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Date   Headline   Brief Details of Story
   
21 December 2007   GREAT WAR SURVIVORS PHOTOGRAPH AT GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   A photograph from 1919 that is said to show the only surviving members of the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment - The Green Howards - has been sent to the Regiment's Museum in Richmond.
15 December 2007   CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS ON PARADE AT GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   The shop at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond has a new line – rich Belgium chocolate bars that make idea stocking fillers for Christmas.
14 December 2007   MYSTERIOUS DONOR GIVES MUSEUM RARE HAND GRENADE   A significant gap in the collection at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond has been filled with the mysterious donation of a Word War I German hand grenade in the shape of an egg.
12 December 2007   SCHOOL SUPPORTS YORKSHIRE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN   When troops from the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in mid September they never expected to receive support from London based school children.
29 November 2007   YORKSHIRE'S INFANTRY FEND OFF TALIBAN IN NIMRUZ   In their second major operation since their initial deployment in September, B Company from the Second Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), .......
28 November 2007   YORKSHIRE REGIMENT SOLDIERS HELP SEIZE $1M DRUGS HAUL   Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) have played a key role in the seizure of more than 100 kg of opium with an estimated street value of over one million US dollars in a raid in Lashkar Gar, Southern Afghanistan.
26 November 2007   GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM GETS 'VISIT BRITAIN' ACCOLADE   Visitors to the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond can be sure of a good experience - and Visit Britain, the official national tourism agency, agrees.
25 November 2007   FRIENDS' EVENT AT HE MUSEUM, - 23 NOVEMBER 2007   The Committee of the Friends of the Green Howards Museum and their senior Patron, Field Marshal The Lord Inge KG GCB DL, were hosts to over 70 guests in the Museum on Friday 23rd November 2007.
7 November 2007   SCHOOL OF CEREMONIAL DRUMMING DRUMS UP MUSEUM DONATION   A donation from the Army School of Ceremonial’s Drumming Wing has helped to boost the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.
7 November 2007   FIRST EARL HAIG POPPY ON DISPLAY AT GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   The first poppy placed on the newly-erected Cenotaph in Whitehall on 11 November 1921 by Field Marshal Earl Haig is on display at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.
30 October 2007   SMELLING THE PAST OPENS THE WAY TO MEMORIES AT MUSEUM   The smells of the past are often the best way of bringing history alive - and the Green Howards Museum in Richmond has aroused lots of memories in its visitors with its reminiscence collection of particular objects associated with military service.
29 October 2007   NEW CENOTAPH PLAQUE FOR HARROGATE VCs   After a service to celebrate Harrogate’s Victoria Cross recipients in St Peter’s Church on Sunday 28th October....
20 October 2007   OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE SILVER TIGER   On the 18th October, Brigadier Ronnie Eccles DSO, who commanded the 1st Battalion from 1969-72 during the first two tours in Northern Ireland, officially presented the York and Lancaster silver tiger statuette to Major General Andrew Farquhar CBE in the Normanby Room.
20 October 2007   NEW SHOP MANAGER FOR THE MUSEUM   On the 8th October, the Trustees appointed Janet Nelson as the new Shop Manager and Receptionist at the Green Howards Museum.
3 October 2007   YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ROYALLY CELEBRATED ITS LAUNCH IN YORK   On Saturday 22 September 2007 over 1000 people took part in an event to celebrate the Formation of Yorkshire Regiment at a Service in York Minster in the presence of their Colonel in Chief, HRH The Duke of York.
     
   
28 September 2007   MALAYAN VETERAN TRAVELS 4,000 MILES TO MEET FORMER COMRADES   A Green Howards veteran of the Malayan Emergency of 1949 to 1952 has travelled more than 4,000 miles from his home in Canada to meet former comrades.
28 September 2007   THE GREEN HOWARDS ASSOCIATION GOLF SOCIETY, - THE ANNUAL ALMA CHALLENGE MATCH   This year's Annual Golf match was played at the Catterick Golf Club on Friday 21 September.
27 September 2007   DEAD MAN’S MEDAL PICTURE HELPS GREEN HOWARDS REMEMBER TWO VCs   The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond is this year marking the 150th anniversary of the presentation of its first two Victoria Crosses, to two men who fought in the Crimean War.
02 September 2007   ROYAL BRITISH LEGION RIDERS BRANCH VISIT RICHMOND ON THE ANNUAL "POPPY RUN"   The Royal British Legion Riders Branch stopped off in Richmond on 29 August, and 15 of their members called in to the Green Howards Museum as part of their Richmond visit.
28 August 2007   GREEN HOWARDS SEEK HELP WITH MYSTERY PICTURE   A mystery picture is perplexing staff at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond – and they would like to know who is shown in the photograph.
28 August 2007   CURATOR TAKES ‘BROWN BESS’ MUSKET TO THEATRE OPEN DAY   A ‘Brown Bess’ flintlock musket of the type that played a significant role in the creation of the British Empire was on show at the Green Howards Museum display during a special Open Day at the Theatre Royal in Richmond on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 August.

10 August 2007   YORKSHIRE HONOURS ITS WAR DEAD BEFORE THE ROSES MATCH   A memorial to Yorkshire cricketers killed in the service of the country was unveiled before the start of this year's Roses Match.
26 July 2007   MUSEUM BUYS PALESTINE HERO’S GEORGE CROSS   A very rare inter-war George Cross has been bought at auction by the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond, with the help of a grant from the Victoria & Albert Museum.
18 July 2007   GREEN HOWARD HAS SPECIAL TOUR OF MUSEUM   A former Green Howards officer from Ripon has been given a special tour of his Regimental Museum to mark his determination that the badge of his former Regiment should be placed in the new Chapel of Justice and Peace in Ripon Cathedral.
10 July 2007   SILVER TIGER FINDS NEW HOME AT GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   A two-foot-long silver tiger that once graced the Officers Mess of the 1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment has found a home at The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.
10 July 2007   GREEN HOWARD ENCOURAGES NEW MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS   A former Green Howards National Serviceman is now back with his former Regiment as a volunteer at the Regimental Museum in Richmond - and is encouraging others to join him.
     
