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 1892. Enlisted Hull. Widow Frances Margaret Booty lived at 99 St Paul Street, Hull. (War Pension & CWGC) Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WILSON BOOTY 21812. Born 1892, and resident at 12 Lockwood Terrace, Lockwood Street, Hull at the time of his enlistment in Beverley on 10th February 1916. George was working as a V […]
BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY & ANNIE CANTY ABOVE. ALSO LIVED 116 WITHAM. HDM 5/2/19. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES HENRY CANTY 14/125. Born in September 1892, Charles was the third of five children to Harry and Annie Canty of 116 Witham, Hull. A Shop Assistant before the war, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on […]
BORN NORWICH 1894. SON OF JOSEPH & MINNIE CHENEY, OF NORWICH. FIANCEE FANNY DIED 17/06/1918. A RIVETER AT HULL'S, EARLE'S SHIPYARD. KILLED BY SHELL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 22/07/1916 & 27/06/1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE IS BURIED AT SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, RE […]
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT HENRY & LOUISE DIXON, OF 46 THORESBY STREET (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) & LATER 18 NORMAN TERRACE, ROUNDHAY, LEEDS (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AT MESSRS, BLUNDELL, SPENCE & CO. HIS FATHER WORKED IN THE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT AT THE GUILDHALL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST HULL PALS. 10TH EAST YOR […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. CPL WILLIAM DIXON 10/1356. Born 1893, the only child of Alfred and Davina Dixon. William lost his father not long after he was born and his mother died in 1908 leaving him in the care of his Aunt and Uncle at 56 Greek Street, Hull. A Painter by trade, William put down his brush for good when he enlisted for the P […]
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. One of the original Pals, Cyril worked as a Clerk in an Oil Merchants before he enlisted in the heady late summer of 1914. Cyril trained with the Battalio […]
BORN HULL 1895. KNOWN AS "SONNY". ONLY SON OF JAMES R. & ANNIE HORSFALL's, 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 TRINITY METHODIST WW1 MEMORI […]
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.*
11, BRAZIL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/05/1917
Aged
22
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 31/0 […]
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, DESCRIB […]
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 […]
BORN HEDON. 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 HEDON.
BORN HULL 1893. A HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD WEBSTER (1865-1945) & FLORENCE LEANOR 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. HE […]
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 Yorks […]
SUNBURY, HUNMANBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/02/1921
Aged
32
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 COULD HIT ANYTHING. THEY HAD […]
