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.
Corporal
7 CROYDEN AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/02/1915
Aged
26
BORN DRIFFIELD 1890. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & MARIA GILL. ENLISTED HULL. LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, PARK STREET MEMORIAL.
Private
BORN BEVERLEY, 10/06/1883. SON OF HENRY PARK GILLYON (1851-1887) AND SARAH JANE RODEN (1851-1897), DYER LANE BEVERLEY. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. AS A YOUTH GROWING UP IN BEVERLEY, WILLIAM IS FREQUENTLY IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE. LOCAL NEWSPAPERS REPORT THAT HE HAS BEEN CRUEL TO ANIMALS, STOLEN PIES, BROKEN A WINDOW, LEADING A GANG AND FIGHTI […]
Private
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN GLEW ( 1859-1923) & ELIZABETH ANN FIELDSEND (1860-1928), OF 18, FINSBURY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SLATE MASON. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WORKED IN A SAWMILL AS A BOX MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 9057, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES […]
Corporal
RYLAND AVENUE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/02/1915
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF LEVI AND RHODA GOOD, AT 7 BENVISTA AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT 7 RYLAND AVENUE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED IN INDIA, WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, FOR SIX YEARS. KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, ON 06/02/1915, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON TH […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & ISABEL GREENWOOD, 91 CLARENDON STREET & THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A GRAIN PORTER. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER FITTER. ENLISTED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AT BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, MARIE. UNMARRIED. HE ALSO LEFT TWO BROTHE […]
Private
4, LAMB'S COURT, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/11/1918
Aged
44
BORN KILKELLY, COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND 10/10/1875. SON OF MICHAEL AND BRIDGET GROAK. HIS PARENTS AND SEVEN CHILDREN WERE LIVING IN HULL BY 1891 CENSUS. HIS FATHER WAS A CEMENT MAKER. THOMAS WAS EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, 1899. HIS WIDOW LIZZIE ANN HARDCASTLE (1880-1958) & 3 YEAR OLD MARY GROAK, LIVED AT 4, LA […]
Private
BORN HULL 1891. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED IN INDIA. SON OF WILLIAM GUEST, OF 18 BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. HIS BROTHER, BOMBADIER, GEORGE GUEST SERED IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN, […]
Private
BORN HULL 1879. WIFE ALICE & 3 CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS AND 1 WILLIAM'S PLACE, ALICIA STREET, HULL. WORKED AS AN OILMILLER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION - YPRES, ON 13/02/1915, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 06/03/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Private
Private 3/6299 [SDGW} or 3/6269 [CWGC], 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, 9 April 1915. Aged 21. Born Withernwick, 1894 and resident in Witherwick. Enlisted Hull. Son of James Webster Harsley (1863-1930) and Annie Elizabeth Hobson (1855-1929), of Withernwick, Hull. one of fours sons. No known grave. Commemorate […]
Private
4, BRIGHTON TERRACE, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/02/1915
Aged
42
BORN EAST LEXHAM, NORFOLK 1873. ONLY SON OF EMILY RICHMOND AND MR SWEETING, OF FERRIBY SLUICE, AND WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCK. ENLISTED BEVERLEY JULY 1914. WENT TO MANCHESTER AND WAS RECEIVED BY THE KING AND LORD KITCHENER, ON 12/01/1915. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE ON 15/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILL […]
Private
3 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/02/1915
Aged
25
BORN COLNE, LANCASHIRE 1890. ONLY SON OF MARY HEBBLEWHITE, OF 5 PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, WOOD LANE, OFF COGAN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED SEVEN YEARS IN INDIA WITH 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. CAME HOME FOR THREE DAYS IN JANUARY 1915. KILLED ON THE 13TH FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATE […]
Private
BORN LEEDS 1899. SON OF GEORGE & PHOEBE HEMSWORTH, OF 98, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE STAFF, OF THE NATIONAL RADIATOR COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN DECEMBER 1915, AT THE AGE OF 17. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SALONIKA, ON 24/08/191 […]
Private
BORN HULL 1871. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS HIRD (1830-1901), AND CATHERINE MARIA FORSYTH (1833-1884). SON OF A HULL WOOD CARVER. THE FAMILY RESIDED AT 9. HARDING'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL HE WAS WELL KNOWN AS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC FOOTBALLER IN EAST HULL. A FORMER INSURANCE CLERK AND CISVIL SERVICE TELEGRAPHIST. HE WORKED IN NORTH LONDO […]
Acting Sergeant
20, RAYWELL STREET, HULL., EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/04/1915
Aged
25
BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF ROBERT CROSS HORNER (1859-1936) AND MARY ANN THOMPSON (1863-1952), OF 20, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. SERVED AS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 24/02/1915. SER […]
Private
4 VICTORIA AVENUE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/05/1915
Aged
18
BORN MALTON 1897. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM (RE'S) & ELIZABETH HORSLEY ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BROTHERS ALBERT & JAMES SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 8/05/1915, AT YPRES, AGED 18. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO THIS FATHER JOSEPH. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE CITY ENGINEERS ROLL OF HONOUR.
Private
43 NORWOOD GROVE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
16/11/1916
Aged
30
BORN BEVERLEY 1885. THIRD SON OF ROBERT HUNSLEY (1855-1940) & LOUISA BELCHER (1854-1904), OF 43 NORWOOD GROVE BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOINER AND CABINET MAKER. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1904. A FORMER CARPENTER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED NEAR DORIAN LAKES IN THE BALKANS […]
Private
13 STEPHENS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/02/1915
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES ROBERT HUTCHINSON (1849-1901) & ELIZA (ROUTLEDGE), OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, AND WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 18/02/1915, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HOLLINWOOD, LANCASHIRE, 1893. SON OF JOHN & MARIA - 'HEATHCOATE HOUSE', ROOS. NEAR HULL. 1911 CENSUS FAMILY ADDRESS ABOVE. A CLERK. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN GREECE, ON 15/12/1916, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB'S ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS […]
Private
7 CORONATION AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE JEWITT - 19 NEW PARADE. WIFE MARY ELIZABETH & 6 KIDS ABOVE 1911. ON WILMINGTON ROH. OIL MILLER
Acting Corporal
4 , SILVESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1915
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH ANN JOHNSON, OF 4 SILVESTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS ACTING CORPORAL, IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRES. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 14/07/1915, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILL […]
