17th (Service) Battalion, (British Empire League), King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Formed in London on 16th May 1915 by the British Empire League.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 629 recorded WW1 deaths for the 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
DIXON, Charles Mumby. Rifleman, C/4592. 17th (Service) Battalion, (British Empire League), King's Royal Rifle Corps. Hamel Military cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. Sunday 03-09-1816. Age 20. Son of William Henry & M.E. Dixon of Ivy Grove, Ripley, Derby, UK. A clerk of the London City & Midland Bank.
Stone Inscription :- "Some Day, Some Day Our Eyes Shall See The Face We Keep In Memory"
FIELD, W. Rifleman, R/34491. 17th (Service) Battalion, (British Empire League), King's Royal Rifle Corps. Beaumetz-les-Loges Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Friday 22-12-1916.
FISHER Herbert. Rifleman, R/16871. 17th (Service) Battalion, (British Empire League), King's Royal Rifle Corps. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. Sunday 03-09-1916. Age 23. Son of Herbert W. & Elizabeth Fisher of Maud Street, Fulwell, Sunderland, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Till We Meet At Jesu's Feet".