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 1862. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, 201962, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 30/10/1917. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MARY, AT 35 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIFE MARY WAS BORN ON 11/11/1867. THEY HAD AN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH & THE LATE WILLIAM JAMES BROWN, OF 2 RAILWAY COTTAGES, SUTTON BANK, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 21.HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS BROTHER, JOHN HENRY BROWN, 3RD […]
Private
7 BRITANNIA GARDENS, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/09/1918
Aged
33
BORN WILLERBY 28/11/1885. SON OF FRED BRUMBY (1861-1925) & ANN GRANTHAM (1860-1948), OF FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HUSBAND OF ANNIE (PARKER) OF 7, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL & 301, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. THEY MARRIED AT CAISTOR, LINCOLNSHIRE, ON 25/06/1914. HE JOINED DRAGOONS IN 1902. WORKED AS […]
Private
4 Eliza Terrace, Walker Street, Hull, UK
Died on
17/11/1915
Aged
43
BORN HOLBECK, LEEDS, 1872. HE MARRIED FLORENCE CAROLINE ROUSE (1874-1927), AT HULL, ON 21/06/1892. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE & TEN CHILDREN (EIGHT DAUGHTERS), LIVED AT, 91 CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL IN 1901 & THEN AT 4, ELIZA'S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A DOCK WATERMAN, FOR THE WILSON LINE. […]
Private
42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorkshire, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
32
Private Fred Burgess (1882-1915) Fred Burgess was born in Wassand, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, in 1882. Son of John and Nancy Burgess; husband of Ellen Burgess, of 42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorks. In April 1909 Fred married Ellen Smith at St Nicholas Church, Beverley. Fred Burgess was a private in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regimen […]
Private
14, GEORGES PLACE, FINKLE STREET, MYTON GATE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/06/1916
Aged
19
BORN SUTTON ON HULL 1897. SON OF MICHAEL BURNS (1864-1945) & CATHERINE (KATE) SHERIDAN (1868-1934) OF 14, GEORGES PLACE, FINKLE STREET, MYTON GATE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 16, ANN'S PLACE CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF 12 CHILDREN, MANY OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. WORKED AS A BOIL […]
Private
2, Well Place, Well Lane, Beverley, Yorkshire, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
27
Private Harry Button (1888-1917) Harry Button, the son of Son of Rachel Ann Dove, of 2, Well Place, Well Lane, Beverley, Yorks. He was born in London on 17 February 1888. In 1901 he and his younger siblings John and Elizabeth were living in Beverley with his mother and stepfather Rachel and Alfred Dove. Prior to his enlistment in the Ar […]
Private
104 , ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
21/09/1915
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ELIZA, OF 104, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS A SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. HE WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 21/09/1915, AGED 28. (HDM 19/08/1918). HE IS BURIED AT WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES, BELGIUM. HE L […]
Private
6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/02/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1887. HIS PARENTS DECEASED. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HE MARRIED AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL, ON 12/01/1911. HIS WIFE ALICE SCHAFER (BORN 16/08/1888), LIVED AT TADMAN STREET, HULL, 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL & 35, PORTLAND STREET, HULL AS PER CWGC RECORDS. HIS ARMY ADDRESS, WAS 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HUL […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH ELLEN CARTLEDGE. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED BERTHA FAWCETT, AT HULL, IN 1914. HIS WIFE BERTHA, LIVED AT 230, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 25 PARK VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A PAINTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1886. MARRIED TO GEORGINA, AND WORKING IN NEW CLEETHORPES AS A LIGHTERMAN. (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS PRIVATE, 5836, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AFTER THE WAR ON 07/12/1918, AGED 32. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL TRINITY CHURCH BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE AS PRIVATE, 203489 EYR. ONLY CWGC RECORD. HIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE 1918 ABSE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE CHAPMAN & HANNAH DIXON, 2 HOPPS TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET AND AT 41A PRINCES ROAD AND 59 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND SIX BROTHERS. HIS FATHER ALSO SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE WAR. WALTER ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, EYR. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, FOUR DA […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. HE WAS THE SON OF THOMAS AND THE LATE ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, AT 17 RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL HIS HOME WAS PROSPECT PLACE, CHURCH STREET, HULL. A RESERVE SOLDIER. MOBILIZED ON 08/08/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 5486, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. CAPTURED 29/09/1914. RELEASED FROM CAPTIBITY HE […]
Lance Corporal
3 BELMONT AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES CHARTER (1870-1946) & REBECCA CHARTER (1843-1912) HIS STEP MOTHER, WAS VIOLETTA CHARTER, OF 3 BELMONT AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A WATERMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/11/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 19 DAYS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES […]
Private
2 ORPINGTON VILLAS, RENSBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
06/10/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE EDWIN CHICK (1874-1951) & EMMA ELIZA BRADY (1872-1927), OF 47 CAVE STREET, HULL AND 2 ORPINGTON VILLAS, RENSBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE TAILOR. ENLISTED AT HULL, IN THE 4TH EYR ON 21/04/1913. SENT TO FRANCE FOR 2 MONTHS O […]
Lance Corporal
137 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
18/10/1914
Aged
29
Son of Nehemiah Churchill and Hannah Plumb. John Churchill (Lance Corporal, Regimental Number 8109) was not a native of Cottingham. He had been born in Netherton, near Dudley in Staffordshire on 6th June 1885 and had only joined the East Riding Constabulary in February 1914. He was stationed in Cottingham and lodged with Mr Teasdale of […]
Private
5 CARLISLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/10/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL, 1898. SON OF REBECCA & THOMAS CLARK, OF 5 CARLISLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A LABOURER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN SEPT 1914. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 203999, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1917 AT PASSCHENDAELE, AGED 19. HIS DEAT […]
Private
BORN HULL 1881. HUSBAND OF FRANCES AND SON ROBERT (born 15/04/1915), AT 7 POPLAR AVENUE, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL AND 4 NEWLAND GROVES, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A RAILWAY PLATE LAYER. AND FORMER TERRITORIAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 08/09/1914. SERVED AS PR […]
Private
2 , ST STEPHENS SQUARE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN HUDDERSFIELD 17/02/1892. C/O MRS SMITH ABOVE. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD CLAYTON (1861-1933) & ELIZABETH CHAPMAN (1864-1949). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN MORDEN AND ENLISTED AT WHITEHALL, LONDON. HE WAS REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA FOR THREE YEARS. HE HAD BEEN WOUND […]
Private
5, OAK TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/06/1917
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. THIRD SON OF ALBERT COCKERILL (1866-1928) & MARGARET WALKER (1872-1914), OF 5, OAK TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 6, JOHNS PLACE, YORK STREET, (1911 CENSUS) AND 231, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. EDWARD WORKED AS A LABOURER IN THE HU […]
