12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Formed in Leeds on 5th September 1914 by the West Yorkshire Coalowners Association.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 234 recorded WW1 deaths for the 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
FINNIGAN, James John. Private, 12/1474. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Saturday 01-07-1916. Age 25.
Stone Inscription :- "In Loving Memory Of My Beloved Son On His Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy".
GRIFFIN, John. Private, 49491. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 13-04-1918. Age 23. Son of John & Agnes Griffin of Salisbury Road, Gravesend, Kent, UK. Native of Bradninch, Devon, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "His Delight Was In The Law Of The Lord".
JOW, J.W. Private, 13059. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 13-04-1918. Age 21. Son of Mr. W. & Mrs. S. Jow of Headford Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
SAVILLE, (DCM). T.W. Private, 106. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France. Thursday 27-06-1918.
Distinguished Conduct Medal.
TAYLOR, J.W. Private, 12/1540. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 13-04-928. Husband of S.S. Taylor of Walton Street, Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK.
WELCH, James Stanley Lightfoot. Lieutenant. 12th (Service) Battalion, (Miners) (Pioneers), KIng's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Saturday 01-07-1916. Age 20. Only son of the Reverend Canon Edward A.Welch, (Vicar of Wakefield) & Edith Marion Welch of Southchurch Rectory, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Was at Rugby School & a scholar of King's College, Cambridge. Born 10-02-1890 at Toronto, Canada. Stone Inscription :- "Being Made Perfect In A Little While He Fulfilled Long Years".