Giftshop UKWest Yorkshire Regiment, British Army Pin Badge

Slight delay in delivery but this may be due to the recent problems the Royal Mail is experiencing. Well packaged. Good quality pin badge.Although my Dad, Peter Seddon, came from Leigh in Lancashire he served in the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in 1945. He was in the 48th Brigade, 17th Indian Division, and therefore was involved in operation "Extended Capital". The troops of the 14th Army reclaimed Rangoon, the capital of Burma, in May 1945. My Dad was made Lance Corporal and put in charge of a party of stretcher bearers. He got his Military Medal in 1945, while this excellent regiment was operating around Meiktila. His M.M. was later mentioned in London Gazette on 17 January 1946.The West Yorkshire Regiment was founded in 1685. It's motto is, "Difficulties Do Not Daunt". The regiment's cap badge is of the white horse of Hanover.The white horse symbol dates back as far as 1361 and was adopted as the heraldry of a German family who provided many monarchs, princes and dukes from the 11th century onwards. The house of Hanover was set up in 1635 and was closely linked to this family. King George I, born in 1660, was the first Hanoverian monarch of Great Britain and Ireland in 1714.In 1765, members of the West Yorkshire Regiment who were stationed at Windsor were allowed, by Royal permission of George III, to wear their bearskins with the White horse of Hanover on. However, it was not until late 1800s that all this regiment's soldiers wore the white horse of Hanover. Due to its close connections with royaly, it is a great honour to have the white horse of Hanover on their cap badge.