Don't know what's happening with the list, but I 've tried to post this message twice in the last week and it hasn't appeared. I'm now trying dur-nbl in lower case to see if it helps. Ive been following the thread and would like to keep it on list if possible. Posted last week: I was told that my grandfather, John William Thompson, served with the East Yorks in WW1 I have no further information on his battalion etc. but would like to know more. He was born in Fatfield in 1889 but I think was living in Houghton-le-Spring in 1914. He went to join up with the DLI on the first day of the war but was turned down, I don't know on what grounds. He then immediately went to the East Yorks recruiting office where he was accepted. I know nothing about his war service, he was one of the many who never talked about the war once they came home. I do have two photographs of him in uniform, one with a group of NCOs taken by F.Hughes, Military Photographer, Ludgershall, Wilts., in the other he looks very stern and official with a sign above him saying Rouen 35 Rue des Carmes 402. I'd be interested in any information on the East Yorks or on how to find out more. Jennifer Added 25/11: Don't know if this helps John, as I don't have his service no., but I'm pretty sure he was living in Houghton-le-Spring, so chances are that even though he was from the Chester-le-Street district he would have joined up in Houghton. I'm pretty sure the story of him enlisting as soon as war was declared is correct as he did the same thing in WW2, but, being too old for the armed services then, he joined the St.John's Ambulance.