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 Tranby House, Hessle, East Yorkshire, 14/10/1892. Son of Colonel, Harold Robinson Pease (1860-1937) and Violet Hector Barkworth (1866-1956) of The Lodge, Muston, Filey, Yorks. He had two brothers and two sisters. He came from a military family and was a Professional Soldier before the war. He lived at 72 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire (Probate … Read more
BORN MANCHESTER 1886. WIFE ELIZA (HARE) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF ALBERT & MARY WHITELEY. A FORMER REGULAR SOLDIER AND RESERVIST. HE WORKED AS A WINDOW CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/10/1914, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF EDWARD ROYDHOUSE (1857-1933) AND CATHERINE ANN WELBURN (1861-1922), OF 4 CROMWELL TERRACE, CROMWELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 6, CAUGHEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A TELEPHONE FAULT CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF LIEUT. DAVID ALBERT FOYSTON, HMS ‘WALLINGTON’ & JANE FOYSTON. – 89 ROSAMOND ST. 1918 VOTERS. JOSEPH K, RNR LIVED GILLETT ST
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE HARPER ELGEY & AMELIA ELSIE (HILLIER). HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 90B ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN “D” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM HENRY COOPER (1863-1942) & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH FOX (1863-1941), AT 7 EDWARDS SQUARE, COMMERCIAL ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. AN OIL MILLER, LIKE HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD & ELIZABETH CLINTON, OF 15 ELLIS TERRACE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. A TINNER’S LABOURER. HE MARRIED KATE VERNEY, AT HULL, ON 24/12/1908. HIS WIFE FANNY & SON HARRY (BORN 06/08/1913), LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/11/1914, AGED 27 YEARS AND 90 DAYS. POSTED TO … Read more
BORN CLEETHORPES 1883. SON OF CHARLES CLEMENTS (1850-1918) AND MARY ELLEN CLEMENTS (1858-1941), OF BEWHOLME, SEATON, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A RULLEYMAN. LIVED AT 5, ST GEORGES AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 21/03/1916, AGED 33 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. DESCRIBED … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT CLARKE & MARY ELIZABETH BRADLEY, OF 12 GEORGE PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (1891 CENSUS) & 14 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE RESIDED AT LUND, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 7763, ‘D’ COMPANY, 1ST … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF MICHAEL & MARY BHONES, OF 1 LIONS PLACE CANNING STREET, HULL. HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH FROM IRELAND AND LIVED AROUND HULL CITY CENTRE. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HIS WIFE ROSE LIVED AT CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED DURING BOMB … Read more