   
29 June 2007   ARMOURERS FROM THE INFANTRY TRAINING CENTRE LEND A HAND AT THE MUSEUM   Two Armourers from Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, - Corporal Robinson and Craftsman Mellor, volunteered to lend a hand to repair and clean all of the Museum handling weapons in the collection.
28 June 2007   COLONEL TONY WILSON AWARDED OBE IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST   Colonel Tony Wilson has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, after wearing the Queen’s uniform for over 50 years.
28 June 2007   FAMILIES MAKE GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM   The Museum has recently received several extremely generous donations from families who have relatives who served with the Green Howards.

18 June 2007   RIFLE DONATION HELPS COMPLETE MUSEUM COLLECTION   A rifle of the type used by Green Howards during the Tirah Campaign of 1897 and in the Boer War has been presented to the Regimental Museum in Richmond by a supporter from Darlington.
12 June 2007   YORKSHIRE REGIMENT LAUNCH EVENT, - 22 SEPTEMBER 2007   The Yorkshire Regiment Launch event is to take place at York Minister on Saturday 22nd September, in the presence of the Colonel in Chief, The Duke of York.

12 June 2007   VICTORIA CROSS REMEMBRANCE SERVICE 26TH JUNE   A service is to be held in the world famous PAISLEY ABBEY, Scotland on the 26th June at 10.00 a.m. to celebrate five Scottish VC holders, including Pte EVANS VC (19th Foot),.....
5 June 2007   COLONEL SIR WALTER LUTTRELL, 1919 - 2007   The Green Howards regimental family will be sad to learn of the death of Sir Walter Luttrell, who passed away on 3 April of this year.
20 May 2007   RICHMOND SUNDAY, - 20th MAY 2007   On a fine and sunny day there was an excellent turnout for this year's Richmond Sunday.
19 May 2007   THE OPENING OF THE REFURBISHED GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM, - 18th MAY 2007   Over 70 members of the Green Howards Association, VIPs and guests attended the opening of the new ground floor of the Museum on the evening of the 18th May.
18 May 2007   DRAMATIC OPENING TO REFURBISHED GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   An army Land Rover bursts through the wall of The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond as a dramatic introduction to its newly-refurbished entrance area, which will be open to the public for the first time on Saturday 19 May.
14 May 2007   GENERAL HOUGHTON TO PRESENT THE GEOFFREY POWELL ANNUAL LECTURE ON THURSDAY 28 JUNE   The Chief of Joint Operations at the MOD, Lieutenant-General Nick Houghton CBE, who is responsible for operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq has kindly agreed to give the annual Colonel Geoffrey Powell Lecture......
30 April 2007   WELL-KNOWN GREEN HOWARD SELECTED FOR THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AREA HQ, RICHMOND   On 8th May 2007, Major (Ret’d) Robert Martin MBE will assume the role of C2 MSF at the Area Headquarters of The Yorkshire Regiment in Richmond.
19 April 2007   NORTHERN OFFICERS' LUNCH, - CONEYBRIDGE   The Green Howards (Officers and their wives) Northern Lunch at Coneythorpe was held on Tuesday 17 April.
12 April 2007   LIVE FIRING IN SENNYBRIDGE - THE COUNTDOWN TO AFGHANISTAN BEGINS   The final week of March saw 2 YORKS as a whole deploy to Sennybridge Training area in order to conduct a week of live firing.
11 April 2007   THE COLONEL IN CHIEF VISITS THE SECOND BATTALION IN CHEPSTOW   On the 3rd April 2007 His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Prince Andrew visited The 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) for the first time in his appointment as the Regiment’s Colonel In Chief at Beachley Barracks Chepstow.
11 April 2007   MORE NEWS FROM THE MUSEUM   Several news stories from the Museum....
     
   
31 March 2007   NEWS FROM THE MUSEUM, - A DATE FOR THE REOPENING   The redevelopment of the Museum is going ahead but a few delays means that the Museum will not be open for Easter.

12 January 2007   THE 1st ANNUAL "BULL" LEWIS MEMORIAL MATCH, - OFFICER'S AND SGT'S MESS VS THE JUNIOR RANKS,
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17 November 2006   AGENT ORANGE HEALTH RISK TO BRITISH TROOPS   The following Press Release was made by the Royal British Legion on 14 November 2006.
06 November 2006   RARE PHOTOGRAPH GIVEN TO MUSEUM   A new donation has arrived at the archives of the Green Howards Museum in the form of a photograph, dog tag, and inscribed watch that belonged to Company Sergeant Major William Handrick, 6th Battalion, Green Howards.

23 October 2006   MUSEUM CARTOON CHARACTER COMES TO LIFE   The Curator of the Green Howards Museum has had a professional artist create a cartoon Green Howard to appeal to children.

23 October 2006   THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   The Green Howards Museum is now closed for the next six months as a major revamp of the ground floor gets underway thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund.

14 October 2006   THE DAY THE GENERAL'S COURAGE WON THE MC   The following news story was published by "The Mail on Sunday" on 14 October 2006.
     
   
23 September 2006   GREEN HOWARDS CELEBRATED IN PICTURES   Photographs of Green Howards soldiers spanning more than 150 years have been brought together in the first-ever complete pictorial record of a British infantry regiment.

3 August 2006   EXERCISE CYCLE WARRIOR NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!   Exercise CYCLE WARRIOR is an endurance cycling event between Bosnia and the UK.
29 July 2006   THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT PARADES IN RICHMOND TO REQUEST THE TRANSFER OF THE TOWN'S FREEDOM   A detachment of soldiers from the newly formed Yorkshire Regiment paraded in Richmond town centre on Wednesday 26th July to request the transfer of the Freedom of Richmond
29 July 2006   THE GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM NEEDS YOU!   The Green Howards Museum is looking for new volunteers to run the museum shop from Easter next year.

14 July 2006   ALL CHANGE AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, RICHMOND   The retirement of Major Roger Chapman and Major Brian Metcalfe.
14 July 2006   CURATOR "STOLEN" FROM POLICE MUSEUM   David Tetlow (aged 36 yrs) from Manchester has swopped the blue and silver police colours for the white and green of the local infantry regiment. On 17th July 2006 he takes over from Roger Chapman the role of Curator of The Green Howards Museum in Richmond.
     
