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.
20 CHERRY TREE LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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13/04/1918
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24
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HAROLD SMITH 10/1251. Born 1894, the eighth of eleven children, to William and Rose Smith of 20 Cherry Tree Lane, Beverley. Harold was a Labourer before the war. He enlisted at Hull City Hall on 10th April 1915 and joined the battalion during their training throughout 1915. He sailed for Egypt that Decemb […]
1 EASTERN VILLAS, BRAZIL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
07/07/1917
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22
BORN HULL 1895. A HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN & ALICE SMITH, OF 120, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 EASTERN VILLAS, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS AUNTIE, MARY JANE SMITH, LIVED ST JOHNS AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED ON […]
Lance Corporal
1 LOUISA TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1894. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT & MARGARET A SMITH, OF FINSBURY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & STONE CREEK, SUNK ISLAND, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS., W HARLAND & CO, DRAPERS, CHARIOT STREET, HULL. SERVED FOR 18 MONTHS AT THE FRONT WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 23. […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES SMITH, 12/1445. Born Hull, 1891. Husband to Beatrice Smith of 183, Woodcock Street in Hull (War Pension address). Charles was one of the original Pals enlisting at Hull City Hall on 4th March 1915, as part of the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Charles trained throughout 1915 and served fi […]
59 , RUSSELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
26/04/1918
Aged
22
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS LISLE SMURTHWAITE 29963. Born in September 1895, the fourth of six children to Anthony and Margaret Smurthwaite, Thomas lost both his parents quite young and was raised by his Aunt and Uncle at 59 Russell Street in Middlesbrough. He was a Shop Assistant by trade, but enlisted in the fight for King […]
24 ROUNDHAY ROAD, BRIDLINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
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03/05/1917
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32
BORN HULL, 1885. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF MR CRESSWICK GEORGE SOUTHCOTT (1859-1927) & CAROLINE SOPHIA BROADBRIDGE (1849 -1902), STOKE NEWINGTON, BRIDLINGTON. HIS FATHER WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MILITARY CONTRACTOR AT HULL AND LEEDS. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS WIFE ETHEL SOUTHCOTT LIVED AT 24 ROUNDHAY ROAD, BRIDLIN […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK W SPINK (HULL SOLICITOR) & FLORENCE E SPINK. HDM 5/618. Hull Pal Memorials write: Born in 1893, the eldest son of Frederick and Florence Spink of Bridlington. Cecil attended Bridlington Grammar School and went on to study at Cambridge achieving a BA and LL.B. He was employed as an Articled Solicitor i […]
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF NORRISON STATHER & MARGARET CRACROFT, OF 68, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. AND 228, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, SARAH ANN STATHER. A MARRIED MAN, LIVING AT 37, MORRILL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HOLDERNESS ROAD CARS. HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH THOMAS STEVENS (1860-1932) AND SARAH GERTRUDE (GRACE) BENNETT, OF 497 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 157 , PLANE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS, TWO OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A FORMER INSURANCE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4. […]
72 WEATHERILL STREET, GOOLE, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/06/1916
Aged
18
Hull Pals Memorial Post: Born in September 1897, Harry was the youngest of twelve children to Samuel and Charlotte Storr of 72 Weatherill Street, Goole. An Office Boy at the time of the 1911 Census, Harry was underage when he enlisted at Hull City Hall during the first week of September 1914. At best he was 17, at worst still only 16. Pe […]
2nd Lieutenant
8 AUCKLAND AVENUE, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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03/05/1917
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33
Hull Pals Memorial Post. SECOND LIEUTENANT, DUDLEY STRINGER. Born in Hull in March 1884, Dudley was the eighth of twelve children to John (1843-1896) and Eleanor Stringer (1848-1921). Five of his siblings died in infancy, and his father too passed away in 1896, leaving his mother to raise the family. They moved to Goxhill in Lincolnshi […]
1a Manuel Street, Goole, UK
Died on
05/12/1916
Aged
23
Born Altofts, Wakefield, 16./06/1893. Son of Fanny Speight and Enoch Bottomley Sykes of Henry Street and 1 Manuel Street, Goole. He had one younger sister, Minnie. Worked as a Shipping Clefk in Goole. Enlisted in Hull. served with the Hull Commercials, in Egypt and France, Killed in Action, on 05/12/1916, aged 23. Buried at Sailly-Au- […]
Lance Corporal
112 , REGENTS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/08/1916
Aged
28
BORN BROMYARD, HEREFORDSHIRE.,1888. ELDEST SON OF HENRY ALBERT WARE TAYLOR AND MARY ANN MERRICK (1867-1916), OF CROMWELL STREET, BROMYARD. HERTS. HIS FATHER WAS A RURAL POSTMAN. ARTHUR WORKED AS A GARDENER AT PICKERING PARK. WAS A WELL KNOWN ATHLETE, WHO HAD ASSISTED ANALBY CRICKET AND FOOTBALL TEAMS. MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD. HE MARRIE […]
47 , ARUNDLE STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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14/04/1918
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24
BORN PRESTON 1894. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SON OF MR GEORGE & MARGARET FRANCIS TAYLOR OF 47 ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/04/1918, AGED 24. HIS BROTHER, DAWSON DIED 6 MONTHS LATER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST WILLIAM TAYLOR 12/1035. Born 1894, the eldest of four children to George and Margaret Taylor of 4 […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE SIDNEY TAYLOR 10/1008. Born 20/02/1894 in York, the second of four children to Thomas Bottomley Taylor and Jane Webster Nottingham, of Wood Grange, 435 Holderness Road, Hull and Brantingham. From a wealthy family, he had three brothers. Educated at Bridlington Grammar School and a Farm Pupil at Barnard […]
BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED HALTEMPRICE, HESSLE AND IS BURIED THERE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CYRIL FRAZER TENNISON 10/313. Born in October 1894, Cyril was the son of Twilton and Kate Tennison of 6 Westbourne Villas, Ferriby Road, Hessle. An Oil […]
7, WEST VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/04/1918
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27
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF SARAH JANE LAYBOURNE (1869-1933) & ROBERT EWBANK TETHER (1869-1914), OF 7, WEST VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED FOR SISSONS, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS", ON 02/09/1914 […]
5 GLADY'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE WALTER AND ELIZABETH TETHER, OF 5 GLADY'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, AND ST ANDREWS, FERRIBY ROAD, HESSLE. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. HE ALSO LIVED AT "ROSEWAY", HULL ROAD, COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FR […]
BORN HULL 1893. PARENTS UNKNOWN. RAISED AS AN ORPHAN. HUSBAND OF GRACE THOMAS, OF, 101 DAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. SURVIVED THE SOMME BATTLES AND OPPY WOOD. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1918, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH ROH, BOULEVARD. HIS DEATH WA […]
12, HOWARDS ROW, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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28/06/1918
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23
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FRANK THURLOE (1870-1918) AND SARAH AVELINE JENSEN (1868-1920), OF 116, YORK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BOTH PARENTS WERE BORN IN HULL. SON OF A PAINT WORKER. ONE OF FOUR E SONS. HE HAD ONE SISTER. HE LIVED AT 12, HOWARDS ROW, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL,(1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SE […]
