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Those known to have served with
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Adamson Frederick Varley. Pte 2nd/4th Btn, "A" Coy (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Addison James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.3rd Dec 1915)
- Ainley George. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.30th Jul 1918)
- Allsopp Charles Rhodes. Sgt. 7th Battalion (d.7th Aug 1917)
- Annable Ernest. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.21st Jan 1916)
- Armitage Thomas William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1916)
- Arnold Richard Henry. Private 2/5th Battalion (d.3rd May 1917)
- Ashton Sam. Private 5th & 3rd Btns
- Atkinson Harry . Pte. 8th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Austin James William. Pte. 8th (Service) Btn. (d.8th October 1916)
- Bacon Victor. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.11th Oct 1915)
- Bailey George Horace. Pte 1/5th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Ball Luke. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.10th Feb 1916)
- Bamber John Walton. Lt. 10th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Bamford Clement. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.8th August 1918)
- Barnes Lawrence Fairbank. 2nd.Lt. 10th Btn. (d.24th July 1917)
- Barnes Louis Frederick. Pte. 6th Btn (d.2nd August 1915)
- Bateman Frank. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.10th Sep 1918)
- Beaumont Willie. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.8th May 1915)
- Bellamy Charles William. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Bellamy Ernest Charles William. Pte (d.15th September 1916)
- Bennett Arthur. L/Cpl 10th Btn
- Bentley F.. L/Cpl. 8th Btn, B Coy. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Bentley Thomas Harold. Pte.
- Beresford James Gilbert. Pte 2nd Btn 1/5th Btn 2/4th Btn (d.30th Mar 1918)
- Billing Frederick. Cpl. 1st Btn (d.1st Oct 1915)
- Binnie Arnold. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.21st Jul 1918)
- Blackburn R. Pte. 1/4th Btn
- Bolt Ernest John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1918)
- Bolton MM Willie. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.26th April 1918)
- Bond R. C.. Col.
- Bond DSO. Reginald Copleston. Lt.Col. 2nd Btn.
- Bone George Harry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.22nd Aug 1916)
- Boyce MSM. Arthur Henry. Sgt. 2nd Btn.
- Boyd Joseph. Pte. 9th Battalion
- Bradley MM. Arthur. 2Lt. 6th Btn. (d.24th August 1917)
- Bradshaw Robert Henry. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Brady John. Cpl.
- Brady Michael. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918)
- Brain DMC Arthur. Cpl. 1/5th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917)
- Bramwell William Lister. Pte. 9th Battalion
- Brand Harry. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.29th September 1918)
- Bransom Alfred Samuel. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.28th March 1918)
- Briggs Ellis. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.10th Feb 1917)
- Broadhead Pemberton. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.2nd Feb 1916)
- Brockhouse Horace. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.16th August 1917)
- Brown Frederick. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Buckley DCM, MM. Harry Helmsley. 2nd Lt. 6th Btn.
- Buckley DCM, MM. Harry Helmsley. 2nd Lt. 6th Btn.
- Burkinshaw Frank. Pte. 5th Btn (d.3rd Nov 1918)
- Burton Charles. L/Cpl. 1/4th Btn. (d.14th April 1918)
- Burton Matthew. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.27th Mar 1918)
- Cades Lawrence. Cpl. 15th Battalion (d.16th Aug 1918)
- Carpentier Jules. Pte. 3rd Btn.
- Carter Herbert. Pte 8th Btn. (d.8th Jun 1917)
- Cast Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.8th June 1917)
- Chamberlain Francis. Sgt. 1st/4th Btn. (d.9th Oct 1917)
- Chapman William. Pte. 2/4th Battalion (d.13th March 1917)
- Chesher Arthur John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.27th April 1918)
- Clabby H. Pte. 2/5th Bn (d.20th November 1917)
- Clarke John Alfred William. Pte. 9th Bn (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Clarke Thomas Henry. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.9th Apr 1917)
- Cleverton Robert. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Cockcroft Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.7th Sep 1916)
- Comer James. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Cooke William. Pte. 1st/5th Battalion (d.2nd July 1916)
- Cooling Ernest. Cpl. 8th Battalion (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Cotton MM. Fred. Sgt. 2nd Battalion
- Coucom Henry H.. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.30th October 1914)
- Craddock Joseph. CSM.
- Crookes Fred. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1915)
- Crossley Arthur Nowell. Pte. 10th Btn.
- Curtis George Albert. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.16th August 1917)
- Dale Richard Wiliam. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Darling Bert Harper. Pte. 2nd/5th Btn. (d.14th Jul 1917)
- Davies John Edward. Pte. (d.May 1918)
- Day MC. Alfred Edward. 2Lt. 9th Battalion
- Degnan James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Dodd Frederick. L/Cpl. 1/5th Btn. (d.4th October 1916)
- Donegan Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.20th March 1918)
- Douglas John James Wilton. Pte. 5th Btn (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Dove Henry. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.3rd April 1917)
- Drury Lawrence G.. 2Lt. 9th Btn. (d.11th September 1918)
- Earl Thomas Sydney. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.16th September 1916)
- Easom Arthur Frederick. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.26th Apr 1918 )
- Edwards VC. Wilfrid. Mjr. 7th Btn.
- Ellis William Rhead. L/Cpl. 12th Battalion, B Company
- Erasmus David. Pte. 2/4th Battalion. A Company. (d.20th Nov 1917)
- Evans Francis James. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.2nd Feb 1915)
- Evans Thomas. CSM 16th Btn.
- Firby Ambrose Binks. Pte.
- Fisher MM. Leonard. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.22nd March 1918)
- Fletcher Harry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.27th August 1917)
- Ford J.. 15th Btn. (d.15th Nov 1918)
- Forrester John George. Pte. 26th Btn.
- Foster John William. L/Cpl 9th Btn (d.1st July 1916)
- Fox Albert. 9th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Gascoyne Samuel Francis. Pte.
- Gawthorpe William. Pte. 34th Btn. (d.21st Mar 1918)
- Gibbs Samuel. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Gilchrist MM. John. Pte. 8th Btn.
- Gilding Leonard. Sgt. 6th Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1917)
- Gilroy James. Pte. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion
- Glaves Thomas Harold. Sgt. 6th Battalion (d.11th Sep 1916)
- Goodacre George. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.12th September 1915)
- Gothard John Willie. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.26 Aug 1914)
- Gourley Thomas. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.20th Oct 1917)
- Green Fred. Pte, 8th Btn. (d.9th Jun 1917)
- Greenwood John . Pte. 4th Btn.
- Greenwood Oliver. Pte. 3rd Battalion, A Coy.
- Grieves Christopher. L/Cpl. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Btn. B Coy, 5 plt.
- Griffiths Samuel. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.10th Jul 1917)
- Gunby Horace. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd April 1917)
- Gunby Horace. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.3rd April 1917)
- Haddelsey Henry Hannam. Capt. 6th Battalions
- Haigh Arthur. Cpl. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.27th July 1918)
- Haigh Arthur. Cpl. 2/4th Btn. (d.27th July 1918)
- Haigh James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.7th May 1916)
- Haigh Sidney. Pte. 8th Btn (d.8th Jun 1917)
- Hainsworth Archie. Pte 2nd Btn. (d.1st July 1916 )
- Hall Henry. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hallam Leonard Octavious. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.23rd March 1916)
- Hanson Harold Vickerman. CQMS. 2nd Btn.
- Harding Robert. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn (d.18th Nov 1916)
- Haslam Joseph Edward. L/Cpl. 10th Btn.
- Hellmore William. L/Cpl. 6th Battalion
- Hemingway Harold Ernest. Pte 2nd Btn 2nd Btn (d.31st Dec 1917)
- Hempsall Oswald. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Henry George Carruthers. 2nd Lt. 2nd Battalion
- Hepworth Harry. L/Cpl. 2/4 Battalion (d.27th March 1918)
- Herbert Harry. Pte 6th Btn (d.2nd Dec 1915)
- Hern Thomas Walter. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.12th Dec 1917)
- Hewitt James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.19th Aug 1915)
- Higginbottom Cyril. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Hill Joseph Parker. Act/Sjt. 12th(Miners)Btn. (d.21st November 1917)
- Hinch James North. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Hinchliffe Joseph. Pte. 3rd (Reserve) Btn.
- Hobson Albert. Pte 2nd Battalion (d.23rd August 1918)
- Hodgson John William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.14th Apr 1917)
- Hogg Joseph. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Holding DCM. Arthur. Sgt 3rd Battalion
- Hollings Ernest. Pte. 3rd Btn.
- Holmes VC. Frederick. Sgt. 2nd Btn.