   
30 June 2006   SIR BERNARD INGHAM AND "YORKSHIRE GREATS" AT THE FRIENDS AGM   Sir Bernard Ingham, the former Press Secretary to Margaret Thatcher, had over 90 Friends chuckling and laughing out loud at the eccentricities and foibles of some of the famous personalities from Yorkshire he had chosen for his best selling book ‘Yorkshire Greats’.
27 June 2006   MEDAL HANDOVER COMPLETES FAMILY MBE TRIO   As The Green Howards were amalgamated into the newly formed Yorkshire Regiment, Major Jack Riordan decided he needed to cement his family’s long association – over 120 years – with the Regiment
8 June 2006   HOLLIS VC HUT - MISTAKEN BEACH PILLBOX NOW ‘D’ DAY MEMORIAL   A train stop on a Normandy beach, mistaken for a German pillbox on D. Day, has been unveiled as a memorial to Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis VC and the men of the Green Howards who stormed ashore 62 years ago during the allied landings on 6 June 1944.
6 June 2006   AMALGAMATION   After 318 years, the oldest English independent infantry of the line regiment was amalgamated today into the new, large Yorkshire Regiment, whilst the 1st Battalion was on operations in Bosnia and Kosovo.
2 June 2006   COLONEL OF REGIMENT SAYS FAREWELL TO HIS REGULAR BATTALION   The Colonel of The Green Howards, Brigadier J S W Powell OBE recently visited the 1st Battalion The Green Howards at their operational base in Banja Luka, Bosnia.
1 June 2006   THE RICHMOND DRUMMER BOY WALKS AGAIN   11 years old Hughie Nicholson donned a replica uniform of a 1750s drummer boy from the Museum in order to lead visitors on the annual Richmond Drummer Boy Walk last Sunday (28 May).
22 May 2006   100 YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG   Tommy Sivell from Newcastle-upon-Tyne cut his 100th Birthday cake with a sword at The Green Howards Richmond Sunday celebrations on 21st May.
11 May 2006   TERRIERS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ ON OP TELIC 7   The Green Howard cap badge has been on display over the last six months in Iraq for the last time before amalgamation.
05 May 2006   SERGEANT JIMMY WILLIS SWAPS MAGIC MOMENTS IN THE GREEN HOWARDS AT THE NORTHERN MAGIC CIRCLE BRANCH MEETING   TV celebrity and ‘It’s Magic’ compère Paul Daniels (National Service in Hong Kong 1957-59) met another Green Howard magician at the Northern Magic Circle Branch Meeting this week and got a surprise.
23 April 2006   GREEN HOWARDS FIND SUCCESS ON BALKANS RETURN   It is almost 10 years to the day that the Green Howards were last deployed on operations to Bosnia. Two Corporals from the 1st Battalion marked the Regiment's return within days of the unit's arrival with a significant illegal weapons find.
18 April 2006   GOLD SNUFFBOX NAPOLEON GAVE TO MARSHAL NEY COMES TO MUSEUM   A gold and enamel snuffbox given by Napoleon Bonaparte to his most famous general, Marshal Ney, is going on display at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.
     
   
28 March 2006   GREEN HOWARDS PARADE FOR THE LAST TIME ON BRITISH SOIL   After 318 year of un-amalgamated regimental history, the Green Howards formed up and paraded the 1st Battalion for the last time on British soil prior to their deployment on operations in the Balkans this week.
27 March 2006   CADETS WITH ATTITUDE   Northallerton Army Cadets (Green Howards) were triumphant once more at the recent Yorkshire (N&W) ACF County Smallbore Champions held at Strensall Camp.
19 March 2006   GREEN HOWARDS' DINNER SAYS FAREWELL TO THE KING OF NORWAY   One of England's oldest Army regiments, and one of only two never to have been amalgamated, has said farewell to its Colonel-in-Chief, HM Harald V, King of Norway, after an association with his family extending back to 1875.
17 March 2006   WAR VETERAN RECEIVES HIS VETERAN'S BADGE   On Wednesday 8 March, the Barnsley and District Branch of the Green Howards Association gave War Veteran Harry Harding the respect that all veterans deserve.
28 February 2006   JOHN GREENWAY, MP FOR RYEDALE, PRESENTED WITH A GREEN HOWARDS TIE ON HIS BIRTHDAY   John Greenway, MP for Ryedale, was presented with membership of the Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum and a Regimental tie at his recent 60th Birthday Party
22 February 2006   TOM SIVELL, - THE GREEN HOWARDS OLDEST VETERAN, IS 100 TODAY   Old soldier Tom Sivell, from Fawdon in Newcastle, celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday 22 February.
13 February 2006   TEMPORARY EXHIBITION - 'Green Howards Over The Somme - 1916', - NOW OPEN   To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916), The Green Howards Museum opened a temporary display about those Green Howards who flew with the Royal Flying Corps over the Western Front trenches in The Great War.
30 January 2006   A NEW TOUCH SCREEN MEDAL INTERPRETATION DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM   A special touch screen unit has been unveiled in the Harrison Gallery (Medal Room) in the Green Howards Regimental Museum.
24 January 2006   THE GREEN HOWARDS OFFICERS' BALL, - HARROGATE, 21 JANUARY 2006   It was a night to remember. Almost 300 officers and their wives or partners approached the Pavilions in Harrogate through a laser tunnel of green light, with a large XIX revolving on the wall above.
23 January 2006   THE MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN, - WITH A NEW TOUCH SCREEN MEDAL INTERPRETATION DISPLAY   The Green Howards Regimental Museum is to reopen to the public next Wednesday, 1 February, after the annual month long closure for cleaning and maintenance.
23 January 2006   TEMPORARY EXHIBITION - 'Green Howards Over The Somme - 1916', - OPENS 13 FEBRUARY   To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916), The Green Howards Museum is to open a temporary display about those Green Howards who flew with the Royal Flying Corps over the Western Front trenches in The Great War.
13 January 2006  

SCARBOROUGH COLLEGE CADETS RENOVATE FORMER PUPIL'S GRAVE

   Scarborough College Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
     
   
15 December 2005   SECOND GREEN HOWARDS OFFICER TO BECOME CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF   General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC, formerly Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards from 1989 to 1991 and Colonel of the Regiment from 1994 to 2003, is to become Chief of the General Staff (CGS) in August 2006.

