Regiment: 11th 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.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
2 , LINCOLN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1918
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED SEPT 1914 & WENT TO EGYPT IN 1915. SON OF RAIMES MORTEN & MARY ANN BELL. KILLED IN ACTION. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HUNTER BELL 11/1016. Born in April 1893, George was the eldest of four children to Raimas and Mary Ann Bell of 2 Lincoln Street, Hull. A Labourer by trade, he enlisted at Ci […]
16, JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1918
       
Aged
19
Private, JOHN WILLIAM HERBERT BRYAN, 29770. Born at Hull, in November 1898, John was the second of two children and only son of Herbert and Emma Bryan, of 16, James Reckitt Avenue, Hull. he was a Reckitt's Box shop worker (1911 Census) and an Export Printer by trade. He was described as 5'5" tall, 34,5"chest, 110lbs weight, fair physical […]
7, GLADSTONE AVENUE, BEECROFT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1918
       
Aged
22
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOSEPH HENRY CHANCE 11/490. Born in April 1895, Joseph was the eldest of ten children to William (1872-1945) and Alice Chance, of 7 Gladstone Avenue, Beecroft Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Labourer by trade he queued outside Hull City Hall on Tuesday 8th September 1914 to join the new Pals Battali […]
33 , PORTLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1918
       
Aged
18
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST CROSS 29773. Born Hull, 1899, Ernest was one of two children and the only son of William and Kate Cross of 33 Portland Street, Hull. A Milkman by trade, 5'6", 36" chest, 122lbs, good physical development. He enlisted on 18th September 1916 and was mobilised on 28th February 1917 originally as Troo […]
16 WELLESLEY AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
06/09/1918
       
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF EDITH JANE & THE LATE HAROLD THOMAS ELLIS, OF 16 WELLESLEY AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HE WAS EDUCATED AT FULNICH, NEAR LEEDS AND KOENIGSFELD, NEAR BADEN, GERMANY. LEAVING SCHOOL, HE BECAME A PUPIL OF MESSRS, WELLSTED-DOSSRS, CIVIL ENGINEERS. HE WORKED FOR A FIRM IN COLYWYN BAY AND FOR THE NORTH E […]
18 , PENDRILL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
06/05/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN WARTER, 1896. SON OF ANTHONY BANNISTER JOHNSON (1863-1933) & SARA ELLEN HODGSON, OF 18 PENDRILL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 06/05/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/05/1917. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE CLIFTON STREET […]
1 ADELAIDE PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1887. HULL PAL. WIFE HANNAH KIRK AND BABY LIVED AT 5 MAYO TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL AND LATER 1 ADELAIDE PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET. SON OF HENRY MARSHALL & MARY ANN KIRK -NEWSTEAD STREET. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER, BANKSIDE. HE WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, ON HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, RESCUING A COMRADE. HE WAS BURIED ON HIS WIDOW'S […]
1 BOSWELL AVENUE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
08/09/1918
       
Aged
27
BORN BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE, 09/04/1891. THIRD SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM SKEVINGTON, (1857-1937) & ANN MOISLEY (1861-1938), OF 'THE HAWTHORNES', BROUGH & HULL. HIS FIANCEE WAS FANNY BAINBRIDGE, WHO LIVED AT 1 BOSWELL AVENUE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WORKED AS A PORTER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY LINE. […]
18 , WRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
29/09/1918
       
Aged
36
BORN HULL 29/11/1881. SON OF FRANK SOUTHERN & ANN ELIZABETH BARRITT. OF 18 WRIGHT STREET, HULL. SON OF A BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND JOINED THE OFFICER TRAINING CADETS, IN DECEMBER 1915. EMPLOYED FOR MANY YEARS, BY MESSRS, PYMAN, BELL & CO, COAL AND TIMBER EXPORTERS, AS A CLERK. HE WAS SUPERIND […]