- Holtham Arthur Thomas. Sjt. 9th Btn. (d.25th Mar 1918)
- Holton Philip John. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.16th September 1916)
- Hopkins Michael. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Hopkinson R. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.16th February 1916)
- Hornsby Samuel. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.24th April 1918)
- Hoult Edgar. Pte. 1st Btn., B Coy. (d.17th Oct 1918)
- Hudson Samuel Tudor. Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.8th May 1915)
- Hughes Daniel. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.22nd Oct 1914)
- Hughes Griffith Thomas. Pte 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Hughes Thomas. Sgt. 12th Btn. (d.6th April 1917)
- Huntington Charles Albert. Pte. 15th Btn.
- Ingham Fred. Pte. 1st/5th Btn. (d.2nd August 1917)
- Jackson John William. Cpl. 9th Btn (d.22nd March 1918)
- Johnson Harry. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.27th Mar 1918)
- Johnson John. Mjr.
- Johnson Percy. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.26th Apr 1918)
- Johnson Walter. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Johnston William. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.1st October 1916)
- Jones Herbert Thomas. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.11th April 1917)
- Justice James Robert. WOI. 1st Btn.
- Kay William Henry. Sgt. 10th Btn. (d.19th May 1918)
- Keal William Ernest. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.20th April 1918)
- Ketley George Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.3rd Oct 1916)
- King Arthur. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.8th October 1917)
- Kitson Arthur. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Apr 1917)
- Lake Thomas. L/Cpl. 2nd (d.2 December 1917)
- Langford William Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Law Melvin. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Lawson George Harry. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.21st Aug 1918)
- Leason Thomas Herbert. 2Lt. 9th Btn. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Leather George. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Lee MM Alfred. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Letch John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.17th July 1915)
- Lewis Benjamin Alfred . 2Lt. 2nd Btn. (d.8th Nov 1918)
- Liunberg John Lemon. Pte. 6th Battalion, Z Company (d.10th Apr 1917)
- Longson John Henry. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.25th September 1916)
- Lowe Joseph. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.7th Jul 1916)
- Lowe William. Pte (d.26th of April 1926)
- Lynch DSO Colmer William Donald. Lt.Col. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Lyons John. L/Cpl. 7th Btn.
- MacDonald MID. Walter Gordon. Sjt. 12th Btn. (d.12th May 1917)
- Malloy John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.25th April 1918)
- Markham Charles Frederick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Mar 1915)
- Marshall Ernest. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.7th January 1916)
- Marshall John Edward. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.13th Jan 1916)
- Marshall Thomas James Webster. Sjt. 6th Battalion (d.12th Jun 1916)
- McGuirk Hector. Col.Sgt. attd. West African Regiment, WAFF (d.8th October 1914)
- McMahon Philip Patrick. L/Cpl. 9th Service Battalion (d.9th April 1917)
- McQuade John. Pte. 20th Btn. (d.20th Dec 1915)
- Meredith William Harold. Pte. 1st Btn (d.3rd Oct 1918)
- Merrill William. Pte. 1/5th Battalion
- Merrill William. Pte.
- Metcalfe Joe. L/Sgt. 2nd Battalion (d.6th July 1918)
- Millington J.. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.11th November 1918)
- Morley Marmaduke. Lt. 8th (Service) battalion (d.1st July 1916)
- Mortimer Andrew. L/Cpl. B Coy. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.4th November 1918)
- Mottley M.C. Herbert William. Capt. 1st Btn
- Muddiman Reginald. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.24th Oct 1918)
- Nash MM. Enoch. Sgt. 10th Btn
- Newberry Joseph. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Nicholson Edward Pearson. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.9th Oct 1918)
- Nicholson Wilfred. Pte. 7th Btn (d.2nd Apr 1918)
- Nicholson William. Cpl. 1/4th Btn. (d.31st July 1917)
- Noble Fred. Pte 7th Btn (d.23rd May 1916)
- Nunn Louis. Pte. 10th Btn.
- Nuttall Wilson. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Nuttycombe Albert. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.4th October 1917)
- Oakes Henry Charles. Sgt. 10th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Oglesby Albert. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.12th Oct 1917)
- Oglesby Albert. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1917)
- Ormrod Harry. Lt. 8th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Outram John A.. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Oxby Joseph Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Oxby Joseph Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Painting Arthur James. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.5th Dec 1916)
- Parkin Arthur Clifford. Pte. 2/4th Btn.
- Parnaby Harold Edgar. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.15th September 1916)
- Parratt Simon. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Pearcy John. Pte 6th Btn.
