Regiment: 12th East Yorkshire Regiment D 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
Busby, John
Lance Corporal
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
12 BALFOUR CRESCENT, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Nornabell Street
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
28
BORN HULL 94/11/1889. SON OF THOMAS BUSBY (1846-1908) & ELIZABETH BRADBURY (1852-1889), OF 22, NEW PARADE, SUTTON BANK, DANSOM LANE, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, BILL, SAM AND JOE. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER, FOR MR ROBERTS, PAINT WORKS, GREEN LANE, HULL AND  LIVED AT 11, GLADYS GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, WITH HIS MA […]
Goodfellow, Herbert Frederick
Private
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
3 YORK TERRACE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Strickland Street
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
29
BORN HULL MARCH 1887. HE MARRIED AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE ON 19/6/1906. HIS WIFE THEANA (PALMER) & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 3. YORK TERRACE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (NEXT DOOR TO HER SISTER, ALICE AT NO:2). BEFORE THE WAR, HERBERT GOODFELLOW WORKED AS A LABOURER FOR RECKITTS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1915. WAS KILLED […]
Goulding, John
Private
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
11 SCARBORO TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Kent Street
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
20
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN GOULDING 11/971. Born in 1896, John was the youngest of seven children to William Goulding and Catherine Leap, of 11 Scarborough Terrace, Kent Street, Hull. A Furnisher's Assistant by trade he enlisted at City Hall joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Hull Pals, initially, before t […]
Scarborough, Walter
Private
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
1 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Walcott Street
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. ONLY SON OF SARAH CLIFF (SECOND MARRIAGE) OF HODGSON STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. HE MARRIED IN 1908. HUSBAND OF AMY ELIZABETH (KEMP), OF 18 CRANBOURNE TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 16 GROVE TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL AND THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE HAD FOUR C […]
Wales, William Stote
Private
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
8 GRAHAM'S ROW, ALMA STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Lake Street
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARDSON STOTE & SARAH ANN WALEA, OF 7 GEORGE'S AVENUE, LAKE STREET, HULL . HIS HOME ADDRESS WAS 8 GRAHAM'S ROW, ALMA STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL, 01/01/1917). HE  ENLISTED IN THE HULL PAL. REPORTED MISSING AND THEN KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 25.. THE WALES FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 67 EX […]
Wallace, James Watson
Lance Sergeant
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
40, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
New Bridge Road
       
Died on
03/05/1917
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 25/05/1893. SON OF JAMES WATSON WALLACE (1864-1944) AND ELIZABETH BARBARA BRYSON (1866-1933), OF 13, SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 40, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SIGN WRITER. HE ALSO LIVED AT 66 SHERBURN STREET, HULL. HE MA […]
Woomble, Albert Dale
Private
12th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
11 , LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Lockwood Street
       
Died on
28/05/1916
       
Aged
20
PRIVATE, ALBERT DALE WOOMBLE, 12/1103. Born IN Hull, 1896, Albert was the eldest son of James Woomble (1872-1949) and Meady Thompson (1876-1945), of 11 Lockwood Street, Hull. Son of a Blacksmith striker, he had five brothers and three sisters. Albert was a Hull brewery labourer, who enlisted in the Hull Pals, on 6th November 1914. His […]