The Regiment raised 23 Battalions, awarded 26 Battle Honours and 8 Victoria Crosses during the course of the war.
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Dublin as part of the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division.
16.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and subsequent retreat, The Battle of Le Cateau and the Affair of Crepy-en-Valois, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battles of La Bassee and Messines 1914, The First Battle of Ypres.
1915
The Second Battle of Ypres and the Capture of Hill 60.
28.12.1915 Transferred to the 97th Brigade of the 32nd Division;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line.
1918
The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Haut Lieu S.W. of Avesnes, France.
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 2nd Battalion
Bryn Crier House, Pencoed, Bridgend
Died on
18/10/1914
Aged
31
Born Liversedge, Bradford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Willey, of Bridgend, Glamorgan; husband of Ellen Willey, of Bryn Crier House, Pencoed, Bridgend. Enlisted Hull. Served in the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 18/10/1914, aged 31.
BORN BARTON ON HUMBER, 1891. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GOODWIN (1861-1927), AT 31 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WMPLOYED AS A PACKER IN THE LOCAL LEAD WORKS, MESSERS, HARGREAVES, OF GIPSYVILLE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INF […]