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.
Private
1 KATE'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/12/1914
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1883. RESIDED GRIMSBY. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. SON OF MR JAMES WILLIAM & ANN BARNEY, OF 96 HILDYARD STREET, GRIMSBY. THIS WAS THEIR HULL ADDRESS (1891 CENSUS). HE IS BURIED AT DESPLANQUE FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.
Private
40, Louis Street, Hull
Died on
23/07/1916
Born Stockworth, Lincolnshire, 1890. Son of Henry and Alice Barratt, of 9, Sydney Terrace, Londesborough Street, Hull. A Goods Porter for the North Eastern Railway. Described as 5 foot, 3 " tall, 34-36 " Chest. Married at St Stephens Church, Hull on 0n 2nd Fed 1916. Husband of Ethel Mowforth, at 9, Kingston Terrace, Spring Street, Hull […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHRISTOPHER BARRETT (1849-1910) & EMILY OMER (1854-1908), OF HULL. AN IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE, ON 20/09/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/10/1914, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS OLDEST BROTHER, […]
Private
28, KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
09/04/1917
PTE. H. A. BASS REPORTED AS KILLED IN ACTION ON 09/04/1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH MAY 1917. NO OTHER MILITARY DETAILS TRACED. Henin Cross - Beverley Minster The cross commemorates all ranks of the 64th Infantry Brigade, which included the 1st East Yorkshires, 10th King's Own York […]
Private
14, COTTON TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/07/1918
Aged
28
BORN HULL 12/03/1890. ONLY SON OF FRED BAYS (1863-1934) & MARY CARRISON (1867-1940), OF 3, IVY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL AND 19 LIME STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, PRUDENCE, MURIEL AND IRENE. EMPLOYED AS A RULLEY MAN. HE MARRIED AT ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 19/06/1915. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH COOK & SON HAROLD (BORN […]
Private
BORN SUTTON 1878. SON OF JOHN BAYSTON (1847-1908) & ELIZABETH BAYSTON, SUTTON. (1901 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 17 OCTOBER 1908. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER AND LABOURER. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE E, CAWKWELL (1884-1896) & 2 CHILDREN (RONALD AND PHYLLIS), LIVED AT 7, ERNEST AVENUE, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED […]
Private
15 SHELBURN TERRACE, LANSDOWNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/03/1917
Aged
32
BORN HESSLE 1885. SON OF GEORGE BEAN AND MARTHA HANNAH STARK, 47 ALASKA STREET. MARRIED 06/07/1913, WIFE MARY AGNES HAYHURST BENNETT, LIVED AT 1 GILBERT AVENUE, HALTENPRICE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE (1915 AND 15 SHELBURN TERRACE, LANSDOWNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER AND RESERVIST. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, HARGREAVES […]
Private
12 HAWTHORNE TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/03/1915
Aged
21
BORN HULL OCT 1893. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP (1872-1944) & MARY ELLEN BEAUCHAMP, ABOVE ADDRESS 1911 CENSUS. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. A BOILER SCALER. SINGLE MAN. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10070, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS FATHER, GEORGE. HE IS […]
Private
3 RIPLEY AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN ALERTHORPE 1892. ELDEST SON OF HENRY & HANNAH BECKETT OF KIRBY KNOWLE, THIRSK. HIS WIFE, EDITH EMILY BECKETT, AND SON WILLIAM HENRY (BORN 07/11/1915), LIVED AT 3 RIPLEY AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 16/09/1916, […]
Lieutenant Colonel
BORN LONDON 04/10/1862. FOURTH SON OF GENERAL, HENRY ROXBY BENSON, OF THE 17TH LANCERS. RICHARD ERLE BENSON, WAS COMMANDER OF THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE JOINED THE REGIMENT AS A YOUNG OFFICER, ON 14/05/1884, RISING THROUGH THE OFFICER RANKS. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND OFTEN LED RECRUITMENT MARCHES AROUND THE CITY. HE SERVED […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & USULA BETTS. Pocklington Post 8/11/2012: James Frederick Betts, of Hedon Road, Hull, served with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was reported wounded and missing in March 1918 and this prompted his sister Sarah to write to one of his comrades to try and establish his fate. She […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF FRANCIS BICKERS & MARY JANE HADDOCK, OF 30A SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND FIVE SONS SERVING IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED IN 1912. WIFE LAVINIA REVELER LIVED AT 38 SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FISH FRYER IN SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN NOV […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE HENRY BILLANY. HIS MOTHER ROSE COYLE (FORMERLY BILLANY), LIVED AT 399 WINCOLMLEE, WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, THOMAS COYLE, AND AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON THE SOMME, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT FRED, JOSEPH, ANNIE, ROSE & ALICE. […]
Private
16 ANVILL TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
13/02/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ALFRED JAMES & MARY ANN BISHOP , OF 16 ANVILL TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) . ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 27/10/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13TH FEBRUARY 1916, AGED 31. BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY […]
Private
4 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1878. AN ORPHAN. PARENTS UNKNOWN. HE HAD A BROTHER, JOHN AND SISTER, FLORRIE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915. HE MARRIED ON 04/07/1915. HIS WIFE EDITH SELINA BISSICK (1882-1972) AND 5 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 4 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF MARGARET MOORE & ALFRED WILCOCKSON BLAKELEY, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER 44A HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER FLORENCE (LATER MCDONALD). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1892 AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIED GEORGE McCLOUD A YEAR LATER HAVING THREE MORE CHILDREN. ALEXANDER BLAKELEY ENLISTED IN HULL. AND WAS KILLED ON THE 1ST JUL […]
Private
3 DOVER CRESCENT, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1915
Aged
34
BORN SUTTON, 1880. SON OF WILLIAM SCAIFE & MARTHA ESTER BLAKEY, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1915, AGED 34, AT ETAPLES GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS MOTHER MARTHA AND SISTERS ALICE, ADA […]
Lance Corporal
BORN LEEDS 03/04/1895. SON OF JESSE BLAND (1852-1917) & CATHERINE WILSON, AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 28/10/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. EX, 4800, 3/4TH EYR. TRAINED AS A SIGNALER. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 14/09/1916. TRANSFERRED ON 02/10/1916, TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROM […]
Private
5, HARROW TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/10/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HERBERT BOAST OF 365 HAWTHORNE AVENUE. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER AS A CARRIER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE REBECCA HODGSON (1895-1972) LIVED AT 5, HARROW TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS SON HERBERT WAS BORN ON 20/10/1915. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EYR (HULL PAL […]
Private
BORN HULL 22/11/1887. FOURTH SON OF JOHN THOMAS BODDY & MARY ARTIS WHITE, 69 WEST PARADE, HULL AND 21 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HORNSEA. EX CHRONOMETER MAKER -WILSON & SONS SHIPPING LINE. JOINED THE ARMY ON 13/07/1905. SERVED AT HOME BETWEEN 1905-1907, INDIA FROM 1907-1913, AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN DECEMBER 1913 TO JOIN THE SPECIAL […]
