Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull) and 11th (Service) Battalion (2nd Hull)
02.09.1914 The 11th formed and the 10th formed on 29.08.1914 both by Lord Nunburnholme and the East Riding Territorial Force Association at Hull, then moved to Hornsea.
June 1915 Both moved to Ripon and joined the 92nd Brigade of the 31st Division.
01.09.1915 The 11th taken over by the War Office and the 10th on 11.09.1914 and then both moved to Salisbury Plain.
15.12.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Egypt from Devonport, Plymouth.
30.12.1915 Arrived in Port Said to defend the Suez Canal.
Mar 1916 Moved to France and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest, The attack at La Becque, The capture of Vieux Berquin, The Battle of Ypres, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 The 10th ended the war in Belgium, near Flobecq east of Renaix.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HARRY & SARAH ANN SAUNDERS (1855-1915). SON OF A BREWER’S LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR THE HULL BREWERY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH “A” COMPANY, THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUT. RICE, DESCRIBED THOMAS … Read more
BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF HENRY & EMILY WWODCOCK, OF ‘SUNBURY’ HUNMANBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN 1915, WHERE HE WAS SHELLED IN THE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS. HE WAS GASSED AND A BULLET PASSED THROUGH HIS CAP. HE SAID THE GERMAN ARTILLERY WAS VERY GOOD AND … Read more
Born Anlaby 1889. Enlisted Beverley. Son of Robert Wood, of 28, Salisbury Street, Hessle (address as per Hull Daily Mail); Husband of Edith Annie Wood, of Swinegate, North Church Side, Hessle, Yorks. He worked as a Hairdresser in Hessle. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ROBERT WOOD 33463. Served No:3 Platoon, “A” Company, 10th Eastt Yorkshire … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. A HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD WEBSTER (1865-1945) & FLORENCE ELEANOR HAYWARD (1872-1943), OF 80, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL AND 36, HAWORTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOR SERVERAL YEARS HE WAS PART OF THE CLERICAL STAFF, AT THE PREMIER OIL EXTRACTING MILLS LTD, STONEFERRY, HULL. … Read more
BORN HEDON, 1891. LIVED HEDON. SON OF MR WILLIAM HENRY WARN & MRS MARY ANN FOSTER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A GROCER AND BAKER. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK IN A TIMBER BROKING INSURANCE FIRM. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, 26/02/1917, AGED 25. ONE OF 18 NAMES LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, IVY LANE, … Read more
BORN DRIFFIELD 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF RICHARD & JULIA STEAD. RICHARD CONWAY STEAD, ASC ALSO SERVED. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ROBERT BERNARD STEAD 10/1172. Born 1897 in Driffield, East Yorkshire Robert was the second of four children to Richard and Julia Stead of 46 Clarendon Street, Spring Bank, Hull. A Bricklayer before the … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALFRED ERNEST MESSENGER 10/1253. Born 1895, the sixth of eight children, to Robert Messenger (1855-1938) and Elizabeth Thirsk (1858-1930), of 11 Brazil Street, Hull. One of the original Pals, and a member of “A” Company, Alfred worked in a Sawmill before. He enlisted in September 1914. Mobilized on 31/03/1915. Served … Read more
BORN HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE 1893. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN, ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS).HE WAS A CABINET MAKER WHO SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AT ABBA BROTHERS, CHARLOTTE STREET. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH PARENTS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 12TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
BORN HULL 1895. KNOWN AS “SONNY”. ONLY SON OF JAMES R. & ANNIE HORSFALL, AT 29, FARRINGDON STREET, HULL , 68, MARSHALL STREET, HULL AND AFTER THE WAR, 90, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 15/10/1918, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HOLY … Read more
Born Hull 1894. Corporal, CYRIL GEORGE HALL 10/431. Born 1894, the third of four children, and eldest son, to Albert henry Hall and Eva Mary Louise Hall, of 124, St Paul’s Street, Hull (War pension Address). One of the original Pals, Cyril worked as a Clerk in an Oil Merchants before he enlisted in the … Read more
