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.
Name Claud Richardson Birth Place Goole, 1893. Son of John and Annie E. Richardson Residence 3, Westfield Avenue, Pasture Road, Goole Death Date 21 Jan 1920 Death Place Home Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment 10th East Yorkshire Regiment, “B” Company Battalion 10th Battalion Regimental Number 12/433 Type of Casualty Wounded in France 1 … Read more
Born Cottingham, 1890. James was the youngest of four children to Arthur (1859-1894) and Edith Watson (1858-1903), of Wood House, Cottingham. The 1911 Census finds him living with his siblings at 38 Victoria Avenue, Hull and working as a Bank Clerk. War changed all that forever. James queued in the long uneven lines of 1st … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL & SARAH, OF 78, KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HERBERT SUMMERS 10/677. Born 1897, the youngest of two children and only son of Samuel and Sarah Summers of 78 King Street, Cottingham. Herbert was a Butcher’s Assistant … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF CHARLES RUNKEE (1845-1928) & HANNAH TEMPLE (1849-1900). HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, TATTOO ON RIGHT ARM. MARRIED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, 4/6/1915. HIS WIFE JANE ROONEY (1887-1956) LIVED AT 8, DURHAM TERRACE, HODGSON … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FREDERICK WALTER PAGE & FLORENCE PAGE (1863-1945), OF 641, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 95, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A COAL MERCHANT CLERK. HE WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER, FREDERICK AND ONE SISTER, FLORENCE. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY WHITE MATTHEWS (1868-1932) & KATE BATTY, AT 38 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR H.W. MATTHEWS & CO, COAL MERCHANTS AND AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT IN DRIFFIELD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL ‘COMMERCIALS’, THE 10TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRAINED AT RIPON. SERVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. YOUNGEST SON OF CAPTAIN, ROBERT THOMAS JONES (1852-1908) & MARY ANN RYALL (1854-1927), OF 54 SUNNY BANK, HULL. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. UNMARRIED. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AS A CLERK AT TRINITY HOUSE AND WORKED FOR UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. TOOK PART … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & ADA JACKSON, OF 55 WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. A HULL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 04/09/1914. HE MARRIED ON 09/09/1915. WIFE ALICE STACEY JACKSON LIVED AT 27 , NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10/626, WITH ‘B’ COMPANY OF THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HARRY HODDS 14/208. Born 1898, in Goole, West Yorkshire, the fourth of five children, to Arthur and Alice Hodds, of 8, Kelvin Street, Hull (War Pension address). Harry was a Clerk before the war. He enlisted at Hull City Hall in the early months of 1915. He was sent to … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HENRY BATEMAN (1856-1935) AND MRS ADDIE BATEMAN (1862-1942), OF 37, WALSMLEY STREET, HULL & 47, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES), AND 84, THE QUADRANT, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SALESMAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER … Read more
