Regiment: 13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company

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.

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Last Name
Address
Narrative
Akrill, John Esau
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
15 JAMES TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Walcott Street
       
Died on
19/11/1916
       
Aged
33
BORN BEVERLEY 1883. SON OF WILLIAM WREGHETT ACKRILL AND ELIZA GREGG, OF 6 SEVERNTO AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED GRIMSBY 12/09/1916. WIFE VIOLET MAUDE DE ST CROIX (HEWSON) AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN HAROLD AND CHRISTINA LIVED AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 21/11/1914, AGED 30 […]
Bruce, Walter James Richards
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
19 , GODDARD AVENUE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Goddard Avenue
       
Died on
12/02/1917
       
Aged
19
BORN LIVERPOOL, 30/04/1898. SON OF WALTER SCOTT BRUCE (1871-1932) & ELVINA ANNIE CAPLIN (1968-), AT 19 , GODDARD AVENUE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). A CHAIR MAKER. SON OF A LABOURER. HE  HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/02/1916, AGED 18. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/09/1916. JOINED THE […]
Bull, Percival John
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
48 , WALLIKER STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Walliker Street
       
Died on
14/05/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM BULL & ELIZA LOUISA BULL, OF 48 , WALLIKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. WORKED AS A CRANE LAD, ON HULL DOCKS, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND REL […]
Crookes MID, Herbert Clifford
Company Sergeant Major
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
12 , KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Kimberley Street
       
Died on
30/03/1919
       
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOSEPH & MARY ELIZABETH, OF 39 DOVER STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HULL, ON 23/06/1913. HIS WIFE ADA PARKER (1886-1967), LIVED AT 12 KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SON, FRANK (BORN 26/01/1914). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AND TIMEKEEPER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE 3RD COLDSTREAM G […]
Dean, Alfred.
Corporal
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
3, SYDNEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Spyvee Street
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM DEAN, OF 48 GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN AND MARRINER ON A MUD DREDGE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY FOR TEN YEARS. HE MARRIED ADA ELLEN RIMMINGTON (1883-1951), AT HULL, ON 06/03/1911. THEY LIVED AT AT 3, SYDNEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 26/11/1914, A […]
Greenwood, Cornelius Pearson
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
18, ASH GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULLL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Ash Grove
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. A HULL PAL. DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION AT BEAUMONT HAMEL. SON OF CORNELIUS GREENWOOD, 18, ASH GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HIS MOTHER JESSIE PEARSON DIED IN 1895. HIS STEPMOTHER WAS BETTY ANN GREENWOOD. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER FOR HIS FATHER WHO WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES […]
Kay, Charles William
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
19 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Died on
19/11/1916
       
Aged
23
Born Hull 1893. Hull Pal. Son of John Robert & Dinah Kay, 19 Northumberland Avenue, Hull (War Pension Address). He had a sister Gertrude Kay and Brother Pte. Harold Kay also served. A single, unmarried man. Before the war Charles Kay was a Paint worker and Keg maker. Enlisted Hull 16/11/1914. Served in Egypt. On the 24/3/1915 was ch […]
Lewis, James
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
17 , GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Great Thornton Street
       
Died on
13/11/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1894. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH LEWIS & LOUISA HALL (1866-1939), OF 17, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL & 8, DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 111, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SURVIVING SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A HAIRDRESSER. LIVING AT 46, BACHELOR STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBE […]
Moore, James William
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
61 , STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Strickland Street
       
Died on
02/08/1917
       
Aged
30
BORN HULL 20/7/1886. SON OF GEORGE ISSAC & EMILY MOORE. HUSBAND OF LIZ (YOUNG), OF 18 RICHMOND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER'S LABOURER, FOR ARTHUR BROWN, REGENT STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. WOUNDED BY A SHELL BALST IN THE TRENCHES. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, FOUR DAYS LATER, ON 02/08/1917,AGED 30. HE L […]
Padget, Charles
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
31 , BROOK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Brook Street
       
Died on
23/08/1921
       
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HANNAH MARY COOPER (1865-1949) & JOHN CHARLES PADGET (1859-1913), OF 31 BROOK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER MANAGED A LODGING HOUSE. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GROCER BOY. HE ENLISTED HULL IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/368, "D" COMPANY, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]
Wright, George W.
Private
13th East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
143 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Cottingham, East Riding
       
Died on
07/11/1917
       
Aged
20
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED WITH […]