Hull Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 1914-1918

Hull Rifles looks at the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War and examines the origins of the battalion and its history over the three years it fought in France and Belgium. The battalion was involved in some of the bloodiest battles of the war and suffered such high casualty rates in early 1918 that the unit ceased to exist, except in name.

The men of the original battalion were Territorials, part-time soldiers who gave their free time to provide home defense during a war. Offic...