Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at York as part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division.
08.08.1914 Moved to Edinburgh and then to Cambridge.
10.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
During 1915
The action at Hooge.
26.11.1915 Transferred to the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and continued to engage in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele. The Cambrai Operations.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Berlaimont.
Born Hull 1898. Son of Michael and Louisa Croke, of 5, Harding’s Square, New George Street, Hull (1911 Census address). Served in the Notts and Derby Regiment. Re-Enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment. Served in 1st EY Battalion, A Company. His regimental numbers were Private, 4334563, 59278, 23759, 241957. His army cards record him as … Read more
Born Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, 25 May 1897. Son of Charles Walker (1871-1935) and Anna Maria Walker, of Wilberfoss, Yorkshire. A Farm Servant. Described as 5 foot, 3.5 inches tall, 115 lbs weight, 34-36 inch chest, He had seven brothers and one sister. Enlisted Beverley, on 18/05/1915. Served in the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Received gunshot wounds … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES HARDY & STELLA PETCH, OF 10 LAUREL GROVE, ETON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWASY AT HULL DOCK.. LIVING AT 34 CHILTERN STREET. ALSO A FORMER RESERVIST WHO HAD SERVED SIX YEARS IN INDIA. HE REJOINED THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. … Read more
BORN LANGTOFT, YORKS, 1884. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH ROBSON. HE LIVED AT TIBTHORPE EAST YORKSHIRE. WORKED AS A FARM ASSISTANT FOR ROBERT GARDINER , AT CARNABY FARM, NEAR BRIDLINGTON, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE MARRIED IN DECEMBER 1904. HIS WIFE DINAH ELEANOR MORRIS, LIVED AT 7 HUNTS TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL. HE JOINED THE POLICE FORCE … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELIZABETH BROCKWELL, OF 50 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUING AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIAM BROCKWELL. HE WAS HUSBAND OF ANNIE PINDER. (NEE BOOTH) AT 14, EBOR PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A BOX MAKER. HE MARRIED ANNIE PINDER (BORN 27 JUNE1892), AT … Read more
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1878. HUSBAND OF FANNY LILLEY, OF 32 VICTOR STREET (ARMY ADDRESS), AND 51 , JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY AND THEN AT THE ROYAL LONDON INSURANCE OFFICE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EST YORKSHIRES. TAKEN PRISONER ON 09/04/1917. DIED OF WOUNDS IN GERMANY, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WALTER CHARLES JACKSON AND ELIZABETH ANN WARHURST, OF 111, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN LIVING AT 111, SPYVEE STREET. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1914, AGED 41. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/09/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT … Read more
BORN HULL 04/08/1893. SECOND SON OF EDWARD FOSTON (1867-1914), A DOCKSIDE LABOURER, & SARAH ANN PICKETT (1874-1940), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, 11 GROTTO SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET AND 29 CHRISTOPHER STREET,HULL. SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. ONE OF SEVEN BROTHERS AND YOUNGEST SISTER. THEY LOST THREE OF THEIR SEVEN SONS IN THE WAR. EMPLOYED AS … Read more
BORN SUTTON 1892, SON OF HENRY COATES (1862-1910) & HESTER MARY COATES (1867-1929). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS QUARTER MASTER, SERGEANT, “A” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/10/1916, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT SUTTON AND HIS NAME IS LISTED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. HIS … Read more
Born Blyth, Northumberland, on 01/03/1899. Only son of Walter Morgan Brabyn (1861-1923) & Mary Hannah Brabyn (1875-1962), of 13, Wensleydale Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland (War pension address). He had one sister Celia Mary Brabyn (1900-1994). He just started work as a postal clerk, when war began. He enlisted in Middlesbrough. Served as Lance Corporal, in ‘A’ … Read more
