People - Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 11th Battalion

11th (Service) Battalion
10.09.1914 Formed at York and then moved to Frensham as part of the 69th Brigade of the 23rd Division.
01.12.1914 Moved to Oudenarde Barracks, Aldershot.
Feb 1915 Moved to Folkestone & Maidstone and then Bramshot.
26.08.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
Trench familiarisation as part of the 20th (Light) and 27th Divisions and then took control of the front line at Ferme Grande Flamengrie to the Armentieres-Wez Macquart road and at Bois Grenier.
1916
Relieved the French 17th Division in the Carency sector between the Boyau de l’Ersatz and the Souchez River. The German Attack on Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy, The capture of Le Sars.
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
14.11.1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance after a recent disaster at the Battle of Caporetto and engaged various actions including;
The fighting on the Asiago Plateau, The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, The passage of the Piave and The Battle of Monticano.
04.11.1918 Ended the war near Porcia west of Pordenone, Italy.

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