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691:(11.30). 8th East Yorkshires formed the brigade's second wave. At first all went well, and dozens of prisoners were taken, but after a while 8th EYR got caught up with the wave in front, and then the whole line was held up by machine gun crossfire short of the Brown Line. A second attempt was made at 19.00 and casualties mounted. The Germans made no counter-attack, so the brigade was ordered to launch a fresh attack on the Brown Line at 08.15 next morning, later put off until 12.00. The barrage came down at 11.45, all four battalions advanced in line, and this time the enemy fled, the whole Brown Line being captured by 12.30. The battalions held this line for two more days in snowy weather until the division was relieved in the early hours of 14 April.
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creeping barrage. In the second line 8th EYR had the furthest to go, across 1,000 yards (910 m) of broken trench bridges and shell-torn ground before they reached the front. As they filed forwards, the German counter-barrage caught D Company coming up the rear. The battalion then followed the leading wave. Both waves struggled through gaps in the wire and across the German front line. Parties of all four battalions of 8th Bde reached the German support line, but could not maintain themselves there; others got mixed up in the confusion at the German front line. The whole mass of men was tumbled back to where they started. Zero hour had been at 05.45; by 06.30 it was clear at
Brigade HQ that the battle was over. In the words of the
433:, which was holding part of the German positions. The CO of 1/20th Londons tried to stop the advance, but the two Yorkshire battalions carried on in extended lines towards Chalk Pit Copse, well south of Hill 70. A few minutes later they came under intense machine gun fire from the German-held part of the copse, 8th EYR and the leading companies of 10th Green Howards sustaining heavy casualties. In the confusion and gathering darkness some troops trying to retrace their steps and go through Loos were mistaken for attackers and fired upon by the rear companies of 10th Green Howards. It was 19.30 before Lt-Col Way and the CO of the Green Howards were able to restore order. 8th East Yorkshires, together with the remnants of the
485:. 3rd Division was composed of Regular units that had been fighting since the early days of the war. Many of the officers and men in the ranks of 3rd Division by now were replacements with no more experience than the East Yorkshires, but the staffs and support units were very experienced, and the battalion could expect its future operations to be better planned and executed. The brigade sent the battalion's companies one by one into the front line for two days each to gain experience of trench routine. It finally took responsibility for holding its own sector (near
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was easily repulsed, the second, at 18.00, drove the leading troops back a little, but the ground was recovered. Now followed three terrible days holding the captured positions under incessant shellfire. On 27 September the
Germans placed a barrage behind the frontline troops to isolate them and massed for an attack, but the SOS call to the divisional artillery broke it up. On the evening of 29 September the battalion was relieved. Its total casualties during the battle were unrecorded, but included the Padre killed.
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601:. Along most of the line the German resistance was feeble; unfortunately the wire in front of 8th Bde was hardly touched, there were just a few breaks in the first belt and none in the second. Two platoons of the 8th EYR managed to get through on the right, the remainder had to shelter in shell holes in front of the wire or retire to the sunken road. Lieutenant-Colonel Way was wounded in the wire and Maj Brewis came up to take temporary command once more. Later a bombing party from 2nd
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766:. There was a morning mist and the troops had to steer by compass bearings over the devastated ground; they then found that despite the dry weather the Zonnebeke stream (not expected to be much of an obstacle) was swollen into a 30 yards (27 m) wide marsh. To get round the inundation the battalion had to move to the flank, opening up a gap to the 2nd Royal Scots on their right. Nevertheless, and despite resistance from a number of
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the enemy guns deluged the division's front with HE and gas shells, so the men had to wear their respirators while forming up. When it attacked, 8th
Brigade fell into confusion in the darkness, partly because the enemy had pushed parties of riflemen out into shell holes in No man's land where they were missed by the barrage. 8th East Yorkshires in the second wave quickly ran into 1st
449:) and flanking fire forced them to retreat. The Crassier then came under shellfire, and snipers and machine guns caused steady casualties. While A and B Companies maintained their position on the Crassier until relieved the following afternoon, Lt-Col Way (who had been wounded) ordered the remainder back to the cover of the village and the support trenches where they joined
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dig in'. As the inexperienced battalions set out (still accompanied by their transport) they were instructed by a military policeman that according to trench routine they must open out, with intervals between sections. Spacing out the columns took time, and it was 16.30 before they crossed the old front line and headed for
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had each captured a machine gun single-handed. The 1st RSF and 7th KSLI now leapfrogged past the 8th EYR and 2nd Royal Scots to advance towards the second objective (the Blue Line) by 10.00 (they did not quite achieve the final objective, Hill 40). The inevitable counter-attacks then began: the first
