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
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN CHARLES BOLTON (1842-1905) & HENRIETTA JEWITT (1844-1903), OF HULL. AN OIL MILL MOULDER. HUSBAND TO CATHERINE, AT, 88, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL AND 19, BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN - ANNIE, CATHERINE & BENJAMIN (KIA 1940 DUNKIRK). HE EN […]
Private
BORN STADDLETHORPE, YORK 1885. ONLY CHILD OF JAMES JOSEPH JACKSON AT 48, MYTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HIS SISTER DIED IN INFANCY. HE ALSO LIVED AT 5 CROSS STREET, OFF BROOK STREET, HULL CITY CENTER (ARMY ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/04/1915, AGED 27 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF CHARLOTTE DIBB, OF 14 ALBERT TERRACE, TERRY STREET AND SPYVEE STREET, HULL. HIS REAL NAME WAS ZACHARIA BOND. EMPLOYED AS A BREWER'S BOTTLE. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 24/02/1912, UNDER THE NAME OF JOHN BOND. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS K […]
Private
BORN HULL 1893. LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN WESLEY (1851-1926) & HANNAH BONTOFT (1853-1893), OF 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A TURNER & FITTER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/12/1914, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]
Private
THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY. BORN HESSLE 1885. SON OF JOHN WESLEY & HANNAH BONTOFT - 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A SINGLE MAN. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT GROVEHILL, HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. FORMERLY, 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY, IN THE FIRST WORLD WA […]
Private
11 LORNE TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM & ELEANOR BOWES, OF 3 PEMBERTON STREET, HULL AND 11 LORNE TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) HULL. EX 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 20. HE LEFT BROTHERS ROBERT AND HARRY BOWES. 1st East Yorkshire War Diary; Report on Operations 22nd […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF LAWRENCE & MARY EMILY - 3 DE LA POLE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET. SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A FITTER. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS 03/11/1914, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER AMELIA OUNSWORTH. HE WAS THE BROTHER OF LT. FRED BOYLE, RNR, WHO DROWNED 05/03/1917. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HDM 12/03/1917 & […]
Sergeant
BORN WOKING, SURREY, 1888. MARRIED MABEL FIRTH 1910. RESIDED BEVERLEY. PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED ALDERSHOT. KILLD IN ACTION. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL. Frederick Boylett was born in 1888 in Woking, Surrey, one of ten children born to James and Elizabeth Boylett. In 1910 Frederick had married Mabel Firth in […]
Private
8, STUDLEY TERRACE, RIPON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
30/10/1918
Aged
19
Born Louth, Lincolnshire. Only Son of Samuel Simpson Brant and Charlotte Patney Brant, of 8, Studley Terrace, Ripon Street, Hedon Road, Hull (CWGC Address). Son of a Lighterman. He had one elder sister, Edith. He enlisted in Hull. Served in the 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment. Wounded in action. Died of wounds, on 30/10/1918, aged 19. B […]
Private
9, CHARLES SQUARE, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL JULY 05/06/1895. BAPTISES AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 16TH JUNE 1895. SON OF MICHAEL BRENNAN (1866-1933) & ELLEN HARAN (1868-1943), OF 9, CHARLES SQUARE, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 8, GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, CHRISTOPHER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A GROCER, BORN IN MAYO, IR […]
Private
5 QUEENSGATE VILLAS, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
30
BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF SARAH (MEGSON) & WILLIAM RICHARDSON BREWER, ST MARTINS, BEVERLEY. BRICKLAYERS ASSISTANT AT EAST RIDING ASYLUM WORKER. Frank Brewer: 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Frank Brewer was born in Beverley and was employed at the hospital as a bricklayer’s assistant. He was killed in action in France on 9th Apr […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BRICKLEBANK, OF 48 ROPERY STREET, HULL. HIS GRANDMOTHER, SARAH ANN WALKER, LIVED AT 46 EDGAR STREET, HULL. A FORMER BOILER SCALER. HE JOINED THE ARMY AT BEVERLEY, IN 1911. AS A SERVING SOLDIER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HE LEFT FOR FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVING AS P […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF GEORGE BRIGNALL (1868-1939)& LOUISA RICHARDSON (1872-1956), OF 116 TRINITY STREET, HULL. A FORMER NEWS BOY. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY DAVIES DENTISTS, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL, IN MAY 1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON THE SOMME (HDM 27/08/1916). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/ […]
Private
1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
26
BORN HULL 01/07/1888. SON OF WILLIAM BROADLEY (1863-1927) AND ELIZABETH COUPLAND (1865-1957), OF 1, AINSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 24/10/14. HIS WIFE ANNIE WALKER & SON GEORGE HENRY (BORN ON 17/01/1916), LIVED AT 1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 30/05/ […]
Private
BORN THEARNE, BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF THOMAS BROMBY (1834-1911) & HANNAH FOWLER (1842-1911), OF THEARNE. SISTER LILY. HE MARRIED HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WRIGHT, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1908. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY RULLEYMAN. LIVED AT 7 FARRINGDON STREET, STEPNEY LAND HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY LIVED AT ROBSON'S COTTAGE, WAWNE, HULL WITH THE […]
Private
18 MARFLEET TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
23
BORN ROTHERHAM 1895.WIFE EMILY BROOKS LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS AND ALSO LIVED 2 CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET,HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/07/1916, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 05/10/1916 & 21/10/1916. HE DIED THE SAME DAY AS PTE, JOSEPH COOPER, 8283, 1ST EYR FROM THE SAME CRAVEN STREET.
Private
12, ROSE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1916
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1880. SECOND SON OF FREDRICK JOHN BROOKS,(1840-1907) AND AMY BIDWELL (1844-1917), OF 12, ROSE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A HEDON HM PRISON WARDEN). HE HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER, FRED. MARRIED, AT HULL, IN 1904. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD RUSSELL LIVED AT 12 ROSE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. TH […]
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BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE BROWN, OF 11 , BOYNTON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER IN AN IRON FOUNDRY. HUSBAND OF KATE, AT 9 , PRINCESS AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, FRANCES. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TOFRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09 […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BROWN, OF HULL, (CWGC RECORDS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED A CORPORAL, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/06/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SIS […]
Private
BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916. COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MISS ANNIE SMITH. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL & VICTORY MEDAL. MANY POSSIBLE CENSUS MATCHES.
