Regiment: 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment D Company

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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Last Name
Address
Narrative
Grant, Frederick
Private
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
POST OFFICE ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
High Street
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF LATE THOMAS & ALICE GRANT. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. 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 IS IN THE CARE OF HULL CITY COUNCIL. HE IS COMMEM […]
Holmes, William Edward
Private
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
2 BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
West Parade
       
Died on
25/04/1915
       
Aged
36
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. KILL […]
Ogden, George Henry
Private
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
63 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Day Street
       
Died on
10/12/1919
       
Aged
20
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 AT PESHAWAR. HE IS CO […]
Winter, Herbert Henry
Private
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment D Company
17 ARTHUR STREET, HULLL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Gordon Street
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
24
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 1ST EYR IN […]