9th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

   9th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was raised at Pontefract in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and joined 64th Brigade, 21st Division. After initial training close to home they moved to Berkhamsted and then to Halton Park in October. They spent the winter in billets in Maidenhead from November and returned to Halton Park in April 1915. They moved to Witley for final training in August and proceeded to France in September 1915. They marched across France and went straight into action in reserve of the British assault at Loos on the 26th of September, suffering heavy casualties. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of The Somme, including The Battle of Morval in which the Division captured Geudecourt. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Arras offensive, the Third Battles of Ypres and The Cambrai Operations. In 1918 they fought on The Somme then moved north and were in action during the Battles of the Lys,,the Battle of the Aisne, The Somme, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the Division were around Berlaimont, on the 12th they moved to Beaufort, then in mid December they moved west of Amiens and demobilisation began being completed by the 19th of May 1919.

Sep 1914   21st Division was established in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Third New Army, K3. The units of the Division initially concentrated in the Tring area
In May 1915 the infantry moved to huts at Halton Park, the artillery went to Aston Clinton (One brigade staying at Berkhamsted) and the RE to Wendover. Rifles were received in late June 1915 and after firing their first course the infantry moved from 9 August to Witley Camp. Lord Kitchener inspected the Division on the march on 12 August.
Advanced parties embarked for France began on 2 September and the main body began to cross the Channel five days later. Units moved to assemble near Tilques, completing concentration on 13 September. The Division's first experience was truly appalling. Having been in France for only a few days, lengthy forced marches brought it into the reserve for the British assault at Loos. GHQ planning left it too far behind to be a useful reinforcement on the first day, but it was sent into action on 26 September, whereupon it suffered over 3,800 casualties for very little gain.

mid Sep 1914 21st Division at Halton Park  At the outbreak of war, Halton Park in Buckinghamshire was offered to the War Office by Alfred de Rothschild for use as a training camp. The first division to arrive was the 21st Yorkshire Division comprising; 8th East Yorkshire, 10th Green Howards, 14th Northumberland Fusiliers, 8th Lincolns, 12th West Yorkshire, 10th York & Lancaster and 9th and 10th KOYLI. They had their Divisional HQ at Aston Clinton House. Halton House was lent to the RFC who also trained in the grounds.

15th Nov 1914 21st Division move to billets for winter  In November 1914, 21st Division left Halton Park and moved into billets for the winter. The 10th Green Howards departed for Aylesbury on the 15th of November.

22nd May 1915 21st Division return to Halton Park  21st Division returned to the huts at Halton Park in April and May 1915 having spent the winter in billets. 10th Battalion Green Howards returned to the camp on the 22nd of May.

