Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2/4th Battalion Territorial Force
Sept 1914 Formed at Darlington and then moved to Hull.
Feb 1915 Returned to Darlington and joined the 189th Brigade of the 63rd Division, then moved to Cramlington near Newcastle and then on to Retford.
July 1916 The Division broken up and the 189th Brigade moved to Catterick.
Nov 1916 Moved to Bermuda where it remained.
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES ALBERT & MARY WHARRIE – 5 MORRIL TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, HULL. PRIOR TO ENLISTING WE WAS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE RESIDED AT 5 BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL AND 5 MORRELL’S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL . CHARLES WHARRIE SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JOSEPH E. & JANE ELIZABETH BLYTH. A FORMER RESERVIST FROM 10/1/1910, RECALLED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. DIED OF HEART FAILURE AT RETFORD MILITARY HOSPITAL. BURIED HULL WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY WITH HIS WIFE’S NAME ON THE GRAVE. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY A WHARF … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF SAMUEL (1840-1917) & MARTHA WOLFE (1859-1937). SON OF A SHIP YARD LABOURER. BROTHER TO SAMUEL WOLFE AND SISTERS MARTHA AND MARY JANE. HE WAS A RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE TRAINING BATTALION. DIED OF HEART FAILURE, AT BEDLINGTON, UK, ON 23/03/1916, AGED 20. A … Read more
BORN WIGAN, LANCASHIRE, 07/02/1898. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM VEAL (1870-1943) & GEORGINA JUBB (1874- 1947), OF 81 CLARENDON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 7, MAY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BAKER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER CYRIL. EX RECKITT’S WORKER, AT STONEFERRY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/09/1916. POSTED TO … Read more
BORN RAWCLIFFE, BROUGH, 1894. SON OF GEORGE THOMPSON & MARY JANE ANSON (1872-1947). SON OF A GARDNER. HE WORKED AS A DOMESTIC GARDENER. LIVED BROUGH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED A A LANCE SERGEANT, WITH THE 2ND/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT KIRKELLA, NEAR HULL, ON 18/12/1916, AGED 22. HE LEFT £122 IN HIS WILL … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS & MARY ANN SMITH OF 170, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND ATWICK, NEAR HORNSEA, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. COMMITTED SUICIDE AT ATWICK, YORKSHIRE, ON 26/05/1916, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, CHARLES HENRY SMITH AND SISTERS, MRS … Read more
BORN ALFORD, LINCS, 18/02/1868. SON OF SAMUEL MOORE (1832-1868) & EMMA STEEL (1831-1906). HE MARRIED AT ST LUKES CHURCH, HULL, ON 29/06/1890. HIS WIFE, HANNAH MARY HUNT (1871-1933), LIVED AT 73 , EDGAR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 109, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOURS SONS AND A DAUGHTER. HE WAS A … Read more
Born Hull 1869. Son of George and Annie Middleton, of 13 Wentworth Street, Hull; Husband of the late Catherine Middleton, of 20 Boxwood Avenue, Lee Smith Street, Hull and this address. Before the war he worked as a dock labourer and lived with his wife and five children at 33 Bourne Street. He enlisted in … Read more
Born Hull, 13/01/1890. Son of HAROLD OSCAR LINFORD (1860-1932) & ELIZA HALL LEE (1859-1920), of 2 Raywell Place Raywell Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a ship wright. One of nine children. He had five sisters and three brothers. He worked as a farm Horseman, in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire (1911 Census) He married Laura Elizabeth … Read more
BORN HULL 1856. SON OF THOMAS ETHELBERT JOHNSON & MARY JOHNSON. (late East Riding, York, Royal Garrison Artillery)., attached to the 2nd/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment.) EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE MARRIED IN 1883. HIS WIFE KATE ELLEN KAY AND SEVEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 4, ALBANY STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A SOLICITOR AND … Read more
