12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Hull) and 13th (Service) Battalion (4th 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.
10 RAILWAY HOUSES, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
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27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT SERGEANT (1856-1924) & EMMA PUCKERING, WHO LIVED MELTON, SWANLAND, NORTH FERRIBY AND LATER CLIFFE COMMON, SELBY. SON OF A RAILWAY GATEMAN AND PLATELAYER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE BOARDED AT LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 20 BACHELER STRE […]
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF EMMA & SISTER ELSIE LIVED 10 WITTY STREET. A BLACK LEAD PACKER. WIFE ROSETTA (SMITH) LIVED AT 34 LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, 314 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL AND 79 ARTHUR STREET, WITHERNSEA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED, AT HULL, ON 18/12/1915. EMBARKED 21/05/1916. JOINED 12TH EYR 16/06/1916. KILLED IN ACTION […]
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY CHILD OF ALFRED THOMAS & LOUISA ELLIS SHEA, OF 2, BOND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE 3RD HULL PALS ON 02/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. HIS FATHER ALFRED […]
9 AMYS TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
05/11/1917
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27
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE SHEPHERDSON & CATHERINE (HODGSON) & 11 CHILDREN OF 12 IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND SEVEN SISTERS. HE MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE ETHEL GREAVES, LIVED AT 9 AMY'S TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. THEIR SON GEORGE, WAS BORN ON 19/07/1914. A LABOURER. DESCRIBE […]
BORN HULL 1895. FULL NAME:. HERBERT SEPTIMUS EASTWOOD SHORES. SON OF HENRY & SUSANNAH GERTRUDE SHORES & 9 CHILDREN AT 174 AND 187, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR, WORKED AS A BRASS MOULDER AND COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS IN 1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE HAD PR […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM AND THE LATE MARY JANE SKELTON. HE WORKED BEFORE ENLISTMENT AT THE BRITISH OIL & CAKE MILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, (3RD HULL PALS BATTALION). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 19/08/1916, AGED 17. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEARED IN T […]
BORN HULL 1889. MARRIED AT HEADINGLEY, LEEDS ON 14/04/1913. ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, IN 1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917. HIS HOME ADDRESS, WAS REPORTED AS 80, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. (HDM 16/01/1917). * HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL, AT 55 […]
BORN OVINGTON, SUFFOLK, 1890. LIVED WITH PARENTS ROBERT SMITH (1852-1928) & ANN SMITH (1851-1931), UP TO 1911. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTER. CAME FROM A FARMING FAMILY AND WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER. EMPLOYED AT WEST ELLA GRANGE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 06/02/1915. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, 13/1300, 13TH EAST YORKSHI […]
39 , PAISLEY STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/05/1916
Aged
20
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE RICHARD ALFRED SMITH 12/1328. Born Hull, in 1896, Richard was the second of five children to William and Ada Smith of 39 Paisley Street, Hull. Both Richard and his elder brother William worked as Blacksmiths. Richard was described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 36-39 inch chest, 140 lbs weight. He enlisted at […]
6 PRINCESS TERRACE, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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22
BORN LEEDS 1894. HIS PARENTS WERE DECEASED AND HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. WORKED AS A BARMAN. MARRIED 26/4/1915. HIS WIFE ANNIE MARIA READ & SON WILLIAM (BORN 29/10/1915) LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. ENLISTED, 06/11/1914. SERVED EGYPT. WAS IN HOSPITAL AT MALTA WITH SCABIES. ARRIVED FRANCE, 15/08/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11 […]
16, Bean Street, Hull
Died on
30/12/1918
Aged
23
Born Hull, 1895. Son of George Henry Freeman Smith and Minnie Smith, of 16, Bean Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Ship building Plater. He enlisted in Hull, on 05/10/1914, aged 19 and 7 months. Served with the 3rd EYR. Trained at Dalton Holme, Ripon and Salisbury Camps. Transferred as Private 12/945, 12th EYR. He experienced a "str […]
BORN CHELSEA 1894. ONLY SON OF PETER WALKER SMITH, OF HULL. BOARDING WITH HIS FATHER IN 1911, AT 9 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. HE WAS A STONEMASON, WORKING FOR MR PANTON, ON ANALBY ROAD, HULL. HE MOVED TO 16 MIDDLETON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YOR […]
3 Sarah Ann Terrace, Spyvee Street, Hull, UK
Died on
25/11/1916
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF MR ALLISON SOWERBY (1848-1900) & PAULINA CRANSWICK (1851-1890). HE HAD ONE BROTHER JACK, WHO LIVED AT 1, RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 07/10/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 143 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. HE MARRIED AT HU […]
7, GROVE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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13/11/1916
Aged
29
BORN HULL 15/03/1887. THIRD SON OF DAVID SPENCER (1845-1910) AND JANE ELIZABETH SPENCER (1851-1919), OF 7, GROVE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, ALL LIVING WITH PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YOR […]
Rob Carter, writes on 22/4/2016, regarding his great uncle, Pte Harry Spencer (aka Charles Henry Silcock). Born Buckhurst Hill, Essex, 4th July 1871, Harry was one of four children to Deborah Silcock (1846 - 1929), of 69 Studley Road, Forest Gate, Essex. 1) Apprenticeship records show that Harry - Charles H Silcock, aged 15 - was indentu […]
Lance Corporal
7 , GLADSTONE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ERNEST ASHTON SPIKINS (1870-1948) & MARY ELIZABETH CHAMBERS (1870-1951), OF 7, GLADSTONE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, TERENCE (1905-1948). HE WORKED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH & 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS), IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILL […]
2 SOPHIA'S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF EDITH AND FATHER CHARLES WILLIAM STAINFORTH LIVED AT 1 GRIMSBY LANE, HULL MARKET PLACE, WITH HIS SIBLINGS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL 6/10/1914. IT SEEMS MILITARY DISCIPLINE DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM. ON 8/3/1915 WILLIAM WAS DETAINED FOR 42 DAYS FOR STRIKING HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER, BUT RETURNED TO DUTY AFT […]
3 FLEET GROVE, FLEET STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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03/05/1917
Aged
32
BORN WOOTEN, LINCS 1885. SON OF HUBERT STAMP AND THE LATE ANNIE STAMP, OF 3 QUEENS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A BUTCHER. HE WAS BROTHER TO PHILIP AND TWO SISTERS. MARRIED AT HULL'S HARLEY STREET REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 03/08/1908. HIS WIFE JANE FOSTER STAMP & 4 DAUGHTERS (INCLUDING TWINS) IVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A FORMER COAL TRIMMER […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM STAHERS (1864-1935) & MARY ANN SAYER (1866-1954), OF 57, DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. MARRIED GERTRUDE GOMERSALL (1881-1941), AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE, AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND KENNETH, LIVED AT 50, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (WAR PE […]
15 GROVESNOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
06/01/1918
Aged
26
BORN GOOLE 1892. SON OF THOMAS & ELIZABETH ANN STEELS, OF 15 GROVESNOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORD ADDRESS). A BARMAN AT THE SHIPWRIGHT ARMS, NAYLORS ROW, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. ENLISTED HULL, ON 28/09/1914. JOINED THE HULL PALS. TRAI […]