1 December 2005   CHRISTOPHER FINDS GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S GALLANTRY MEDAL   Eleven-year-old Christopher Chapman from Gainford Primary School in County Durham was on a mission when he visited the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond on Tuesday 29 November - to see if he could find the medals won by his great-grandfather in World War I.

2 December 2005   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIERS' CAREERS GET A LIFT   Three Green Howards soldiers have had a lift to their future careers - by becoming fully-qualified forklift operators while serving with the 1st Battalion The Green Howards at their base in Chepstow.
22 November 2005   FIVE GREEN HOWARDS TEAMS IN MILITARY COMPETITION   Five teams, one from each Company of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards, have taken part in the Cambrian Patrol competition, one of the world's toughest military skills competitions, which took place in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales.
8 November 2005   GREEN HOWARDS PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN ARMISTICE DAY SERVICE AT ROYAL ARMOURIES   Green Howards who have been killed since the end of World War Two will be remembered at the Armistice Day Service on 11 November at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, which will also mark the last time that the Green Howards remembers its dead as an independent regiment.
2 November 2005  

GREEN HOWARDS RECRUIT SARAH TO IMPORTANT MUSEUM POST

  Canadian Sarah Taylor is hard at work in the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond as its newly-appointed Collections and Audience Development Officer - and has already got to grips with the Regiment's important photographic collection.
26 October 2005   PALACE DATE FOR LAST GREEN HOWARD IN WARTIME NORWAY   Old Green Howards soldier Frederick Leach from South Bank in Middlesbrough was at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 25 October to meet the King of Norway, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, at a reception to mark the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Norway.
26 October 2005   MUSEUM CALLS FOR WORLD WAR I ITEMS TO HELP SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

   A call has gone out from the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond for donations of World War I items that can be sent out to local schools that are studying the War.

12 October 2005   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIERS PROMOTED   Five Green Howards have been promoted to the rank of Corporal in the Regiment's 1st Battalion.
12 October 2005   SOLDIERS JOIN ELITE SNIPER PLATOON   Five Green Howards have been 'badged' as snipers after five months of intensive training with the Regiment's 1st Battalion.
14 October 2005   SOME STORIES AND PHOTOS FROM THE ANNUAL REUNION

    
10 October 2005   THE ADDRESS GIVEN AT ST MARK'S CHURCH SCARBOROUGH FOR THE ANNUAL REGIMENTAL REUNION, 9th OCTOBER 2005.

    
5 October 2005   IRA VICTIM'S CRICKET CUP PRESENTED BY NEPHEW, BATTALION'S CO   The cup for the best Green Howards Company cricket team, named The Willis Cup in memory of Major Peter Willis, a Company Commander with the Green Howards who was blown up and killed by the IRA in South Armagh in July 1975, has been handed to this year's winning team by his nephew, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Willis MBE, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion.
     
   
20 September 2005   ARMY'S LAST FIELD MARSHAL HEADS UNIQUE REGIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPH   Eighteen ranks of serving soldiers, from Field Marshal to Private, all of them Green Howards, came together in a unique photograph at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, on MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER.
20 September 2005   KEN’S 1944 GREEN HOWARDS DIARY COMES TO MUSEUM 61 YEARS ON   Sixty-one years ago, on 24 September 1944, Lieutenant Ken Taylor of the Green Howards crossed the Nijmegen Bridge in Holland, under attack from German aircraft, two and a half months after landing on the Normandy beaches on D-Day - and he recorded his experiences in an ‘illegal’ wartime diary.
25 August 2005   OLD AND NEW DRUM MAJORS ARE BOTH DARLINGTON MEN   A new Drum Major of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards has taken over the prestigious role from the man who has held it for the last four years - and both men come from Darlington.
18 August 2005   REGIMENTAL CHARACTER'S MILITARY CROSS AND MEDALS COME TO MUSEUM   The Military Cross and other medals of a Green Howards officer who served in Malaya and Hong Kong have been presented to the Regimental Museum in Richmond by his daughter and grand-daughter.
16 August 2005   NEW OFFICER IS LAST TO JOIN INDEPENDENT GREEN HOWARDS   The last Green Howards officer to join the 1st Battalion before the Regiment becomes part of the new Yorkshire Regiment in June next year has just completed a course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

20 July 2005   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIERS WIN IN RING   Trophies for the competition were presented by Brigadier Ian Chollerton.

11 July 2005   SPAM LEADS TO VICTORY IN VE DAY TREASURE HUNT   Spam-hunters from families around Richmondshire visited The Green Howards Museum, Richmond Castle the Georgian Theatre and the Richmondshire Museum over the weekend to mark VE Day and to learn more about World War II.
5 July 2005   SPAM AND ANDREW AWAIT CHILDREN ON VE DAY TREASURE HUNT   Local primary school children will be hunting for tins of Spam at the Green Howards Regimental Museum on Sunday 10 July when it hosts a special VE Day commemoration treasure hunt along with three other attractions in Richmond.
     
