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.
Private
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF SOLOMAN & ALICE, OF 116 , CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY HE WAS A GARDNER AND FRUIT MERCHANT, ON HUMBER STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 45 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS AND SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TAKEN PRISONER ON 13/11/19 […]
Private
42, WEST STREET, HULL, UK
Died on
06/02/1915
Aged
28
Born Hull, 1886. Only Son of Thomas and Catherine C. Stead, of 4, Pearson Street, Hull. Son of a steam engine fitter. He had six sisters. He worked as a Cab driver. Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 159 lbs weight, 37-39 inch chest. He married, Mary Ethel Sunman (1885-1952) and had three children, Gladys, William and Joseph. They liv […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF EDWARD PEEL STIRK (1848-1919) AND FANNY RICHARDSON (1853-1940), OF 26 MULGRAVE STREET, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, CLAUDE STIRK AND FOUR SISTERS, - ADA, EVA, ELMA, AND CLARICE STIRK. HE WAS MARRIED AT ST PAUL'S CHURCH, HULL, ON 31/05/1914. HIS WIFE, ESTHER KELLETT AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, EDWARD AND ETHEL, LIVED AT 120 […]
Private
10 PORTER'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. STEP SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON AND ONLY SON OF ANNIE JOHNSON ABOVE. UNMARRIED. GROCERS CLERK AND RULLY LAD. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 16/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/
Private
7 PAULL TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR & MINNIE STORR, OF 2 PERCY AVENUE, RUGBY STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO ENLISTING ON 11/01/1915, ARTHUR WORKED FOR MESSRS. J DAWSON, FRUIT AND POTATO MERCHANTS, HULL FISH DOCK. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE MINNIE (BILTON) AT 7 PAULL TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE WAS SOME MONTHS REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING AT TH […]
Private
4, SCARBOROUGH TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/01/1917
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. THIRD SON OF RICHARD SUGDEN (1848-1920) & ELIZABETH SUGDEN (1857-1936), OF 16, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF A SHIP BUILDER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A RECKITTS WOOD SAWYER, AT THE BLUE AND STARCH WORKS (1911 CENSUS). HE LIVED AT 4, SCARBOROUGH TERRACE, KENT STREET, […]
Private
BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF VICTOR SWIFT (1864-1922) & ELLEN DONNISON (1865-1931), OF 6, MIDGLEY TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT AND 'LOCK SMITH', AT SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 15/02/1915. SERVED WITH THE 13T […]
Private
BORN HULL 31/10/1885. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH SYPH (1848-1928) & EMMA SAVAGE 91849-1930), AT 1 MARSH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE LANE SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS HE WAS A OIL MILLER AT MESSRS LEE SMITH & CO, WINCOLMLEE. HE ENLIST […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALFRED & ELIZA TAYLOR, 49 MILL STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, ARTHUR, JOHN, EDWARD AND HERBERT TAYLOR AND ONE SISTER ELIZA WHO ALL LIVED AT 49 MILL STREET, BROOK STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ON 22/03/1913. WIFE OLIVE WALKER LATER (SIMPSON). LIVED AT 10 RUTH'S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, 2 […]
Private
20, Princes Road, Hull
Died on
06/05/1917
Aged
32
Born Burton Constable, 1885. on of Joseph Taylor (1836-1884) and Amathea Smith Bell (1847-1956) A Tram Conductor in Hull. He married Ada Lillian Cooper (1886–1915) at Hull, in 1911. She died in 1915. He then lived with his older, married sister, Rebecca Simpson, at 20 Princes Road, Hull (army records address). He enlisted in Hull, on 2 […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. HIS PARENTS DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. HIS SISTER ALICE LIVED AT 77 ROSAMOND STREET. MARRIED 09/09/1912. HIS WIFE GRACE (MUDD) STANSFIELD, AND YOUNG SON GEORGE, LIVED 1 JOHN'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A CLERK. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, 23/11/1914. EMBARKED FOR BEF IN FRANCE 7/5/1916. KILLED IN A […]
Private
8 AINSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 28/03/1883, AT 4 COACH AND HORSES YARD, MYTONGATE, HULL. PARENTS DECEASED. HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY,HULL, ON 21/06/1899, AGED 18. HIS WIFE WAS POLLY SAXBY (1880-1952). THEY LIVED AT 8 AINSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN WILLIAM, ALBERT, THOMAS, ALICE, POLLY, AND ?. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HIS ARMY […]
Private
10 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/11/1916
Aged
18
BORN COTTINGHAM 1898. SON OF ALFRED AND EMMA THRUSSELL, OF CRESCENT STREET AND 10 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. BROTHERS ARTHUR, WILLIAM AND JOHN AND SISTERS ANNIE AND MIRIAM.HE LIVED AT 81 ST PAUL STREET, HULL. BEFORE JOINING THE ARMT, HE WORKED FOR MR WRAY, THE HAY AND STRAW DEALER, CAROLINE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EYR RESERVES […]
Lance Corporal
8, DANESBURY AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 11/01/1893. SON OF JAMES TOALSTER (1854-1913) AND MARY ANN CLEARY (1859-1929), OF 2 KINGS BUILDINGS, NEW GEORGE STREET AND 7 HAMPDEN TERRACE, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. SON OF AN OIL SEED PRESSMAN. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1913. THE FAMILY WERE ROMAN CATHOLIC. BEFORE THE WAR THOMAS WAS AN OIL SEED MILLER. HE EN […]
Private
3, SUTTON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/06/1917
Aged
38
BORN WORCESTER 1879. SON OF ARTHUR TOMKINS (1854-1913) & CHARLOTTE TOMKINS, WHO LIVED IN BAYSTON, SALOP. WIFE SELINA TOMKINS LIVED AT 3, SUTTON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. SURVIVED THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME AND OPPY WOOD […]
Private
15 CLARENDON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/07/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF DAVID TOMLINSON (1869-1944), AND CLARA JENNISON, OF 90 OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. SON OF A METAL MERCHANT. HE ASSISTED IN THE BUSINESS. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE EDITH KATE FARR (1894-), LIVED AT 15 CLARENDON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, HERBERT CHARLES TOMLINSON […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HESSLE 17/11/1895. SON OF CHARLES SEATON TUNE & MARTHA ANNIE EVISON, OF "WESTLANDS", HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WAS ON THE OFFICE STAFF AT EX RECKITTS. HE RESIDED AT ANLABY PARK ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMERCIALS ON 01/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. POSTED TO FRANCE MARCH 1916. RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN […]
Private
BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 1894. SON OF WALLIS & KATE WALKER, OF 6 LEE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS. BLEASDALE AND BARRACLOUGH, HULL, AS SHIP'S MATE OF A KEEL. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN BARTON ON HUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. JOINING THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE (HULL SPORTSMEN) BATTALION. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND […]
Corporal
57 , WHEELER STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/11/1917
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. A HAWKER. HE MARRIED ON 27/12/1909. HIS WIFE MILICENT FEASEY & 5 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 57 WHEELER STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE REPORTED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS THAT HIS PARENTS WERE UNKNOWN AND HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN HUL […]
Private
19 SALISBURY TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
38
THIS CASUALTY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE COME FROM HULL. HE APPEARS IN THE CWGC RECORDS, BUT THERE ARE NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN AT TODMORDEN, 26/08/1878. SON OF CHARLES WALMSLEY AND MARY JANE CLAY. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 15/10/1901. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN, ALL UNDER 16, AND LIVED AT 19 SAL […]
