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.
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