The East Riding Gentleman and Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded in 1801 then reformed in 1803 as the Grimston Yeomanry Cavalry. Disbanded again in 1814 it then emerged once more in 1902 as The East Riding Yeomanry, a Lancer regiment which was also known as Lord Wenlock’s Horse.
In 1915 the East Riding Yeomanry sailed for Macedonia, but the destination was altered and in November they landed in Egypt. They became part of the Western frontier force in Libya before being transferred to Palestine. From March until October 1917, they fought the 1st and 3rd battles of Gaza, and in November they advanced into the Judean Hills to cut off Jerusalem from the north. The ERY sailed to France in May 1918 and on amalgamation became 102nd (Lincolnshire and East Riding Yeomanry) Bn, The Machine Gun Corps.
After the Great War the Yorkshire Hussars and Dragoons reformed as cavalry regiments, forming the 5th Cavalry Brigade together with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. The East Riding Yeomanry reroled to form the 26th Armoured Car Company of the Tank Corps.
3 CORONATION AVENUE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/05/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 13/08/1892. SON OF WALTER BINGE & HENRIETTA DUKES STEPHENSON, 6 MARFLEET TERACE, AND LATER 4 BRONBY'S TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER CALLED HARMAN AND ONE SISTER, EVA, WHO LIVED AT PINEWOOD COTTAGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE JOINED THE NAVY ON 14/12/1909. HE THEN WORKED AS A LABOURER FROM 1911 AT EARLES SHIPYARD, […]
Lance Corporal
POCKLINGTON, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
14/11/1917
Aged
23
Trooper B. Byass of Warter. Bernard Byass, joined the 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry in 1914, Regimental Number 1114, later 50081. Serving in Egypt and Palestine, Bernard was promoted to Corporal and was killed in action at Naane, Palestine, on 14/11/1917. He was buried in Ramleh Cemetery and is commemorated on the War Memorial at Warter Estat […]
Trooper
BORN HULL 1/11/1896. SECOND SON OF TOM CAWKILL (1864-1949) & MARY LOUISA ASHTON (1868- 1929), LIVING AT 190 HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS EDUCATED AT CRAVEN STREET SECONDARY SCHOOL. IN 1911 HE WAS BASED IN BURTON PIDSEA, PATRINGTON, WORKING AS A BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ROSE EDITH (BEAVERS) & WILIAM HENRY CLARK AT 59 , PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 59 , ROSMEAD STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO, HENRY, EDITH, MAUD AND HUGH CLARK. EMPLYED AS A MANUFACTURER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 31/08/1914, AGED 21 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 11.5 INCHES TALL, 151 LBS […]
Private
BORN BOROUGHBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE 1887. HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDFATHER, ROBERT FAWCETT, IN BOROUGHBRIDGE (1891 CENSUS). ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY CLARKE AND ELIZABETH ELLEN FOWLER, OF 1, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A FRUIT MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE MARRIED DOROTHY WHEATLEY, AT SKIPTO […]
Private
8, RICHMOND TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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15/11/1917
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28
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM CROSS (1860-1951) & JANE (OTTER) CROSS OF 8, RICHMOND TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A DOCK. HE ALSO WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 07/09/1914. JOINED THE 1ST/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, "B" SQUARDON. SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DIED OF WOU […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THOMAS & HARRIET, OF 67 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED WITH FATHER AT RECKITTS, AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE EAST RIDING, ROYAL ENGINEERS. WOUNDED ON 30/04/1916. HE DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 09/05/1916, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER MEMO […]
Private
4, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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15/04/1917
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23
BORN THWING, BRIDLINGTON 1894. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE DOSDALE (1871-1939) & MARY ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1872-1955), OF 16 SELBY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, CALLED ERNEST. HIS FATHER WAS A CARTER. HE WORKED IN A BUTCHER'S SHOP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. S […]
Trooper
BORN LONG EATON, DERBYSHIRE 1898. SON OF RICHARD CHARLES GARSIDE & MARGARET MARY GARSIDE, OF 59 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER, TROOPER, RICHARD GARSIDE, LANCER REGIMENT. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS., REDFEARN & MASON, TIMBER MERCHANTS, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1894. THIRD SON OF FRANK GRESHAM (1862-1940) & HELENA PITCHFORD DYSON (1866-1931), OF 63 TRINITY ROAD, BRIDLINGTON AND 32, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. EDUCATED AT HULL, HYMERS COLLEGE. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A MERCHANT'S CLERK BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTE […]
Private
BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF ARTHUR THOMAS GROVES (1861-1947) & ELIZABETH BARNES (1868-1939), AT 33, SALISBURY STREET, HULL. LIKE HIS FATHER AND BROTHER ERNEST, HE WAS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CLERK FOR THE CITY TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. JOINING THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. HE DROWNED, ON 15/04/1917, […]
Private
Sandburn, Stockton-on-the-Forest, York, North Yorkshire.
Died on
14/11/1916
Aged
21
Born Fulford, Yorkshire, 1895. Son of John Hetherton, of Sandburn, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire. Son of an Incorporated Accountant, from Scotland. He had two brothers and two sisters. A farm pupil, at Bootham, Grange, York (1911 Census) He enlisted in Hull. Served in the 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry. Died in Rgypt on 14th […]
Private
Leslie Hinson (1898-1916) was from Hessle and probably joined the ERY in late May 1915. He was the son of Arthur Edward & Emily Hinson, of 3, Grove Hill, Hessle. Leslie Hinson had a very short army career, being killed in a zeppelin raid, on York, on 2nd May 1915. he was killed leading a woman away from the bombing. He was the ERY' […]
Trooper
BORN HULL 14/10/1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HUNT (1863-1938) & KATE LAMINGMAN (1871-1954), OF 8, BRYANTS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL AND 142 HIGHT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. DR […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 04/07/1890. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM JOULES (1847-1919) & MARY ANN BUTLER (1851-1918), OF 14 HARCOURT STREET. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 61 ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A FORMER BLACKSMITH & SHOE SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING T […]
Private
3 STAFFORD STREET, HARLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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15/04/1917
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35
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ARTHUR MAYDWELL KENDALL (1855-1923) & JULIA.REEVES (1849-1939), OF 87 RYDE STREET, HULL. SON OF A JOURNALIST. HE WAS AN INVOICE FORWARDING CLERK FOR JAMES DARBY & CO, WHOLESALE GLASS & LEAD MERCHANTS, NILL STREET, HULL. BOARDING AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. HE RESIDED AT HUDDERSFIELD IN 1914. HE ENLIST […]
Corporal
5, Norwood Dale, Beverley, Yorks
Died on
15/04/1917
Aged
42
Born Escrick, Deighton, Yorkshire, 1875, Son of William and Mary Lofthouse, of Tockwith, York; Son of a farm labourer. He had two brothers and three sisters. husband of Julie Lofthouse (nee Dalton), of 5, Norwood Dale, Beverley, Yorks. Enlisted in 1905. Won Challenge Cup for Shooting 1907-8 and 1910-12. He worked as a wood sawyer and […]
Private
BORN SELBY 1879. HUSBAND OF ELEANOR AT 46, MULGRAVE STREET, HULL. SON OF THOMAS & JANE MOORE OF 87, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. LOST ON THE TRANSPORT "ARCADIAN". HE IS LISTED AS MISSING/DROWNED. On 15th April 1917, HMT Arcadian was sunk off Melos in the Aegean Sea. Nineteen men of […]
Londesborough, York.
Died on
20/03/1916
Aged
33
Sapper MOWTHORPE, JOSEPH Service Number 908 Died 20/03/1916 Aged 33 1st/1st (East Riding) Field Coy. Royal Engineers Son of Henry and Rose Mowthorpe, of Londesborough, York. Lived in Hull and Beverley, where he worked as a Bricklayer. He enlisted in Hull. Killed in action. Hiss army effects were left to his father. His name is record […]
Private
SUTTON WITHOUT, SUTTON UPON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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15/04/1917
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24
BORN HULL JUNE 1893. SON OF CHARLES JOHN PICKERING (1853-1901) & ELLEN COLLIER COLLISHAW (1851-1937), AT 40, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, AND FIVE SISTERS. A PAINTER AND DECORATER LIVING AT 40, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL SERVED AS PRIVATE, 18266, 1ST EAST RIDING […]