10th Sep 1915 On the Move

11th Sep 1915 On the Move

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13th Sep 1915 On the Move

14th Sep 1915 Training

19th Sep 1915 Exercise

25th Sep 1915 Bivouac

26th Sep 1915 Hold at All Cost

26th Sep 1915 Attack Made

16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme

22nd Oct 1915 To Be Played to the End

1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets

11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

9th February 1916 Call Ups

1st Mar 1916 Shelling

2nd Mar 1916 Reliefs

3rd Mar 1916 Bombardment

4th Mar 1916 Shelling

5th Mar 1916 Sleet

6th Mar 1916 Observation Balloons

7th Mar 1916 Snow

8th Mar 1916 Aeroplanes Active

1st Jul 1916 Success and Failure

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5th Mar 1917 Reliefs

28th May 1918 Hard Fighting

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Bamford Clement. Pte. (d.8th August 1918)
Bolt Ernest John. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1918)
Bolton MM Willie. Pte. (d.26th April 1918)
Boyd Joseph. Pte.
Bradshaw Robert Henry. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Bramwell William Lister. Pte.
Broadhead Pemberton. Pte. (d.2nd Feb 1916)
Chesher Arthur John. Pte. (d.27th April 1918)
Clarke John Alfred William. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
Cleverton Robert. Pte.
Comer James. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
Dale Richard Wiliam. Pte.
Day MC. Alfred Edward. 2Lt.
Drury Lawrence G.. 2Lt. (d.11th September 1918)
Easom Arthur Frederick. Pte. (d.26th Apr 1918 )
Fisher MM. Leonard. Pte. (d.22nd March 1918)
Foster John William. L/Cpl (d.1st July 1916)
Fox Albert. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Hallam Leonard Octavious. Pte. (d.23rd March 1916)
Hempsall Oswald. Pte.
Hinch James North. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Hogg Joseph. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
Holtham Arthur Thomas. Sjt. (d.25th Mar 1918)
Holton Philip John. Pte. (d.16th September 1916)
Hopkins Michael. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Hornsby Samuel. Pte. (d.24th April 1918)
Hughes Griffith Thomas. Pte (d.1st Jul 1916)
Jackson John William. Cpl. (d.22nd March 1918)
Johnson Percy. Pte. (d.26th Apr 1918)
Johnson Walter. Cpl. (d.4th Oct 1917)
Jones Herbert Thomas. Pte. (d.11th April 1917)
Law Melvin. Sgt. (d.1st July 1916)
Leason Thomas Herbert. 2Lt. (d.16th Sep 1916)
Leather George. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Lee MM Alfred. Pte.
Lynch DSO Colmer William Donald. Lt.Col. (d.1st Jul 1916)
Malloy John. Pte. (d.25th April 1918)
Marshall Ernest. Pte. (d.7th January 1916)
McMahon Philip Patrick. L/Cpl. (d.9th April 1917)
Millington J.. Pte. (d.11th November 1918)
Muddiman Reginald. Pte. (d.24th Oct 1918)
Nuttycombe Albert. Pte. (d.4th October 1917)
Oglesby Albert. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1917)
Richards Lawrence. Pte.
Ringham William John. Pte.
Smith Joseph James. Pte.
Speight Sam. Cpl. (d.5th Apr 1918)
Tansley Henry. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
Telfer Henry Adam. Lt. (d.1st July 1916)
Thompson Harry Stancer. Pte. (d.14th Nov 1918)
Watson Ernest Ludlow. Pte. (d.31st Jan 1917)
Watt MC. James. Lt.
Woollett William Charles. Capt. (d.16th September 1916)

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Pte. Alfred Lee MM 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

My grandfather Alfred Lee served in the 9th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. I believe he originally enlisted in the Leeds Pals but by the time of this citation just days before the end of the war he was in the 9th Battalion. He served as a stretcher bearer and survived the conflict. He would have been 18 at the onset of the war. He was one of 5 brothers. He lost one brother Charlie at sea who I believe was under age when he enlisted. He didn't talk about the war. His mother had the citation framed and on her wall and it mow hangs on my living room wall.
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Pte. Herbert Thomas Jones 9th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.11th April 1917)

Herbert Jones was the first husband of my grandmother, Florrie Lilian Cox of Bristol, and all I have about them as a couple is their marriage certificate. From the certificate we learn that they were married on 3 July 1915 at the Parish Church of Roath, Cardiff. His age was given as 26. (I have not been able to verify this - rather a lot of people of shared his name!). His occupation was given as 'collector'. His father was George William Jones, retired gentleman. Her father was Edwin John Cox, confectioner, and he was also a witness. The other witness was Elsie May Cox, cousin to the bride. Both gave their residence as 6, Tyler Street. I believe the photo was taken shortly after the marriage. I have a companion photo of the couple, where the bride's wedding ring is definitely on display!
My grandmother never spoke of her first husband. I remember my father saying she regarded the subject as 'too painful'. Herbert is buried in Cojeul British Cemetery in France.
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Pte. Robert Cleverton 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

