Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 2/4th Battalion

2/4th Battalion Territorial Force
30.09.1914 Formed at Wakefield.
Mar 1915 Moved to Bulwell near Nottingham as part of the 187th Brigade of the 62nd Division and then moved to Strensall and then to Beverley and then Gateshead.
Jan 1916 Moved to Larkhill, Salisbury Plain and then to Flixton Park, Bungay.
Oct 1916 Moved to Wellingborough.
15.01.1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1917
The Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The first attack on Bullecourt, The German attack on Lagnicourt, The Battle of Bullecourt, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai Operations.
1918
The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Tardenois, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The capture of Solesmes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Sous le Bois near Maubeuge, France.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
, ELLERKER, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/11/1917
       
Aged
33
BORN ELLERKER, HULL, 1884. SON OF FRANCIS JOSEPH & SARAH ANN STEPHENSON, OF ELLERKER, YORKSHIRE. A DOMESTIC GROOM AT THE LODGE, SPRING HEAD HALL, COTTINGHAM. HE MARRIED EMMA HARRISON, BORN IN 1884. HE  ENLISTED AT HORBURY, YORKS. SERVED IN THE 2/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917. COMMEMORATED ON […]
7 PARK ROW, PARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
29/09/1918
       
Aged
41
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOR.- 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY WILLIAM H. TAYLOR & SON, ESTATE AGENTS AND CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A HIGH COURT AUDITOR. ALSO A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. MEMBER OF THE PATRIOTIC RIFLE CLUB AND WAS A GOOD MARKSMAN. AN ACTIVE FRIENDLY […]
11 , DEVON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1918
       
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF RICHARD & MATILDA WALSH.