire Regiment warily search Japanese dugouts in Meiktila, 28 February 1945.
context_page_description: The West Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1958 it amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment to form the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire which was, on 6 June 2006, amalgamated with the Green Howards and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment to form the Yorkshire Regiment.
context_section_description: In 1936 the 8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion transferred to the Royal Artillery as 66th (Leeds Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade.
  In 1937, the 6th Battalion became 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the Royal Engineers, converting to a searchlight regiment of the Royal Artillery in 1940.
  In April 1938, the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion converted to the armoured role as 45th (Leeds Rifles) Bn, Royal Tank Regiment. In June 1939, the company at Morley was split off to form the cadre for a duplicate unit, the 51st (Leeds Rifles) Bn, Royal Tank Regiment.
caption: Men of the West Yorkshire Regiment search Japanese dugouts in Meiktila, 28 February 1945.
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