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.
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
Acting Sergeant
BORN FOXHOLES, YORKSHIRE 1883. WIFE ANNIE & 2 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 3 , WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. AN OIL CAKE PRESSMAN, BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN BOTH EYES, AND HAD FEVER TWICE […]
Private
BORN LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF PERCY BROOKE WOODCOCK & MARY ANN WOODCOCK, OF 5, BARMSTON STREET, HULL, 1, BREWERY HOUSE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 99, NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO DONALD, GERTRUDE AND CLARICE. A STOCK CLERK. HE LIVED IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH […]
Private
6 , WELLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/10/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. FOURTH SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WOODMANSEY (1860-1937) & ELIZABETH WOODMANSEY (1866-1953), OF 6, WELLINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS.) THE FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN. AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP FROM SALTHOUSE LAND SCHOOL TO ATTEND HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LEICESTER STREET, FOR FOUR YEARS. HE WORKED IN THE OFFI […]
Private
8 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
26
BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF JOHN EDWARD WOODTHORPE AND ISABELLA DAVIS. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE B […]
Private
LOWER UNION STREET, UNION STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
26/07/1915
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. HE MARRIED ANNIE PARKINSON IN HULL IN 1909. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HIS WIFE ANNIE AND 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 NORTH EASTERN COTTAGES, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LOWER UNION STREET HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EYR. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/07/1915, AGED 28. HIS DEATH AND LOWER UNION S […]
Private
BORN HULL, 1896. HE MARRIED GRACE VARLEY, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1915. HUSBAND OF MRS GRACE MARSHALL WHO LIVED AT 9 BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, JOHN THOMAS WRIGHT, WHO DIED ON 18/04/1917. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 10/07/1916. BURIED HULL WESTERN CE […]
