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.
9 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, HULL
Area
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM STOREY (1858-1934) & CLARA GAGE (1868-1938), OF 9 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO SISTERS AND A BROTHER. WORKED AS A BOILER SEALER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, 03/05/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY JANE GOODISON AND SON CHARLES (1915-1984) 1/4 […]
BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF GEORGE CECIL STORRY (1859-1926) & LUCY DIXON STORRY (1862-1950), OF 8, LINDUM PARADE, HEDON ROAD HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 36, COLTMAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A CARGO SUPINTENDENT. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE SISTER ETHEL MARY STORRY AND ONE BROTHER, GEORGE CECIL STORRY. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMA […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF EMMA HOYLES, 28 STUDLEY STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER ALICE HOYES LIVED AT 70, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER IRONMONGER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN HULL ON 02/03/1912. HE WAS SERVING IN THE 4TH EYR WHEN WAR BEGAN. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 08/07/1915, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HI […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & LILLY MATHILDA SMITH (1865-1947), OF 2, ELDON GROVE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL AND 112 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND . HIS FATHER RAN THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 112, HESSLE ROAD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, SYDNEY, HERBERT AND ALFRED. HE MARRIED CLARA CHAPMAN (1891-1940), AT ST LUKES CHURCH, HULL, ON 18TH […]
4 WALTERS TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/08/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM SUDDABY (1856-1910) & THIRZA SMITH (1858-1931), AT 4 WALTERS TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL & 17 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A SAWMILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/08/1916, AGED 20, AT NO: 8 HOSPITAL, BOUL […]
BORN HORNSEA 1894. SON OF EDWIN & ESTER SUTHERBY, MERESIDE, HORNSEA. ENLISTED IN 1915
BORN HULL 16/10/1894. YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL DRAPER & SUSAN SOPHIA SYMONDS, of 65 WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. HE MARRIED WIFE DOROTHY SYMONDS, TEN MONTHS BEFORE THE WAR AND LIVED AT 599 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL 1914. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AT STEPNEY LANE PAPER MILLS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIBS AND TAKEN PRISONER ON THE 3RD MAY 1915. HE […]
11 JAMES TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/03/1918
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & CHRISTINA TAYLOR, THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/03/1918, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARTHA. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON ST MARKS MEMORIAL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 5TH MAY 1915. * COMMEMORATED: Pozieres Memorial, Pozieres, […]
BORN DOVERCOURT, HARWICH 1895. SON OF ROBERT ARCHIBALD TAYLOR AND LYDIA ANN TAYLOR, AT 4 OATLANDS ROAD, ENFIELD AND 5 MARKET PARADE, GREEN STREET, ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PAWN BROKER'S ASSISTANT AND EX RECKITT'S WORKER, LIVING AT MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST […]
3 CUMBERLAND VILLAS, EGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
17/06/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF ROBERT TAYLOR, 14 REGENTS SQUARE, SYKES STREET AND 3 CUMBERLAND VILLAS, EGTON STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS MATE ON THE HULL TUG, "SWIFT". HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:1 CANADIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 22. UNMARRIED. HIS AR […]
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
30
BORN HOLME ON THE WOLDS, EAST RIDING, 1886. SON OF WILLIAM TEAL (1858-1929) AND MARGARET ELIZA THURL0W (1858-1918). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 30. HE LEFT £120 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM TEAL. […]
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF EUGENE VICTOR TEESDALE (1860-1933) & ANNIE FLORENCE TEESDALE, OF 188, PARK AVENUE & 90, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. A CHEMIST ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT YPRES. HE DIE […]
BORN PATRINGTON 1895. RESIDED PATRINGTON. RECORDED ON THE HULL CITY ENGINEER MEMORIAL, PARK STREET, HULL. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE EASINGTON WW1 MEMORIAL. Son of William and Mary Tennison, of Grange Farm, Kilnsea, East Yorks. The Story Behind George William Tennison, was related by his brother Ernie Tennison. When all three broth […]
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF EDWARD TENNISON (1853-1936 & LAURA PLUMMER (1865-1941), OF 109 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, MAUD. A SINGLE MAN WHO RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WEN […]
23, St Mary's Terrace, Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
06/02/1916
Aged
18
Frank Thacker was born in Beverley in 1897, son of Joseph Henry and Sarah Jane Thacker, of 23, St Mary's Terrace, Beverley. Frank joined the Territorials on 30 April 1912 and transferred to the 5th Cyclists Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, then to the 4th Battalion and was attached to the Lewis Gun Section. He went to France on […]
BORN HULL 17/03/1896. SECOND SON OF ROBERT URWIN THACKERY (1858-1935) & KATE ATKINSON (1866-1940), OF 58, BRIGHT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A WOOD SAWYER. HE JOINED HULL'S RECKITTS FACTORY, ON 01/12/1910, WHERE HE WORKED AS A WOOD SAWYER'S HELPER AND BOX MAKER. HE E […]
BORN HULL 1896. EDITH EMMA & RICHARD JAMES THOMAS.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY THOMPSON. AN APPRENTICE IRON MOULDER. WORKED FOR NEEDLERS SWEET FACTORY. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24. REMEMBERED ON THE NEEDLERS WW1 MEMORIAL PLAQUE. "After training, 50th (Northumbrian) Division moved into the line […]
Harold Thompson was born on 14 November 1896 at 3, Dryden's Entry, Salthouse Lane, Hull, the third child of William, a tugboat fireman, and Kate Thompson, of 22, Blue Bell Entry, Lowgate, Hull (War Pension address). His mother died three years later of Septicaemia and Bronchitis and by 1901 his father and the three children were sharing […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF GEORGE & LOUISA ELLEN THOMPSON, OF 157 CRAVEN STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AT ROBINSON'S TIN WORKS, SOUTHCOATES LANE. HE WAS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. LIVED AT 9 GRANVILLE TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 30034, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]
