10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K3). Formed at Pontefract in September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 675 recorded WW1 deaths for the 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
FOUNTAIN, John Alfred Arnott. Second Lieutenant. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France. Killed in action, leading his men into battle. Saturday 01-07-1916. Age 23. Son of Edward Osborne Fountain & Isabella Maria Fountain of Crossley House, King Edward's Road, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK. Native of Chiswick, London, UK. Also remembered on a memorial scroll at St. Martin's Church, Ruislip, Hillingdon, London. Stone Inscription :- "Till The Shadows Break".
GREENWAY, Anthony George. Corporal, 16472. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France. Saturday 01-07-1916. Age 34. Son of Thomas & Hester Greenway of Great Somerford, Wiltshire, UK. Husband of Annie Brown (formerly Greenway) of "Glen View" Fritchley, Ambergate, Derby, UK.
PARSONS, Frederick Charles. Private, 44084. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Friday 06-04-1917. Age 32. Son of Frederick & Elizabeth Parsons of Chichester. Husband of Ivy Alice Goldie ( formerlyParsons) of Tower Street, Chichester, Hampshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Life Everlasting Glory Ever After".
TAYLOR, W.H. Private, 22152. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France. Saturday 01-07-1916. Age 25. Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. Taylor of Peat Moss Villas, Crowle, Doncaster, UK. Husband of Edith Taylor of Cutler Street, York Road, Leeds, UK.
TURNER, J.G. Serjeant, 21337. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Menin Road South British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Turner 23-10-1917. Age 23. Son of John & Mary Jane Turner of Vale Head, Carr Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Rest In Peace".
WARD, J.H. Company Serjeant Major, 17808. 10th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France. Saturday 01-07-1916.
Stone Inscription :- "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out".