17th (Service) Battalion,(2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales's Own, (West Yorkshire Regment).
Formed in Leeds in December 1914 by the Lord Mayor & City as a Bantam Battalion. A Pals Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 552 recorded WW1 deaths for the 17th (Service) Battalion, (2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales's Own, (West Yorkshire Regiment).
MAUDE, T.S. Private, 469. 17th (Service) Battalion, (2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales's Own, (West Yorkshire Regiment). Transferred To :- Private, 115278, 193rd Company, Labour Corps. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 12-06-1917.
PRENTICE, Willie. Private, 28425. 17th (Service) Battalion, (2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales's Own, (West Yorkshire Regiment). Wanquetin Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 23-11-1916. Age 21. Son of Joseph & Ann Elizabeth Prentice of 82, Clipstone Street, West Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
ROBINSON, Fred, Corporal 17/530. 17th (Service) Battalion, (2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales's Own, (West Yorkshire Regiment). Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, France. 25-08-1916. Age 21. Son of Mrs. Alice Robinson. Native of Batley, Yorkshire, UK.