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 1894. SON OF WILLIAM BENJAMIN & MARGARET MILES WALPOLE. PTE. VALENTINE WALPOLE, 7TH EYR SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. PRINTERS APPRENTICE.
Lance Corporal
5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/06/1917
Aged
39
BORN GREAT EASTON, LEICESTERSHIRE 1878. SON OF CHARLES & ROSANNA WARD, OF RUTLAND. HUSBAND OF CAROLINE (COX) WARD OF BROOKLANDS LODGE, COTTINGHAM AND 5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/06/ […]
20 , WALLER STREET, MOUNT PLEASANT, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/05/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF WALTER H & CHARLOTTE WARD. EX DOCK LABOURER AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. A MARRIED MAN. LIVING AT 6 RINKART VILLAS, BALFOUR STREET, HULL WITH WIFE, CLARA ANN WARD. (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON THE 27/05/1918, DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. DIE […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF GEORGE AND EMMA WARDELL, OF 7 ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. HIS TWIN BROTHER WAS LEONARD WARDELL. HE BOARDED WITH WALTER RICHARDSON AND MAY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, AND HIS GRANDPARENTS, AT 52 , NAYLORS ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4919, […]
Sergeant
32 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
21
BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1894. LIVED HESSLE. ONLY SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM WARE (1867-1934) & REBECCA DON (1865-1944), OF 32 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. A TAILOR'S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
7, SKILLS TERRACE, ST LUKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN HAWKSLEY WATERHOUSE (1862-1939) & ELIZABETH HARRIET KIRBY (1863-1952), OF 3, BEECH AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POOR LAW PENSIONER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER WHO DIED YOUNG AND ONE SISTER. HE WORKED AS A STONE MASON APPRENTICE. LIVED AT 7, SKILLS TERRACE, ST LUKES STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED IN HULL […]
49 , REDBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
29/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN AT 3 KILN LIME WALK, GREAT YARMOUTH 1896. SON OF ALBERT ALEXANDER WATERS (1871-1937) & ELLEN ROWLAND (1871-1956), OF 52, REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/03/1918, AGED 21. UNMARR […]
50 , RUSSELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
02/05/1915
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HARRY WATSON (1853-1912) & RACHEL PORTZ (1856-1915), OF 50 RUSSELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN HULL AND WORKED AS A PAINT FACORY LABOURER. ARTHUR WORKED AS A PAINT MIXER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED […]
Albert (Alf) Watson , 11/979, East Yorkshire Regiment, was reported as died of wounds in the Hull Daily Mail on 11/07/1918, with his photograph.* He formerly worked for the Hull & Barnsley railways. He had served in Egypt and France. Already been previously wounded on 31/08/1916, 31/03/1918, 02/05/1918. He lived at 5 Maple Street, Q […]
BORN HESSLE, 1891. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH WAUGH, OF HESSLE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A FOREMAN OF THE GARDENS AT HESSLE MOUNT, FOR NINE YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE H […]
BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS "ARTHUR". ONLY SON OF JOHN MILLS WEBB & MARY ELIZABETH (JACKLIN) WEBB, OF 39, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THREE SISTERS, EMILY, FLORENCE AND DORIS. BEFORE THE WAR ARTHUR WORKED AS A NER RAILWAY PORTER, AT KINGSTON STREET DEPOT. HE ENLISTED IN THE EYR TERRITORIALS ON 28/04/1910, AT THE AGE OF […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1893. JOSEPH CLAIR BETTS WEST. SON OF JOHN EDWARD (TED) 1857-1933 & SARAH WEST (1860-1923), OF "BURNS HOUSE" ETON STREET. HE MARRIED AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH IN 1915. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE MAUD WADDY (1895-1983), OF 17 ETON STREET, HESLE ROAD, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL I […]
40, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
19
BORN GRIMSBY 1895. SON OF DANIEL WHARAM (1853-1917) & MARY ANN WHARAM, OF 14, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS0 AND 40, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. SON OF A RETIRED, SLATER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, DANIEL AND THREE SISTERS. A SAW MILL WORKER AND FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED I […]
BORN HULL 1879. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH WHARTON. WIFE ELIZABETH & DAUGHTER NELLIE ABOVE.
BORN KENNINGHALL, NORFOLK, 1887. SON OF ROBERT WHILEY (1849-1923) AND ELIZABETH WHILEY, FROM NORWICH. HIS FATHER WAS A COALMAN (1891 CENSUS). ARTHUR MARRIED ELSIE DRURY (1891-1940), AT SHEFFIELD, IN 1908. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN THOMAS AND MARY ELLEN DRURY, OF SHEFFIELD. ARTHUR WAS WORKING AS AN ELECTRICAL LABOURER AND LIVING AT 29 […]
8 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/06/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN & MAY C WHITE, OF 8 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1917, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, MRS ROSE […]
GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1915
Aged
26
BORN COTTINGHAM 1890. LIVED COTTINGHAM. SON OF JOHN HENRY & JULIA SARAH WHITEHEAD ABOVE. A RAILWAY CLERK. HE HAD JOINED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS IN 1904 AND WAS WORKING AT THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT IN BROUGH, WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES ON 03/05/1915, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE ME […]
7 LINDEN GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 06/03/1895. SON ROBERT HENRY WILBURN (1858-1950) & EMILY MARY FRANKS (1860-1899), AT 7, LINDEN GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 52 SHERBURN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AUGUST 1915. SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW, IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WENT TO FRANCE APRIL 1915. WOUNDED AT YPRES IN MAY 1915 […]
24 , FLINTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
33
BORN BEVERLEY 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & AGNES WILES, BEVERLEY. WIFE LAURA WILES ABOVE. HE HAD ONLY BEEN IN THE FRONT LINE FOR ONE WEEK BEFORE HE KILLED IN ACTION. EX HESSLE ROAD BUTCHER. HIS PHOTO APPEARS IN THE HDM ON 17/10/1916.
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WILKINSON (1853-1896) AND MARY ANN ELSEY (1854-1925), AT 9, SOUTH VIEW, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED IVY OSBOURNE (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF IVY (BORN 06/01/1892) & 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MARJORIE (BORN 15/07/1915), LIVING AT 94, PLANE […]
