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.
8 FERN GARDENS, FERN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/11/1917
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN EDWARD & SARAH BLACKBURN, OF 33 RICHMOND AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, AND 8 FERN GARDENS, FERN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 14/10/1914. DISCHARGED WITH SICKNESS, ON 19/11/1915. DIED IN HULL, ON 01/11/1917, AGED 27. BURIED AT […]
Sergeant
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. WAS PREVIOUSLY A WHARF FOREMAN FOR THE NER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 9TH DECEMBER 1915. HE LEF […]
13 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/07/1915
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF LEONARD BRIGGS (1860-1901) & MARY ANN BURLEY (1864-1907). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED ADA FENWICK (1883-1965) AT HULL, IN 1904. HIS WIFE ADA AND THREE DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 13 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REG […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41 STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4011, THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PYTHESIS, ON 3/04/1916, AGED 23. HE IS BU […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 27/06/1890. SON OF WALTER DREWERY (1865-1940) & BEATRICE HANNAH DREWERY, OF 29 WALTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 17/5/1909, AGED 18 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. JOINING THE 4TH EYR TERRITORIALS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISI […]
BORN HULL 1864. SON OF WILLIAM GARTON. HUSBAND OF SOPHIA ANN GARTON OF 8 ST ANDREW SQUARE, COLLIER STREET, HULL, & 22 MOXON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN AND HE WORKED AS A CATTLE DROVER. HE SERVED 20 YEARS WITH 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT & OF "VERY GOOD" CHARACTER. HE ENLISTED ON 03/09/1914, AGED 48. DIS […]
13 BESSEMER TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/03/1915
Aged
15
Born Hull 1899. Ernest Hairsine lived at 13 Bessemer Terrace, Lorne Street, Hull, with his uncle and householder, Paul Brookes. This was his 1911 Census, CWGC and war pension address) His parents were Fred Hairsine (1876-1909) and Sarah Elizabeth Brooks (1873-1961). His mother was Paul Brookes sister. He had a younger brother, Clarence […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN LEEDS 1878. SON OF THOMAS AND ALICE ANN HAMMOND. HUSBAND OF JANET SARAH ANN, AT 7, TERRY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF HEART FAILURE, IN HULL ON 30/09/1917, AGED 39. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMMETERY. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND TH […]
Lieutenant Colonel
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 W […]
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 Elizabe […]
Lance Corporal
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 the 4th EYR and was stationed at […]
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 BOILER […]
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 MA […]
Lance Sergeant
KIRK ELLA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/12/1916
Aged
21
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 AND HIS ARMY EF […]
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. […]
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 (DCM […]
12, WOOLARTON TERRACE, DANSOM LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/03/1916
Aged
20
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 SINGLE MAN. […]
