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 1891. SON OF ELIAS AND MARIA CAPES, OF 116, BANKERS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A KEELMAN. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BLACK, WHO HE HAD MARRIED IN 1916. SHE LIVED AT 28, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT ARRAS. DIE […]
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BORN PRESTON, LANCS, 1895. SON OF ANNIE (CHAPMAN) & THE LATE JAMES CATTERALL OF 6 NEWPORT STREET, NELSON, LANCS. HE WORKED IN HULL AS A SHIP STEWARD AND LIVED AT 32CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 13/12/1914. TRAINED AS A BOMBER. WENT TO FRANCE ON 16/04/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/191 […]
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BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. KIA SHRAPNEL. 3RD SON OF THOMAS CAWKWELL, OF 6 FERN AVE, FERN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 24/08/1916, AGED 23. THE STORY OF HIS DEATH WAS LISTED ON HIS STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS BURIED AT ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOU […]
Sergeant
81, MELROSE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE MARIA CHESTER, OF 45, GRANVILLE STREET AND 4, MINNIE GROVE, WALTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE GLADYS ENID THORLEY & 3 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 81, MELROSE STREET, HULL AND LATER MOVED TO 63, BANNISTER STREET AND 51 ARTHUR STREET, WITHERNSEA, AFTER HIS DE […]
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6, CROSSLAND AVENUE, HOLLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
27/01/1918
Aged
32
BORN HULL 13/09/1885. SON OF JAMES CLATER (1855-1931) & MARY ANN KYNMAN (1860-1947). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED HANNAH (ANNIE) WALMSLEY, AT HULL, ON 14/10/1905. HIS WIFE, ANNIE CLATER & SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 11 HERBERTS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 6, CROSSLAND AVENUE, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENS […]
Corporal
BORN DONCASTER 1879. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF HARRY (1849-1917) AND EMMA COLLINS, OF DONCASTER. PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE MARRIED ON 22/08/1907. HUSBAND OF SARAH CAROLINE PATCHING (1880-1941) AND FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN THEY LIVED AT 3, EDNA GROVE, HADDON STREET, HULL, (OFF HAWTHORN AVENUE). HE WORKED FOR T […]
Private
7 STORY'S BUILDINGS, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
Aged
33
BORN DRIFFIELD 1883. SON OF MARY CONWAY LIVED AT 4, ANVIL'S TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS AN ELECTRIC CRANE DRIVER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 25/06/1910. LIVED AT 7, STORY'S BUILDINGS, SPRING STREET, HULL, WITH HIS WIFE ELIZABETH MARY BURKHEAD AND THEIR SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/12/1914. SERVE […]
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BORN HULL 1898. FIFTH SON OF WILLIAM CLIFTON COOK & SARAH ANNE (BURDON). SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. ONE OF EIGHT BROTHERS LIVING AT 65 CRAVEN STREET, HULL AND THIS ADDRESS. BROTHERS HENRY, HORACE, WILLIAM & JOHN COOK ALSO SERVED. ARTHUR ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION). WAS KI […]
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BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. HULL PAL. SEVERAL GEORGE COOPER'S ON CENSUS RECORDS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS SISTER GERTRUDE WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE WAS GEORGE COOPER, BORN HULL 1899 & LIVED AT 15 ARTHUR TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. THE GUARDIAN OF HIS LEGACY WAS ELLEN BENNETT BUT SHE IS UNTRACED?
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BORN WOOTON UNDER EDGE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1896. SON OF ROBERT GRANTLEY COOPER AND MARTHA ELEANOR COOPER, OF 66 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER EDWARD COOPER, EYR AT THIS ADDRESS, OFF FOUNTAIN ROAD. HE WAS SINGLE AND WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/325, 13TH E […]
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BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1896. SON OF ROBERT KELL COOPER AND MARY SMALLEY AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). BROTHERS WILLIAM & SYDNEY COOPER ALSO SERVED. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED IN THE 13TH HULL PALS. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT LUKE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, PUISIEUX, FRANCE. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/
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10, ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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06/08/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH AND ADA CORNER (1867-1944), OF 10, ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SECOND OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FISH PACKER, AT MESSRS, C. BUTTERS, ON HULL FISH DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 149 LBS WEIGHT, 35. […]
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4 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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21
BORN HULL 1895. BATTALION SIGNALLER. SON OF FRANCES JANE DUNN (1874-1964) & THE LATE GEORGE CORNTHWAITE (1876-1917), OF 4 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR ATKINS & CO, DAIRYCOATES, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YO […]
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7 WALTERS TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM COUPLAND (1843-1910) & THE LATE ANN JACKMAN COUPLAND (1850-1901), PEARSONS BUILDINGS, BARROWHAVEN, BRIGG. A BRICKYARD LABOURER, HE LIVED AND WORKED IN HULL. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION), ON 21/04/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND IN […]
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Born Nafferton, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of John Thomas Cowton (1863-1939) & Mary Agnes Vickerman (1867-1953), of 3 Arch Avenue, Holmes Street, Fountain Road, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a railway porter. He had two brothers, Edward and Albert and a sister, Edith. He enlisted in the Hull Pals. Served with the 13th East Yorkshire Regime […]
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BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JAMES GOOCH CULLUM & ANNIE ELIZABETH BROWN OF 7 , WALKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE SONS. TRAINED AS A FRENCJ POLISHER. EMPLOYED AT THE HULL RADIATOR WORKS. LAURENCE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 12/05/1916, AGED 18. HE SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS SENT TO FRANCE 29/09/1916. KILLED IN […]
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7 SPRING TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/10/1916
Aged
30
BORN HESSLE 1887. SON OF JAMES TAMKIN CURTIS (1855-1941) & ANNIE LACEY (1865-1943). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. A GARDNER BOARDING AT 5 DERBY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 16/10/1916, AGED 30. HIS WIDOW MARY CURTIS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS AND AT 8 CHARLES TERRACE, DERBY STREET. HIS DEAT […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1886. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM DADDY AND FRANCES FOSTER, 28, CHEAPSIDE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ON 24/11/1911. HIS WIFE ALICE WILSON DADDY, LIVED AT 5, IVY TERRACE, ALASKA STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SHE ALSO LIVED 38, ALASKA STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER TERRITORIAL WITH THE 1/5TH EYR CYCLIST. HE […]
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3, BICKERTON BUILDINGS, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
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30
BORN HULL 1887. ONLY CHILD OF CHARLES MADDEN DARBY (1859-1897) & MARGARET CALEY (1859-1939) HE HAD NO OTHER SIBLINGS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 125 LBS WEIGHT, 'DEFECTIVE TEETH'. MARRIED ON 30/03/1907. HIS WIFE MARY (DUNKERLEY) AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT, 3, PLIMSOLL TERRACE, CHA […]
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BORN HULL 1883. AKA 'EDDIE'. ONLY SON OF JOHN (JACK) DAVISON (1852-1918) & ANNIE ELIZA STONES (1855-1927), OF 91 JALLAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER, ALICE AMELIA WING, OF 91 JALLAND STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ETHEL LOUISA THORLEY (1885-1972), AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 26/01/1914. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, EDNA AND CHARLES, […]
