Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

1/5th 1/6th & 1/7th Battalion Territorial Forces
04.08.1914 The 1/5th stationed at York, the 1/6th stationed at Bradford and the 1/7th stationed at Leeds, all as part of the 1st West Riding Brigade of the West riding Division then moved to Selby and then Strensall and back to York.
Mar 1915 Moved to Gainsborough.
15.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
15.05.1915 Formation became the 146th Brigade of the 49th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The defence against the first Phosgene attack.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
Operations on the Flanders Coast (Hush), The Battle of Poelcapelle.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Evin-Malmaison north of Douai, France.

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Address
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114 , COLTMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
28/04/1917
       
Aged
28
BORN HARTLEPOOL 1888. SON OF RACHAEL ALICE HOPPER & ROBINSON HOPPER, OCEAN HOUSE, MOOR TERRACE, HARTLEPOOL, COUNTY DURHAM. A SOLICITORS CLERK. EX CORPORAL IN THE EWEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE, 15/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/04/1917. HE LEFT £321 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER. COMMEMORATED: Loos Memorial, Loos-en-Gohelle, Depar […]
28 , WRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
17/08/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN NEW YORK, USA, 1895. ONLY SON OF A LIVER MERCHANT. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT BY SNIPER, ON 17/08/1916, AGED 21. HE LIVED AT 28 , WRIGHT STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL 25/08/1916) HE LEFT £221 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE PREST, OF46 CONEY STREET, YORK. SHE DIED IN YORKSHIRE, ON […]
13, Alliance Avenue, Hull
       
Died on
01/07/1916
       
Aged
19
Born Headingley, Leeds, 1896. Son of Thomas Stokes (1843-1921) and Louisa Brace (1866-1941), of 13, Alliance Avenue, Hull (War Pension Address). He enlisted in Leeds. Served as Private, with the 1/5th, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), in Egypt and France. Killed in action, on 01/07/1916, aged 19. His army effects were le […]