As the 197th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is marked  today, a battalion named after the  Duke of Wellington is facing a very modern fight for survival – against the money men of the  Ministry of Defence. The Duke of Wellington’s battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment faces the axe under plans to cull Army numbers and disband or merge 50 regiments. The 300-year-old battalion, fought under its name in the Boer War, both World Wars, Iraq, and its soldiers are currently serving in the volatile Helmand province in Afghanistan. Facing a mutiny: Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond's plans to scrap the Army battalion named after the Duke of Wellington has drawn criticism
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Army sources say the Yorkshire Regiment, the Duke of Wellington's batallion, will be axed under new plans
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The proposal was revealed on the 197th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
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The present Duke of Wellington has written to the head of the army, urging him to save the historic name of the batallion
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