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 1872 Grangegeeth Cross Roads, Tyrone, Ireland. Son of John Scott, of 5, Cecil Place, Porta Down, Armagh. Married at Hull on 24 April 1916. Husband of Lilian May Burgess Smedley, of 108, Keldgate, Beverley and 5, Minster Terrace, Moorgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire (war Pension address). He was a baker in civilian Life. Described as … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH BROWN. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SURVIVED THE WAR. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, AGED 29. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS BROTHER, PTE. JAMES BROWN, 20054, 1ST EYR WAS WAS KILLED 25/09/1916.
BORN HULL 1895. FOURTH SON OF EDWARD FOSTON (1867-1914), A DOCKSIDE LABOURER, & SARAH ANN PICKETT (1874-1940), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, OF 11 GROTTO SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET AND 29 CHRISTOPHER STREET. ONE OF SEVEN BROTHERS AND YOUNGEST SISTER, ANNIE. A REGULAR SOLDIER IN THE 2ND EYR, (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED SELINA WILSON IN HULL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1870. SON OF THOMAS CLARK & EMILY PEARSON. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS WIFE EMILY CLARK , (BORN 8/9/1873), LIVED AT 19 BESSEMER TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS.) AND 21 NEW ZEALAND TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE … Read more
BORN HULL 09/02/1895. SON OF GEORGE BEACH AND ADA GREGORY, AT 27 LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A TAILOR. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE LANE, BOARD SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED AT THE HULL CITY SAW MILLS. ENLISTED HULL, 02/09/1914. HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR ELEVEN DAYS, WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED BY A SHELL BLAST, WHILE ON … Read more
