Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion D Company

15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds)
Sept 1914 Formed at Leeds by the Lord Mayor and the City and then moved to Colsterdale.
June 1915 Moved to Ripon and joined the 93rd Brigade of the 31st Division.
10.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Fovant, Salisbury Plain.
Dec 1915 Moved to Egypt and took over a section on the Suez Canal defences.
Mar 1916 Moved to France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.
07.12.1917 Amalgamated with the 17th Battalion to form the 15/17th Battalion;
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest, The attack at La Becque, The capture of Vieux Berquin, The Battle of Ypres, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Renaix, Belgium.