Regiment: 11th East Yorkshire Regiment Depot 92nd Trench Mortar Battery

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.

11t

Last Name
Address
Narrative
NEWINGTON ST JOHNS, BRIDLINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
09/08/1918
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF MAUDE (1865-1951) AND ARTHUR HENRY COWLEY (1861-1949), OF 430 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 55 ST JOHN'S AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON. SON OF A WINE AND SPIRITS MERCHANT. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, WHERE HE TRAINED AS A DENTIST. DURING THE WAR […]