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)
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 […]
12 HAWTHORN TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/05/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM BRETT (1852-1924) & ANNIE MUTCH (1862-1910), AT 12, HAWTHORN TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). KILLED SAVING AN INJURED MAN. HIS ONLY BROTHER ALBERT WAS KILLED ON 1/7/16, AT THE SOMME. Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, WILLIAM BRETT 12/1494. Born in 1896, William was one of thr […]
9 ROSE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. HULL PAL. KNOWN AS JIM. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. SON OF JAMES AND MARY JANE BRIGHAM, 12 RICHARDS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET. WORKED AS A WINDOW CLEANER. MARRIED 25/7/1915. WIFE MARY ANN (GILLE) & DAUGHTER GLADYS, LIVED ABOVE AND 8 KATE'S TERRACE, NORNABEL STREET. ENLISTED 30/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. WOUNDED IN FACE BY SHELL […]
13, Sister's Terrace, Tadman Street, Hull
Died on
12/08/1921
Aged
42
Born Hull 1879. An Engine Driver. Husband of Rose Brown, of 13, Sister's Terrace, Tadman Street, Hull (War Pension address). He enlisted in Hull served with the 12th EYR (3rd Hull Pals) in Egypt and France. Discharged in 1919. Died of Paralysis on 12/08/1921, aged 42
BORN GOOLE 1888. KNOWN AS 'FIELD' BROWN. HE WAS A RESIDENT IN NEWINGTON WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE JOINED THE 12TH HULL PALS. HIS MOTHER MRS E. JANE BROWN LIVED AT 47 PORTLAND STREET, HULL AND 20, WILTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER, EDWARD BROWN, WAS LOST AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1N JUNE 1916, SUNK BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. […]
BORN LEEDS 1883. SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH ANN BROWN. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH HULL PALS. HIS WIFE ELLEN (CAPES) LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS & 16 OXFORD STREET, HULL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE RICHARD BROWN 12/25. Born in Copmanthorpe, York in 1883 Richard was the youngest of seven children to George and Sarah Ann Brown. His fathe […]
2, Railway Cottages, Sutton Bank, Hull
Died on
19/01/1920
Aged
29
Born Sutton, 1890. Son of Mary Elizabeth Brown, of 2, Railway Cottages, Sutton Bank, Hull (War Pension address). A Dock Labourer. Enlisted on 14/09/1914. Served as Private, 12/218 East Yorkshire regiment. Served in Egypt and France. Discharged from the army, on 03/12/1917. Awarded Silver Badge (No: 274255) Died on 19/01/1920, aged 29.
28 BECK SIDE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/08/1916
Aged
24
BORN BEVERLEY 1892. SON OF JAMES AND FANNY BUGG, 28 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. BEVERLEY. FARM LABOURER. HORSES LAD. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD 20/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE 22/05/1916. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE ABDOMEN ON 09/08/1916, AGED 24. HE HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR ONLY EIGHT MONTHS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON BEVERLEY'S WW1 […]
BORN NEWARK, NOTTS 1893. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM BULMAN (1868-1916) & MINNIE BAGGELEY (1872-). HIS SIBLINGS WERE WILLIAM, ALBERT, STANLEY & RUBY WHO LIVED AT 18 PRIOR STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE WAS UNMARRIED, WORKED IN HULL'S SAWMILLS AND LIVED 28 , RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRES […]
BORN HULL JULY 1897. HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN RICHARD BURNETT (1875-1937) & EMILY CLARKE (1874-1947), of 108, HIGH STREET AND 9, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN, WHO LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AND WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. HE ENLISTED HULL ON 19/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. HI […]
Lance Corporal
2 ANNS PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/05/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. HULL PAL. SON OF HENRY & EMILY (COATES) & BROTHERS WILL, FRANK & ALFRED ABOVE ADDRESS. HDM 8/6/16 & 24/5/17. WIFE JENNIE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL GEORGE FREDERICK BURNHAM 12/216. Born in 1884, George was the second of six children and eldest son of Henry and Emily Burnham of Osborne Street, Hull. A […]
BORN BECCLES, SUFFOLK, 1883. ALIAS "COPERMAN". SON OF FREDERICK COPEMAN (1847-1890) AND FRANCES ALICE LEADER (1851-1926), OF SUFFOLK AND NORFORK. A FISHERMAN. HE LIVED BRADFORD & HULL. HE HAD AN TWO BROTHERS, JESSE AND JOHN AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED SARAH MARIA JILLINGS (1883-1979) AT WANGFORD, SUFFOLK, IN 1906 AGED 27. THEIR SON, […]
3 WOODLAND VILLAS, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/06/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED AUGUST 1915. SON OF FRED & AMY C BUSH. WORKED AT DE LA POLE CAFE. HIS BROTHER HORACE BUSH SERVED WITH THE NEW ZEALAND FORCES. HENRY WAS REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1916.
7, GARDENER'S BUILDINGS, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
19
BORN SKEGNESS 1897. SON OF GEORGE BUTLER AND SARAH JANE CLARKE, OF 34, REGENT STREET AND 7, GARDENER'S BUILDINGS, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WAS UNMARRIED, AND WORKED AS A LABOURER AND FIREMAN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL , ON 05/02/1916. SENT TO FRANCE 17/06/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON […]
33 , SUTTON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1916
Aged
27
Corporal, ARTHUR CALVERT 12/1203. Born October 1889, Arthur was the eldest of two sons to Arthur and Sarah Calvert of 33 Sutton Street, Spring Bank, Hull. He had previously served his country and when war was declared would have been mobilized anyway, but chose to enlist on 7th October 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regim […]
3 BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/11/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. FIFTH SON OF SAMUEL GLOVER CAMPION (1854-1930) & MARY ANNIE OLIVER (1861-1925), LIVING AT 7 WALLER STREET AND 3 BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSS). SON OF A FISH DEALER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX SONS. THREE DIED IN THE WAR. THE BROTHERS WORKED ON THE HULL DOCKS AND RAILWAYS.WALTER […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES SAMUEL CHALLANS 12/51. Born in January 1886 in Portsmouth, Charles was the eldest of two sons to Charles and Alice Challans. The family moved north soon after for his younger brother, Albert was born in Hull in 1888; the pair were lodging together at 6 Caroline Street at the time of the 1911 Censu […]
Lance Corporal
6 SPRING TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 06/01/1889. SON OF WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN (1854- 1924) & PATIENCE HULLET LAMMIMAN (1850-1917). SON OF A LABOURER. HE HAD TEN SIBLINGS. HE MARRIED MAUD ALICE NEWLOVE (1892-1954) IN 1909. THEY LIVED AT 4 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTGH PARADE, HULL (1911), 11 MAY TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1913 & 6 SPRING TERRACE, SPR […]
Company Sergeant Major
74 , FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
27/01/1916
Aged
50
COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, THOMAS CHAPMAN 12/96. Born in St. John's, New Brunswick, USA in 1865. Thomas moved to the UK and married Maud May Wingham in July 1902. The couple lived at 74 Francis Street, Hull and Thomas worked as a Hall Porter in a Club to make ends meet. Aged 49 at the time of enlistment, he could have left the fight to youn […]
Lance Corporal
13, DE GREY TERRACE, LORNE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/03/1917
Aged
29
BORN CHAPELTOWN, LEEDS, 1888. PARENTS WERE BOTH DESCEASED AND HE LIVED AT 3, DE GREY TERRACE, LORNE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, WITH HIS AUNT, FANNY & SETH CHAPMAN - (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A TRADESMAN, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION, (3RD HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION 08/03/19 […]