- Pearson Athelstan. 2nd Lt. 5th Btn. (d.13th June 1917)
- Perkins John William. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.15th July 1917)
- Perry Jabez. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.24th Jul 1916)
- Peters Cyril W.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.12th December 1915)
- Prescott Charles Henry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th November 1918)
- Reader Charles George. Pte, 2nd Btn. (d.26th May 1916)
- Readman James. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.28th August 1915)
- Richards Henry Wallace. Pte. 2nd/4th Battalion (d.29th August 1918)
- Richards Lawrence. Pte. 9th Batallion
- Richardson John Elder. Pte. 6th Btn (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Rickell Herbert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Oct 1918)
- Ringham William John. Pte. 12th,6th,5th,9th,1st Btn.
- Roberts Arthur. 2/5th Btn. (d.27th November 1917)
- Robinson Henry. Sgt. 2nd Btn. A Company
- Robinson Joseph Best. Pte.
- Roe George Ernest. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.11th Jun 1916)
- Roebuck Oliver. Pte 2/5th Battalion (d.3rd May 1917)
- Rose MM Edward. Pte. 148 Brigade
- Rose M.M. Edward. Pte. 1/4th Btn.
- Saddler Arthur. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.5th Aug 1915)
- Scaife John Thomas. Pte. 5th Battalion (d.19th Mar 1917)
- Scott Milnes. Pte. (d.12th March 1917)
- Scott William. Sgt.
- Seaton Bernard. L/Sgt. (d.1st October 1916)
- Senior William. Private 1st / 5th Battalion (d.9th Oct 1917)
- Sewell Robert. Pte 2nd Btn, (d.5th May 1918)
- Shaw Frank. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.12th April 1918)
- Shaw Sam. Pte.
- Simmonite Herbert Henry. Pte. 1st Btn.
- Simmons James W.. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.19th Aug 1916)
- Simons Harold J. Capt
- Skinner Thomas. Pte
- Slowe Abraham. 2nd Lt. 6th Btn. (d.25th Aug 1917)
- Smiles Edward William. Pte. 21st Batallion (d.9th Oct 1917)
- Smith George Brown. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.9th Apr 1917)
- Smith Joseph James. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Smith Miles Arthur. Pte. 6th Battalion
- Smith Oliver. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Smith Thomas. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.20th August 1917)
- Smith Wilfred Alan. 2nd Lt. 3rd Btn.
- Smith William H.. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1918)
- Smithson DCM John Arthur. Pte 6th Btn (d.24th August 1917)
- Solomon Cyril George. Pte. 7th Btn.
- Somerset Arthur. Pte 7th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Speight Sam. Cpl. 9th Btn (d.5th Apr 1918)
- Speight Walter. Pte. 8th Battalion, 13 Company, 6 Platoon (d.10th June 1917)
- Speight Walter. Pte. 8th Battalion, 13 Company, 6 Platoon (d.10th June 1917)
- Staley MM. Daniel. Spr. 182nd Coy. (d.14th November 1918)
- Staniforth Thomas Henry. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Stead George. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Steels Royce. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Stevenson John Henry. Pte. 70th Coy (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Sullivan DCM. Francis H.. CSM. 2nd Btn.
- Sutton Henry Craggs. Pte. 10th Btn. A coy. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Swallow Haigh. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Sykes Arthur. Lance Corporal 1st Battalion (d.8th November 1918)
- Sykes Eli. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.31st Oct 1914)
- Tansley Henry. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Telfer Henry Adam. Lt. 9th Battalion (d.1st July 1916)
- Thompson Harry Stancer. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.14th Nov 1918)
- Thompson John. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.26th April 1916)
- Tompkinson MM. Henry. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Townson Francis Richard. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.20th July 1918)
- Tree Wilfred. Pte. 2/5th Battalion
- Turnbull Frederick. Pte 2nd Battalion (d.18th November 1916)
- Turton Fred. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.26th July 1918)
- Vause Albert Earnest. Pte. 43rd Coy.
- Waller VC. Horace. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.10th Apr 1917)
- Walton Ernest. Pte. 8th Btn (d.1st July 1916)
- Walton Ernest. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Ward Billy. Sgt.
- Warner Frank. Pte. 5th Btm. (d.27th March 1918)
- Watson Ernest Ludlow. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.31st Jan 1917)
- Watson VC, DSO. Oliver Cyril Spencer. Lt Col. 2nd/5th Btn. (d.28th Mar 1918)
- Watt MC. James. Lt. 9th Btn.
- Weaving Philip James. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Webb Henry W.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.31st Oct 1917)
- Weighell James William. Pte. 10th Battalion, 64th Brigade (d.25th September 1916)
- Western Lewis. Pte.
- Westwood William Howell Powell . Cpl. 2/5th Btn. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Whitehouse Dennis. L/Cpl 8th Battalion (d.24th Jul 1916)
- Whitehouse Dennis. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.24th July 1916)
- Whitehouse Harold. Gdsmn. 3rd Btn.
- Whitehouse Joseph. Pte 8th Btn
- Whitmore William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th April 1915)
- Whittaker Albert William. Pte. 5th Battalion (d.15th Apr 1918)
- Whittaker Albert William. Pte. D Coy, 5th Btn. (d.15th Apr 1918)
- Williams Douglas. 2nd Lt. (d.10th July 1916)
- Williams Thomas Valentine. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Nov 1916)
- Williams Thomas Valentine. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Nov 1916)
- Williams Thomas Valentine. Pte 2nd Battn (d.18th Nov 1916)
- Wilson John H.. Pte. 19th Btn. (d.21st April 1918)
- Wilson Walter Herbert. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Wood Sydney Lancelot. Pte. 2/4th Btn., H Coy.
- Woodhall Charles Herbert . Pte
- Woof Reginald Henry. Pte 6th Btn. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Woollett William Charles. Capt. 9th Battalion (d.16th September 1916)
- Wrigley George Hallas. 1/4th Btn (d.20th Oct 1917)
- Yate VC. Charles Allix Lavington. Mjr. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Sep 1914)
- Yate VC Charles Allix Lavington. Major 2nd Btn. (d.20th Sep 1914)
- Yate VC. Charles Allix Lavington. Mjr. 2nd Btn. (d.19th Sep 1914)
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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.Susan Johnston
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.
s flynn
Pte. David Erasmus 2/4th Battalion. A Company. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.20th Nov 1917)
My great great uncle, David Erasmus, was killed on 20th November 1917 age 41, on the first day of the battle of Cambrai. He served with A Company, 2/4 battalion of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.The attached postcard was written in February 1918 by 2nd Lieutenant Frank Cocker who was injured on November 27th 1917 unaware that David had been killed. The postcard notes that David was doing "excellent work rescuing men under trying conditions" and that Frank was back in the UK recovering from having his hair "parted by a bullet". Frank Cocker returned to the frontline and was again injured in July 1918, he survived the war and lived to a ripe old age, writing his memoirs in a published book called "Comrades In Arms". I wonder if my great great uncle David Erasmus would've been awarded a medal based on the information on the postcard about him rescuing men and whether he was killed during those rescues.
The full transcribed text of the postcard is as follows:
Mrs Erasmus, 58 Rees Street, Gelli Ystrad, S.Wales
Please reply to Sec Lieut. F. Cocker, 33 Grosvenor Terrace, Brighouse Yorks.
Feb 11th 1918
Dear Mrs Erasmus, I write you to make inquiries about your son who was in my platoon in France. When I last saw him he was doing some excellent work, rescuing wounded men under very trying conditions and I have often wondered since whether he came through that day alright. I got my hair parted by a bullet, but am better now & shall soon be going out again. Kindly drop me a line & if he happens to be in hospital I would like his address.
I am, Yours Faithfully,
Frank Cocker 2/4b K.O.Y.L.I
Although he hasn't been officially recognised, having a first hand account of his actions from someone who fought alongside him at the very least tells me that he was a hero who should in some way be remembered.
Richard Williams
Lt Col. Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson VC, DSO. 2nd/5th Btn. Middlesex Hussars (d.28th Mar 1918)
Oliver Watson also served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action on the 28th of March 1918, aged 41 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras, France.Son of William Spencer Watson, F.R.C.S., and Georgine Mary Jane Mair Watson, he served in the Tirah Campaign with 19th Bn. Yorkshire Regt., also served in China during the Boxer rebellion.
