Regiment: 12th East Yorkshire Regiment C Company

12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Hull)
03.11.1914 The 13th formed and on the 11.08.1914 The 12th formed, 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 12th taken over by the War Office and then on the 27.08.1915 the 13th 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.
08.02.1918 The 13th disbanded in France at Ecurie.
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.

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Last Name
Address
Narrative
1 SOMERSET TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
27
BORN LOWESTOFT, 1889. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & JEMIMA BELL ABOVE. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS BROTHER JAMES WAS WOUNDED IN THE SAME ATTACK. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 10TH JANUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES HENRY BELL 12/1112. Born in 1 […]
1 UNION COURT, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
16/08/1916
       
Aged
26
PRIVATE WILLIAM JACKSON CLARK 12/780. Born at Hull in 1890, William was the son of Thomas Clark and the late Catherine Hudson (1856-1897), of 14 Owens Square, New George St, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a Dockside Labourer. He had three brother and three sisters. An Oil Miller by trade. He lived with his wife, Eliza and their daughter, at […]
8, CLARENCE AVENUE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/11/1914
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ANNIE & THOMAS GILL, OF 8, CLARENCE AVENUE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HIS WIFE MABEL, LIVED AT 2, LILLIAN TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, HAROLD, DOROTHY AND FRANCIS THOMAS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 12TH EYR (3RD HULL PALS). DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER CONT […]
17 JOSEPHS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
20
BORN WELTON 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF JAMES HEBDEN AND MARY JANE NORMAN, OF 48 MASON STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED 17/09/1915. HIS WIFE BERTHA GARETT (WARD) AND SON, HAROLD, LIVED AT 1 LILY GROVE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL, AND 2 MOUNT TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 01/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. […]
8 HERBERTS TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ANGUS McDONALD (1866-1939) & HARRIET JANE YATES (1866-1938), OF 6, WEST DOCK VILLA, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BOILER MAKER AND SHIP'S PLATER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE KATE HOLMES (1897-1979), IN HULL, ON 20/07/1913. THEY LIVED AT 8, HERBERT'S TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SO […]
7 YORK TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE ROSE ANN & CORNEILIUS McMANUS, THIS ADDRESS AND 52 WARWICK STREET. HIS MOTHER DIED AND HE SHARED HOME WITH HIS FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS WILLIAM AND MICHAEL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 05/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916, AGED 20 […]
116 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
31/07/1917
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 13/04/1896. SON OF ARTHUR JOHN SMITH (1860-1934) AND THE LATE MARGARET HANNAH WATSON (1865-1919), AT 116 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A MAST AND BLOCK MAKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/01/1916, AGED 19. JOINED THE 12TH EYR HULL PALS. ARR […]
11 ALBERT TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1885. MARRIED HULL 1911. WIFE LILLIAN UTTON - 8 LEONARD'S AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET. ENLISTED 4TH EYR - HULL 10.5.15, ONE WEEK BEFORE HIS DAUGHTER (WHO HE NEVER KNEW) WAS BORN. IN FEBRUARY 1917 HE WAS DRAFTED TO FRANCE WHERE HE JOINED THE 12TH EYR JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK ON OPPY WOOD. DURING THE ATTACK HE GOT INTO GERMAN FRONT LIN […]