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 1898. SON OF JOHN P. & EVELYN E BOYES ABOVE & 25 BEETON STREET. HDM 3/6/15, 31/5/17 & 31/5/18. GARDENER HELPER.
BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOSEPH BRAY & ELIZA WINDLE, OF 12 ELLIZA PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER, EMPLOYED AT THE NATIONAL RADIATOR WORKS, PERTH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED LENA RUSSEL, AT SCULCOATES IN 1909. HIS WIFE LENA & CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3 HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE HENRY BROWN (1850-1919) & HANNAH MARY MARSDEN (1859-1898), AT 6 EUGIENE TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER, LIVED AT 25 FRODINGHAM STREET, MARFLEET LANE. EMPLOYED AS A HORSE DRIVER. HE MARRIED AT ST ANDREW CHURCH, DRYPOOL, HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH MIDDLETON (1890-1918) AND DAUGHTER […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JAMES EDWARD BURLEY & MARIA ELIZABETH DRING (1869-1932), AT 601, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 439 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. SON A RAILWAY CLERK. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. A FITTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE. HE RESIDED AT 233 WALTON STREET, HULL. HE JOINED THE TERRITORIAL […]
3 VINE TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/05/1915
Aged
18
BORN HULL 18/12/1896. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM HAIR & SARAH JANE FENWICK (1853-1916). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE BROTHERS SERVING. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/05/1915, AGED 18. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING IN THE HDM ON 31/05/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. ALSO REPORTED […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE WARD HAWKINS & MARGARET HAWKINS, OF 104 BEAN STREET, HULL AND 9, IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE FORMERLY RESIDED AT 9. IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY A BOMB, AT INSTRUCTION SCHOOL, ON 2ND AUGUST 1917. HE WAS 25. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED […]
BORN YORK 1881. SON OF JOHN PINDAR (1853-1924) & EDITH ELIZA PINDAR (1856-1882), OF 4 HARLEY STREET AND 33 SILVESTER STREET, HULL. HE WAS A PAINT WORKER. ONE OF FIVE SONS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2427, "D" COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED A […]
1, WAINFLEET TERRACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE RICHARD PROUDLEY (1852-1913) AND SARAH ANN USHER PROUDLEY (1853-1918), OF 1, WAINFLEET TERRACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A GAS STOKER. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. A PAWN BROKER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201781, "D" COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLE […]
10, PRIMROSE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/10/1918
Aged
27
BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF WILLIAM SHEPHERD (1860-1904) & ROSE HANNAH DUFFILL (1864-1919). A KILN SETTER. EX RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 30/10/1918, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, AISNE, FRANCE HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS THREE BROTHERS AND S […]
2 ETTYS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/06/1915
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY THOMPSON, OF 2 ETTYS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE SKULL, ON 11/06/1915, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 11TH MAY 1915 AND 14TH JUNE 1915, AND AL […]
24, SUFFOLK STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/05/1915
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES LAMBERT & ANNIE THORESBY, OF 24, SUFFOLK STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SHIP OWNERS CLERK. BROTHER OF ARTHUR, ANNIE AND BERTHA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR, "D" COMPANY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. KILED IN ACTION, ON 06/05/1915, AGED 19. BURIED IN F […]
21 MELBOURNE STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
20
BORN WITHERNSEA 1895. KNOWN AS "TEDDY". ENLISTED HULL MARCH 1914. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A LABOURER FOR THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY. BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS UNCLE AND AUNT MR & MRS BUGG. HE ENLISTED IN MARCH 1914. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW. DIED OF WOUNDS AT YPRES […]
7 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS WATSON & JEMIMA TOMLINSON, OF 7 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED IN 1913, AGED 16. WIFE ELSIE REBECCA (SENIOR). A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 18. COMMEMORAT […]
