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 SWINEFLEET 1883. SON OF RICHARD WALSH (1852-1930) & KATE DEMPSEY (1857-1924), OF 3 ALPHA AVENUE, GLASS HOUSE ROW, STONEFERRY, HULL & 3, ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
BORN BRANTINGHAM, YORKSHIRE, 1880. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM TASKER (1857-1926) & ELLEN HYDE (1863-1933), OF 6, WOODBINE TERRACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WAS A HULL POST OFFICE WORKER AND PAINTER’S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES … Read more
BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF GEORGE & FRANCIS MERKIN, OF DRIFFIELD. MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE ESTER (DINSDALE) LIVED KIRK ELLA, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). TRANSFERRED TO “B” COMPANY, 1ST EYR BATTALION. KILLED ON 22/10/1917, AGED 30. HE IS BURIED AT GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ANDREW & ANNIE GERAGHTY. PTE’s ANTHONY & JOHN ALSO SERVED ABOVE. LISTED ON THE PORTLAND & GARDEN STREET ROH’S. EX BLUNDELLS.
Born Bradford 1896. Son of Frank Baines Foxcroft (1865-1943) and Louisa Foxcroft (1863-1928), of 14, Hull Road., Hedon, Hull. (CWGC Address). A weigh clerk. Enlisted in Hull. Served as Private, 10/21, 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds, on the 5th June 1915, aged 19. He is buried, in France. His grave inscription, reads, “WHEN … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM CROSS & MARTHA PIZER, OF 3 DURHAM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/05/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23898, ‘B’ COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SENT TO FRANCE ON 18/09/1916. TAKEN PRISONER ON 23/03/1918. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT CALAIS, ON 11/12/1918, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SECOND SON OF MRS ELEANOR & THE LATE R H CANNELL OF 9 CLIFFORD STREET, HORNSEA. ONLY HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER – ROLAND. WALTER WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A HOUSE FURNISHER ASSISTANT. LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER ELLEN SEDON, AT 263 SPRING BANK AND 1 CLAREMONT TERRACE, DAY … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. ‘SERVED AS BURKE”, BUT WARNER WAS HIS TRUE FAMILY NAME. SON OF JULIA WARNER, OF 1 BEADLE TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). BROTHER OF CHARLES HENRY WARNER (ARMY EFFECTS RECORDS), EDUCATED AT HULL TRUANTS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL (1901 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, … Read more
BORN TOLLERTON, YORKSHIRE 1893. SON OF WILLIAM BOYES AND SUSANNAH DURRANT (1865-1939), OF IVY COTTAGE, LANGTON (NEAR MALTON), YORKSHIRE . SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HARRY AND ONE SISTER, MOIRAH. HE WAS A JOINER, LIVING AT 32, VANE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOSEPH AND ALICE BIRD, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY. HIS ELDER SISTER, ALICE WITHERS ALSO LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WITH NELLIE, DOROTHY, WILLIAM AND GEORGE
