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 GEORGE GLADWELL CHAPMAN (1860-1937) & AGNES ANNIE CHAPMAN, AT 68 , REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK GATEMAN FROM LONDING' HIS MOTHER WAS FROM SPALDING IN LINCOLNSHIRE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A BRASS FINISHER AND LEAD WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 […]
4, PHOENIX COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/09/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 22/09/1897. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES CHURCH, HULL, ON 24/10/1887. SON OF MARY HESTER (1869-1945) & THE LATE PTE. HERBERT TAYLOR CLARK (1870-1915), OF 4, PHOENIX COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. AFTER THREE AND H […]
BORN HULL 1896. KNOWN AS 'BILLY'. SON OF CHARLES MARTEN & ELIZABETH CLARK, OF 10, CAROLINE PLACE. (HDM ADDRESS, 16/04/1917) AND 25, LEE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MASTER FRAME MAKER. HE WORKED FOR STATHERS AND SON, LEONARD STREET, SINCE LEAVING SCHOOL. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. HE SERVED IN THE "HULL PALS", […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN MUNRO CLARK (1859-1932) & MARTHA MINNIE SOWERBY (1869-1949). SON OF AN 'OIL FILLER'. SON OF AN OIL REFINER. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING AT 9 SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI. AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS. AND TEMPORARY CAPTAI […]
4 KINGSTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/03/1917
Aged
26
BORN HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE, 1891. SON OF GEORGE CLARK WINTER AND ALICE ANN CRISP, OF OLD MILL, GILBERDYKE. HE LIVED IN GILBERDYKE. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS, ON 07/08/1914, AGED 23 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. EX 2138, 7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, "GOOD" VISION. HE TRANSFERRED A […]
49 TERRY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
06/05/1917
Aged
37
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST WILLIAM CLARKE 23964. Born 1887, the second of five children, to Jonathan and Mary Clark of 49 Terry Street, Beverley Road, Hull. He had worked for Stathers & Son Ltd, Leonard Street, since leaving school. Ernest was married on 08/05 /1912, living at 10 Roxburg Street, Perth Street, Hull. He […]
BORN GRINDALE, YORKS 16/08/1881. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN CLAXTON & ALICE (BERRY). A FITTER. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1902. HIS WIFE ANNIE (ANDERSON) LIVED ABOVE & REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE RICHARD CLAXTON 28044. Richard was the husband of Annie Claxton and resident at 72 Symons Street, Fountain Road in Hul […]
42 , EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF EMMA E & THE LATE WALTER HENRY CLEARY, OF 42 EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF TWO CHILDREN. BROTHER TO DORIS CLEARY. A PAPER WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMERCIALS PALS BATTALION. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10/958 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. AND WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD […]
BORN SUTTON 1889. ONLY SON OF EMMA JANE ABBOTT (1864-1946) & THOMAS CROSS CLUBLEY (1864-1934), OF 15 RAGLAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CHURCH WARDEN. A DEVOTED MEMBER OF ST AUGUSTINE'S CONGREGATION. HE WORKED AS A CLERK AT CHRISTIE PATENT STONE COMPANY, HULL (AN ARTIFICIAL STONE WORKS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/09/1914. […]
BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF HENRY & REBECCA COBBY ABOVE. DIED OF FEVER IN HOSPITAL, FRANCE. ON HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROH. TELEPHONE CLERK. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOSEPH HENRY COBBY 10/1355. Born 1895, the eldest and only son of Henry and Rebecca Cobby of 74 Sandringham Street, Hull. Joseph was a Telephone Clerk prior to e […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE FREDERICK COCKERLINE 28042. Born 1886, the eldest of two sons, to John and Kate Cockerline of 8 Eggington Street, Hull. George, known as ‘Fred’ to his friends, was a Dock Worker prior to enlistment and originally joined the Royal Field Artillery (151566) before being transferred to the 10th Battali […]
Private, JOSEPH WILLIAM COLLINGWOOD, 10/338. Born in July 1896, Joseph was the youngest of four children to Joseph Collingwood (1852-1924) and Margaret Coupland (1855-1933), of 536 Holderness Road, Hull (CWGC address). When he was born, his father, Joseph, was 45 and his mother, Margaret, was 42. He had one brother and three sisters. On […]
Second Lieutenant
, WITHERNWICK, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
01/04/1919
Aged
25
Born Beverley, 1894. Youngest son of Mr David Collinson (1851-1930) and Rhoda Botham (1855-1905), of the Globe Inn, Ladygate, Beverley. A Draper shop assistant. Charles (Charlie) Collinson - Corporal, 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Enlisted on 02/09/1914. Served in Egypt and France. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, JOHN COMINS 10/31. Born 1896, the middle of three children, and only son, of George William Comins (1872-1942) and Elizabeth Litten (1874-1953). The family resided at 73 Goddard Avenue, Hull (War pension Address). John was a Clerk before the war but must have been in a hurry for some adventure for he was […]
40, RICHMOND TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/06/1916
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF SAMUEL CONYERS (1864-1928) & PHOEBE ALICE CONYERS (1865-1949), OF 40, RICHMOND TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORD ADDRESS) AND 22 WATERLOO STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY AMIL ADDRESS - 13/06/1916). HE WAS THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN (THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS). A CLERK AND TIME KEEPER, FOR MANY YEARS […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES ANDREW COOK 12/350. Born in May 1896 in Battersea, James was the third of four children to Alfred and Marianne Cook of 10 Clovelly Road, Acton Lane, Chiswick. The 1911 Census found him employed as a Helper in Domestic Service, but by the outbreak of war James was a Sailor working out of the bustling […]
14 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
33
BORN HULL 11/11/1883. SON OF ROBERT COOK AND MARY ANN BROADHEAD, OF NEW MICHAEL STREET, HULL. BROTHERS, ROBERT AND GEORGE AND SISTER ALICE, WHO LIVED AT CONVENT LANE, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A CATTLE DROVER. HE LIVED AT 1 CHAPEL COURT, OSBORNE STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCH […]
26, CHAUCER STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/07/1916
Aged
21
BORN CLAPHAM COMMON, LONDON 1894. SON OF ISAAC AND EDITH COOP. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN RAVENSTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LEEDS. THEY HAD FAMILY IN BARMBY, HOWDEN. SON OF A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, SYDNEY AND HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, ETHEL. HE LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS WITHHIS MOTHER AND SISTER. (HIS FATHE […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, HERBERT STENNETT CORDEN 10/459. Born 20th April 1897, the eldest son of Stennett William Corden and Florence Corden of 86, Park Grove and 4, Swan Crescent, Chapman Street, Hull. Herbert was educated at Choir School in the city and was a Commercial Clerk by trade, but he was caught up in the fervour of Se […]
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF EDWARD & MARY HANNAH CROMBIE. MARRIED 1914. WIFE BLANCHE MARY CROMBIE ABOVE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN BROWN CROMBIE 33051. Born September 1886, the only son of Edward and Mary Crombie of 1 Spring Terrace, Hull. John had a younger sister, Mary […]
