Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K3). Formed at Beverley, 22nd September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 743 recorded WW1 deaths for the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
DIXON, A.E. Private, 19011. 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Pas-de-Calais, France. 09-04-1917.
DOBSON, W. Private, 22063. 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Dive Copse Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, France. 20-08-1916. Age 33. Husband of Sarah Dobson of South Otterington, Northallerton, UK. Native of Stockton-on-Tees. UK. Stone Inscription :- "In Life BelovedIn Death Lamented".
FLETCHER, W. Private, 31539. 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 14-07-1917. Age 33. Son of John & Emma Fletcher of Drighlington, Yorkshire, UK. Husband of Annie Mabel Fletcher of Little Green, Gildersome, Yorkshire.
Stone Inscription :- "He Gave His Life In The Cause Of Freedom And Justice, During The Great War Of 1914-1919".
NEAL, T. Private, 14005. 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. 22-07-1916.
TAYLOR, (MiD). Conrad Paul. Captain. 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. 28-10-1916. Age 21. Son of Alfred & Ada Taylor of Whixley Hall, York, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Only Son Of Alfred And Ada Taylor Of Whixley Hall, York".
Mentioned in Dispatches.
WIGFALL, (MC). William Edmund Clare. Lieutenant. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Attached :- 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of wounds. 29-08-1916. Age 20. Son of the Rev. William Elliott Wigfall & Clara Wigfall of Renishaw, Beverly, Yorkshre, UK. Born 13-09-1895. Also remembered at St. Martin's Cemetery, Beverley, Yorkshire. Stone Inscription :- "Thou Gavest Him A Long Life Even For Ever And Ever, Psalm XX.4."