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By early 1918 the BEF was experiencing a severe manpower crisis. The solution was to disband one battalion in each brigade and distribute the men to other units. As a 'New Army' battalion in a predominantly
Regular Army division, 8th EYR was inevitably selected for disbandment. On 17 February it was
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on 3 May was another matter: 3rd
Division had been in the line for 10 days, although the divisional commander had managed to keep 8th and 9th Bdes relatively fresh before they took over the front line trenches on 1 May. Despite attacking before dawn there was no surprise and just before Zero (03.45)
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station and widen the salient. They made little progress and fell back to
Waterlot Farm, their attack having been disrupted by another division falling back from an attack on Guillemont. 8th East Yorkshires' companies were now down to a strength of 40–50 each, but a draft of 320 reinforcements (from
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3rd
Division went back into the line for a new attack on Guillemont on 17 August. Next day 8th EYR was loaned to 9th Bde for an attack during which the battalion bombers and B Company gained a footing in the German trenches but had to retire when the battalions on either side failed to get in. When
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issued his famous call to arms: 'Your King and
Country Need You', urging the first 100,000 volunteers to come forward. This group of six divisions with supporting arms became known as Kitchener's First New Army, or 'K1', and was quickly followed by 'K2' and 'K3' as a flood of volunteers poured into
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for this task. Without time for reconnaissance all he could do was point out Hill 70 on the map and tell the battalion commanders: 'We do not know what has happened on Hill 70. You must go and find out: if the
Germans hold it, attack them; if our people are there, support them; if no-one is there,
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was to capture the German first line, 9th Bde the second and 8th Bde the third or Brown Line. The attack began at 05.30 with a 'hurricane bombardment' by guns, mortars and machine guns, and 8th Bde moved out of their assembly trenches at 10.40 in order to pass through 9th Bde at Zero plus 6 hours
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within 200 yards (180 m) of the enemy line and the assaulting troops slowly moved up in the hours of darkness to a sunken lane just short of this line. They then moved forwards 15 yards every 15 minutes until they were on their jumping-off tapes about 120 yards (110 m) from the enemy by
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that had failed on the first day of the offensive, though this time it would be supported by twice as many guns. 8th
Brigade attacked on the right with 8th EYR in the second line. The attacking battalions struggled through mud that was at times waist-deep, and got left behind by their protective
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came down from the left and cleared the Germans out of the trench in front of the battalion, but of the two platoons that had penetrated, no more was heard. In what was largely a successful British attack, the battalion had suffered severely, with 8 officers killed and 11 wounded, 81 other ranks
425:. Shortly afterwards they came in full view of German artillery, which practically destroyed the battalion transport. Instead of going through the village of Loos and north of the Loos Crassier spoil heap, the 8th Yorkshires, followed by 10th Green Howards, passed on the south side, bumping into
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and 8th Bde relieved the attackers on the night of 3/4 March. 8th East Yorkshires took over flooded trenches in terrible condition, in a snowstorm, and had to deal with two German counter-attacks. By 6 March the effective strength of the battalion had been reduced by 55 per cent as a result of
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sector, where it received training in trench warfare. The BEF now instituted a policy of exchanging units between divisions to even up training levels between formations. Each of 21st Division's brigades exchanged one of its battalions with a Regular Army brigade, and on 16 November 8th EYR
719:), one wounded, 35 other ranks killed, 161 wounded and 39 missing – 8th EYR had to take over the line during the night from the even more shattered 1st RSF. Although the battalion was ordered to reorganise to continue the operations, both sides spent 4 May collecting wounded under
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Huts had been built at Halton by the time the division returned there in May 1915, and training continued. Towards the end of June the first service rifles arrived and the men began their musketry courses. This was completed by 9 August, when the infantry began moving to
536:. 8th Brigade was also in the line, with 8th EYR (under Lt-Col Way once more) alongside the attacking battalions. Despite the overall success, the Germans remained in possession of two of the craters and the battalion was involved in several days of shellfire and
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The attack on Hill 70 was renewed next morning after an hour-long bombardment. The main attack was made by 15th (S) Division, with 62nd Bde in support. As the bombardment ended Lt-Col Way led C and D Companies (about 120 men) with a few of the Londons and a few
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on the opening day of the offensive (20 November). The battalion was in Brigade Support, and although 8th Brigade itself was kept 'standing to' throughout the day it was not engaged. The rest of the winter was spent trench-holding.
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The K4 battalions had been converted into reserve units for the K1–3 battalions, so the 6th, 7th and 8th (Service) Battalions would have received their reinforcements from the 9th (Reserve) Bn, East Yorkshires, formed at
437:, dug in, continuing the line of 1/20th Londons over the Crassier into the outskirts of Loos village. Two companies dug communication trenches back towards the old front line, and cleared German stragglers out of Loos.
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827:. Entrenching battalions were used for digging defences until their men were needed as reinforcements. The 10th Battalion was broken up before the end of the year, probably drafted to reinforce units shattered in the
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762:. On the evening of 25 September Lt-Col de la Perrelle led 8th EYR up to their assembly positions in warm sunny weather. Zero hour was 05.50 on 26 September and 8th Bde was on the left of 8th Bde's attack on
621:). On 23 July 8th Bde held this salient round Waterlot Farm while the rest of the division attacked Delville Wood. The brigade's contribution to the attack was to send out two strong bombing parties from 7th
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towards Hill 70. The mist suddenly cleared and they were clearly visible to the German outposts on the hill. Although some men reached the enemy trenches the lines 'withered away' (in the words of the
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killed, 218 wounded, and 141 missing, over half the initial strength of the battalion. Even when the battalion took over the opposing trenches they were heavily shelled with high explosive (HE) and
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it left the line on 20 August the battalion had suffered a further 6 officers wounded, 34 other ranks killed, 31 wounded and 46 missing. At the end of the month 8th EYR was holding trenches in the
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715:(RSF) in front, who were completely held up. By the end of the day the brigade held a series of outposts in No man's land. Despite its heavy casualties – 6 officers killed (including the
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sector in February 1917 and the 8th EYR (now commanded by Lt-Col J.N. de la Perrelle) spent several tours in the St Sauveur trenches before a short period of training for the forthcoming
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when a roll-call revealed that the battalion had lost 7 officers killed or missing and 12 wounded, 154 other ranks killed or missing and 133 wounded. Next day the battalion entrained for
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658:: 'the troops of the 3rd Division ... lost the battle in the mud'. 8th East Yorkshires had lost 2 officers killed and 3 wounded, 23 other ranks killed, 177 wounded and 30 missing.
352:. Although its training was still woefully inadequate (the K1 and K2 units had taken all the best instructors and staff officers), the division soon received orders to join the
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teams remained in the line for another week to help the Canadians, losing a number of casualties and having spent 18 consecutive days in the waterlogged positions.
