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 1897. SON OF HARRY BLENKIN & MARIA (HUDSON) AT THIS ADDRESS. THEIR OTHER CHILDREN WILFRED & HILDA DIED IN INFANCY. HE JOINED AS TROOPER, 26938, 1ST/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY IN 1912. ENLISTED IN THE 10TH EYR (HULL PALS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETI […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1892. KNOWN AS 'SONNY'. ONLY SON OF HARRY ERNEST BOWEN (1868-1920) & FLORENCE TAYLOR TULLOCK (1870-1966), OF 647, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 34, PLANE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, HILDA, LILIAN AND ANNIE. A FORMER FISH PACKER, TRINITY CHOIR BOY AND CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, […]
1 FLAMBOROUGH AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/09/1918
Aged
40
BORN HULL 1877. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM WHITWELL & ELIZABETH BOWER. ALSO LIVED 88 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE. OIL SEED PRESSER. Dave Richardson writes 15/3/2013 - James Bower was born in the 4th Quarter of 1877, Sculcoates This would make him 45 in 1918 quite old I guess for the services but I can’t find another James Bower born in […]
BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS & CLAYGNA MARGARET BOYD ABOVE 1901. LEFT BILLY, PHIL, GERRY, GEORGE, MARK & LAURA. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCY BOYD 10/655. Born in July 1894, Percy was the youngest of six children to Thomas and Claygna Boyd of 284 St. George's Road, Hull. The family business was trading in fish and ice […]
BORN HULL JUL 1892. EX RECKITT'S SAWMILL WORKER FROM 1907. DIED OF WAR WOUNDS. SERVED FOR 1 YEAR IN FRANCE & WAS HELD BY GERMANS FOR 6 MONTHS.
NEWBEGIN HOUSE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
12/04/1918
Aged
21
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM HIRST BRIGGS 10/218. Born 1897, the second of three children, and only son of William and Blanche Briggs of Newbegin House, Beverley. William was one of the original Pals, enlisting in the early days of September 1914 and a veteran of Egypt, the Somme and Oppy Wood when he was killed in action on […]
BORN HULL 1884. ENLISTED HULL. LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOSEPH BRITTON 27871. Born 1884, Joseph was the eldest of two sons to Jane Britton of 118 Adelaide Street, Hessle Road, Hull. There is no record of his father and I suspect he died before Joseph even knew him. A Fish Worker on the dock […]
1st Lieutenant
PRINCES AVENUE, WITHERNSEA, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
29/05/1921
Aged
26
Hull Pals Memorial Post. LIEUTENANT, WILLIAM GIRDLESTONE BROMBY 10/911. Born in Hull in 1893, William was the youngest of two sons to Alfred and Laura Bromby of Maridene, Princes Avenue, Withernsea. He originally joined the fledgling battalion in September 1914 answering the call of King and Country and joining as a Private. He was a vet […]
3, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1918
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. SON OF ALFRED & ANN BROWN OF 23, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL AND 84, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS. HE LIVED AT 3, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 23/05/1918). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALFRED BROWN 12/578. Born 1893, Alfred was the fifth of nine children to Alf […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF TOM RICHARD BROWN & LAURA HODGSON, OF, 106, SEVERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. HDM 9/6/17 & 20/6/17. EMPLOYED BY MR WILLIS, AS A MOTOR DRIVER AND WORKED ONE YEAR WITH THE 'HULL MAIL'. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN […]
39 HIGH STREET, BRIDLINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/06/1918
Aged
25
Hull Pals Memorial Post: PRIVATE PERCY BROWN 10/734. Born in Bridlington, in 1891, Percy was the eighth of nine children to Robert and Elizabeth Brown of 39 High Street, Bridlington. A Clerk before the war he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 5th September 1914 joining the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Commercials’, 1st Hull P […]
10 FLORENCE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
24
Born Hull 1892. Son of Henry & Annie Colton Brumby, of 2 Walters Terrace, Providence Row. Worked as a labourer at the Temple Street, Zinc Plate company and enlisted in the 4th EYR on 22/08/1910, aged 18. Discharged 8/10/1915 at Londsborough barracks, Hull, when his time expired, but rejoined when war began. Re-enlisted in the Hull Pa […]
86 JEFFERSON STREET, GOOLE, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/06/1916
Aged
21
BORN GOOLE 1894. HULL PAL. LIVED IN GOOLE BUT ENLISTED IN HULL. SON OF FREDERICK BRUNYEE & ADA ANN (KITCHING). BROTHER STANLEY WAS KIA 30/3/1917. Born in December 1894, John was the sixth of eight children to Frederick and Ada Brunyee of 86 Jefferson Street, Goole. A Shipping Clerk by trade, he travelled to Hull to enlist on 3rd Se […]
BORN BLACKPOOL 1881. SON OF MICHAEL & LATE MARIA BUCK, BLACKPOOL, LANCS. LIVED & ENLISTED HULL 1914. HDM 19/07/1916. ASSISTANT DRAPER AT MESSRS CROFT LTD. A WELL KNOWN SPORTSMAN WHO PLAYED FOR BLADON'S FOOTBALL TEAM. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 13TH JULY 1916 WITH HIS […]
4 , BRUNSWICK AVENUE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 24/11/1891. SON OF JOHN BUCK (1851-1917) AND MARTHA ALICE HARRISON (1851-1917), OF 176, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE JOINER AND MEMBER OF THE HULL & DISTRICT GARDENER SOCIETY. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HIS WIFE MARY KITCHEN (1893-1971) AND DAUGHTER, […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BURDON 12/236. Born in January 1893, the fourth of five children to John and Ellen Burdon of 55 Abbey Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address). One of the original Pals, John enlisted at Hull, in the autumn of 1914 in the then fledgling 12th Battalion, and served in Egypt defending […]
8 EAST PARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/06/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 24/11/1881. SON OF GEORGE CALEY (1843-1921) & ELIZA THOMPSON ( 1847-1918), OF HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. FIVE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A STEVEDORE AND GRAIN FOREMAN. HE MARRIED ADA TASKER, AT ST JAMES CHURCH, SUTTON ON HULL, ON 23/12/1908. HUSBAND OF ADA CALEY, AT 3 IVY VILLAS, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8 […]
10 LAUREL VILLAS, ESCOURT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/06/1918
Aged
27
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCY CARRICK 28765. Born at Roos, Yorkshire, 1891, the son of Hannah Maria Carrick, of Burton Road, Roos, East Yorkshire. His home life was complicated and hard to trace. It appears he was born out of wedlock (very much frowned upon at the time) as Percy William Creaser. His mother then married William C […]
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF FRED & ADA M. CAWKWELL. AN EX MEMBER OF LADY JELLICOE'S OWN SEA SCOUTS. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 3RD MARCH 1917 AFTER HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN THE KNEE. (HDM 03/03/1917) * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FRED CAWKWELL 21563. Born March 1896, Fred was the second of s […]
2 HANNAH TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/09/1918
Aged
42
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE EDWARD CHAMBERS 28047. George was born Swinderb, in Lincolnshire, in 1876. He lived at 2 Hannah Terrace, St Pauls Street with his common law wife, Edith Eastburn. His mother and father had passed away and his only other living relative was a sister. He worked as a coal porter (1911 Census). He enl […]
