Founded in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, the York and Lancaster Regiment raised a total of 22 Battalions during the course of the First World War. During the conflict, 57,000 men with the regiment, of which 8,814 were killed and a further 32,000 wounded. Nearly 1200 gallantry awards were awarded to the regiment, including four Victoria Crosses. 8,814 men of this Regiment died during the course of the war.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Ball, Lance Corporal Francis (d1918, aged 24, wounded in action)

Clarke, Lance Corporal Colin (d1916, aged 37, illness)

Smyth, Private Gilbert (d1920, aged 21, illness)