1/4th Hallamshire Bn of the Y & L (Yorks and Corks), the senior Territorial battalion of the Regiment, was based in Doncaster where it was fortuitously assembled, having just completed annual training, when war broke out.The battalion was part of 3rd West Riding Brigade, West Riding Division, later 148th Brigade, 49th Division; it remained in the same brigade and division throughout the war. In April 1915 the division arrived in France, the fourth TF division to join the BEF, and nominal roll of battalion officers embarking is given. Only two of them (and the RSM) were still with the...