Mobilized 24 January 1916 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Casualty List Hull Daily News 9 August 1917 reported missing now Prisoner of War – Captured 3 May 1917 with the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – AVL Hull 1918 – Photo

War Diary 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Oppy Wood

2 May 1917,
11pm, Battalion moved up into Assembly positions in No Man’s Land at B.18.b.0.5 with the 11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment on the right and the Composite Brigade of the 2nd Division on our left.
The Right flank was the Northern Boundary of OPPY WOOD, the left flank a line drawn through B.12.c.8.4 to C.7.a.7.1, the final objective being from C.7.a.7.1 to C.7. d.2.5. The Assembling took place in brilliant moonlight over quite unknown country and with poor guides. The enemy evidently saw the troops assembling and put up an intense barrage followed by another one later. This considerably disorganised things and at Zero hour, the blackest part of the night, the troops moved forward to the attack. They failed to obtain their objectives and were compelled to withdraw to the Assembly trench where they remained all day under heavy shell fire.

3 May 1917, 10pm, The Battalion were relieved at 10pm by the 11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment. For Casualties please see attached list. Honours. 5 Military Medals. Moved out of the line to Nissen hut Camp at G.4.a

3 May 1917, Casualties
Killed Officers 2
2nd Lieut. (Actg. Capt) WILLIAM B CARROL
Temp 2nd Lt. AR DUGUID
Killed Other Ranks 7
Missing Officers 6
2nd Lt HC JENNINGS
Temp 2nd Lts. WR HIGNETT
JS HALL
JE CARRALL
EP COOPER
C FENWICK
Missing Other Ranks 150
Wounded Officers 1
T.2nd Lt. AR GLAVES
Wounded Other Ranks 127
Died of Wounds Officers 1
T.2nd Lt. P MOORE