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.
5 OAK TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/08/1916
Aged
25
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, FRANK COCKERILL 12/1275. Born in 1891, Frank was the eldest of three sons to Albert Cockerill (1866-1928) and Margaret Walker (1872-1914), of 231, Wincolmlee, Hull and 5, Oak Terrace, Swann Street, Hull (War pension Address). One of seven children, four sisters and two brothers. All three sons were kill […]
BORN IN BARROW-ON-HAVEN, LINCS 1878. SON OF THOMAS AND HANNAH COCKING, BARROW ON HUMBER. WIFE ELLEN COCKING & DAUGHTERS OLIVE AND VERA COCKING, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER 11 MYLO TERRACE, NEW HOLLAND. EX LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916, AGED 38. HIS DEATH & PHOTO WERE REPORTED I […]
BORN SHEFFIELD 1891. ONLY CHILD OF THOMAS PATRICK COLLINS & JANE MARGARET COLLINS, OF 164 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A WAREHOUSE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). WOUNDED ON 05/08/1916, HE DIED ON A HOSPITAL SHIP AT ST OMER, ON 06/10/1916, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST VINCENT'S CHURCH ME […]
Lance Corporal
BORN LEDGATE, COUNTY DURHAM, 1877. A HULL PAL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/04/1916, AGED 40. HUSBAND OF ANNIE M (LACY), OF 16 ELIZA TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL AND 7 YORK TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S BARNSLEY STREET MEMORIAL. L/CPL ALBERT COLLINSON 12/877. Born in Lidgate, County Durham in 1877 Albert was the eld […]
BORN ALDBROUGH, YORKSHIRE, 1893. SON OF WILLIAM JOHN COLLINSON (1848-1938) & KEZIA ANN COLLINSON (1857-1914) OF CARLTON LANE, ALDBROUGH, WTHERNWICK, NEAR HULL. HIS SISTER OLIVE LIVED AT 129 , NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE LIVED IN CONISTON, WHERE HE WORKED AS A FARM HAND. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1/830, 12TH EAST YORK […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE RANDOLPH CHURCHILL COOPER 14/22. Born in 1891 Randolph was the fourth of five children to Leonard and Mary Cooper of 61 Porter Street, Hull and 13 Cambridge Street, Hull. His childhood was far from ideal and records show he was admitted as a 'Lunacy Patient' as a 15-year-old on 28th November 1906, though […]
47 , ST LUKE'S STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
38
BORN HAINTON, LINCS, 1878. SON OF JOHN & SARAH COX FROM LOUTH. WIFE EMELIA HENRIETTA COX LIVED AT 47 ST LUKE'S STREET, HULL. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. A FORMER DOCKER. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 03/11/1916, AGED 38. PRIVATE WILLIAM ERNEST COX 12/330. Born 25th August 1878 in Hainton, Lincolnshire William was the second child of Joh […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN NOTTINGHAM 21/07/1895. SECOND SON OF JOHN CRABTREE (1867-1949) & SARAH HANNAH PEARSON (1870-1912), OF 39 ALBERT AVENUE, HULL AND WOODSIDE, NORTH FERRIBY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, LIVE. HIS FATHER MANUFACTURED DECORATIVE TIN BOXES AND EMPLOYED STAFF. STEPHEN WAS EDUCATED AT HULL'S HYMER COLLEGE. SPENT TWO YEAR […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF ARTHUR AND ELIZABETH CRAGGY, THIS ADDRESS. WORKED AS A BARMAN. ENLISTED HULL 16/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, 09/1/1917, 10/08/1917 & 13/11/1919. HIS MEDALS WERE SENT TO FIANCEE, MRS AMY FRITH, AT 2 REGENT STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HI […]
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1890. STEPSON OF MARY CRAWFORD, SCARBOROUGH. LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A FISHERMAN. MARRIED TO LILLIAN CRAWFORD AND TWO DAUGHTERS, 10 OLIVE GROVE, SOMERSET STREET. ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION 13/10/1916, AGED 26. HIS BODY WAS NOT RECOVERED. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HAROLD CRAWFORD 12/1139. […]
