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
8 GRIMSTON TERRACE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
30/08/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HARRY OSCAR WARDROBE AND MARY JANE WARDROBE, OF 20 RUSSELL PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A BRASS FINISHER. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 37019, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/08/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFE […]
Private
3 MYRTLE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/07/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JAMES & LAVINIA WATSON, OF 16 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL . MARRIED TO ANNIE WITH FOUR CHILDREN. EX RECKITTS WORKER AT THE MORLEY STREET PLANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST SIZE, GOOD VISION, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAS […]
Private
21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/08/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WATSON (1862-1926) & CHARLOTTE PRICE (1863-1955), OF 21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL AND 6 BROOKSIDE VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 20. […]
Private
BORN BELFAST 1897. SON OF ELLEN JANE WARD. HE LIVED IN WAKEFIELD AND HULL. KNOWN AS 'JERRY' WATSON. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS. BLUNDELL & SPENCE LTD, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER, WHO PLAYED FOR THE WORKS TEAM, WITH 'WILF' COLLEY. JERRY WATSON WAS DESCRIBED AS "A 'CENTER THREE QUARTER' OF GR […]
Sergeant
4, ALMA PLACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/01/1918
Aged
40
BORN HULL 1878. HULL PAL. SON OF ARTHUR & GERTRUDE WAUDBY, OF 19, BLUE BELL ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, EMMA ALICE WAUDBY, LIVED AT 4, ALMA PLACE, AND 1 EMERALD TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A MARINE ENGINEER FOR THE KINGSTON STEAM TRAWLER COMPANY AND FOR THOMAS WILSON AND SONS. HE SERVED AS SERGE […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL, 02/11/1889. SECOND SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WEBSTER (1854-1941) & EVELINE ROSE PEARSON (1862-1922), OF 113. WESTBOURNE AVNEUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ZACHARIAH CHARLES PEARSON, THE HULL PHILANTHROPIST. HIS FATHER WORKED FOR ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSONS, THE HULL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. LIVED GOOLE. KILLED IN ACTION. REGULAR SOLDIER. BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Private
Died on
24/02/1917
Aged
26
Born Fulstow, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of Espin West (1845-1908) and Mary Dobson, of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. He had a brother Henry Francis West and sisters, Margaret Lucy Broughton and Elsie Ellen Tanner. He lived in Burstwick, working as a horseman on a farm and labourer. Described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall, chest size 37-38 inches, 13 […]
Private
1 ELIZABETH TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE HENRY WESTERDALE (1859-1917) AND DOVE WESTERDALE (1865-1944). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE THAD THREE BROTHERS EDWARD, JOHN (1892-1915) AND ERNEST, AND A SISTER, FLORENCE. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11556, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REG […]
Private
13, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. SCULCOATES. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WHATT (1863-1924) & ELIZABETH WHATT (1873-1939), OF 173 WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTER. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 13, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED IN HIS FATHER'S COAL BUSINESS AND ON THE WATERWAYS IN THE OLD HARBOUR. HE ENLIST […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF JANE WHEELER (1860-1936, OF POTTERY HOUSE, 119 STEPNEY LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GROCER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED […]
Private
2 PERSERVERENCE TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/09/1915
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM WHITE (1855-1941) & ADA BROWN (1859-1931). EX RULLEYMAN FOR MR LANGLEY FISH MERCHANTS, HESSLE ROAD. HE MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE, LILY ROWAN (1893-1987) AND DAUGHTER, LILY (1915-2016), LIVED AT 2 PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE AND 1 THORNTON PLACE, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRES […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. ELDEST SON OF WALTER WHITTLETON THIS ADDRESS & 39 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD.. LABOURER. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HDM ON 22ND JULY 1919. *
Private
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILCOCKSON & ADA WILCOCKSON, AT THIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS. A FORMER SHIPPING CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH EYR (HULL PALS). TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST BATTALION, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, DORIS I MILLWARD, WHO HE […]
Corporal
8 NORNABELL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/10/1917
Aged
37
BORN HULL 12/10/1879, AT 6 LIME TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. SON OF WILLIAM WILKINSON (1852-1896) AND MARY ANN MARRIOT (1856-1935). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE MARRIED EDITH EMMA WARD, AT ST MAYS CHURCH, HULL, ON 23/12/1901, AGED 23. HE WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER AND CARTER, LIVING AT CHURCH LANE, PRESTON, (1911 CENSUS) AND […]
Private
13, Gilliatt Street, Scunthorpe
Died on
20/10/1914
Aged
23
Born Scunthorpe, 1891. Son of Albert Edward Wilkinson (1867-1925) and Elizabeth Ann Coates (1867-1949), of 13, Gilliatt Street, Scunthorpe. He had two brothers and three sisters. An Army Reservist. Worked as a Greaser (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment that arrived in France, on 5th Sept 1914 […]
Private
Stockport, Cheshire
Died on
18/10/1914
Aged
19
Born Stockport, Cheshire. Son of Joseph and Diana Williams, of Stockport. He enlisted in Hull. Killed in action, on 18/10/1914, aged 19.
Private
23 ALLISON STREET, LINCOLN, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
43
BORN HULL 1873. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZA (PARLETT), ONLY SISTER MRS ELIZA STILES LIVED IN LINCOLN ABOVE. ENLISTED HUDDERSFIELD. SERVED IN "D" COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 43. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, ELIZA STILES.
Private
16 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
19
BORN NEWARK, NOTTS, 1896. SECOND SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, 2 BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A GROCER'S CLERK. HE AT 12 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORI […]
Private
BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH JANE WILSON, OF WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. STEP SON OF LANCE CORPORAL, SHERE, OF 11 WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL HE WAS FORMER STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP "ARRO". HE ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1916. JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE BOARDED WITH HIS BROTHERS WILLIAM AND GEO […]
