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 1889. NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS SISTER MISS EMILY HAVOUR AT THE ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, AGED 27 AT LONDON GENERAL HOSPITAL. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE SYKES STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916). NB WALTER HAVIER, RNR … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1883. SON OF WILLIAM DYSON BEAUMONT (1861-1937) & HARRIET ANNIE PATRICK (1863-1947). HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1909. HIS WIFE MRS ETHEL MARY EVERITT (1891-1971) & FIVE CHILDREN (ALBERT, LEWIN, HAROLD, ETHEL MARY AND WILLIAM), THEY LIVED AT 11, COTTINGHAM TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. … Read more
BORN PONTEFRACT 19/07/1899. SON OF ROBERT ANDERSON (1868-1942) & HELENA ANDERSON, OF 4, CHARLOTTE’S TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, SIX BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. HIS FATHER WAS THE QUARTER MASTER’S SERGEANT, ON HMS ‘DREADNOUGHT’. EVELYN ANDERSON ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 220050, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DEPOT. HE DIED OF … Read more