BORN HULL 1875. FATHER UNKNOWN. MOTHER DECEASED. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A LABOURER AT 20 CHURCHILL STREET, HULL. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS SISTER, EDITH CROFT, LIVING AT 8 KLONDYKE AVENUE, LEADS ROAD, STONEFERRY, HULL. 20 CHURCHILL STREET WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS POSSIBLY BORN IN HULL IN 1870 AND RELATIVELY OLD TO ENLIS […]
30 LUMNAN BUILDINGS, OSBORNE STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/04/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM DAVIES (1851-1894) & ANN ESTER WALLACE (1848-1914), OF 27 , DAGGER LANE, HULL AND 30 LUMNAN BUILDINGS, OSBORNE STREET, HULL. PREVIOUS TO THE WAR HE WAS A HAIRDRESSER. HE ENLISTED INTO THE HULL PALS, on 14/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED OF FLU O […]
9 ALEXANDRA AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/07/1916
Aged
20
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE DEARLOVE 12/1003. Born in January 1896, George was the eldest of four children to George and Sarah Dearlove of 9 Alexandra Avenue, Bridlington Street, Hull. It is a constant reminder of just how young these men were when you read the 1911 Census and see that many were still in school. In the case […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN DEWS (1861-1932) & STEP MOTHER, EMMA ELIZABETH HEPWORTH, OF 84 ETON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 11/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS GASSED ON 17/03/1917 & DISCHARGED HOME. AWARDED SILVER BADGE (NO: 201936) FOR WAR WOUNDS. DIED AT HOME FROM THE EFFECT […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS HAIGH DIMMACK (1860-1902) & SARAH ANN GILL (1861-1915). ONE OF & SEVEN CHILDREN LIVING AT 11 CONWAY TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, (1901 CENSUS) AND 38 STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. THIS WAS HIS 1918 MILITARY ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER'S AS […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN HENRY DOBBS, OF 60 LEONARD STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 22/01/1917). JOINED THE HULL PAL'S. AND KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 26. HIS BROTHER'S JOHN, ARTHUR & ALFRED DOBBS, ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FREDERICK HAROLD DOBBS 12/161. Born in August 1890, Frederick was the […]
BORN HULL 11/08/1887. SON OF ALFRED & EMMA DOUGHTY, AT 21 MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, & 20 DOVER STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHERS AS A BUTTER MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 914TH LABOUR CORPS. HE DIED ON 26/01/1919, AGED 31. HE IS BURIE […]
16 GRANVILLE AVENUE, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THOMAS EASINGWOOD AND EMMA FRACES MARGRAVE (1862-1935), AT 3 KINGS TERRACE, TERRY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS BROTHER TO THOMAS WILLIAM, CAROLINE SARAH, AND ERNEST ALFRED EASINGWOOD. AN APPRENTICE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH HULL PALS. MARRIED ADA PORTE (1893-1973), AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. SERVED IN E […]
9, EARLES ROW, WITHERNSEA STREET, WILMINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/05/1917
Aged
22
BORN BEVERLEY 1895. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF JOHN BRYAN EDMOND (1859-1946) & SARAH FENWICK (1873-1933), OF 53, ST ANDREWS STREET, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS); 12, DEVON AVENUE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL; 27, FINSBURY GROVE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL AND 9, EARLES ROW, WITHERNSEA STREET, WILMINGTON, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A TAN […]
4 CALADONIA AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
29
BORN WILLOUGHBY, NOTTS, 1887. ENLISTED HULL, BUT RESIDENT IN LEEDS AT THE TIME. SON OF HENRY EDMUNDS. WIFE LILY (ADAMSON) HIS WIFE LILLY EDMUNDS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR THOMAS WAS A CHAUFFER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS PARKER EDMUNDS 12/516. Born in 1887 in Willoughby, Nottinghamshire Thomas was the eldest of f […]
