8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K3). Formed at Pontefract in September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 737 recorded WW1 deaths for the 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
FISHER, A. Private, 13257. 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France. 01-07-1916.
FISHER, F. Private, 12993. 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France. 01-07-1916.
NEAL, A. Private, 20690. 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 25-09-1917.
THOMPSON, George Ernest. Private, 19887. 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France. 01-07-1916. Age 33. Son of Annie Eliza Fisher (formerly Thompson) of 177, Douglas Road, Park Wood Springs, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. & the late George Thompson.