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in open fields in heavy rain. The British attack was launched at 06.30 the following morning, and at 11.15 62nd Bde was ordered up to a concentration area north of
682:. The battalion went into the Auckland Caves under Arras on 7 April before moving up into their assembly trenches at 02.00 on 9 April, ready for Zero hour for the
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raged further north. On 4 September 3 Division moved to the Ypres Salient for intensive training to join in the fighting. They were in Corps Reserve during the
319:. Throughout October drafts arrived from Beverley until on 4 November the battalion reached a strength of 25 officers and 1092 other ranks under the command of
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698:(23–25 April) 8th Bde was moved up in support of 15th (S) Division and did not join the attack. Again, on 28 April, although the 8th EYR 'stood to' to support
380:, sniping, and machine-gun practice, culminating in an attack on practice trenches. Less than two weeks after arrival it was thrown into a major attack at the
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on 13 November, a final attempt to secure better ground and observation points for the winter. 3rd Division's task was to repeat the attack on the village of
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909:) men could be posted to any unit. The 9th (Reserve) Bn became 7th Bn Training Reserve on 1 September 1916 and its links with the regiment ceased.
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British infantry using trench bridges to cross assembly trenches as they move up in support of the initial assault at Arras on 9 April.
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on the day the offensive began, 1 July. It went into brigade reserve when 3rd Division took over the Caterpillar Wood sector near
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During the summer of 1917 the 8th EYR was engaged in trench warfare, first on the Arras front, later on the Somme, while the
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576:, 3rd Division in conjunction with three others was to make a daring night assembly and dawn attack on 13/14 July (the
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706:, it was not engaged, though it suffered a number of casualties from shellfire both before and after the attack. The
1656:, London: Macmillan, 1940/London: Imperial War Museum & Battery Press/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
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In early 1916 the 8th EYR, temporarily commanded by Acting Lt-Col F.B. Brewis, took its turn in the trenches near
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8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks alternating between resting, training, and spells in the line near
770:, the battalion was on its objective (the Red Line) by 07.00, having captured a number of prisoners, while four
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sector and between 21 September and 5 October 3 Division underwent training before moving back to the Somme.
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The move south to Loos was achieved by a series of night marches beginning on 20/21 September, arriving at
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L.C. Fryer. Mud and rain brought a return to billets for the winter, with 8th East Yorkshires housed in
1633:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009,
887:, known as the 'Hull Tradesmen', was originally going to be the 8th (Hull) Bn, but this was changed to
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307:, the senior K3 division, formed from units raised in North East England, which was assembling around
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and trenches and five minutes later the whole attacking line of four divisions advanced behind a
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the recruiting offices and were formed into 'Service' battalions at the regimental depots. The
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on 7 November 1914. However, as the war progressed (and particularly after the passage of the
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British troops (believed to be the 8th East Yorkshires) moving up during the Ypres Offensive.
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by 13 October, where it underwent two weeks' training. It then returned to the line in the
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that ended the Arras offensive on 13–4 May, it did not actually take part in the fighting.
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exploded six mines under the German positions at The Mound near St Eloi and 3rd Division's
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and were shelled all night. At 16.30 on 27 September the battalion went into bivouacs at
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416:, which was believed to have captured Hill 70. The brigadier selected 8th EYR and 10th
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625:(KSLI), supported by a company of 8th EYR, trying to clear along the railway towards
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412:. Before the men had time to eat, orders arrived for the brigade to go up to support
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south of Delville Wood, which was the scene of six more weeks' bitter fighting (the
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flags. The battalion spent the night of 4/5 May working on outposts and trenches.
1591:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1928/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
1557:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1542:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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After the relief, 8th EYR left the Ypres Salient and travelled south, reaching
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1515:'Entrenching Battalions', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/1.
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sector. 3rd Division did not take part in the BEF's final effort of 1917, the
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in 1940, initially as the 50th (Holding) Battalion; it later converted into
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in support. At 03.20 a sudden intense bombardment was placed on the German
572:, providing carrying parties and night patrols. After the disasters of the
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The St Eloi craters, visible in an aerial photograph taken on 1 April 1916.
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with other Kitchener battalions and endured a disastrous initiation at the
1720:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992,
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attacks among the shattered trenches. After the 8th EYR were relieved by
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On 6 August 1914, less than 48 hours after Britain's declaration of war,
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A new 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, was formed during the
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03.15; 8th EYR was on the right of 8th Bde's line, with half of 1st
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1701:, Samson Books 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
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The regiment's officer casualties were not listed by battalion.
