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.
Regiment: 1st East Yorkshire Regiment
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 […]
