Ref No578-K/1/1/6
TitleAffiliations
DescriptionWritten acccounts, ephemera and photographs relating to the York and Lancaster Regiment's link H.M.S. Sheffield, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), the Wellington region, The Royal Malay Regiment, public houses and a railway engine.
Date1937-[c.1990]
NotesThe Regiment was linked with the second Royal Navy warship named H.M.S. Sheffield, due to its affiliation with the first H.M.S. Sheffield, affiliated with The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), New Zealand, and had wider association with the Wellington region. It was also allied with Les Fusiliers Mont Royal, Montreal, Canada and the 7th Battalion The Royal Malay Regiment, Malaya, and had a public house in Rotherham (Cat and Cabbage, opened 1974) and in Wellington, New Zealand (The Royal Tiger Hotel, opened 1860) and a railway engine named for it.
Extent22 items
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/4446The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) Regiment; -1964-1964
Places
CodeSet
NA7727Royal Tiger Hotel/Corner of Taranaki and Abel Street/Wellington/Wellington Region/New Zealand
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