21st (Service) Battalion, (Yeoman Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Formed in September 1915 by Northern Command from volunteers from the farming communities of Yorkshire, Northumberland & Durham.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 451 recorded WW1 deaths for the 21st (Service) Battalion, (Yeoman Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps.
THOMPSON, C.F.W. Rifleman, C/12162. 21st (Service) Battalion, (Yeoman Rifles). King's Royal Rifle Corps. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Sunday 17-09-1916. Age 21. Son of George & Rose Ada Thompson of Long Street, Easingwold, Yorkshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "An Endearing Life Cut Short He Nobly Lived And Died".