This is a copy of the contents of the diary written by Robert Cleverton written between 1 April 1918 and 21 July 1918. It covers Robertâ€™s second tour in the Trenches of Western France and Belgium, where he saw active service at Ypres and near Reims. Robertâ€™s first active tour was fighting on the Somme where he received shrapnel wounds and contracted Trench Fever before being evacuated to the UK for convalescence in November 1917.
Robert was born on 1 April 1898. He enlisted in the KOYLI on 16 March 1915 at the age of 16, two weeks before his 17th birthday, but falsified his year of birth as 1897 to make him nearly 18. He was demobilised from the Army on 14 March 1919. He joined the RAF on 14 August 1919. His service record again gives his birth year as 1897. He served in the RAF for less than a year and was released as â€œno longer physically fit for War Serviceâ€ on 30 July 1920. After his service careers Robert married twice, had 7 children in his first marriage and 4 in his second. He lived mainly in Weymouth, Dorset, where he worked as a Master Butcher. During the Second World War he served as a sergeant in the Home Guard. He died on 1 May 1969.
The diary itself is actually a small pocket â€œAgenda FranÃ§aiseâ€ (French Diary). In the front of the diary it states that it originally belonged to Paul Moingeon from Gigny near Beaune. It is not known how it came to be in Robertâ€™s possession or if there is any connection between this and the entries from 31 May 1918. The only entries in the diary are those made by Robert between 1 April 1918 and 21 July 1918. The original diary is held by the children of Robertâ€™s second marriage.
1 April 1918 Left Folkestone for France for the second time and landed in Boulogne. Left Boulogne for base at Etaples. Own Birthday 20 years old today.
2 April 1918 Etaples nothing doing
3 April 1918 Etaples
4 April 1918 Left Etaples for the 9th Battalion KOYLI. Got off train at a place called CaÃ«stre and marched to Reinforcement Camp at Steenvoorde.
5 April 1918 Still at Reinforcement Camp at Steenvoorde.
6 April 1918 Left the Reinforcement Camp for Locre (Loker) and found the 9th KOYLI there.
7 April 1918 Left Loker and went in Reserve to the 49th Division at Ypres. We were in the Ritz Dugouts and expected Fritz attacking any moment.
8 April 1918 Still in Ritz Dugouts. Heavy Bombardment by German Artillery.
9 April 1918 Same as previous page.
10 April 1918 Left Ritz Dugouts for Maida Camp 2 km from Ypres.
11 April 1918 Left Maida Camp for front line trenches at Kemmel Hill. Heavy shelling all the way up. Relieved D.L.I. (Durham Light Infantry).
12 April 1918 Front Line trench. L/Cpl Tolson killed by sniper after killing 4 Germans. German Pillbox 50 yds away. Machine Gun inside.
13 April 1918 Front Line all quiet.
14 April 1918 Front Line all quiet.
15 April 1918 Front Line. Heavy shelling both sides at stand-to.
16 April 1918 Front Line. Trench mortar bombardment by Fritz. 2 killed 6 wounded quite close to me. 1st letter from Mother.
17 April 1918 Front Line all quiet. Heavy shelling in the rear of us by Fritz.
18 April 1918 Front Line all quiet.
19 April 1918 Front Line all quiet. Wiring most of the night.
20 April 1918 Front Line 2 killed close to me.
21 April 1918 Front Line all quiet.
22 April 1918 Front Line all quiet. Patrol 2 hrs tonight.
23 April 1918 Front Line all quiet.
24 April 1918 Front Line all quiet. Wiring most of the night.
25 April 1918 Relieved at 10pm by 1st East Yorks and marched about 6 km to Jager Camp. Heavy shelling of camp during the night several wounded and killed. Fritz also sent Gas over for 4 hours.
26 April 1918 Left camp for Front Line as Germans had broke through our line and Fritz advancing in hundreds but we stopped him by rifle and machine gun fire. Next morning we made a counter attack.
27 April 1918 Page missing
28 April 1918 Page missing
29 April 1918 Division relieved from Ypres Front. Marched to Cassel and stopped 1 night in open field.
30 April 1918 Left Cassel for Lederzeele 19km, 10 miles. Arrived Lederzeele 5pm.
1 May 1918 Reorganisation of companies and platoons.
2 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele. Received letter from Mother.
3 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele.
4 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele.
5 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele.
6 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele.
7 May 1918 Still at Lederzeele.
8 May 1918 Left Lederzeele for Saint Omer by road. Entrained at Saint Omer for unknown destination.
9 May 1918 Train all day.
10 May 1918 Train all day.
11 May 1918 Arrived at some station and marched to Romigny. 25 km from Reims.