1735:, London: Harrison, 1928/Uckfield,Naval & Military, 2002,
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Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) Rev B.C. Ruck Keene is buried at
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Military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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Ypres Reservoir Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
580:). The Brigade Intelligence Officer had placed a screen of
368:). By 13 September 21st Division was concentrated west of
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The success of 14 July left the British with an awkward
1614:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
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on 8–9 September under the command of Lt-Col B.I. Way (
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The East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914–1918
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sanctioned an increase of 500,000 men for the Regular
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
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2nd July 1916 to the End of the Battles of the Somme
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The battalion itself used the abbreviation 8th EYR.
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115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
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284:, from a draft of recruits sent from the depot at
1795:Military units and formations established in 1914
1570:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
376:. Final training took place, in route marching,
21:8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
758:(20–25 September) and then participated in the
1671:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
805:, but it did carry out a subsidiary attack at
645:The last phase of the Somme offensive was the
315:, but the division soon moved under canvas at
1669:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1599:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
216:. It was then transferred to the experienced
180:Shoulder title of the East Yorkshire Regiment
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247:'s recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.
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311:in Hertfordshire. The men started out in
1631:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
971:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 2 & 8; Appendix I.
610:until they were relieved on 20/21 July.
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726:Although 8th EYR was later awarded the
404:at 23.00 on 24 September, when the men
204:' raised shortly after the outbreak of
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272:formed its third such battalion, the
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1030:East Yorkshires at Long, Long Trail.
1064:21st Division at Long, Long Trail.
564:). The battalion entrained for the
472:In October 21 Division went to the
196:The 8th (Service) Battalion of the
1755:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
299:The new battalion was assigned to
44:22 September 1914–17 February 1918
14:
1684:Battleground Europe: Somme: Serre
1682:Jack Horsfall & Nigel Cave,
1310:, Vol II, pp. 139–40; Sketch 17.
1221:3rd Division at Log, Long trail.
623:King's Shropshire Light Infantry
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1625:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1610:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1372:Wyrall, pp. 176–7, 179–81, 184.
1350:Horsfall & Cave, pp. 77–88.
525:On the morning of 27 March the
756:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
544:on 3/4 April, the battalion's
35:of the East Yorkshire Regiment
1:
1686:, London: Leo Cooper, 1996,
889:11th (Service) Bn (2nd Hull)
468:3rd Division's WWI insignia.
431:47th (1/2nd London) Division
366:North Staffordshire Regiment
1363:, Vol II, pp. 478–9, 497–8.
696:Second Battle of the Scarpe
632:York and Lancaster Regiment
354:British Expeditionary Force
286:Victoria Barracks, Beverley
200:(8th EYR), was a unit of '
120:Victoria Barracks, Beverley
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1572:, Solihull: Helion, 2005,
1279:, Vol II, pp. 71–2, 78–80.
825:10th Entrenching Battalion
708:Third Battle of the Scarpe
684:First Battle of the Scarpe
674:3rd Division moved to the
630:the Green Howards and the
461:where it began refitting.
265:Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
261:Secretary of State for War
259:, and the newly-appointed
220:and fought with it on the
1699:British Regiments 1914–18
1143:, Vol II, pp. 310–4, 342.
907:Military Service Act 1916
372:with 8th EYR billeted in
295:21st Division's insignia.
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1385:, Vol I, pp. 216–7, 248.
1054:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 103–9.
578:Battle of Bazentin Ridge
443:Northumberland Fusiliers
414:15th (Scottish) Division
396:The battlefield of Loos.
236:Recruitment and training
147:Battle of Bazentin Ridge
1780:East Yorkshire Regiment
1186:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 49–55.
829:German spring offensive
821:West Yorkshire Regiment
700:12th (Eastern) Division
619:Battle of Delville Wood
542:31st Canadian Battalion
274:8th (Service) Battalion
270:East Yorkshire Regiment
198:East Yorkshire Regiment
152:Battle of Delville Wood
842:, and served with the
819:amalgamated with 12th
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760:Battle of Polygon Wood
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167:Battle of Polygon Wood
1478:, Vol II, pp. 288-92.
1454:Wyrall, pp. 223, 226.
1403:Wyrall, pp. 209, 211.
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752:Third Ypres Offensive
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713:Royal Scots Fusiliers
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276:, on 22 September at
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1760:The Long, Long Trail
1712:Capt Wilfred Miles,
1341:, Vol II, pp. 191–2.
1112:, Vol II, pp. 296–8.
1081:, Vol II, pp. 293–4.
534:attacked the craters
1525:Wyrall, Appendix I.
1288:Wyrall, pp. 149–52.
1257:, Vol I, pp. 180–6.
1244:, Vol I, pp. 170–2.
823:of 9th Bde to form
686:. In 3rd Division,
647:Battle of the Ancre
562:Battle of the Somme
515:attack on The Bluff
157:Battle of the Ancre
1667:J.B.M. Frederick,
1505:Wyrall, pp. 258–9.
1487:Wyrall, pp. 235–9.
1445:Wyrall, pp. 215–8.
1412:Wyrall, pp. 213–4.
1394:Wyrall, pp. 205–8.
1319:Wyrall, pp. 154–6.
1266:Wyrall, pp. 131–3.
1231:Wyrall, pp. 124–5.
1130:Cherry, pp. 194–9.
1099:Cherry, pp. 175–6.
987:Frederick, p. 182.
962:Wyrall, pp. 130–1.
791:
748:
672:
584:and scouts out in
507:
493:) on 29 December.
470:
398:
321:Lieutenant-Colonel
297:
249:
1741:978-1-84342-211-2
1707:978-1-84342-197-9
1697:Brig E.A. James,
1639:978-1-845747-23-7
1605:978-1-84574-719-0
1422:Mitchell at CWGC.
1152:Wyrall, pp. 85–6.
1121:Wyrall, pp. 82–5.
1090:Wyrall, pp. 81–2.
852:Italian campaigns
803:Battle of Cambrai
785:, painted by Sir
339:Service in France
191:
190:
1807:
1775:Kitchener's Army
1749:External sources
1731:Everard Wyrall,
1662:978-1-84574722-0
1585:James E. Edmonds
1526:
1523:
1517:
1512:
1506:
1503:
1497:
1494:
1488:
1485:
1479:
1472:
1466:
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1455:
1452:
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1436:, Vol I, p. 439.
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1424:
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1038:
1032:
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1016:
1013:
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988:
985:
972:
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963:
960:
941:
938:
932:
925:
919:
916:
910:
898:
892:
877:
871:
868:
854:from 1943−1945.
836:Second World War
732:Capture of Roeux
704:Battle of Arleux
656:Official History
599:Creeping barrage
447:Official History
202:Kitchener's Army
187:
74:
59:
57:
56:
30:
18:
1815:
1814:
1810:
1809:
1808:
1806:
1805:
1804:
1765:
1764:
1751:
1746:
1553:Maj A.F. Becke,
1538:Maj A.F. Becke,
1534:
1529:
1524:
1520:
1513:
1509:
1504:
1500:
1496:Wyrall, p. 252.
1495:
1491:
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1371:
1367:
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1336:
1332:
1328:Wyrall, p. 176.
1327:
1323:
1318:
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1305:
1301:
1297:Wyrall, p. 402.
1296:
1292:
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917:
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899:
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878:
874:
869:
865:
860:
816:
740:
680:Arras Offensive
664:
591:Royal Fusiliers
554:
527:Royal Engineers
499:
477:transferred to
455:Sailly-Labourse
390:
341:
333:Weston Turville
238:
194:
162:Battle of Arras
142:St Eloi Craters
108:
54:
52:
36:
12:
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1568:Niall Cherry,
1566:
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1101:
1092:
1083:
1067:
1056:
1042:
1040:Wyrall, p. 23.
1033:
1017:
1015:Wyrall, p. 24.
1005:
989:
973:
964:
951:
949:
946:
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881:Pals battalion
872:
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859:
856:
815:
812:
739:
736:
663:
660:
553:
550:
522:and exposure.
