Regiment: 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment

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.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
8 WHITBOURNE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF PATRICK & ELIZABETH CAVENEY. LIVED 8 WHITBOURNE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6612, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ANN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMO […]
4 PHOENIX COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
05/02/1915
       
Aged
45
BORN BEVERLEY 1870. LIVED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM CLARK (1843-1917) & ANNIE ASH (1848-1917). HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1892. HIS WIFE MARY HESTER (1867-1945), LIVED AT, 4 PHOENIX COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER 24 DERBY STREET, WITH THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN 1891, SERVING WITH THE 3RD HUSS […]
52 JENNING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Died on
11/03/1915
       
Aged
25
BORN HULL, 1890. THIRD SON OF FRANCES AND GEORGE ELISHA CLARK, OF 5 SYDNEY TERRACE, SIDNEY STREET, THE GROVES, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS OLDER BROTHER HARRY CLARK, LIVED AT 52 JENNING STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS FOR THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 15/01/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE […]
17 , GARDEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 10/02/1892. SON OF EDWARD FEWSON CLARK (1856-1921) AND ELLEN KNAPP (1862-1951), OF 1 WILFRED TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL AND 2 ST MARY CLOSE, YORK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER.  LIVED AT 17 GARDEN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT […]
1 CLARENCE PLACE, PORTLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
29/09/1915
       
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY COGGRAVE (1848-1930) & SARAH ANN ADAMS (1853-1944), OF 3 GOSHEN PLACE, JAMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)) AND 1 CLARENCE PLACE, PORTLAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A YEAST LABOURER. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN AND SEVEN SONS. BROTHERS, GEORGE, FRED, CHARLES, ALFRED, FRANK & JOSEPH. WALTER COGGRAVE […]
128, Thoresby Street, Princes Avenue, Hull
       
Died on
31/05/1921
       
Aged
23
Born Hull, 1898. Son of Eliza Hall and Charles Collins, of 128, Thoresby Street, Princes Avenue, Hull (war Pension address). Served as a Private, in the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of Heart failure, on 31/05/1921, aged 23. Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
15 LOUISA TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
01/10/1915
       
Aged
23
BORN HULL 06/03/1892. SON OF THOMAS AND ANNIE COULSON, OF 13 COTTINGHAM TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO OLDER SISTERS, ALICE AND RACHEL. SON OF A DOCKER. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED VIOLET WILES, IN HULL , IN 1912. THEY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, […]
9, KATES TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
05/05/1915
       
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1877. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD OLDER SIBLINGS, ARTHUR AND MARRIED SISTERS, ELIZABETH WALAH, AND MARTHA HARRISON. EMPLYED AS A LABOURER. MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE DIED. HE WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MRS DENLEY, AT 2, TADMAN STREET, HULL AND HAD ONE SON, ERNEST (BORN 6TH MAY 1905). HE MARRIED SARAH JANE SANDERSON, ON 1 […]
GREEN LANE, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
05/05/1915
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS CROSSLAND (1867-1951) (A TWIN) & MARGARET ANN GREGORY (1870-1958), AT 5, ANNS PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS); THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 5, ST JAMES PLACE, MASON STREET, IN 1914 & 5, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, IN 1919 AND 22, LOCKWOOD TERRACE, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL (10/03/1922). HE HAD […]
52, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
04/10/1915
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT CUDBERTSON (1869-1939) & BETSIE ANN NORTON (1868-1940), 52, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS AND A LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY WITHIN THE AREA. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED KATE MCPHERSON IN 1913. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/12/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 300 DAYS. DESCRIBE […]
21 GUYS TERRACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT WILLIS CUDBERTSON (1849-1890) STEP SON OF THOMAS HENRY GOURNELL & MOTHER, EVERLINA GOURNELL (1852-1943) OF THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/08/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUND A […]
, LEEDS, , WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
05/05/1915
       
Aged
32
BORN LEICESTER 1883. SON OF THOMAS DAKIN (1844-1888) AND MARY ANN COSGROVE, OF LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTER. HE ENLISTED HULL WITH HIS BROTHER, MICHAEL JAMES DAKIN, WHO WAS MARRIED AND LIVED AT STANLEY STREET, HULL. THOMAS RESIDED IN LEEDS. HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN BELGIUM. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME, ON 05/05/1915, AG […]
13 PRINCESS MAY AVENUE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
30/05/1917
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF SARAH ANN DAUBNEY, OF 25 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ETHEL DAUBNEY, AT 13 PRINCESS MAY AVENUE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. HE JOINED THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AGED 17 AND WAS 22 WHEN HE WENT TO FRANCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO: 3 CASUALT […]
1 SARAH ANN TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES DEAN & THE LATE ANNIE JEWITT OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS AND FORMERLY AT 44 BEAN STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CRANE DRIVER. HE ENLISTED AT WENLOCK BARRACKS, HULL, ON 01/09/1914, GIVING AN OLDER AGE OF 19 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS A SINGLE MAN, […]
13 UPPER DIGG STREET DUBLIN, IRELAND
       
Area
       
Died on
22/09/1916
       
Aged
43
BORN DUBLIN, 1873. SON OF MRS M DELANEY, 13 UPPER DIGG STREET, DUBLIN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE LIVED IN THE CITY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6723, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. INVALIDED HOME FROM ACTIVE SERVICE. DIED ON 22/09/1916, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, AGED 43. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS PENSION WAS LEFT TO HI […]
47 , LORRAINE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
12/05/1915
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF JAMES HENRY DOWNES (1858-1919) & ROSE ELLEN BURRELL (1875-1915) OF 47 , LORRAINE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A LABOURER FOR THE HULL OIL COMPANY. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT YPRES. HE WAS BADLY GASSED AND WOUNDED IN THE LUNGS  AND THI […]
101 , THOMAS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/12/1917
       
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JAMES FARRELL & ANNA MARIE (BENTLEY) - 19 JARVIS STREET, HULL. SOLDIER IN 1911 & GENERAL LABOURER. BURIED AT STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY, GREECE. HID GRAVE READS, "REST IN PEACE".
5 BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/09/1916
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. HIS PARENTS DIED YOUNG AND HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER ANNA AND BROTHER IN LAW GEORGE E. RAYNER AT 5 JAMES PLACE, COLLIER STREET. HE WAS A FARM LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. DIED OF DISEASE ON 23/09/1916, IN SALONIKA. LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET. NB: JAMES & THOMAS FEENEY - 6 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WEST PARADE.
10 , HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
21/08/1915
       
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF THOMAS & MARY ANN FENTON ABOVE 1901 ADDRESS
8 ALBERT TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
05/05/1915
       
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES HENRY GALTRESS & SARAH E WARD, LIVING AT 3 UNION PLACE, WINCOLMLEE, 8 ALBERT'S TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS) AND 5 ALBERT TERRACE, ORPHAN HOME, GREEN LANE, HULL. HE WAS ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. ENLISTED IN HULL. WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 2ND EYR AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. ACTING CO […]