Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 12th Battalion, A Company

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.