Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Kamptee, India at the outbreak of war.
Dec 1914 Returned to England and then moved to Winchester to join the 83rd brigade of the 28th Division.
16.01.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
During 1915
The Second Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Loos.
26.10.1915 Embarked for Salonika from Marseilles via Alexandria.
03.12.1915 Arrived at Salonika and engaged in various action against the Bulgarian forces including;
During 1916
The occupation of Mazirko, The capture of Barakli Jum’a.
During 1917
The capture of Ferdie and Essex Trenches, The capture of Barakli and Kumli.
During 1918
The Battle of Doiran, The pursuit to the Strumica valley.
30.09.1915 Ended the war in Macedonia, north of Lake Doiran.
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BORN HULL 1896. SON OF LATE THOMAS & ALICE GRANT. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 19. HE WAS A HULL BOYS CLUB MEMBER, AND WAS COMMEMORATED ON THEIR ROLL OF HONOUR, ROPER STREET. THE PROPERTY IS NOW DEMOLISHED AND THE MEMORIAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WINTER (1868-1931) & MARGARET MOORE (1866-1945), OF 7 KIRKELLA GROVE, GORDON STREET, HUL (1901 CENSUS) AND 17 ARTHUR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS A RAIL PASSENGER GUARD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY YOUNG AND WAS BASED IN ALDERSHOT WITH … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND SARAH ELIZABETH OGDEN, OF 63 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED IN FRANCE WITH 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WOUNDED BY GAS. DIED OF SMALL POX, IN INDIA, ON 10/12/1919, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE IS BURIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN HOLMES (1847-1940) AND LUCY ATKINS (1848-1920). HE MARRIED HANNAH JENKINSON (1876-1934), AT HULL, IN 1898. HIS WIFE HANNAH LIVED AT 2 BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A DOCK LABOURER. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN INCLUDING TWINS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED … Read more
