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.
BORN WELBURN, YORKSHIRE 1877. SON OF JOHN & SELINA BIELBY, OF 13 SCOTT STREET, HULL. A MACHINE ATTENDANT FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 2583, IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WENT TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 204121, TO THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. […]
BORN ATWICK 1892. SON OF GEORGE BINNING (1860-1942) AND ESTHER ELLEN STAVELEY (1859-1945), OF 37 SOUTHGATE, HORNSEA. ONE OF TWO SONS. A JOINER AND WHEELWRIGHT. UNMARRIED. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 19/09/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6.5 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, A PERMANENT […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM ALLISON BLACKBOURN & EMILY HAKES, 9 FISH STREET & AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. AN IRON TELLER AT HULL DOCKS AND WORKED FOR IDEAL STANDARD BOILERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. JOINED 7TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO 13TH EYR ON 10/06/1916 AND POSTED TO FRANCE ON 16/08/1816. WOUNDED O […]
1 SEATON TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/08/1916
Aged
27
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CASTLE BLACKBURN 12/722. Born in October 1888, Castle was the eldest of seven children to Moses and Marion Blackburn. He married Hannah Orford in 1910 and the couple moved to London where they worked in Service at 11 Smith Square, Westminster as a Butler and Housemaid respectively. They appear to have tra […]
12 ELLIS'S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH BLACKBURN. NAME APPEARS IN ST BARNABAS CHURCH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 27TH MARCH 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE SIDNEY BLACKBURN 12/760. Born in March 1895 Sidney was the son of John and Sarah Blackburn of 12 Ellis Terrac […]
BORN HESSLE 1895. GRANDSON OF GEORGE & ANNE BLAGG & ELDEST SON OF ELIZABETH BLAGG (1874-1948), OF 6 ITLINGS LANE, HESSLE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD BROTHERS , STANLEY, FRANK AND FRED AND SISTERS, CLARICE, EVERLINE AND MIRRIAM. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL […]
BORN HULL 1874. SON OF EMILY HORNE, OF 11, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WIFE GERTRUDE & 5 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 6, HOLBORN MOUNT, HOLBORN STREET, HULL. ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL, SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT & FRANCE. DIED OF WOUNDS, 11/08/1916, AGED 41. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAM […]
3 HULL'S PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
44
BORN HULL 11/21872. HULL PAL. ONLY SON OF SAMUEL BLAKESTONE & SARAH ANN FOSTER, THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS THAT LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE FOR FIVE YEARS. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 25/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916. LEFT WIDOW MAY ANN BLAKESTONE, OF 8 NOR […]
BORN HULL NOVEMBER, 1893. SON OF MAUD M BOLTON THIS ADDRESS. FROM THE AGE OF 14, HE WORKED FOR MR J SPRING, FISH CURER, ENGLISH STREET. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS DUE HOME ON LEAVE WHEN REPORTED MISSING ON 13TH NOVEMBER 1916. KNOWN AS 'SAM'. HE WAS MARRIED AND LIVED AT 4 EMMA TERRACE, M […]
4, Victoria Cottages, Green Lane, New Eltham, London
Died on
23/11/1916
Aged
21
Born Lewisham, London 1895. Son of Herbert George Frederick and Sarah Ann Bond, of 4, Victoria Cottages, Green Lane, New Eltham, London. He had two brothers and two sisters. Both his brothers enlisted. Harold was a steward and one of many ship crewmen, docked in Hull, when war began. He enlisted in Hull, on 31/12/1914, aged 19. He trai […]
BORN GOOLE 1892. HULL PAL. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF CHARLES & MARY ANN ELIZABETH (GOODWORTH), OF 2 CENTRAL STREET, HULL. A BREWERY BOTTLE WORKER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13TH NOVEMBER 1916, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES GOODWORTH BOOTH 14/148. Born […]
BORN HULL 1896. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF FRED AND JANE ANN BOOTH, OF 132 CHILTERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN AND BOILER SCALER BY TRADE. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL STEAM FISHING AND ICE COMPANY. HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL LIVED IN NEARBY STREETS. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL PALS", ON 28/09/1914. EMBARKED FOR EGYPT […]
PRIVATE DANIEL BOOTHBY 12/887. Born at Hull, in October 1896, Daniel was the sixth of seven children to Robert and Rachel Boothby of 8 Victoria Terrace, Studley Street, Hull (War pension Address). A Dock Labourer before the war he enlisted at City Hall on 5th October 1914 giving his age as 19 years and 11 months, a little lie designed to […]
BORN CROWLE 1887. PARENTS THOMAS & ADA HARRIET BOOTHMAN LIVED MILL ROAD, CROWLE, LINCS. FAMILY LIVED ABOVE 1911 CENSUS. BRICKLAYER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR THOMAS BOOTHMAN 12/1514. Born in 1887, Arthur was the third of four children to Thomas and Ada Boothman of Mill Road, Crowle, Lincolnshire. The family moved to 1 B […]
4 NORWOOD FAR GROVE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
15/11/1916
Aged
21
Born Beverley, 1895. Known as "Jim". Son of Esther and the late S. Botterill, of 4 Norwood Far Grove, Beverley, Yorks. His father was named Snowball Botterill and had died in 1911. He enlisted in Beverley. Served with the 12th Hull Pals. He died of wounds on 15/11/1916, aged 21. His name is recorded on the Beverley WW1 memorial, with […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ALL FIVE SONS SERVED IN ARMY & THREE WERE KILLED. HAROLD BOURNER WAS A BOOT MAKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 143 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED IN 1912. HUSBAND OF […]
Lance Corporal
CARTER VILLAS, QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL, 1892. SON OF JOSEPH CHARLES BOWRON & FRANCIS CHAPMAN BOWRON, AT PRINCES ROAD, OF HULL (1901 CENSUS), 15 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & CARTER VILLA, QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A WOOL MERCHANT. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE WOOL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN […]
10 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/05/1916
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1875. HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/05/1916, AGED 39. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED IN THE ST BARNABAS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 9TH JUNE 1916. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE […]
12 VICTORIA TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
29
BORN GOXHILL, LINCS 1887. SON OF SAMUEL STEPHENSON SLOAN AND MARY ALICE BOYD, 47 GREEK STREET. FOURTH OF NINE CHILDREN. LIVED ABOVE ADDRESS, HESSLE AND 47 GREEK STREET WITH BROTHER JOEL AND FOUR SISTERS. A BOOT MAKER BY TRADE. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE 2ND EYR. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 12/12/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN NAFFERTON 1887. SON OF CHRISTOPHER GEORGE & SARAH ANN TEAGLE, OF 109, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER AND WAS DESCRIBED OF GOOD BUILD AND NEARLY SIX FOOT TALL. RESIDENT IN HORNSEA IN 1911. HE MARRIED VIOLET, ON 08/08/1914, IN MAPPLETON BEFORE ENLISTING ON 03/10/1914. RELIGION GIVEN WAS PRIMITI […]
