21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles)
Sept 1915 Formed from companies of farmers from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Lincoln, Leicestershire and Norfolk.
Jan 1916 Moved to Aldershot and joined the 124th Brigade of the 41st Division.
04.05.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road.
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance.
Mar 1918 Returned to France landing at Sombrin and disbanded in France on 16.03.1918.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY CRANSWICK (1868-1941) & LOUISA HOLMES (1868-1933), AT 65, PARK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF THREE BROTHERS. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER AND TIMBER MERCHANT. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, C/12407, 21ST KINGS […]
