government of John Major decided to bring Territorial Army (TA) and Regular Army units closer together; as a result, the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Volunteers became 3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (Yorkshire Volunteers). The 3rd Battalion was based at York. 3PWO lasted until 1998. In 1993, the regiment deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of UNPFOR, with companies in Gornji Vakuf and Vitez. They picked up the unofficial nickname of "ShootBat" due to the 'robustness' of the battalion's actions. In 1994, the battalion moved to the British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada followed by a move to Warminster as the Infantry Demonstration Battalion at the Land Warfare Centre. 1997 saw the battalion stationed in Chester with deployments to Ulster, Sierra Leone (Operation Basilica) support to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during the foot and mouth outbreak. Training exercises took troops to Kenya, Jamaica, Italy and Oman. By 2001-2003, 1PWO was in Omagh followed by a move to Catterick Garrison as an Air Assault Battalion, with deployments to Bosnia, as part of SFOR and a training exercise to Belize in 2005. The regiment amalgamated with its sister battalions of The Green Howards and The Duke of Wellington's Regiment to form The Yorkshire Regiment on 6 June 2006. Battalions The battalions of which the regiment controlled included: Band of the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (1958–1994), became part of The Waterloo Band of the King's Division in 1994 Regulars 1st Battalion (1958–2006), former The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, became 1st Btn, The Yorkshire Regiment Volunteers, (TA 1958–1967 then 1975–2006) 3rd Battalion (1960–1967), reduced to HQ Co and A Co of the Yorkshire Volunteers and The Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Territorials Leeds Rifles (1961–1967), reduced to A Company in Yorkshire Volunteers and The Leeds Rifles Territorials 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (1967–1993), became 3rd (Yorkshire Volunteers) Btn 3rd (Yorkshire Volunteers) Battalion (1993–1999), became Quebec and Imphal Companies in the East and West Riding Regiment The East and West Riding Regiment (1999–2006), became 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment TA of the Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion (1958–1960) became B, C, and D Companies in 3rd Btn 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion (1958–1961), became independent in 1961 TA of The Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion (1958–1960), became A Company in 3rd Btn Territorials, (TA 1967–1975) The Prince