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.
8 Brown's Entry, High Street, Hull, UK
Died on
19/09/1916
Aged
30
Born Goole, 1886. Son of Joseph Caine (1849-1919) and Bridgett Caine (1857-1927). Lived at 5 Harcourt Street, Hull (1911 Census). Worked as a coal trimmer. Described as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, 138 lbs weight, 35-37 inch chest, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Tattoos on both arms. He married Ellen Veronica MANGAN (1884–1939, at Hull Registr […]
13 CLIFTON TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FREDERICK CHARLES CALEY & HANNAH CLARKSON, AT 13 CLIFTON TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL AND 9 WANSLEY TERRACE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . EDUCATED AT CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATE […]
Aldbrough, Yorkshire
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
20
Born Aldbrough, East Yorkshire, 1896. Only son of John Canham (1845-1908) and Sarah Ann Dean (1863-1903). He had one sister, Dorothy Canham (1893-1977). A farm worker, in Aldbrough Hull (1911 Census). Enlisted Hull. Served in the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on the Somme, 15/09/1916, aged 20. He is commemorate don the Thiepval […]
Baulk End, Easington, Hull, East Riding, UK
Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
34
Private Louis Carrick, 202914, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (as well as a service re-numbering that could have caught us out). Son of John Henry and Emily Carrick of Baulk End, Easington, he is listed as “Lewis” on the 1891 census and again ten years later when boarding with the Briglin family of Burton Pidsea, with whom h […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JAMES SOPHIA CARTER OF 37, FRANCIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD SISTERS, HANNAH, ELSIE AND HILDA AND YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES. HE WAS AN ERRAND BOY FOR A PICTURE FRAMER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/ […]
BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM CARVER (1856-1912) & MATHILDA CROSS (1856-1935), OF 78, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SAIL MAKER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT'S KINGSTON SAWMILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24 […]
6, Subway Street, Hessle Road, Hull
Died on
06/06/1924
Aged
25
Born Hull, 1899. Third son of John Thomas Chambers (1863-1932) and Barbara Ann Chambers (1863-1950), of 6, Subway Street, Hessle Road, Hull. (Army address). He had three brothers and one elder sister, Lilian. He worked as a waiter. He served as Private, 52214, EYR was wounded by gunshot in the face. Transferred to the 1st Reserve Lance […]
3 DENIS BUILDINGS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/04/1915
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF HENRY CHAPMAN (1837-1909) & REBEKAH CHAPMAN, (1834-1899) 17 PRIOR STREET, DRYPOOL. AN OIL CAKE MILLER. MARRIED ROSINA RALPH IN 1898. THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX DAUGHTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. A WEEK LATE […]
5 ALBERT AVENUE, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/09/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF MARY JANE CHAPMAN. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE. REGIMENT. CAPTURED ON 27/05/1918. DIED IN GERMANY AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 26/09/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. MARY JANE. HE WAS BROTHER TO HENRY, ANNIE, MINNIE, NORA, EDITH & ETHEL MARY […]
Lance Corporal
BORN BEVERLEY 06/03/1898. SON OF SAMUEL CHAPMAN AND RACHAEL BANHAMCHAPMAN, OF MYTON HOUSE, VILLA PLACE, HULL AND 34 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED BEVERLEY. WORKED AS ASSISTANT STEWARD ON THE S/S 'ROMEO' ENLISTED IN HULL., MARCH 1915. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM AUGUST 1916. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE, ON 14/12/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE IS CO […]
BORN HULL 1897. STEP SON OF ARTHUR GEORGE DIXON AND LEAH CHAPMAN, OF 51 REFORM STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER, JOSEPH HASTING CHAPMAN (1861-1901) DIED IN 1901. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 17/11/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, LEAH DIXON. HE A […]
Norwood Street, Hull, UK
Died on
10/09/1916
Aged
35
Born North Kelsey, Lincolnshire, 1880. Son of John Charles (1847-1915) and Louisa Charles (1848-1901). He had four brothers and three sisters. Worked with his father as a builder. Resided with his widowed father at 34 Wyndham Street, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1/4th East Yorkshires. Killed at the Somme, on 1 […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1898. SON OF JOHN CHARLESWORTH, AT PARK ROW, COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED 11/10/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HE LEFT A YOUNGER SISTER, RACHEL. HE IS BURIED AT CONDE-SUR-L'ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN BEVERLEY 1880. ELDEST SON OF CLARA WALLIS (1856-1908) & LEONARD HENRY CHARLTON (1856-1929), OF 31 PARK AVENUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER, ANNIE WRIGHT (1855-1887) DIED WHEN HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. HE HAD ONE SISTER, MABEL AND TWO HALF BROTHERS, GEORGE AND SYDNEY. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR WITH THE YORKSHIRE HUSSA […]
2 HATTERS SQUARE, QUEEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
01/03/1921
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1898. ADOPTED SON OF CHARLES HENRY & ROSE ADA COOK ABOVE. DIED OF WOUNDS AFTER THE WAR. NO CWGC RECORD
2 VICTORIA AVENUE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
18/09/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JAMES & ELIZABETH CHRISTIE, OF HULL. HE WAS A TRAMWAY MOTORMAN, LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER, AT 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/09/1916. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, […]
113 ROSAMOND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/11/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1883 SECOND SON OF GEORGE CHURCH (1848-1904) & ADA HUTCHINSON (1854-1923) OF 113 ROSAMOND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A BRICKLAYER. HE MARRIED LILIAN AGNES CHAMBERS (1885-1918), AT HULL, IN JULY 1910. THEY LIVED AT 22 HAMPSHIRE STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR TWO SONS, WILLIAM (1911-1974) AND FRANK (BORN 1915). HE ENLISTED IN HUL […]
37, Worthing Street, Hull
Died on
06/08/1916
Aged
18
Born Kirkley Malham, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of Betsy L. Clapham, of 37, Worthing Street, Hull (War Pension address). Served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. Died on 06/08/1916, aged 18. There are no CWGC records of his death
BORN HULL 29/09/1892. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM CLARK (1860-1920) & HENRIETTA CASTLE LOWE (1865-1915), OF HULL. BROTHER TO CHARLES AND LILIAN CLARK. HE WAS A SERGEANT IN THE BOY SCOUTS (CENSUS PHOTO). EMPLOYED AS A RINK MANAGER, BOARDING WITH THE GREENSITT FAMILY, AT 72 JACKSON STREET, GOOLE (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED LILLIAN LOUISA S […]
3 POPLAR GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH FOSTER, OF 100, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH GRANDMOTHER CAROLINE FOSTER, & SISTERS, CAROLINE AND GEORGINA. EMPLOYED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2954, 1/4TH & 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS RE […]