An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 18th May, 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, self-sacrificing devotion to duty, and exceptionally gallant leading during a critical period of operations. His command was at a point where continual attacks were made by the enemy in order to pierce the line, and an intricate system of old trenches in front, coupled with the fact that his position was under constant rifle and machine-gun fire, rendered the situation still more dangerous. A counter-attack had been made against the enemy position, which at first achieved its object, but as they were holding out in two improvised strong points, Lt. Col. Watson saw that immediate action was necessary, and he led his remaining small reserve to the attack, organising bombing parties and leading attacks under intense rifle and machine-gun fire. Outnumbered, he finally ordered his men to retire, remaining himself in a communication trench to cover the retirement, though he faced almost certain death by so doing. The assault he led was at a critical moment, and without doubt saved the line. Both in the assault and in covering his men's retirement, he held his life as nothing, and his splendid bravery inspired all troops in the vicinity to rise. to the occasion and save a breach being made in a hardly tried and attenuated line. Lt. Col. Watson was killed while covering the withdrawal."
s flynn
CSM Thomas Evans 16th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
After being discharged from the K.O.Y.L.I. due to ill health (deafness, rheumatism and debility) aged 63 years in November 1914, Thomas Evans joined the Cheshire Regiment in December 1914 stating his age as 45 years and 5 months.Don Hargreaves
Sgt. William Henry Kay 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.19th May 1918)
William Henry Kay was from a large family that originated in Kimberworth, Yorkshire, having 11 brothers and sisters. He was married to Sarah and they had three children, James, Noah and Jane. He was a blast furnaceman in Middlesbrough before the war and they lived in Grangetown.He started his military career in September 1914, when he joined the newly formed 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. In June 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant. In Aug 1916 he transferred to the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment then in September to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
In March 1917 he was transferred again to the Durham Light Infantry, but was soon moved to the Labour Corps, probably due to ill health. By May 1918 he was back in DLI barracks in Newcastle where he died of a heart attack on the 19 May 1918. His son James, who was 14 when war broke out, also served, but I can not find any details. He survived the war but died in an accident a few years later.
Andrew Coles
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 Robert’s second tour in the Trenches of Western France and Belgium, where he saw active service at Ypres and near Reims. Robert’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 “no longer physically fit for War Service†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 “Agenda Française†(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 Robert’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 Robert’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 Caëstre 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 Robert’s entries. It contains some beautiful buildings and there is a “mountain†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 that’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 Mary’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
Pte, Charles George Reader 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.26th May 1916)
Charles Reader was my great uncle. The only information I have is that he died in France while on active service but his death was recorded as accidental.Joseph Robinson
Pte, Fred Green 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.9th Jun 1917)
Fred Green was my great uncle and died on the 9th of June 1917 and is buried in Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery. His older brother William died near Ypres on 23rd of October 23 as a Lance Corporal member of the Military Police Corps. He is buried in the Minty Farm Cemetery. Both men were married. Modern family history believes a third brother was also killed on the Somme, but I am unable to establish this as a fact. There were 8 brothers in total and the only one I can prove survived the war was my Grandfather Sydney Green, but I am unable to establish whether he served in the military, but as he was born in 1891 I believe he must have.Tony Bott
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
Pte. Albert William Whittaker D Coy, 5th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.15th Apr 1918)
Albert Whittaker (my paternal great uncle) was the son of Miriam and the late Frank Whittaker, who lived in Allerton Bywater, Castleford, West Yorkshire. He saw action in France and was killed in action and was laid to rest at Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. Aged 26.Remembered with honour.
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
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
CSM. Francis H. Sullivan DCM. 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Francis Sullivan won the DCM whilst C.S.M. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. His company commander and two other officers being casualties, he assisted to lead the company forward under heavy machine-gun fire. He got two Lewis guns into forward positions through enemy wire, this assisting and covering the advance of the remainder of the company, and protecting two tanks which had been put out of action.Brad Sullivan
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.
Capt. Henry Hannam Haddelsey 6th Battalions Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Harry Haddelsey was born in Caistor, Lincolnshire. He served as a sergeant with the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in France from 21st of May 1915, to 1st of August 1916. He also served with the 7th KOYLI. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (and later Captain) on 2nd of August 1916. He was wounded in action twice, seriously on 7th October 1916. He joined the RAF in September 1918 and emigrated to Canada after the war, but returned with the Canadian Army during WWII (though too old for combat service). He died in Canada 1965.Stephen Haddelsey
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.
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
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
Pte. Arthur Nowell Crossley 10th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Arthur Crossley was a mill worker from Batley, born in 1877. He married Edith Law in 1900 and had seven children, six girls and one boy, Albert, who was killed during the advance to Castiglione del Lago (Italy) on 29th of June 1944. Arthur served with the 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, survived the Great War and died in Batley in 1948, aged 71.
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