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
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 ADD […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF WALTER AND MARY WHITTLETON, OF 62 , HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 39 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED ON HESSLE ROAD. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH C […]
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 (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS FORMER STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP "ARRO". HE ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1916. JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE BOARDED WITH HIS B […]
Private
40 Keldgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
29/12/1915
Aged
27
Born Bridlington 1889. A bricklayer. Enlisted Bridlington. Resided Beverley. Killed at Gallipoli. Husband of Mrs. Edith Ellen. Anstee (formerly Wilson), of 40 Keldgate, Bevverley (War Pension Address) and 5, Vowler Street, Walworth, London. His army effects were left to his widow, and two daughters. His CWGC grave inscription, reads, "H […]
Private
48, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
12/10/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALBERT & ELIZABETH WILSON OF 48, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN PATRINGTON AND WORKED AS A STREET LAMP GLAZIER FOR THE BRITISH LIGHT AND GAS COMPANY. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN MARKET RASEN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER, IVY. HE WORKED AS A NEWSBOY (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTE […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM WILSON & SARAH ANN COPEMAN, OF 60, ETON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BARBER APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/05/1915. MARRIED ELIZA ANN SMALES AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, ON 17/06/ […]
Private
1 TEMPERENCE AVENUE, WHEELER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
25
BORN GRANTHAM, LINCS 1890. SON OF HARRY WINDUSS (1861-1916) & JANE NICHOL (1858-1914), OF 2 PROVIDENCE GROVE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER. AND HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON […]
Sergeant
12 NEWTON COURT, ALDBORO STREET, HULLL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/05/1917
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. ADOPTED SON OF CHARLES & ANNA WARD 4 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. WAS A SHOP KEEPER AT 20 SCOTT STREET, A DOCK LABOURER & CLERK - 1918 KELLY'S ADDRESS. HE MARRIED ANNIE COATES (1884-1961) IN HULL, ON 08/04/1905. THEY LIVED AT 3 ADDERBURY CRESCENT, ADDERBURY GROVE, HULL, AND AT 9 WILSONS ROW, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. HE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. NEWINGTON. SON OF FREDERICK RICHARD & GRACE WINTER, ABOVE OFF GORDON STREET, WEST HULL. HULL PAL. KIA. 1918 VOTERS.
Private
4. Nelson Square, New George Street, Hull
Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
17
Born Goole, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of George Woffinden (1864-1948) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charlton (1864-1934) of, St Mark Place Bucther Row Beverley (1911 Census), Clark's Yard, Wilbert Lane, Beverley, 13 Waltham Terrace, Mill Lane, Beverley (army address) and 4. Nelson Square, New George Street, Hull (War Pension Address). Son of a Gard […]
Private
14, BRUNSWICK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/09/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 05/11/1888.SON OF HENRY AND SARAH ANN WOLFE, AT 15 GLASGOW STREET, HULL & 14, BRUNSWICK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED, LILLY JULIA WHITE, IN HULL AND LIVED AT 58, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 25/09/1917). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, AT THE CENTRAL DRY DOCK AND WAS A WELL KN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM ROBERT WOOD AND SARAH ANN WOOD, AT 26 LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 138 , FRANCIS STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EF […]
