Regiment: 10th East Yorkshire Regiment, B Company

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.

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25 , SOMERSCALES STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
16/05/1918
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FRED BAKER (1870-1944) & FRANCES MATILDA USHER (1869-1957), OF 3 FINSBURY GROVE, HULL AND 25 , SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT, IN CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER SOCIETY. HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE TERRITORIALS, ON 16/10/1911, AGED 18 AND WA […]
37, WALSMLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
19
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 GA […]
27, CRYSTAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
12/04/1918
       
Aged
20
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 train with the 13th Battalion East […]
27 , NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
22/11/1916
       
Aged
29
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. SERVED […]
13, ARLINGTON STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
01/07/1917
       
Aged
36
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 IN THE BATTLE AT […]
38 , VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
25
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 […]
95, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
19/08/1916
       
Aged
22
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 FOOT, 7.5 […]
11, SPITTLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
34
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 […]
78 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. LIVED IN HULL. HULL PAL. PARENTS - SAMUEL & SARAH 78 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM. ON COTTINGHAM ROH. 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 before the war, […]
22 HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
28/06/1916
       
Aged
26
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 September 1914 […]