   
29 June 2005   TEESDALE SCHOOL VICTORIOUS IN GREEN HOWARDS ADVENTURE CHALLENGE   The annual GREEN HOWARDS ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES COMPETITION , in which 11 school teams from across the North East faced a series of tough challenges in the picturesque setting of Richmond Castle, resulted in a victory for the B' team from Teesdale School in Barnard Castle.
24 June 2005   GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM GETS £220,000 HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND GRANT   The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond is to take forward a major project to make its collections and its expertise more widely available, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund of £220,000.
18 June 2005   WORLD WAR ONE HERO’S MEDALS COME TO MUSEUM   The medals of a World War I member of the Green Howards who won the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for rescuing his brother-in-law while under enemy fire at Armentières in northern France, and later won the Military Medal (MM), have been presented to the Regimental Museum in Richmond.
18 June 2005   IAYN GOES BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM   Richmond student Iayn Hall (14) has been behind the scenes at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond on two weeks of work experience from Risedale School at Hipswell near Catterick.
14 June 2005   OUTSTANDING SOLDIER WINS CALVERT MEMORIAL TROPHY   A Green Howards Corporal from Middlesbrough, who combines a ceremonial role with the life of a modern infantryman, including service in Afghanistan, has been awarded the Regiment's Calvert Memorial Trophy as its outstanding junior non-commissioned officer (NCO).
14 June 2005   THE MUSEUM LENDS UNIFORMS TO HELP A PARISH MARK THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF VE-DAY   The Green Howards Regimental Museum lent two Second World War uniforms to St Herbert's church in East Darlington for its Flower Festival to mark the 60th Anniversary of VE Day.
7 June 2005   WORLD WAR I PRISONER'S SOAP COME TO REGIMENTAL MUSEUM   Artificial soap from a World War One German prisoner-of-war camp has been presented to the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond by Peter Etches, whose father Bede saved it on his return from the war.
2 June 2005   GREEN HOWARDS GIVEN LONG SERVICE MEDALS   Green Howards Colour Sergeant Shaun Flynn, from Linthorpe in Middlesbrough, and Corporal Graham Anderson, from Billingham, have been presented with a Long Service and Good Conduct medals at a ceremony in the 1st Battalion's headquarters in Chepstow.
2 June 2005   THREE GREEN HOWARDS COMMENDED FOR WORK IN AFGHANISTAN   Three Green Howards have been awarded the Joint Commander's Commendation at a ceremony in the 1st Battalion's headquarters in Chepstow.
1 June 2005   DRUMMER BOY WALK KEEPS THE LEGEND ALIVE   More than 30 people followed the traditional route of Richmond's Drummer Boy in the Green Howards' annual Drummer Boy Walk on Sunday 29 May.
5 May 2005   HEDLEY VERITY'S CENTENARY REMEMBERED IN ITALY AND AT HEADINGLEY   A wreath has been laid on the war grave in Italy of one of Yorkshire's cricketing heroes, Hedley Verity, by a Green Howards officer, to mark the centenary of his birth and to mark the forthcoming match to be played by Yorkshire Country Cricket Club at Headingley in his memory.
3 May 2005   GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM MARKS VE DAY   The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond is marking the 60th anniversary of VE Day this weekend with a lecture by a leading military historian and an invitation to veterans to drinks at the Museum.
21 April 2005   THREE NEW OFFICERS JOIN GREEN HOWARDS   Three new officers have joined the Green Howards after completing their training at Sandhurst, and have visited the Green Howards Regimental Headquarters in Richmond to complete the final paperwork to become part of the Regiment as Second Lieutenants
19 April 2005   HOTEL SHOWCASE HIGHLIGHTS GREEN HOWARDS' HELP FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS   Exhibits from the Green Howards Regimental Museum in the former Trinity Church in Richmond have crossed the market square to the King's Head Hotel.
     
   
23 March 2005   SCHOOL WINS GREEN HOWARDS COUNTY CUP   Hartlepool's English Martyrs School footballers have won The Green Howards' Under 16 County Cup for 2005, beating Yarm's Conyers School in the final in Middlesbrough.
18 March 2005   EGG-STRA SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOUNG VISITORS TO MUSEUM   Young visitors to the Green Howards Regimental Museum over the Easter Weekend have an extra treat in store - in return for the right answers in the Museum's special quiz, they'll receive a chocolate egg.

16 March 2005   WORLD WAR ONE OBJECTS HELP BOW SCHOOL TAKE A LONG VIEW OF HISTORY   Hands-on experience of equipment used by soldiers in the First World War at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond is helping boys from Bow School in Durham understand more about 20th-century history.
7 March 2005   GREEN HOWARD VOLUNTEER'S BOER WAR MEDALS GIVEN TO MUSEUM   The medals of a Northallerton man who served with the Green Howards in the Boer War have been presented to the Regiment's museum in Richmond by his family.
1 March 2005   GREEN HOWARDS NORDIC SKIERS QUALIFY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS   Green Howards skiers have proved themselves among the best in Britain again this winter - despite having spent much of 2004 in the heat of Afghanistan.

23 February 2005   GREEN HOWARDS HOST HMS RICHMOND OFFICERS   Officers from HMS Richmond, the Royal Naval Frigate that has a special Bond of Friendship with The Green Howards, have visited the Regimental Museum in Richmond to present a picture of the ship to the Museum's Curator.
23 February 2005   THE REGIMENTAL SECRETARY   It is sad to report that Lt Col ‘Pip’ Leighton MBE has resigned as Regimental Secretary for personal reasons unconnected with the Regiment.
22 February 2005   99-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER GETS SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TREAT AT MUSEUM   Old soldier Tom Sivell, from Fawdon in Newcastle, celebrated his 99th birthday on Tuesday 22 February with a visit to the Regimental Museum of the Green Howards
12 February 2005   AMERICANS VOTE GREEN HOWARDS CRIMEAN COLLECTION 'THE BEST'   Two American researchers have paid a special visit to the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond to photograph its outstanding collection of Crimean War artefacts.


9 February 2005   EXHIBITION CHARTS THE WAR FROM NORMANDY TO BERLIN, 1945   Items from Hitler's Berlin bunker are among the exhibits in a new exhibition at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond that was officially opened on Tuesday 8 February.
29 January 2005   HISTORIC DINNER FOR THREE YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS   The three Army Regiments of Yorkshire - the Green Howards, The Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment - have held a joint dinner for the first time, as a prelude to becoming battalions of the new Yorkshire Regiment next year.
26 January 2005   FORMER CO OF GREEN HOWARDS 1ST AND 2ND BATTALIONS DIES AT 93   Colonel Michael Roberts, the only officer to have commanded both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Green Howards, has died at the age of 93.
12 January 2005   GREEN HOWARDS FORMER DEPUTY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT DIES   Scarborough-born Geoffrey Powell, a former Green Howards officer and Deputy Colonel of the Regiment who was awarded the Military Cross for action in World War 2, has died aged 90.
12 January 2005   GREEN HOWARDS AWARDED NEW YEAR HONOURS   Two Green Howards have been honoured in the recent New Year's Honours List - Brigadier Lamont Kirkland has received the CBE, and Major Tony Warriner the MBE.
7 January 2005   GREEN HOWARDS COMPANY WINS ROYAL ACCOLADE   Members of 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The Green Howards are celebrating a 'royal' success - they have won the Battalion's prestigious title of 'King Harald Company' in the annual inter-company competition.
5 January 2005   GREEN HOWARDS MEDALS GET A POLISH READY FOR A SPECIAL SEASON

   The great polishing at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond has begun with Museum Assistant Paul Cooper and volunteer Don Whitaker tackling the first of 3,000 badges and buckles and 3,750 medals that they need to shine up over the next few weeks.
     
