Attested 14 September 1914 at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull – Initial training in Hull at Pearson Park and in March 1915 to South Dalton Camp East Riding of Yorkshire – In May 1915 the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment joined the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the 31st Division and moved for Divisional training to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, 18 June 1915 on to South Camp Ripon and then to No 2 Camp Hurdcott near Fovant Salisbury – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 28 December 1915 with 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – Arrived Bertrancourt on the Somme 2 April 1916 – Documents Available – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire