Middlesbrough mid-Victorian housing were demolished and much of central Middlesbrough was redeveloped. Heavy industry was relocated to areas of land better suited to the needs of modern technology. Middlesbrough itself began to take on a completely different look. The Green Howards was a British Army infantry regiment very strongly associated with Middlesbrough and the area south of the River Tees. Originally formed at Dunster Castle, Somerset in 1688 to serve King William of Orange, later King William III, this famous regiment became affiliated to the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1782. As Middlesbrough grew, its population of men came to be
Middlesbrough and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb in the south of Middlesbrough. Tom Dresser (1892-1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War. Stanley Hollis (1912–72), recipient of the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day (6 June 1944). Ellen Wilkinson was a famous MP for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel "Clash" (1929) which paints a very positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough). Steph McGovern, a business journalist for the BBC, grew up in Middlesbrough. Marion Coates Hansen was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party