West Yorkshire Regiment, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase

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Date:1915

Description:This group photograph is of Officers from the West Yorkshire Regiment and they look like they are positioned outside one of the Officer's Huts. Looking at the record of the various Battalions raised by the West Yorkshire Regiment, only one of them appears to have been stationed at Rugeley in 1915. They were the 13th (Reserve) Battalion and they were formed in October 1914 at York as a service battalion of the Fourth New Army (K4) as part of the 90th Brigade of the 30th Division. On 10 April 1915 they moved to Harrogate and became a 2nd Reserve Battalion and the Brigade became the 2nd Reserve Brigade. In October 1915 they moved to Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase. On 1 September 1916 Became the 8th Training Reserve Battalion.

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Source: Mr Jake Whitehouse

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