The York Medal is an annual, regiment wide, commemorative medal presented to an individual from the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

Yorkshire Regiment The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated R YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It lost one battalion as part of the Future of ...

who has been considered to have made the greatest contribution to the aims of the Regiment over the course of the previous year.

Medal

The Yorkshire Regiment Medal is circular in shape. * Obverse: the badge of the

Royal Yorkshire Regiment The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated R YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It lost one battalion as part of the Army 2020 ...

with the inscription THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. * Ribbon: a broad central red stripe, flanked each side by a stripe of black, with an outer stripe of khaki green, the regimental colours.

List of recipients

*2020: Captain Tom Moore, veteran of 8th Battalion,

Duke of Wellington's Regiment The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he di ...

*2021: Sergeant Chris Clarke, 4th Battalion *2022: WO1 (RSM) Steven Greenwood, 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment. *2023: WO2 (CSM) Ross Willis, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment.

References

Decorations of the British Army

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