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.
Private
, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/10/1915
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 22/11/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 01/09/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER AND NEXT OF KIN, MRS FANNY ELIZABETH DOWLING, AT 22 GROTTO SQUARE, SYKES STREET. A SINGLE MA […]
Sergeant
8 BRIGHT TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/05/1915
Aged
33
Born Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1882. Brother-in-law of Mrs. E. Dobbins, of 12, Ferguson's Lane, English St., Carlisle. resided in Hull at 8, Bright Terrace, Bright Street, Hull. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Sergeant, with the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 07/05/1915, aged 33. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) […]
Lance Sergeant
Died on
17/02/1915
Aged
22
James William Kilpatrick was born in Salford into an army family in 1892.. He was son of James and Mary Jane Kilpatrick (nee Wilson). Lance Serjeant, James W Kilpatrick 2nd Battalion. A regular soldier. He enlisted in Howden before the war. He served as a Lance Sergeant in the East Yorkshire Regiment. James died on Wednesday 17th Feb […]
Private
3 NEWPORT TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
44
BORN PATRINGTON, 1871. SON OF MATTHEW KIRKWOOD AND FRANCES MOSS, OF ONTARIO, CANADA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A JOINER BY TRADE. HE MARRIED LOUISA STATHER, IN HULL, IN 1897. THEY LIVED AT 3 NEWPORT TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE […]
Private
1 , MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/04/1915
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF THOMAS & FANNY LAMB. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 13TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOULOGNE, ON 28/04/1915, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY JANE, AND THEN TO ISABELLA SMITH, THE GUARDIAN OF THEIR CHILD.
Private
BORN HULL 27/07/1888. SON OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE (1850-1924) AND LYDIA LAWRENCE (1852-1912), OF MARY JANE TERRACE. HE MARRIED AT NORNAMBY IN MAY 1908. HIS WIFE SARAH JANE (NEE FOSTER) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A STEEL WORKS LABOURER IN MIDDLESBROUGH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON […]
Sergeant
7 PENZANZE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/03/1917
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF ARTHUR THOMAS & LIZ LLOYD. HUSBAND OF SARAH LILY LLOYD, OF 7 PENZANZE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. DIED ON 26/03/1917, AGED 38. HE IS BURIED AT SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, GREECE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, " […]
Private
11 STORYS BUILDING, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/08/1921
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ARTHUR THOMAS & LIZ LLOYD OF HULL. REGULAR SOLDIER - 2ND EYR - 1911 CENSUS. BROTHERS ARTHUR & GEORGE ALSO KILLED.
Private
BORN HULL 1881. KNOWN AS "SLASSER". SON OF HELEN LOWTHORPE, 1 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A WIDOWER AND WORKED AS A LABOURER. HIS SISTER CHARLOTTE GUY CARED FOR HIS TWO SONS THOMAS & LEWIS. THEY LIVED AT 1 ADELAIDE STREET & 53 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 08/12/1914. STAT […]
Sergeant
6 GARDEN SQUARE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/11/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL SEPT. 1892. SON OF THOMAS LYON (1854-1900) & AGNES COOPLAND (1854-1936), OF 6 GARDEN SQUARE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE ARMY AND SERVED THREE YEARS IN INDIA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]
Private
4 OXFORD TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/10/1915
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOSEPH MANN (1861-1903) & CATHERINE MANN (1861-1928), OF 4 OXFORD TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). THE EIGHTH OF TEN SONS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MO […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. LISTED ON WILMINGTON ROH WITH SAMUEL MARR WHO DIED AUGUST 1915.
Private
BORN HULL 1865. SON OF CHARLES AND MARY ANN MARWOOD. A TINNER. HIS WIFE AGNES LIVED AT 87 CLARENDON STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. DIED AT HOME, ON 15/03/1915, AGED 49. HE IS BURIED IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HE LEFT £5,912 IN HIS WILL TO ADA ISABEL MARWOOD, WIDOW, LIVING AT 10 ALBANY STREET, HULL HE LEF […]
Private
6, ADDERBURY CRESCENT, ADDERBURY GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/02/1915
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES HENRY MAWER (1853-1918) & ANN JOHNSON (1854-1926), OF 6, ADDERBURY CRESCENT, ADDERBURY GROVE. SON OF A MERCHANT'S CLERK. HIS BROTHERS NORMAN, CHARLES, HENRY & STANLEY MAWER ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WORKED AS A TRAM DRIVER, DOCK LABOURER, WINE PORTER AND CLERK. HE MARRIED AT ST ST […]
Private
10, HESSLE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/05/1915
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF CATHERINE McCABE (1857-1909), OF 13, WILSON BUILDINGS, SOUTH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED BETHA ELIZA SAPCOTE, AT HULL, IN 1909. A SHIPPING LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN (ELIZABETH AND HAROLD) AT 10, HESSLE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND BERTH'S HOME TOWN, MARKET WEIGHTON, EAST YORKSH […]
Private
3 ALPHA TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM LUDOVIG MEYERHOFF & MARGARET E. (GROVES), OF 11 ALBERT TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 3 ALPHA TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SECOND OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A HULL DOCK LABOURER. HIS GRANPAENTS WERE FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND WAS A REGULAR SERV […]
Private
BORN HULL 1877. ELDEST SON OF JOHN MIDDLETON & ANNIE ELIZABETH (COULTAS), OF 7 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO H […]
Private
BORN HULL 06/09/1895. SON OFGEORGE & RUTH MOWFORTH LIVED AT 13 PRINCE DOCKSIDE AND 40 LOUIS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MR WILLIAM SUMPTON, CONTRACTOR, ON HULL DOCKS. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT SALONIKA, ON 01/06/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. * BURIED AT SARIG […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1890. ELDEST SON OF KENNETH WATT MURESS (1856-1906) & MARY ELIZABETH NEWTON (1857-1937), OF 114 POST OFFICE ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A DRUG PACKER (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED BERTHA HANSELL ( 1889-1963), IN HULL, JANUARY 1915. THEY LIVED AT 2 RUGBY TERRACE, HARROW STREET, […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. LIVED LIVERPOOL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. JOINED THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/05/1915, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED AT YPRES. THERE WERE NO NEXT OF KIN AND HIS MEDALS WERE UNCOLLECTED.
