9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K1). Formed at Winchester in August 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 917 recorded WW1 deaths for the 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
BOULTON, R. Rifleman, 12697. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Friday 11-08-1916. Age 19. Son of Richard & Annie Boulton of Mount Pleasant, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "To Be With Christ Jesus Which Is Far Better".
CLARKE, Edward Rupert. Second Lieutenant. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines,, Pas-de-Calais, France. Monday 09-04-1917. Age 25. Son of the Rev. Canon John Clarke & Margaret M. Clarke. Also remembered on a plaque in St. Catherine's Church, Killead, Antrim.
MARSHALL, William John. Rifleman, R/31712. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Pas-de-Calais, France. Monday 09--04-1917. Age 35. Husband of Violet Winifred Marshall of Honley Road, Catford London, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Gave All Could Not Give More".
PAYNE, C.E. Rifleman, R/15597. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Friday 25-08-1916.
RAYNER, (MM). George Robert. Lance Corporal, R/7105. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Gouy-en-Artois Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 10-04-1917. Age 29. Son of Robert & the late Ellen Rayner of Slattocks, Castleto, Lancashire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Gone But Not Forgotten".
Military Medal.
TAYLOR, J. Rifleman, A/1683 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Thursday 24-08-1916.
YEOWELL, (MM). W.J. Serjeant, Y/874. 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, Pas-de-Calais, France. Monday 28-05-1917. Age 26. Son of William James Yeowell of Cassland Road, South Hackney, London, UK. Husband of Annie Yeowell of Wyatt Road, Highbury, London.
Stone Inscription :- "To Live In Hearts We leave Behind Is Not To Die".