   
7 December 2004   NEW ROLE AND PROMOTION FOR FORMER COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT   The former Colonel of the Regiment of the Green Howards, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC has been appointed Commander-in-Chief Land Command from March next year, and is to be promoted to the rank of General. He succeeds General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman KCB CBE ADC.
2 December 2004   AMERICAN 'GREEN HOWARD' LIVING HISTORY VISIT TO REGIMENTAL MUSEUM   An American who has set up a World War II Green Howards Living History Group in California has visited the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond for the first time.
30 November 2004   RADIO PRESENTERS PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES BY GREEN HOWARDS   Four presenters from Teesside local radio station TFM have been put through their paces by the Green Howards, who are currently sponsoring the station's Saturday Soccer show.
18 November 2004   GREEN HOWARDS RECEIVE AFGHAN MEDALS   Green Howards Sergeants Pete McCall and Peter Fox from Middlesbrough and Lance Corporal Matthew Horner from Saltburn have been awarded medals for their service in Afghanistan.
10 November 2004   NEW GREEN HOWARDS REGIMENTAL SECRETARY TAKES OVER AT A CRUCIAL TIME   Lieutenant Colonel P J Leighton, MBE, has become Regimental Secretary of the Green Howards, and is now based at the Regimental Headquarters in Richmond.
14 October 2004   GROUP HEARS THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS, THE REGIMENT AND THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD   Sheffield military historians learned of the part that the city played in the history of a Yorkshire regiment when they visited the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.
11 October 2004   HANDOVER MARKED FINAL ACT FOR GREEN HOWARDS IN AFGHANISTAN   The final act of the Green Howards on their six-month operational tour of Afghanistan was to hand over their role to their successors, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters.
4 October 2004   GUISBOROUGH AND SCARBOROUGH SOLDIERS AWARDED US MEDALS

   Green Howards soldiers from Guisborough and Scarborough have returned to the UK from Afghanistan with medals from the United States Army for their work with the Afghan National Army Training Team. (ANATT).
     
   
30 September 2004   OXFORD STUDENT HELPS GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM CATALOGUE UNIFORMS   An Oxford University student from Stockton from has been working at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond over the summer on a project that saw him cataloguing all the historic uniforms on display and in the stores.
29 September 2004   GREEN HOWARDS TO TAKE FREEDOM MARCHES THROUGH SCARBOROUGH AND MIDDLESBROUGH   The 1st Battalion The Green Howards are marking their return home from six months in Afghanistan by exercising their right to march through Scarborough and Middlesbrough on Saturday 9 October 2004.
21 September 2004   GREEN HOWARDS REMEMBER THE ALMA 150 YEARS ON   One hundred and fifty years ago, on 20 September 1854, the Green Howards were in the thick of the Battle of the Alma, one of the earliest of the major engagements of the Crimean War - and they have marked the Battle's anniversary with ceremonies wherever they have been stationed.
17 September 2004   WHITBY GREEN HOWARDS KEEP IN TOUCH FROM AFGHANISTAN   Five Whitby lads, currently serving with the 1st Battalion The Green Howards in northern Afghanistan, are looking forward to returning to the UK early in October - and have been keeping in touch with home by reading the Whitby Gazette.
13 September 2004   GENERAL VISITS HIS FORMER BATTALION IN AFGHANISTAN   Green Howards serving in Afghanistan have been visited by their former Commanding Officer, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Dannatt, now Commanding Officer of the Allied Rapid reaction Corps.
19 August 2004   BRIGADIERS VISIT GREEN HOWARDS IN AFGHANISTAN   Green Howards in Afghanistan have been playing host to two important visitors - the Commander of the Second Infantry Brigade Brigadier David Santa-Olalla DSO MC and their Colonel of the Regiment, Brigadier John Powell OBE.
11 August 2004   THREE NEW OFFICERS JOIN GREEN HOWARDS   Three new officers have joined the Green Howards after completing their training at Sandhurst, and have visited the Green Howards Regimental Headquarters in Richmond to complete the final paperwork to become part of the Regiment.
5 August 2004   GREEN HOWARDS CAPTAIN GETS KABUL COMMANDER’S COMMENDATION   The Commander of the Multi-National Brigade in Afghanistan has commended Captain Wayne Pledger of the Green Howards for his work in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
5 August 2004   HEAT AND DUST IN AFGHANISTAN   Lance Corporal Craig Johnson, from Middlesbrough, who is with the Green Howards in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, writes about his posting.
20 July 2004   NEW OFFICER FINDS HIS FEET IN KABUL   Green Howards 2nd Lieutenant Charles Lacy left Sandhurst in December, then spent four months on the Platoon Commander’s Battle Course. In June he was posted to the 1st Battalion The Green Howards in the Afghan capital Kabul.
2 July 2004   TIGHT FINISH IN SCHOOLS’ GREEN HOWARDS ADVENTURE CHALLENGE

   The annual GREEN HOWARDS ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES COMPETITION, held today (2 July) at Richmond Castle resulted in a dead heat between two competing school
     
