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.
2 BUXTON TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1918
Aged
26
BORN SALFORD, 1892. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE CULLUM AND SARAH IBSON, OF THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. BROTHER TO WALTER, THOMAS, CATHERINE, ALICE AND ADA. SON OF A FORMER SOLDIER. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A CARTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/05/1915, AGED 23 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES […]
BORN GRIMSBY 1894. SON OF ERNEST FREDERICK CURRY & ALICE MONUMENT (1871-1933), OF 4 COLENSO STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE PRINTER. ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/02/1916, AGED 22 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 16/07/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 220037, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOU […]
165 SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1890. EMPLOYED BY THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY, AT NEPTUNE STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 165 SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PAL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED AFTER GIVING UP HIS DUGOUT PLACE TO A WOUNDED MAN. HE DIED ON 01/07/1916, AGED 27. HIS DEAT […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN 1896. SON OF GEORGE DAWSON (1857-1932) AND MARY JANE WOOD (1859-1929), OF 14 PARAGON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 JARVIS SQUARE, CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS (GEORGE EMIGRATED TO MIAMI, USA, AND WALTER EMIGRATED TO ALBERTA, CANADA) AND TWO SISTERS, BERTHA AND EMILY. A CLERK. H […]
BORN HULL 1896. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS & EDITH DEIGHTON, OF THIS ADDRESS (HULL DAILY MAIL, 040/6//19). Hull Pals Memorial Post: PRIVATE GEORGE KILBY DEIGHTON 10/1247. Born in 1896, George was the eldest of three children to Thomas and Edith Deighton of 44 Ryde Street, Beverley Road, Hull. A Clerk by trade he enlisted at Hull […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY DEMPSEY (1855-1905) & ELIZABETH BAXTER (1860-1958), OF 23 WORSHIP STREET, HULL AND 124 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER, LIVING AT COOPER STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 25/01/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT […]
7 GREEN BANK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/09/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM & MARY DENNISON, OF THIS ADDRESS. A TIN CUTTER BY TRADE, LODGING WITH HIS BROTHER WILLIAM, AT 4 BRIGHTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS". SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1ST HULL PALS BATTALION), IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 22 […]
8 HERBERTS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/03/1918
Aged
33
BORN SUNDERLAND 1885. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN DINSDALE. A FARM CARTMAN. HE MARRIED MARGARET JANE LEYSHON, (1894-1968), AT GATESHEAD, DURHAM, ON 20/03/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HS WIDOW, MARGARET. (NOTE: J W DINSDALE, ASC, LIVED AT 1 […]
78 , MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/06/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT DIXON (1853-1921) & CHRISTINA DIXON (1854-1931), AT 78 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 133 LBS WEIGH, WESLYAN RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON […]
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF ALBERT EDWARD (1865-1936) & CHARLOTTE ANN DOBBS (1860-1940), OF 23, SOUTHCOATES AVENUE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) & 39, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LEFT TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE BOY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 139 LBS […]
9, ELDERADO AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN SELBY 1898. ENLISTED & LIVED IN HULL. SON OF FREDERICK & JANE OF 248, WILCOLMLEE, HULL. HUSBAND OF BERNICE BESSIE DODSWORTH, AT 9, ELDERADO AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, LILLIAN (BORN 15/02/1914) AND MURIEL (BORN 28/06/1915). HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EYR, TRANSFERRED TO THE HUL […]
10 BEVERLEY COTTAGES, BRIDGE STREET, GOOLE, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/06/1918
Aged
22
BORN GOOLE 1895. ONLY SON OF JOHN FREDERICK DOUGHERTY (1862-1937) & ANNIE THOMPSON, OF 10 BEVERLEY COTTAGES, GOOLE. SON OF A FARMER. HE LIVED IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIAL PALS), ON 07/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS, 38 INCH CHEST. SERVED IN EGYPT IN 1915 AND IN FRANC […]
Colour Sergeant
SERGEANT ALBERT WILLIAM DRASDO 220642. Born in December 1894, Albert was the son of Paul and Julia Drasdo of 1, Nile Street, Hull (1901 census) and 81, Beverley Road, Hull. His family background may have caused friction when he enlisted for his father was from Germany. Enlisted 07/09/1914. Originally, joining the East Riding Yeomanry, […]
Lance Corporal
105 West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/10/1917
Aged
23
Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL, EDWIN STANLEY DUFFIELD, 36661. Born January 1894, the youngest of two sons, to George and Louisa Duffield, of 105 West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull and Bentley Terrace, Convent Lane, Hull (War Pension address). Edwin was an Apprentice Tailor prior to enlistment, but fought in the trenches of France with the P […]
79 , PARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
28/09/1918
Aged
30
BORN ACCRINGTON 10/03/1888. ONLY SON OF FRED DUGDALE (1863-1937) & ALICE ANN WHITTAKER (1865-1955), OF 9 ELMS AVENUE, LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE, AND "BEVERLY", LAMBS ROAD, THORNTON-LE-FYLDE, LANCS (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, CALLED GRACE. EX. MEMBER OF HULL'S PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. HE BOARDED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE […]
BORN BRIXTON 1894. LIVED HULL. HULL PAL. SON OF FREDERICK CUTHBERT CLAUDE DUNN & EMMA ASHBURN, BRIDLINGTON.
KENILWORTH ROAD, MONKSEATON, NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
03/05/1917
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN HENRY DUNN 37902. Born in Newcastle and originally 19/1512 in the Northumberland Fusiliers, John was attached to the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment to help fill the gaps left by the fighting on the Somme in 1916. He was killed in action on May 3rd 1917 during the fighting for Oppy Wood. His b […]
BORN HULL 10/07/1891. SON OF WILLIAM DYMOCK (1862-1939) & SARAH JANE PARKER (1872-1947) , OF 70, CAMPBELL STREET, 46, KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL, WELBECK STREET, HULL AND 160, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT DAY STREET BOARD SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A TANNERS CLERK, BY MESSRS HOLMES & CO, CAMPBELL STR […]
59 Russell Street, Battersea, London
Died on
04/05/1917
Aged
22
A Londoner who served with the "Hull Commercials". Born Battersea, 01/05/1895. Son of George and Emily Eden. Educated at Battersea Park Road school (now Chesterton Primary School). Joined the London Railways on 20/05/1909. Employed as a Bar Boy (1911 Census) and then as a cook before enlisting. Husband of May Banks, who he married at Wan […]
BORN HULL 1891. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. 1918 VOTERS ADDRESS. LISTED ON ST VINCENT'S CHURCH MEMORIAL PLAQUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL AS CHARLES J EDWARDS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES SYDNEY EDWARDS 12/1399. Born in July 1891, the youngest of three children, Charles lost his mother and father quite young and the 1911 Census finds him lod […]
