At the Front

L/Cpl Arthur Moore died on his 21st Birthday on the 1st July 1916. He had originally joined the Hull Pals as number 122, but was transferred to the Accrington Pals instead. He died with the 11th East Lancashire Battalion, on the first day of the battle of the Somme and is buried at Serre. His … Read more

Cpl, James Jollands, of the 1/4th EYR, lived at 151 Sculcoates Lane. He had only been abroad for 10 days before he was killed on 5th May 1915.  

Gunner, Frank William Owens, had just returned to Flanders after 10 days leave when he was killed on 31st July 1917. He had worked for his Father’s Grocery business at 43 Brunswick Avenue and he is commemorated on the Hull Grammar School Roll of Honour.

Pte, Francis Knaggs, 1st EYR was killed on the 20th September 1914. He died on the same day with seven other Hull men from the 1st East Yorkshires, halting the German advance at the Marne. Casualties continued. Pte, Charles Hodges, 1st EYR, from 8 Buckingham Street was killed on the 18th October 1914, aged 21.

Pte, Francis Knaggs, 1st EYR was killed on the 20th September 1914. He died on the same day with seven other Hull men from the 1st East Yorkshires, halting the German advance at the Marne. Casualties continued. Pte, Charles Hodges, 1st EYR, from 8 Buckingham Street was killed on the 18th October 1914, aged 21.

Pte, William Brook, from Regent Street, aged 18, had served only 9 weeks at the Front before he was killed on 24th August 1915.  

Pte, Mark Lockwood, Coldstream Guards, came from Bright Street. He was one of many Professional Soldiers from Hull, despatched with the original British Expeditionary Force. He died at the Marne on the 9th September 1914, halting the German advance.