   
28 June 2004   TWO GREEN HOWARDS SPORTING HEROES HONOURED IN IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM EXHIBITION   Two sporting heroes of the Green Howards are being celebrated in an exhibition that looks at sport in wartime, at the Imperial War Museum North in Salford from 3 July to 1 November.
23 June 2004   GREEN HOWARDS OVERSEE OPENING OF NEW BRIDGE IN AFGHANISTAN   A dangerous bridge linking two villages near the Afghan capital Kabul, used by more than 500 local children going to and from school each day, has been replaced with the help of the Green Howards.
18 June 2004   GREEN HOWARDS RUNNING DISTANCE FROM KABUL TO RICHMOND   It is 3,670 miles from Kabul to Richmond in North Yorkshire – and members of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards, currently serving with the International Security Assistance Force in the Afghan capital, are running the equivalent of every inch of the way to raise funds for the NSPCC.
12 June 2004   GREEN HOWARDS OFFICER KNIGHTED IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS   The former Colonel of the Regiment of the Green Howards, which recruits in North Yorkshire and Teesside, has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
11 June 2004   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIER GET HIGH-FLYING PROMOTION   A routine air flight in Afghanistan for a Green Howards soldier turned into something special for him as he received a surprise promotion in mid-air.
06 June 2004   SISTER OF 7th BATTALION D-DAY HERO SEES HIS PORTRAIT AND JOURNAL IN THE MUSEUM   On 6 June the Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum organised a Lecture on D-Day given by Keith Matthews, Curator of the Castle Museum in York. The Lecture was held in the Normanby Room of the Museum.
A guest at the Lecture was Miss Lavender Wilson, whose brother, - Captain Gordon M Wilson, served with the 7th Battalion Green Howards.
24 May 2004   ARMED FORCES MINISTER MEETS GREEN HOWARDS IN AFGHANISTAN   The Green Howards in Afghanistan hosted the Armed Forces Minister, the Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP, on his visit to the country in late April.
The Minister was in the country meeting soldiers serving throughout Afghanistan. In the capital Kabul he met members of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards who are contributing to the UK team which is helping to train
the Afghan National Army.
24 May 2004   EX-DRUM MAJOR PRESENTS NEW DRUM TO C18 DRUMMER BOY   A former Drum Major of the Green Howards is presenting a new drum – and giving an few tips on drumming – to the famous Richmond Drummer boy, in time for this year’s annual Drummer Boy Walk on Sunday 30 May.
18 May 2004   GREEN HOWARDS FLY FROM AFGHANISTAN TO HELP RECRUITING   Four Green Howards soldiers are making a round trip of more than 7,000 miles to spend a week in the area telling potential recruits about life with the Green Howards in Afghanistan.
8 May 2004   PORTRAIT OF BRITAIN’S LAST FIELD MARSHAL UNVEILED AT MUSEUM   A full-length portrait by renowned portrait painter June Mendoza of the last Field Marshal to be appointed to the British Army, Field Marshal the Rt Hon Lord Inge KG GCB DL, has been unveiled at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.

26 April 2004   NEW GREEN HOWARDS ARE CONGRATULATED BY GENERAL – AND HEAD FOR AFGHANISTAN   Three new Green Howards soldiers have completed their training with a Passing Out parade at Catterick – then were personally congratulated by another Green Howard, Lieutenant General Richard Dannatt CBE MC, who took the salute.
22 April 2004   GREEN HOWARDS HELP TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY   Green Howards soldiers are helping the Afghan National Army to train as part of their work in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Major Chris Harrison, whose family lives in the Bootham area of York, and whose home is now at Huggate near Pocklington, is in Afghanistan as Officer Commanding Support Company, 1st Battalion The Green Howards.
20 April 2004   D-DAY HERO’S VC IN IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM EXHIBITION   The Victoria Cross of Green Howards Sergeant Major Stan Hollis – the only one to be awarded for actions on D-Day – is on show in a major exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Allied Invasion that led to the end of World War II.
18 April 2004   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIER AWARDED CALVERT CUP FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE   A Redcar soldier has been presented with a special award as the outstanding junior non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the Green Howards.
Corporal Frank Kenyon (28) has been awarded the Calvert Memorial Trophy for 2003.
18 April 2004   GREEN HOWARDS HELP WITH AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION   Green Howards soldiers are out and about in Afghanistan helping local people cope with the reconstruction of the country.
Captain Wayne Pledger from Scarborough and Sergeant Chris Gent from Guisborough are taking part in CIMIC (Civil-Military Co-operation) tasks that include helping to deliver drugs and food packages to the children’s ward in Kabul’s Maywand General Hospital, and clothing and food – as well as sports equipment – to Rahman Mena Girls’ School.
5 April 2004   THORNABY COMMUNITY SCHOOL WINS GREEN HOWARDS COUNTY CUP

   More than 1,000 school footballers took part in the annual Green Howards County Cup competition – and the team from Thornaby Community School proved the best team on the day, winning the final against West Redcar School.
     
   
30 March 2004   NEW COMMANDING OFFICER FLIES TO AFGHANISTAN   Only a few weeks after taking over as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Willis MBE is about to fly out to Afghanistan, where his men will be deployed for the next six months.
22 March 2004   COLLEGE STUDENTS GET GREEN HOWARDS JACKETS   Students on the Uniformed Services Course at Middlesbrough College now have smart new tracksuit jackets, thanks to the generosity of the Green Howards.
22 March 2004   CRIMEAN BOOK LAUNCHED ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF WAR   One hundred and fifty years ago, on 24 March 1854, France and Great Britain declared war on Russia, heralding the start of the Crimean War. To mark the anniversary a new book that uses contemporary diaries and memoirs of Green Howards soldiers – and a wife - to trace the course of the conflict has been written by the Curator of the Green Howards Regimental Museum, Major Roger Chapman.
22 March 2004   FIJIAN IS NEW FACE ON THE STREETS FOR GREEN HOWARDS   A new face for Green Howards recruiting will be seen on the streets of Teesside and North Yorkshire in the coming months, as Fijian soldier Misaele Vakadranu joins the Regimental Recruiting Team.
15 March 2004   STUDENTS LEARN GREEN HOWARDS HISTORY AT FIRST HAND   The Green Howards Museum in Richmond has been helping youngsters with their history studies, as 90 11 and 12-year-old students from Fyndoune Community College in Sacriston near Durham paid a visit as part of a day in the town, which also included the Castle and the Georgian Theatre.
11 March 2004   DRUMMER MARK GETS HIS AFGHAN DESERT KIT IN THE WELSH SNOW   Receiving his desert kit for forthcoming service in Afghanistan is Green Howards Drummer Mark Finnegan from Middlesbrough – and not only does he have both Sergeant Major Steve Swift (left), from Thirsk, and Sergeant Andy Kidger (r), from Guisborough, to deal with, he also finds himself in the snows of his camp at Chepstow in Wales.
8 March 2004   GREEN HOWARDS SOLDIERS GO FROM GUARD DUTY IN WALES TO AFGHANISTAN   Green Howards Private David Arnold from Leyburn and Private Jonathan Cross from Billingham have been on duty guarding the new home of the Green Howards at Chepstow in Wales – and are also training for the new role of the Regiment in Afghanistan.
19 February 2004   GREEN HOWARDS SAY FAREWELL TO IRELAND WITH RUGBY VICTORY   The 1st Battalion The Green Howards have crowned their two-year tour of duty in Northern Ireland with another sporting success – winning the Army’s
Northern Ireland Rugby Cup.
16 February 2004   GREEN HOWARDS GET NEW COMMANDING OFFICER   The 1st Battalion The Green Howards, which recruits in Teesside and North Yorkshire, has a new Commanding Officer, who takes over as the Battalion moves from Northern Ireland to Chepstow to prepare for deployment in Afghanistan.


