West Riding militia

E210010

The West Riding militia was a local auxiliary military force raised from the West Riding of Yorkshire to provide home defense and support to the regular British Army.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Middlesex militia 1
West Riding Militia 1
West Riding militia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary military force ⓘ
militia regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
commandStructure Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
function augmentation of regular army strength in wartime ⓘ
training of local reservists ⓘ
garrison West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
partOf British Army auxiliary forces ⓘ
linked to: Territorial Army
raisedFor internal security ⓘ
local defence ⓘ
supplementing regular forces ⓘ
recruitedFrom West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
recruitmentBasis county-based ⓘ
local inhabitants ⓘ
role home defence ⓘ
support to the regular British Army ⓘ
service domestic service only in principle ⓘ
subdivisionOf Yorkshire militia ⓘ
linked to: West Riding militia
type infantry ⓘ
uniform British militia infantry uniform of its period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex → hasAssociatedMilitaryUnit → Middlesex militia ⓘ
linked to: West Riding militia
West Riding militia → subdivisionOf → Yorkshire militia ⓘ
linked to: West Riding militia
Yorkshire militia system → includes → West Riding Militia ⓘ
linked to: West Riding militia