Green Howards Victory Medal: Pte J Gargett, 4th (Reserve) Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment

Holder's service details :

Joseph Gargett
Regiment or Corps:Yorkshire Regiment
Regimental Number:2459, 200567

Joseph Gargett
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment
Regimental Number:200567
Previous Units:4/Yorks. 2459 Pte.

Discharged 24 January 1919.

Brief note on the battalion:

In September 1916, a scheme of amalgamation of all the 3rd Line Units led to the incorporation of the 3/4th and the 3/5th Battalions, which were henceforth known as the "4th [Reserve] Battalion Yorkshire Regiment". The function of this new Unit was to feed the 1st Line Territorial Battalions such as the 1/4 (see below).

Pte Gargett's first service number inducates that he attested/was enlisted before the early part of 1917, when the renumbering took effect, whilst his new number falls within the early part of the 200000-240000 block allocated to the 4th Battalion.

1/4th Battalion
August 1914 : in Northallerton. Part of York & Durham Brigade, Northumbrian Division.
18 April 1915 : landed at Boulogne.
14 May 1915 : formation became 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division.
16 July 1918 : reduced to cadre strength and moved to Lines of Communication.
16 August 1918 : transferred to 116th Brigade, 39th Division.
6 November 1918 : demobilised.

Medal Condition: Very Fine.

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