Lieutenant Colonel Jim Willis MBE takes up command on 17 February....
28 January 2004   D-DAY VETERAN OPENS EXHIBITION AT GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM   The commander of one of the first Green Howards companies to go ashore on D-Day, 6 June 1944, officially opened a special exhibition at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond on Monday 9 February to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

07 February 2004   26 MACHINE-GUN WOUNDS – AND NOW HIS MEDALS COME TO REGIMENTAL MUSEUM   The medals of a Green Howards soldier who survived twenty-six machine-gun bullets in his leg and groin have been presented by his son to the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond.

04 February 2004   BANNER GOES UP WITH HELP FROM FIRE-FIGHTERS   Richmond fire-fighters have come to the rescue of the Green Howards Regimental Museum in the centre of Richmond – by climbing high to fix the Museum’s banner.

28 January 2004   GREEN HOWARDS RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN AFTER 85 YEARS   Officers from the 1st Battalion The Green Howards have just returned from a reconnaissance in Afghanistan, to prepare the way for the Battalion’s six-month deployment in the country later this year.

21 January 2004   RAPID REACTION GENERAL IS DELAYED FOR AFFILIATION DINNER   A new affiliation of the Green Howards with the Company of Fellmongers of Richmond was celebrated at the Company’s Annual Dinner in the town on Friday 16 January - despite the absence of the Guest of Honour.
21 January 2004   VC HERO’S SON SEES MUSEUM’S NEW D-DAY EXHIBITION   The son of the only man to win the Victoria Cross on D-Day has visited the Green Howards Museum in Richmond to see the preparations for a new exhibition that will depict D-Day and the Regiment’s role in the operation.
02 January 2004   GREEN HOWARDS ARE NORTHERN IRELAND BOXING CHAMPIONS – FOR THE SECOND YEAR

   For the second year in a row The Green Howards are the Army’s Northern Ireland boxing champions – the first time any Battalion has won the competition in successive years – and they again beat the Royal Irish Regiment to take the title
     
   
18 December 2003   GREEN HOWARDS HELP FORMER COMRADES ON YOUTH PROJECT

   Members of the Green Howards Regimental Recruiting Team have been lending their skills to a project that is helping young people from East Cleveland learn valuable skills for the future.
16 December 2003   GREEN HOWARDS HELP TFM HELP LOCAL CHILDREN

   When local radio station TFM found they had a special Christmas problem, they called on the Green Howards for assistance.
The radio station, which is helping the charity 'Make a Child Smile', has appealed to its listeners to donate toys for local children who would otherwise be without presents this Christmas.
16 December 2003   THREE NEW GREEN HOWARDS OFFICERS - PREPARING FOR AFGHANISTAN

   Three new Second Lieutenants have just passed out of Sandhurst and are flying out to Northern Ireland to join the 1st Battalion The Green Howards at their headquarters in Ballykelly - and will be in Afghanistan in the spring.
16 December 2003   JAMES BOND COMPOSER SENDS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO HIS OLD BATTALION

   A special message from Hollywood composer John Barry was one of the highlights of the Christmas Lunch for members of the 2nd Battalion Branch of the Green Howards Association in Malton on Saturday (13 Dec).
8 December 2003   GREEN HOWARDS SEND MESSAGE TO KING OF NORWAY AS HE UNDERGOES SURGERY

   The Green Howards have sent a message of support to the King of Norway, their Colonel-in-Chief, as he undergoes surgery for cancer in Oslo.
8 December 2003   ONE POLISHED, 6,749 TO GO, AS DON BRINGS A SHINE TO GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM

   Polishing 3,000 badges and buckles and 3,750 medals will be keeping Green Howards Regimental Museum volunteer Don Whitaker busy for the next two months.
30 November 2003   GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM VISITORS UP – AND STAFF ARE REWARDED WITH PARTY

   The Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond has seen a rise in visitor numbers by 10 per cent this season – triggering a ‘thank you’ party for the staff, guides, volunteers, helpers and supporters from the Curator, Major Roger Chapman.
30 November 2003   GREEN HOWARDS HOLD DINNER AT REGIMENTAL MUSEUM

   A dinner was held in the Normanby Room at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond on 21 November, hosted by the Colonel of the Regiment, Brigadier John Powell.
24 November 2003   PLAQUE UNVEILED AT MUSEUM MARKS 2nd BATTALION'S HISTORY

   A plaque about the Colours of the 2nd Battalion The Green Howards has been unveiled at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond, where the two flags are on display.

24 November 2003   RICHMOND SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN OF YOUNG BEDALE SOLDIER’S WAR

   The death of a 19-year old Green Howards Soldier from Bedale in 1915 is helping to bring the realities of the Great War to 13-year old students from Richmond School.

19 November 2003   GREEN HOWARDS RECRUITERS BACK IN MIDDLESBROUGH

   Local soldiers will be back on the streets of Middlesbrough for the week beginning Monday 24 November, when the Green Howards Recruiting Team is in the city to encourage others to join the Regiment.
17 November 2003   GURHKA VISITORS SEE D-DAY VC

   Gurkhas visiting the Green Howards Museum in Richmond were shown the only Victoria Cross to be won on D-Day by some one who knows their country and traditions well.
4 November 2003   GREEN HOWARDS MEMORIAL CLEANED FOR REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY