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.
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM MARWOOD BRADY (1838-1904) & BETSY BAKER (1842-1921) AT 27, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 2 CHEAPSIDE, GROVES, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WORKED FOR MR SANDERSON’S PAINT WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN ‘A’ COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF CHARLES HENRY WALTERS (1870-1940) & JANE ELIZABETH SHEARD (1870-1954), OF 12, WALKER SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX SISTERS. WORKED AS A PAWN BROKER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MEMIN … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK & MARY ANN WALLIS AT 61 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. CWGC ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AT MESSRS HILLS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 09/10/1916. HE IS BURIED AT DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, … Read more
BORN BARKING, ESSEX, 24/12/1896. SON OF WILLIAM TIBAL (1855-1899) & FANNY SELLERS (1863-1941), AT 62, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/06/1915. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 200827, “A” COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/07/1917, AGED 20, AT CHERISY. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. RECORDED … Read more
BORN HULL 27/03/1890. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & SELINA JOY, OF 57 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. A HULL CORPORATION WORKER. HE WAS GROOM TO LIEUTENAT COLONEL EASTON. SERVED AS A GRENADIER IN “E”PLATOON, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED 5 DAYS BEFORE HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS KILLED WHEN A GRENADE IN THE HANDS OF ANOTHER … Read more
BORN HULL 10/05/1895. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 26TH MAY 1895. SON OF JOHN BENJAMIN NEWLOVE (1864-1934) & ISABELLA CURLING (1868-1928), OF 14, RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 67, RODNEY STREET AND 23, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ARTHUR HARRISON (1857-1932) & SARAH ELIZABETH POWDRELL (1859-1934), OF 384 STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS) AND 18, LORRAINE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ARTHUR. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY COOPER (1853-1953) & ELIZABETH BURROWS (1854-1918), AT 2 TEMPERANCE TERRACE, WHEELER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 56 GILLETT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A REFINER/COLLECTOR, FOR THE HULL CORPORATION. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS 3693 EYR. TRANSFERRED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN COCKILL (1862-1923) AND ANN HOLDSTOCK (1865-1930), AT 103 , ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A FORMER TIN WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 220036, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 22. BURIED AT GLAGEON … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF STEPHEN CARD & MARY ESTER BROWN, OF 45 PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. HE MARRIED, MARY ANN DEETH (1890-1965), AT ST PAUL’S CHURCH, HULL, IN OCTOBER 1913. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. THEY LIVED AT 1 CARLTON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SON, GEORGE (1914-1994). HE ENLISTED IN … Read more