498:
495:
451:1/23rd Londons
435:1/19th Londons
427:1/20th Londons
402:Nœux-les-Mines
389:
386:
382:Battle of Loos
340:
337:
237:
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214:Battle of Loos
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1583:Brig-Gen Sir
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1003:James, p. 59.
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886:
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876:
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867:
864:
857:
855:
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849:
845:
844:46th Division
841:
837:
832:
830:
826:
822:
813:
811:
808:
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788:
787:William Orpen
784:
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769:
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728:Battle honour
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539:
535:
532:
528:
523:
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497:Ypres Salient
496:
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491:Ypres Salient
488:
484:
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475:
466:
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460:
456:
452:
448:
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428:
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418:Green Howards
415:
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394:
387:
385:
383:
379:
378:bomb-throwing
375:
371:
367:
363:
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358:Western Front
355:
351:
347:
338:
336:
334:
330:
329:Aston Clinton
326:
322:
318:
314:
310:
306:
305:21st Division
302:
293:
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282:Hertfordshire
279:
275:
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210:Western Front
207:
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193:Military unit
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106:21st Division
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1475:
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1399:
1390:
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749:
738:Polygon Wood
725:
693:
673:
655:
644:
636:
612:
555:
524:
508:
483:3rd Division
471:
446:
439:
399:
342:
301:62nd Brigade
298:
273:
257:British Army
250:
245:Alfred Leete
218:3rd Division
195:
110:3rd Division
102:Part of
15:
1646:Cyril Falls
879:The second
814:Disbandment
694:During the
603:Royal Scots
595:barbed wire
520:Trench foot
487:Voormezeele
474:Armentières
346:Witley Camp
317:Halton Park
278:Berkhamsted
206:World War I
126:Engagements
116:Garrison/HQ
1769:Categories
1716:, Vol II,
1629:, Vol II,
1532:References
883:raised in
807:Bullecourt
627:Guillemont
558:Dickebusch
410:Mazingarbe
406:bivouacked
253:Parliament
1652:, Vol I,
1474:Edmonds,
1253:Edmonds,
1240:Edmonds,
1139:Edmonds,
1108:Edmonds,
1077:Edmonds,
858:Footnotes
795:Beugnâtre
783:Zonnebeke
772:Corporals
768:pillboxes
764:Zonnebeke
721:Red Cross
574:first day
570:Montauban
546:Lewis gun
137:The Bluff
96:Battalion
33:Cap badge
1464:at CWGC.
848:Tunisian
789:in 1918.
730:for the
688:76th Bde
582:picquets
459:Liettres
362:Boulogne
325:Wendover
175:Insignia
86:Infantry
76:New Army
1432:Falls,
1381:Falls,
1359:Miles,
1337:Miles,
1306:Miles,
1275:Miles,
846:in the
799:Noreuil
702:at the
640:Hulluch
615:salient
538:bombing
531:9th Bde
511:St Eloi
489:in the
479:8th Bde
370:St Omer
356:on the
313:billets
49:Country
1739:
1724:
1705:
1690:
1675:
1660:
1637:
1618:
1603:
1595:
1576:
1561:
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374:Moulle
350:Surrey
67:Branch
58:
41:Active
1644:Capt
948:Notes
717:Padre
676:Arras
662:Arras
651:Serre
566:Somme
552:Somme
309:Tring
230:Ypres
226:Arras
224:, at
222:Somme
1737:ISBN
1722:ISBN
1703:ISBN
1688:ISBN
1673:ISBN
1658:ISBN
1635:ISBN
1616:ISBN
1601:ISBN
1593:ISBN
1574:ISBN
1559:ISBN
1544:ISBN
1476:1917
1434:1917
1383:1917
1361:1916
1339:1916
1308:1916
1277:1916
1255:1916
1242:1916
1141:1915
1110:1915
1079:1915
903:York
885:Hull
850:and
423:Loos
388:Loos
331:and
228:and
92:Size
82:Type
608:gas
481:in
429:of
348:in
303:in
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