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12th (Teesside Pioneers) Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
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The 12th (Teesside Pioneers) Battalion, The Green Howards was raised at Middlesbrough on 21 December 1914 by the Mayor and Town. They underwent training at Gosforth and in August 1915 moved to Cannock Chase. Being adopted by War Office on the 27th of August 1915. In September 1915 they arrived at Badajoz Barracks at Aldershot and converted to a Pioneer Battalion, joining 40th Division. They proceeded to France on the 2nd of June 1916, landing at Le Havre. They went into the front line near Loos in October 1915. In 1916 they saw action in the Battle of the Somme. In 1917 they were involved in action in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line in March, the capture of Fifteen Ravine, Villers Plouich, Beaucamp and La Vacquerie during April and early May and the Cambrai Operations, in November which including the capture of Bourlon Wood. Early 1918 they were in action on the Somme and then in the Battles of the Lys where the Division suffered heavy casualties and on the 5th of May they were reduced to cadre strength, on the 28th June 1918 those remaining transferred to 17th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment. Green Howards Regimental Museum is located at Trinity Church Square, Richmond, North Yorkshire.
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Those known to have served with 12th (Teesside Pioneers) Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) during the Great War 1914-1918.
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- Pte. Albert Ainsworth (d.10th Apr 1918)
- Pte. Robert Allen (d.23rd Dec 1916)
- Pte. James Richard Binks (d.9th Apr 1918)
- Sjt. Issac Arthur Brogden (d.23rd Mar 1918)
- Pte. Richard Brown (d.8th Jan 1918)
- Sjt. Henry Cook (d.9th Jan 1917)
- Pte. Harold Dalton (d.22nd Oct 1918)
- Pte. G. Edmonds (d.4th May 1917)
- Pte. John O'Boyle (d.11th Apr 1918) Read their Story.
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Pte. John O'Boyle 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (d.11th Apr 1918)
John O'Boyle was killed during the Battle of Lys.
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