12 May 1918 Left Romigny for Jonchery. Arrived Jonchery. Left Jonchery for support line trenches. Relieved the French at Berry-au-Bac between Reims and Soissons.
13 May 1918 All quiet in support not 1 shell.
14 May 1918 Lotties birthday. Support Line not 1 shell
15 May 1918 All quiet support line.
16 May 1918 All quiet support line. Received letter from Mother.
17 May 1918 All quiet support line. Received letter from the old man Mr R Cleverton and cigarettes also letter from Mrs Rixon.
18 May 1918 Support Line quiet. Received letter from Ethel.
19 May 1918 Support Line quiet. Received letter from Lottie and one from home to say parcel is coming.
20 May 1918 Support all quiet. No parcel.
21 May 1918 Relieved by East Yorks and went to Front Line and relieved the D.L.I. all quiet front line. No parcel.
22 May 1918 Front Line all quiet. No parcel.
23 May 1918 Front Line all quiet. No parcel.
24 May 1918 Front Line all quiet. Letter from Evelyn and photos of Mary but no parcel. Parcel must have got lost.
25 May 1918 Front Line all quiet.
26 May 1918 Front Line slight shelling in the afternoon. Heavy shelling by Fritz about 12 midnight still continuing.
27 May 1918 Front Line 4 a.m. Barrage of shells also Gas by Fritz. Hundreds of Germans following barrage. Our Lewis Guns playing hell with them. Piece of shrapnel in the face and gassed.
28 May 1918 L/Cpl Brown a pal of mine killed. Lt Greenshields hand blown off. Arrived at Field Ambulance. Germans still advancing as they broke through on the left and got round us and we had to retire.
29 May 1918 Arrived 37 C.C.S. and were told to get out of it as quick as possible and Fritz was close on. All walking cases went to Ville-en-Tardenois 10 km away and the Germans hold that now. 300 stretcher cases left. Fritz may have got them!
30 May 1918 Entrained for unknown hospital. Fritz bombing railway by aeroplane. French, English and Americans all mixed up on this Red Cross train.
31 May 1918 Arrive at Buanne and put in a French Hospital only 2 meals a day here mostly French in the hospital. (There is no place called Buanne in France and Robert spells it differently in following diary entries. For consideration this could be Beaune in Burgundy. The Americans completed the building of a military hospital there in January 1918. The town has a similar name to Robertâ€™s entries. It contains some beautiful buildings and there is a â€œmountainâ€ near by. All of which Robert refers to in the following entries). Buanne a very nice place something like Oxford and most students speak good English.
1 June 1918 I am still at the French hospital at Buanne expecting move tomorrow to Rouen. No church parade since I left Rugeley.
2 June 1918 I went for a walk this afternoon (Sunday) and the country around here is the prettiest I have ever seen and I am writing this at the foot of some French Mountain. This place would just suit Mother but I think I would sooner be in England even if I had to live in Narrow Marsh.
3 June 1918 Still at Buenne and this afternoon we went for a walk round and found a place where cherries were growing wild. We picked about 14lb. Should like to send some to Mother but of course thatâ€™s impossible.
4 June 1918 Left Buene today at 12 noon. Arrived in Paris at 3 a.m. the next morning.
5 June 1918 We were given a good feed at the Red Cross at Gare du Nord and then had a look round Paris. Left Paris at 11 a.m. for Rouen. Arrived Rouen at 5 p.m. and went to 10th General Hospital.
6 June 1918 Left 10th General Hospital for Convalescent Camp and promised a staff job there. Shall know for certain in the morning.
7 June 1918 Have been before the doctor and marked for employment as Bugler in the camp. Got paid 20 Francs today. Wrote to Ma, Evelyn, Lottie, Ethel, Mary, Mrs Rixon but they will not get away until tomorrow Saturday.
8 June 1918 Still at Convalescent Camp.
9 June 1918 Still at Convalescent Camp feeling pretty bad.
10 June 1918 Sent back to hospital No. 6 General.
11 June 1918 17 Ward 6 Gen feeling bad.
12 June 1918 Marked for Blighty.
13 June 1918 Left No. 6 General for England. Left Le Havre for England 10 p.m. on the HMHS Grantully Castle.
14 June 1918 Arrived Southampton 10 A.M. and left there on Ambulance Train for Whalley Lancashire.
15 June 1918 R1 Ward Queen Maryâ€™s Hospital Whalley Lancashire.
16 June 1918 Whalley.
17 June 1918 Whalley
18 June 1918 Whalley.
19 June 1918 Whalley.
20 June 1918 Whalley.
21 June 1918 Whalley.
22 June 1918 Whalley.
23 June 1918 Transferred to Pike Law Military Hospital Rawtenstall Lancs.
24 June 1918 Pike Law.
25 June 1918 Pike Law.
26 June 1918 Pike Law.
27 June 1918 Pike Law.
28 June 1918 Pike Law.
29 June 1918 Pike Law. Went to Manchester with Ethel.
30 June 1918 Pike Law.
1 -21 July 1918 Pike Law.

Joanna Malley

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Pte. Michael Hopkins 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.1st Jul 1916)

Michael Hopkins was my great uncle. He joined the KOYLI at Dewsbury, in August 1914. He was injured in battle, possibly at Loos. He was later killed on the 1st of July 1916 and now lies in Gordon Dump cemetery.
Aveen Hopkins

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Pte. Ernest Marshall 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.7th January 1916)

Ernest Marshall came from Pudsey in the West Riding of Yorkshire where he worked in a local mill. He is known to have signed up for service in the early stages of the Great War, at which time he would have been only 16 years old. He served in France and was tragically killed in 1916 whilst still a teenager.
Peter Storey

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2Lt. Thomas Herbert Leason 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.16th Sep 1916)

Son of William Herbert Leason and Dinah Leason, Thomas Leason was born in Ganton, Yorkshire in 1891 and was the elder brother to John William Leason born 1894. Thomas joined Leeds Boys Modern after obtaining a West Riding School Scholarship. He passed his King's Scholarship in 1911 and attended Leeds City Training College leaving in 1914 to begin a career of teaching.
Thomas joined the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, going to France at the beginning of 1916. It was reported at the time that he had lost his life on the Somme Battlefield on 1st of July 1916, however Thomas survived and carried on fighting, passing away in the September of that year aged 25 years. A memorial service was held for Thomas at Adel Church near Leeds where Thomas had been a Choir Boy conducted by Canon Draper. The service was attended by the Leeds Boys Modern Cadet Force and the Schools Scout Troup. Thomas is buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. France.
Katrina Leason

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Lt. James Watt MC. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

In 1899, at the age of 17, James Watt joined the Territorial Army, 9th Royal Scots (The Dandy Ninth), but being too young for ranks he served as a bugler. He joined the 2/1st Scottish Horse in 1914 and served as an NCO in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Salonika. He was then commissioned into the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, with which he served in France. He was awarded the Military Cross for action at Viller-Guislain during the Battle of Cambrai. In WWII, he served with the Royal Scots, 70th National Defence Battalion from 1939 to 1942, when he was discharged at age 60.
In 1957, he was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. In 1963, he was enrolled as a Knight of Justice in The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In 1968, he published his memoirs Irons in the Fire. In January 1975, at the age of 93, he died at West Linton, Edinburgh.

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Pte. Leonard Fisher MM. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.22nd March 1918)

Leonard Fisher served with the 9th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in WW1. He had been awarded the Military Medal. He died 22nd of March 1918 and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial in France. I have the personal effects letter sent to Leonard Fisher's father, who was my Great Grandfather.

