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.
Sergeant
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1883. SON OF GEORGE DARLEY ROBINSON, 9 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. WIFE EDITH EMILY ATKINSON LIVED 18 WASSAND STREET. THEY MARRIED IN SCARBOROUGH 26/12/1913. FORMER LEADING RIGGER FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. ENLISTED HULL 21/11/1914. EMBARKED WITH MEF ON 16/08/1915. REDUCED TO CORPORAL FOR BEING DRUNK, 20/8/1916 […]
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3 ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MR THOMAS KELSEY ROBINSON (1854-1937) & ELIZABETH WOODHEAD (1855-1918), OF 5 PROSPECT TERRACE, CARLTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & 3 ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A BRASS MOULDER AND SAILOR. DESCRIBED AS […]
Private
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS AND ELIZA ROGERS, OF 8 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED TEREZA HEMPSOCK, AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, ON 09/12/1903. HIS WIFE TERESA, LIVED AT 4 RUGMERE AVENUE, REGENT STREET (1911 CENSUS), 2 VILLA PLACE, HESSLE R […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH ROSE (1861-1933) & ANNA MARIE GELHARD (1862-1919), OF 29, SEATON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 91 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GAS WORKS STOKER. HE HAD BROTHERS, RICHARD, THOMAS AND HAROLD ROSE, SISTERS, RACHEL AND ETHEL. HE WORKED IN A PAPER PRESS, AS A MACHINE PRINTER. HIS […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1907. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS SHORTLY AFTER WAR WAS DECLARED. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 27TH MAY 1916, AGED 27. HE LEFT HIS WIFE FLORENCE EMMA JOHNSON & THREE SMALL CHILDREN, (FLORENCE, CHARLES AND ALBERT) AT 2 HILDAS AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. HE ALSO LIVED AT 2 […]
Lance Corporal
3 CAMPBELL TERRACE, ALICIA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE, OF 7 BARMSTON STREET AND 12 CENTRAL AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, ON 22/03/1913. HIS WIFE EMMA (MARTIN) & DAUGHTER IRENE E (BORN 30/09/1913), LIVED AT 3 CAMPBELL TERRACE, ALICIA STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HU […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM AND MARY ANN RYAN, OF 52, DOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LORNE TERRACE, EAST BOLDEN, DURHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN CORK IRELAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN GATESHEAD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/08/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT LE […]
Lance Corporal
6 COLUMBIA AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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13/11/1916
Aged
30
BORN LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, NORFOLK, 07/08/1886. SON OF HENRY AND ELIZABETH SAMPLE, OF 12 DENTON STREET, AND 16 SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. HE WAS WORKING ON A FARM HANDLING HORSES. MARRIED ROSANNA AND HAD ONE CHILD. MOVED TO HULL AT THE ABOVE ARMY ADDRESS. HIS SIBLINGS HAD ALSO MOVED TO HULL LIVING AT 6 WARNE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF MARTHA SANDS (1853-1943), OF 10 CROYLAND AVENUE, HOLLAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A GROCER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH SHEARD (1890-1963), ON 10/11/1915, AT ST PETER'S CHURCH, DRYPOOL. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH LIVED AT 26, CHURCH STREET, HULL. HE ENLI […]
Private
BORN HULL 1876. SON OF GEORGE AND HARRIET SCOTT OF 7 EXMOUTH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED EDITH MARIA ATKINSON IN HULL, IN 1899. HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED ABOVE & 62 HEREFORD STREET, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/12/1914, AGED 38 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS & THE LATE SARAH SHAKESPEARE, OF 83 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AT MESSRS ROSE, DOWN AND THOMPSON. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. HE WAS ALSO A CHOIR BOY AND SERVED AT ST SILAS' CHURCH. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYP […]
Private
BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWIN SHARP (1868-1943) & MARY ANN GREG (1874-1926), OF 44 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 131 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE HULL […]
Private
17 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
04/08/1916
Aged
35
BORN POCKLINGTON 19/03/1881. SON OF WILLIAM SHEARSMITH & MATILDA CRAVEN. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN - BROTHER WILLIAM. SISTERS, SARAH AND ANNIE. THE FAMILY RESIDED IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED ANNIE HOPPER, AT SCULCOATES CHURCH, HULL ON 06/06/1908. ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 13TH EYR, HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, 0 […]
Lance Corporal
4 ARUNDLE TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN HENRY SHEPHERDSON (1860-1945) & AGNES MARY BELT (1866-1938). HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1915. HUSBAND TO DOLPHINA M. STEVENSON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD C […]
Private
7, ST. HILDA''S TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
18/11/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SAMUEL J & MARIA SHIELDS, OF 14 GEORGES AVENUE, LAKE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 7, ST. HILDA''S TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL. A SAW MILLER AT RECKITT'S, DANSOM LANE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35-38 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE JOINED THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRIT […]
Private
BORN HULL 24/05/1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SHORES (1868-1953) & ANNIE ADAMSON (1871-1952), OF 84, COLTMAN STREET, HULL & 284 CRNBROOK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). JOHN WAS A CLERK WHO LIVED AT HOME WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND HAROLD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 22/10/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE 07/05/1916. REPORTED […]
Private
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF MRS MARTHA SMITH, OF 70 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN, WHO WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE WAS NEARLY SIX FOOT TALL AND OF GOOD PHYSIQUE. HIS TWO SISTERS LIVED AT 3 COBDEN STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18//11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED AT TH […]
Private
5, MARGARET TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
15/11/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF MARTHA PARKINSON & THE LATE JAMES ALFRED SMITH (1860-1912), AT 70, BRIGHTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 5, MARGARET TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/12/1914. DESCRIBED AT 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 139 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST AND GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RI […]
Private
13, WINNIE'S PLACE, ST JAMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FRED SNOWDEN (1857-1901) AND ADA HARMON (1853-1928), OF 3, CONSTABLE BUILDINGS, ENGLISH STREET (1911 CENSUS), 13, WILLIAM PLACE, ST JAMES STREET, HULL AND 45, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WORKED AS A PLATER'S MATE (RIVETT HEATER). RESIDED AT 13, WINNIE'S PLACE, […]
Private
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH, 1887. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES HERBERT SNOWLEY (1860-1931), AND ELLEN LAVINIA POWLEY (1862-1945), OF 63 ALEXANDER STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EYR (HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 27 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS D […]
