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: 13th East Yorkshire Regiment
Private
BORN HULL 18/12/1885. SON OF ANTHONY WALSH (1843-1912) AND CATHERINE WALSH (1844-1926). SON OF A BRICKLAYER. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 14, NEWTON COURT ALDBORO STREET IN 1881; 3, SCOTTS PLACE, SCOTT STREET IN 1901; 4, WOODBINE TERRACE, RODNEY STREET […]
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13, BLENHEIM TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
01/04/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF MRS SARAH ANN WATTS, OF 13, BLENHEIM TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE, AND THREE MARRIED SISTERS. HE WORKED FOR MR ROBSON, HAY MERCHANT, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, AS A STRAW AND HAY TRUSSER. HE BOARDED AT 12, ALFRED TERRACE, VAUXHALL GRIVE HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS […]
Private
5 PROVIDENCE PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 12/06/1888. SON OF FRED WARD AND MARY WELSH (1862-1923). HE HAD THREE OLDER SISTERS, JANE, FLORENCE AND GERTRUDE. FRED WAS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL AND KNOWN AS "LITTLE FREDDIE". HE WORKED AS A SHIP'S STEWARD. HIS WIFE ALICE & TWO DAUGHTERS JESSIE AND WINIFRED WAUD LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 16/ […]
Private
Hollym, Withernsea, Yorkshire
Died on
15/05/1918
Aged
22
Born Hollym, near Withernsea, Yorkshire, 1896. Son of William Henry White and Mary Ellen White, of Hollym, Hull. He had a brother, Edward and sister, Florence. Also numerous Aunts, Uncles and Cousins, connected with the Withernsea and Hull area. Employed as a farm Labourer. Described as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, 35-37 inch chest, 127 l […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1864-1930) & RACHAEL WILLIAMS (1864-1924), OF 87, ST GEORGES ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, GRANVILLE GARDENS, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, AND 34 INCH CHEST. STUDIED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE , LIVING […]
Private
11 DUKE TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK WILSON & EDITH ROSE BENNETT, OF 9 BONFIELD TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, ETHEL, EDITH AND ELSIE. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 9 DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET AND 11 DUKE TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, 13/1 […]
Private
5 LIME TREE VILLA, STONFERRY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1878. STONEFERRY. HULL PAL. KIA. SON OF THOMAS & ANN WINTER, SUTTON. WIFE ANNIE WINTER ABOVE - 1901 CENSUS
Private
BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF TOM WOODMANSEY & ISABELLA ADA CHAPMAN, OF 36 LUKES STREET, HULL. AND 35 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. BROTHER TO JOHN, HARRY AND DORA. A HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION […]
Private
7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH ANN WRIGHT, OF 7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND WIDER FAMILY ALL LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE WAS A JOINER'S LABOURER BY TRADE. HE HAD MARRIED ON 22/03/1914. HIS WIFE, ADELINE ROBERTS, AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE LILLIAN WRIGHT, LIVED AT 8 CLAIRMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET. […]
