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.
1 EBOR AVENUE, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/10/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 20/09/1891. ONLY SON OF GEORGE EDWARD THRUSSELL (1848-1938) & MARIA JOBLING (1846-1922), OF 29, CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOINER. HE WAS A PRINTER AND LINOTYPE OPERATER, FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, BESSIE AND LILIAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. […]
10 WALTER'S TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 14/02/1892. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WILLIAM TINDALL (1872-1948) AND EUNICE TINDALL (1871-1958), OF 10, WALTERS CRESCENT, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND WESTBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AT HULL FISH DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. MARRIED DORIS GERTRUDE MARY F […]
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF DAVID TIPLADY (1871-1964) & SUSAN FIELDS (1873-1927), OF 11 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A RAILWAY LOADER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/03/1918, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS RECORDED […]
North Frodingham, Yorks
Died on
16/11/1916
Aged
18
Born North Frodingham, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of Thomas Waites Tomlinson (1853-1931), of North Frodingham, Driffield, Yorks, and the late Mary Jane Bentley (1859-1921). Son of a farm labourer at Hutton Cranswick. He had eight brothers and six sisters. Four sons died in the war:- He enlisted in Hull. Served as, Private Thomas Bielby Toml […]
45, Burleigh Street, Holderness Road, Hull
Died on
26/03/1918
Aged
33
Born Hull 1884. Son of William (1865-1908) and Agnes Tranmer (1865-1953). He had four brothers and one sister, Agnes. Husband of Gertrude Emma Simmons (1886-1970), of 45, Burleigh Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address). He was a factory labourer, living with his wife, at 11, Dorothy Avenue, Cornwall Street, Hull (1911 Cen […]
BORN HULL 1890. SECOND SON OF ROBERT TROWELL (1860-1934) AND CHARLOTTE ANN BUCK (1865-1952), OF 81, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER CALLED HILDA. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT'S FACTORY AS A PACKER AND LABOURER, WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FOREMAN AND HIS BROTHERS, JOHN, JAMES AND FRANK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE […]
4 APPLEBY TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/04/1915
Aged
17
BORN SHEFFIELD 1898. A FORMER PAINT WORKER A 212 HIGH STREET, HULL. . ONLY SON of JAMES & AGNES TUMMON. HIS FATHER JAMES WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION AGED 40. LISTED AS FALLEN ON THE EPWORTH ROLL OF HONOUR. ADDRESS FROM HDM 20/05/1916
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MARY ANN WESTELL (1852-1949)& LATE THOMAS WALLACE TURNBALL (1849-1915), OF 13 BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A TIMBER YARD LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HIS FATHER WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE VESSEL "LUCIDA", ON 31/01/1915, AGED 65. LANCE CORPORAL, STANLEY TURNBULL, OF THE 4TH EAST YORKSH […]
11 WILSON'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
01/03/1921
Aged
45
BORN HULL 1876. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM TURNBULL (1851-1917) & ELIZABETH LINFOOT (1851-1901). MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN 1898. WIFE JANE SULLIVAN (1879-1949) OF 11 WILSON'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. WORKED A BOILER RIVETTER. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO H […]
Lance Corporal
5 , ST LEONARD'S ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
02/05/1915
Aged
23
BORN BATTLE BRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, 1891. BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH FRANK AND MARTHA WRIGHT. HE WAS A GRAMAPHONE SHOP ASSISTANT AND WORKED FOR MESSERS HORNER, WHITEFRIARGATE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/05/1915, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER ESTHER. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE […]
10 EPPING TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
32
BORN OTTERINGHAM 1885. EX RECKITTS PACKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ANNIE & BABY ERIC. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Arras Battle, April 1917 - The 1/4th East Yorkshires did not go into the line […]
Lance Corporal
1 EDWARD'S TERRACE, HOLMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
27/11/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. SECOND SON OF ARTHUR & ALICE TWIDLE, OF 8 LOUISA'S TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS ACTING LANCE CORPORAL, 201418, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 27/11/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM JARVIS (1849-1926) & ELIZABETH VAREY (1868-1931), OF 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET AND 15 DAY STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FRUIT BROKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A FORMER SOLDIER FOR 5 YEARS AND TERRITORIAL FOR 3 YEARS. HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELL'S PAINT FA […]
81 , CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
01/03/1917
Aged
17
BORN BOLTON 1900. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM VEAL (1870-1943) & GEORGINA JUBB (1874- 1947), OF 81 CLARENDON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BAKER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER ARTHUR JUBB VEAL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN HULL, ON 01/03/1917, AGED 17. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCES BARON TWEDDLE (1868-1953) & JAMES EDWARD VENUS (1864-1923), OF 15 MAY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 'LOUVAINE', PRINCES AVENUE, WITHERNSEA. SON OF A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, FRANCIS AND BRIAN VENUS AND A SISTER, MARY. DESCRIBED AS OVER 6 FOOT TALL, 163 LBS WEIGHT, 39-41 INCH CHEST, BLUE […]
2nd Lieutenant
29 , DUESBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/07/1918
Aged
24
BORN HULL 24/01/1894. ELDEST SON OF ERNEST WASSINGTON (1870-1923) & ADA MARY COOKE, OF 29, DUESBURY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A STAIONER. BROTHERS ERNEST & ARNOLD AND OLDER SISTER BERTHA.. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. WORKED AS A COOK (1911 CENSUS) AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH MESSRS, HODGSON, HARRS & CO, CHARTERED ACCOUN […]
9 VANCOUVER CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/05/1915
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS AND EMMA WADE, OF 59 NORTHUMBRIAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9 VANCOUVER CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED LIKE HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS AS A RIVER BARGE SAILOR. HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE, IN SELBY (1911 CENSUS). HE E […]
2 CASTLEMERE AVENUE, CRYSTAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/07/1917
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1888. ONLY SON OF ROBERT FREDERICK WAITE (1842-1925) & ELLEN ELIZABETH FAYERS (1846-1928), OF 62 GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT. MARRIED 1914. WIFE KATHLEEN (CLARKE) & TWO CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT 3 CARDIGAN STREET, DE LA POLE, AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF GEORGE AND PRISCILLA WALKER, OF 18 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED, LILY SHARP AT HULL, IN 1912. HIS WIFE, LILY & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 8, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL AND 23, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A PAINT KEG MAKER. HE ENLISTED HU […]
7 MAYE GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/03/1917
Aged
33
BORN ELLERBY, HULL 1884. HUSBAND OF ELIZA ANN ABOVE & OF 69, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE (CWGC ADDRESS). STEAM TRAIN DRIVER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS AND DIED ON 4/03/1917, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ELIZA ANN WALLIS. HE IS BURIED AT BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIP […]
