The Regiment raised 35 Battalions and was awarded 57 Battle Honours and 4 Victoria Crosses, losing 12,700 men during the course of the war.
12th (Service) Battalion
16.9.1914 Formed as part of the Third New Army (K3) and moved to Halton Park, as part of the 63rd Brigade of the 21st Division and then moved to Leighton Buzzard area.
May 1915 Moved to Halton Park and then Witley Park and then Godalming.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
16.11.1915 Transferred to the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
17.02.1918 Disbanded and formed the 10th Entrenching Battalion with the 8th East Yorkshire Regiment.
Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 12th Battalion
6 LORNE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
14/07/1916
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25
BORN BEVERLEY 1891. KNOWN AS PERCY. SON OF JOHN EDWARD ASHBRIDGE (1856-1894) AND ELIZABETH ANN BAILDON. STEPSON OF MATTHEW AND ELIZABETH ANN BAILDON, OF 3 CHARLES WARTON HOSPITAL, MINSTERMOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, 145 KELDGATE, AND 116 LANGATE, BEVERLEY, YORKS (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE LIVED AT 6 LORNE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. HE EN […]
2 NORTH BAR STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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14/07/1916
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35
Born Norwich, Norfolk, 1881. He married at Beverley, in 1908. Husband of Elizabeth (Gooding) Canham, of 2, Hobson's Yard, North Bar St., Beverley, Yorks. His family lived at Coombs Yard North Bar Within. Enlisted Beverley. Regular soldier with the 10th Yorkshire regiment, based in Colchester, Essex (1911 Census). Served as acting Corpora […]
6 , ROSEBERY STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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26/09/1917
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA ELIZA CAWKWELL, OF 6 ROSEBERY STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL . HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS WHERE HE WORKED AS A MILKMAN FOR MAYPOLE DAIRIES. SERVED AS A LANCE SERGEANT,IN THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 27. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/19 […]
283 , WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/04/1917
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1882. SCULCOATES. SON OF BENJAMIN CHILD & JANE (FARROW) CHILD. BROTHERS THOMAS AND JOSEPH AND SISTER SARAH. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 13948, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS WIFE ANN CHILD LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 35. BURIED IN PAS DE CA […]
5 RUSSELL TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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27/09/1915
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28
BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED AT 24 PEASE STREET. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS. LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO MRS EDITH ANDERSON. NOTE ERDIN ELIASSEN - BOOTMAKER AT 5 RUSSELL PLACE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD DECEMBER 1915. * George Eliasson was born in 1887 in Hull. He had two sisters Ma […]
24 PEASE STREET, HULL
Died on
27/09/1915
Reported missing in the Hull Daily Mail, on 03/12/1915, with his address and photograph. Details from CWGC records.
20 , DENMARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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26/09/1917
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19
BORN HULL 1899. SCULCOATES. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET ANN HATFIELD, OF 20 DENMARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. GRANDSON OF ELLEN HATFIELD - 25 LEE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN BELGIUM, ON 26/09/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. JOHN. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON S […]
BORN DONCASTER 1891. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA REVILL. WIFE BEATRICE M (SHARPE) HEMPSALL ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
6 LILY'S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/07/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED BRADFORD. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF RICHARD & ELLEN PENROSE ABOVE ADDRESS 1901 & MOVED TO BRADFORD.
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF CHARLES SMITH & FRANCIS ALMA ALLISON, OF 10 ROSMEAD STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 1 JUNCTION TERRACE, HUME STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 60 NORNABEL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A MARRIED SISTER, FRANCES PEXTON. HIS FAMILY WERE EMPLOYED IN THE […]
34 ETON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL
Died on
27/09/1915
Aged
22
Born Goosehill 1893. Son of Mary Ann and Samuel Arthur Taylor, of Goosehill, Normanton, Yorks. Son of a Welsh coal Miner. Harold worked with his brother Fred, as a Colliery Banksman above ground. He had six sisters and a younger brother. He enlisted at Leeds. Served in the 12th West Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France on 10/09/1915. Ki […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES SMITH TOWNEND (1870-1908) AND MARTHA ANN SAUNDERS (1872-1934), OF 6, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL. AN EARLES, SHIPYARD WORKER. HE MARRIED JANE ELIZABETH GARVEY (1893-1972), ON 22/03/1913, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GERTRUDE AND WALTER (DIED ON 28/09/1916). RES […]
