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.
Regiment: 12th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Sportsmen)
10 HUNGATE, BARTON UPON HUMBER, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
40
BORN EAST HALTON, LINCS 1877. RESIDENT IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 40. SON OF GEORGE WRIGHT & MARIA FREEBOROUGH. HE WAS AWIDOWER, WITH THREE CHILDREN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS ALICE ANN REVELL, & THEIR SON ARTHUR & DAUGHTER IVY. HIS HULL ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN […]