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.
Company Sergeant Major
57 SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/12/1916
Aged
52
Born Hull, 13/11/1864. Son of Thomas Stephenson (1833-1885) and Fanny French (1837-1921). One of eight children. He joined the army in 1880, aged 16. Became, Colour Sergeant, Arthur Stephenson 1st Volunteer Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment F Company, with 21 years' service recorded on his Military Pension Victoria long service medal ( […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE SAMUEL SUGARMAN 10/1331. Born in Hull, July 1895, Samuel was the eldest of three sons to Max and Clara Sugarman of 67 Goodwin Street, Hull. His parents left to live in Bocksburg, South Africa, but Samuel stayed behind, living at 4 Park Street, Hull and earning his living as a Coal Exporter's Clerk. When w […]
14 SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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14/05/1917
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22
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND MARY TACEY, OF 14 SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL,. A SHIP YARD LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD HULL PALS, ON 05/01/1915, AGED 20 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS, 34.5 INCH CHEST. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DU […]
BORN GLOUCESTER 1877. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF EDWIN & EMMA TARLING ABOVE ADDRESS. SINGLE MAN, WORKED AS A LABOURER. LIVED WITH PARENTS. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM TARLING 12/903. Born in Gloucester in 1877, George was the second of six children […]
BORN WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY 1882. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM & MARY TAYLOR, OF 14 LIME TERRACE, CROWLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX OLDER BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, ELIZABETH. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, ANCHOR TATOO ON RIGHT FOREAR […]
4 THE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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03/05/1917
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21
BORN ROOS 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE THORNTON (1853-1911 & JANE LAWRENCE (1861-1911). HE LIVED IN GOOLE, HOWDEN & ROOS AND THE WITH HIS SISTER MRS EDITH LAWRENCE NAYLOR (1885-1920), AND FOUR BROTHERS, AT 4 THE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER CLERK AND A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL, ON […]
12 SUNNYSIDE, ANLABY AVENUE, ANLABY COMMON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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26
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS THORPE & ELIZABETH SOLLITT. A HAIRDRESSER, EMPLOYED BY MR McKENZIE, KING EDWARD STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 10/12/1915. SENT TO FRANCE 11/06/1916. KILLED AT SERRE 13/11/1916, AGED 25. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/03/1917. * NB: […]
9 MARY ELLEN TERRACE, ST PAUL'S STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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27/05/1916
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31
BORN BROUGH 1885. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE ELIZABETH TOCK, OF 21, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE TOCK FAMILY SERVED IN THE WAR, INCLUDING HIS SEVEN BROTHERS. HE WAS A FORMER BLACKSMITH. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE ELLEN (COOKE) & FOURYOUNG CHILDREN AT 32, ST PAULS STREET, HULL & 9, MARY ELLEN TERRACE, ST PAUL […]
BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1878. ONLY SON OF HENRY PONSONBY TOLCHARD (1846-1908) & LOUISE BROOKES WRIGHT (1845-1901). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S STEWARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 15/11/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 14 DAYS. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 13/260, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 […]
BORN HEDON 1896. LIVED HULL. SON OF THOMAS & SARAH ANN TURNBULL MAGDELAN ROAD, HEDON. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT BEAUMONT HAMEL, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILSON TURNBULL 14/199. Born in October 1895 Wilson was the youngest of three childre […]
1 PARAGON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
24/07/1916
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17
PRIVATE FRANCIS KISH GUY VOWLES 12/1487. Born in December 1898, Francis was the eldest of ten children to Francis Vowles (1871-1961) and Mary Ann Guy (1873-1962), of Long House Farm, Barrow Gurney, Somerset. It appears he must have relocated to Hull sometime between the 1911 Census and his lying about his age in order to enlist in 1915. […]
7 ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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16/05/1917
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20
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF GEORGE WARDELL (1858-1936) & EMMA CALEY (1861-1934), OF 7 ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A TWIN BROTHER, THOMAS WARDELL. HE SERVED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (3RD HULL PALS BATTALION). WOUNDED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/05/1917, AGED 20. HIS […]
EARLES COTTAGE, EAST HALTON, LINCOLNSHIRE
Died on
13/10/1917
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21
Born Helensburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, 1896. Son Robert Warnes (1864-1939) and Ann Harrison Hope (1871-1953), of Earles Cottage, East Halton, Lincolnshire. Son of a Train Driver, the family were widely travelled. Robert Hope Warne was living in Hull at the outbreak of war. Possibly at this address, where the only Warne is listed in t […]
BORN HULL 20/03/1895. SON OF ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON WATERS (1859-1900) AND MRS KATE KINGSTON, OF 51 HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A SAWMILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 148 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, . ENLISTED HULL, ON 30/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS IN EGYPT […]
1 ST ANDREW VILLAS, PRINCES ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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05/01/1918
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25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF LAURA WELLS, OF 1, ST ANDREW VILLAS, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 66, PRINCES ROAD, NEWLAND, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE, WORKING IN THE BAKERY DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL AND SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE HAS SURVIVED THE SOMME AND THE BATTLE AT OPPY W […]
1 ANNS PLACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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32
BORN GERMANY 1885. NATURALISED GERMAN. HULL POLICEMAN. JOINED THE POLICE FORCE ON 17/07/1909 AND WAS WELL KNOWN AT THE NORFOLK STREET STATION. ONLY SON OF TOM & CATHERINE WESTON - 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. IRISH FATHER, GERMAN MOTHER. HE WAS CALLED UP AS A RESERVIST AND HAD BEEN INVALIDED HOME TWICE, ONCE WITH FROST BITE AT WITHERNSEA HOS […]
PRIVATE LEONARD WHITE 12/129. Born Hull in 1880, Leonard was the youngest of seven children to Leonard and Martha White of 1 Isaacs Terrace, Hull. A Labourer by trade he lived with his wife, Mary Jane, and son, Leonard Jnr, at 8 Hessle Place, Porter Street, Hull. He enlisted at City Hall in September 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East […]
BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS STANLEY WHITEHEAD. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & MARY EMMA WHITEHEAD, AT 14 PEARL AVENUE, LORNE STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EYR (3RD HULL PALS), IN HULL, ON 18/09/1914, AGED 21 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 149 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR, AND "GOOD" […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WHITELAM (1866-1904), & MARGARET JANE FRASER, AT 303 SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A FISH DOCK LABOURER & ICE MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/02/1916, AGED 25 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST […]
BORN HULL 1881. HULL PAL LISTED ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ROH. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL. LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. (HDM 26/5/16) Edwin was the eldest of four children to Edwin and Rebecca Whitfield. He married on 7th February 1903 and he and his wife, Rebecca, lived at 11 Porter Place, Hull with their only child, a daughter, and ye […]
