Shako plate, Upper Agbrigg Volunteer Infantry (Yorks), worn by Lt Samuel Knight, 1808 (c).

Gilt metal.

This unit was formed following a meeting on 1st August 1803 of the inhabitants of Huddersfield and other local Parishes of Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and the township of Quick to form this unit. It was commanded by Sir George Armitage Bt, 3rd Baron of Kirklees and Sherriff of Yorkshire. By 1806 over 1,300 men were serving with the Regiment. They conducted training every year. Their motto was ‘Pro Rege et Patria’ (for King and Country). 

In 1808 on the formation of the Local Militia the unit became the Upper Agbrigg Local Militia. This unit was disbanded in 1816 after the end of the Napoleonic Wars.