9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (West Riding Regiment).
Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K2). Formed at Halifax in september 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 786 recorded WW1 deaths for the 9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
EARNSHAW, (DCM). Hilton, Serjeant, 3/11416. 9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (West Riding Regiment). St. Amand British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 31-08-1916. Age 29. Son of Vandeleur & Sarah Hannah Earnshaw of Lower Mill, Meltham, Huddersfield, UK.