Great War Acting Sergeant Hanson Victor Turner, Second World War Colonels-in-Chief 1947: Maj-Gen. HRH Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, CI, GCVO, GBE, RRC, TD Colonels of the Regiment Colonels of the regiment included: 1685–1688: Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet 1688–1692: Col. William Beveridge 1692–1713: Lt-Gen. John Tidcomb 1713–1743: Lt-Gen. Jasper Clayton 1743–1747: Brig-Gen. John Price 1747–1753: Maj-Gen. Hon. William Herbert 14th Regiment of Foot 1753–1755: Maj-Gen. Edward Braddock 1755–1756: Lt-Gen. Thomas Fowke 1756–1765: Maj-Gen. Charles Jeffereys 1765–1775: Lt-Gen. Hon. William Keppel 1775–1787: Gen. The Rt. Hon. Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore, PC 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1787–1789: Lt-Gen. John Douglas 1789: Col. George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave 1789–1806: Gen. George Hotham 1806–1826: Gen. Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment 1826–1834: Gen. Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, GCB, GCMG 1834: Sir Charles Colville, GCB, GCH 1835–1837: Gen. Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, GCB 1837–1862: Gen. Sir James Watson, KCB 1862–1870: Gen. Sir William Wood, KCB, KH 1870–1875: Gen. Maurice Barlow, CB 1875–1879: Gen. James Webber Smith, CB The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Prince of Wales's Own Regiment 1879–1880: Gen. Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford, GCB 1880–1897: Gen. Alfred Thomas Heyland, CB The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1897–1904: Gen. Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, GCB, CSI 1904–1914: Maj-Gen. William Hanbury Hawley 1914–1934: Maj-Gen. Sir William Fry, KCVO, CB The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) 1934–1947: F.M. Sir Cyril John Deverell, GCB, KBE 1947–1956: F.M. Sir William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC 1956–1958: Brig. Gerald Hilary Cree, CBE, DSO References Sources External links WYR's service with 62 Division in the Great War Bill Troughton's Webpage – featuring a book about his experiences in a Rangoon Prisoner of War camp Captain Dennis Parkin – Daily Telegraph obituary Yorkshire Volunteers website Infantry regiments of the British Army West Yorkshire Military units and formations in the West Riding of Yorkshire Military units and formations in York Regiments of the British Army in World War II Regiments of the British Army in World War I Regiments of the British Army in the American Revolutionary War Regiments of the British Army in the Crimean War R