Cap Badge - 8th Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment "Leeds Rifles" This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $25.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. The Leeds Rifles was a unit of the 19th century British Volunteer Force. On the outbreak of World War I, the West Yorkshire Brigade mobilised as the 146th Brigade in the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. The First Line TF battalions soon raised duplicate battalions (2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th, 2/8th), initially for home service, which constituted 185th Brigade in 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. In 1915 they formed further reserve battalions (3/5th, 3/6th, 3/7th, 3/8th) that served in the British Isles. On 1 September 1916, 3/7th and 3/8th Bns merged to form 7th Reserve Bn in the West Riding Reserve Bde, and in the summer of 1918 this battalion was sent to Ireland.[15] (In addition, the City of Leeds raised two battalions for Kitchener's Army: the 15th West Riding (1st Leeds) was known as the 'Leeds Pals', and the 17th West Riding (2nd Leeds) was a 'Bantam' battalion.)