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Pte. Reginald Muddiman 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.24th Oct 1918)

Reginald Muddiman died on 24th October 1918 and is buried in the Poix-du-Nord Communal Cemetery Extension. he was a relative of my great-great grandmother Mary Ann Drury.
Lesley de Nemethy

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2Lt. Lawrence G. Drury 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.11th September 1918)

Lawrence Drury appears on the War Memorial plaque inside Saxilby Church, Lincolnshire. I saw it when I was looking at the church as the place where many of my ancestors were married and some are buried in the churchyard. Lawrence was second/third cousin of my great-great grandmother Mary Ann Drury.
During WW1 Lawrence served with the 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and died 11th of September 1918 aged 28 years. He is buried in the Mont Huon Military Cemetery at Le Treport in France. Husband of Edith J. Drury, of 75 Whinney Hill, Rotherham.
Mary Ann had also lost another relative (by marriage), also in 9th Battalion KOYLI, Reginald Muddiman, who died on 24th of October 1918 and is buried in the Poix-du-Nord Communal Cemetery Extension.
Lesley de Nemethy

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Capt. William Charles Woollett 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.16th September 1916)

William Woollett had been a bank clerk from a middle class family in Herne, Kent prior to enlisting. He was killed at the Battle of Flers Courcelette on 19th of September 1916 and is buried in the neighbouring cemetery.
Julia Williams

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L/Cpl John William Foster 9th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.1st July 1916)

Lance Corporal John Foster served with the 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in WW1. He died 1st of July 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

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Pte. Harry Stancer Thompson 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.14th Nov 1918)

Harry Thompson was born in Patricroft, Eccles, Lancashire in 1895. He was unofficially adopted by George and Eliza Thompson of Winterton, Cheshire. He joined up in WW1, and served with 9th Battalion, KOYLI and must have been captured in France in May 1918. He was taken to Germany as a POW and we presume died from hard labour and bad conditions, working in a mine (or mines) of some kind. He passed away a few days after Armistice and is buried in Germany.
My grandfather, Oswald Day Gell Thompson was adopted by the same couple and went to war after Harry, I think. He served in the Salonica or Mesopotamian Front area. He came back home, but was so compromised by malaria and TB that he died in a sanatorium in 1930.
Janet Mary Gell Thompson

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Pte. Ernest John Bolt 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.25th Apr 1918)

Ernest Bolt served with 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He is remembered at Tyne Cot.

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Cpl. Walter Johnson 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.4th Oct 1917)

Walter Johnson served with the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Stephen Garnett

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Cpl. Sam Speight 9th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.5th Apr 1918)

Sam Speight served with the 9th Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Cameronians.

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Pte. Samuel Hornsby 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.24th April 1918)

Samuel Hornsby was my great uncle on my mother's side, brother to my grandmother.

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Pte. John Malloy 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.25th April 1918)

John Malloy was born in 1897 in Dundee. He was killed in action in Belgium on 25th of April 1918. John was a Signaller in the 9th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. John is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belguim.
Ann Malloy

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2Lt. Alfred Edward Day MC. 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Alfred Day was later transferred to Northumberland Fusiliers as a Captain and gained a Bar to his Military Cross.
Peter Samuel

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Pte. William John Ringham 12th,6th,5th,9th,1st Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Unfortunately, Private William John Ringham's service record (or a pension record) was not available through Ancestry.com resources; accordingly, it is likely this his records were destroyed during the Second World War. On his Medal Rolls Index Card, there is no secondary service number listed (i.e., Labour Corps), thus Private Ringham probably served in the Infantry throughout his time in the Army. On his Service Medal and Award Roll, there is a little more information. For example, Private Ringham served in FIVE different battalions, listed in order: 12th, 6th, 5th, 9th and 1st. Based upon www.1914-1918.net, "The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)", it is likely that he served primarily in France, but may have also served at Salonika. Back to Private Ringham's Service Medal and Award Roll - he transferred into "Reserve Z." status on November 9, 1919, suggesting that he was not disabled during the Great War. For his service, Private William John Ringham was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Clayton B. Austin

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