Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/4th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Hull as part of the York & Durham Brigade of the Northumbrian Division and then moved to South Holderness and then on to Darlington and then Newcastle.
07.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne where the formation became the 150th Brigade of the 50th Division which engaged in various action on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
15.07.1918 Reduced to cadre and moved to defend the Lines of Communication in Dieppe.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division.
07.11.1918 Demobilised at Cucq.
Name Charles Frederick Dixon Rank Lieutenant Born Normanton, 8 Aug 1884. Son of John Dixon and Louisa Metcalfe, of 27, High Street Normanton, Yorkshire. Employed as Assistant H M Customs & Excise Residence Place 95, Alliance Avenue, Hull Death Date 4 Feb 1927 Identification Number Oa150525 Corps, Regiment or Unit East Yorkshire Regiment Title … Read more
Born Middlesboro, Yorkshire, 1876. Married on 16 Oct 1889. Husband of Emma Elizabeth Clayton at 16, Bolton Avenue, Hotham Street, Hedon Road, Hull (War pension address). Name Robert James Clayton Born Middlesboro, Yorkshire, 1876. Son of Stephen & Jane Clayton. A labourer. Rank Private Record Type Death Residence Place 16, Bolton Avenue, Hotham Street, Hedon … Read more
Name Frank Raw Birth Place Bradford Residence Husband of Martha Raw, of 23, Westbourne Place, Manningham, Bradford, Yorks Death Date 16 Feb 1917 Death Place ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 201552 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of … Read more
Name Reginald William Johnson Birth Place Goole Residence Goole Death Date 19 Jun 1918 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Corporal Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 10/971 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
17 Birth Place Reading, Berkshire, 1893. Son of Amelia Jane Davis of 17, Blenheim Street, Princes Avenue, Hull & 10, St Michael’s Mount Northampton, (War Pension addresses) Death Date 25 Feb 1918 Death Place Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 205258 … Read more
Name Arthur Cruddas Birth Place Bridlington, Yorkshire, 1887. Son of Thomas and Annie Elizabeth Cruddas, of 30, South Back Lane, Bridlington, Yorkshire. Residence Hull – 53, Carlton Street, Hull (1911 Census) Death Date 23 Mar 1918 Death Place HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th … Read more
Name Percy William Adamson Birth Place Yarm, Yorkshire, England. 1887 Residence Yarm, Yorkshire, England. Grocer Assistant Death Date 9 May 1915 Death Place Longuenesse St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 2394 Type of Casualty Died of wounds Theatre of War … Read more
Name Norman Kingsley (alias Ephiam Needham) Birth Place Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, 18 May 1896 Residence Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England. Son of Thomas William Needham & Mary Jane Needham of 28, Garfield Road, Retford, Notts. Lived at 12, Dulwich Road Radford Notts (1911 Census) Death Date 25 Apr 1917 Death Place France … Read more
Name Ernest Coldback Jackson Birth Place Bedale, Yorkshire, 28 Aug 1882. Son of the late Charles and Mary Elizabeth Jackson. Death Date 31 Oct 1917 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 203485 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of … Read more
Name Charles Bogg Birth Place Boston, Lincolnshire Residence Only Son of Mary Ann Bogg, 5, Duke Street, Boston, Lincolnshire Death Date 19 Jul 1917 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull – 9 Sept 1914 Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 11/636 Type of Casualty Killed in … Read more
