My Grandad on my dad's side.
In the Yorkshire regiment (Green Howards) Italian front WW1 (marked with an X )
(which I think is the 9th battalion to which he might have been posted
after being in the 6th battalion at Gallipoli.)
Sadly he died when my dad was only five and so I don't have a lot to go on as Dad never talked about him (understandably). But he did provide the above information.
Grandad standing in the flat cap.
No idea when, where or what.
Sources:
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/165545-9th-bn-yorkshire-rgt-green-howards/
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1617772
And with some further investigating I found this:
Thank you, National Archives UK.
Marvellous to have those photos and to have found that record.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Yes, however looking at the record, particularly the date and theatre I am not sure where he served. The Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (aka Green Howards) raised 13 battalions in the war. The 6th was at Gallipoli (Suvla Bay) but that was August 1915. The 9th was in Italy but had arrived in France in August 1915.
DeleteMaybe soldiers were freely transferred between battalions?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Howards