These poignant photos chart a year of memories in the life of Leeds and its residents. It was a year when Leeds Palls recruited hundreds of fresh faced young men as the First World War took hold. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: The story of the Leeds city centre character known as 'Woodbine Lizzie' LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Gledhow
A team of nurses from Gledhow Hall Military Hospital who played a game of cricket against a team of soldiers from the hospital in August 1915. The nurses are wearing the full nurses uniforms which they wore for playing the game. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Gledhow
A game of cricket taking place in the grounds of Gledhow Hall in August 1915 while it was being used as a military hospital during the First World War. A team of nurses, seen here batting, are taking on a team of patients from the hospital. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds in 1915
A police presence outside the Blackburn Aeroplane Company's Olympia works in Roundhay. Robert Blackburn took over the former roller skating rink after a crucial meeting with Winston Churchill. | Third party Photo: Third party
10. Woodhouse
The James Graham Building of Leeds Metropolitan University. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Leeds city centre
A 1915 edition of the Yorkshire Evening Post, which was found at the Grand Theatre. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme