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
32 , AIR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 22/11/1890. ONLY SON OF WALTER JOHN WAKEFIELD (1859-1932) AND GEORGINA HANCOCK (1864-1940), OF 2 ELEANORS TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS EDITH, LOTTIE AND ALICE. EDUCATED AT LINCOLN STREET SCHOOL AND PLAYED FOR SOUTHCOATES RFC CLUB. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF MESSRS CHAMBERS AND FARGUS. MAR […]
90 , EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/07/1916
       
Aged
29
BORN OTTRINGHAM, YORKS 1887. YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH (D. 4/1/1911), & MARIA WALKER. ENLISTED HULL. HDM 23/7/17. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO THE 2ND BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 29 HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
11 ELGIN TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Died on
23/04/1915
       
Aged
39
Born South Shields, Durham, 1874. He was a Ship's fireman, living at 11 Elgin Terrace, Bean Street, Hull (1911 census address). He enlisted Hull. Served with the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 23/04/1915. His army effects were left to his widow Mary Louise Kessel (1884-1934) and daughter, Cornelia. His widow who he mar […]
12 EMILY GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
05/05/1915
       
Aged
26
BORN HULL 26/06/1889. SON OF THOMAS WILDBORE (1865-1937) AND JESSIE DUNCAN (1867-1949). FROM A FISHING FAMILY. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND NINE BROTHERS (JAMES, HAROLD, THOMAS, RICHARD, ALBERT, ERNEST, HARRY AND SYDNEY). A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1909. HIS WIFE GENESTA WILSON (1889-1988) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 E […]
11 , HOWE STREET, THE GROVES, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
15/09/1917
       
Aged
23
Born Hull 1895. Son of William Wilkinson and Rebecca Spencer (1866-1914), of 11 Grove Street, The Groves, Hull (1911 Census). He had two brothers and one sister. Employed as a wooden box maker (1911 Census), living with his widowed mother and family at this address. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment. Pos […]
126 , REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
09/03/1915
       
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1893. SON HENRY & ELLEN WINDLE OF 126 REGENT STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. SON OF A FOREMAN. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED MAY PILMOOR (1893-1978) AT HULL ON DECEMBER 1914. THEIR DAUGHTER WINIFRED WAS BORN IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITHTHE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/03/1915, AG […]
SOUTHGATE PLACE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
04/05/1915
       
Aged
38
BORN BEVERLEY 1877. LIVED HESSLE. SSON OF WILLIAM WOOD (1849-1905) AND PRISCILLA MEDD (1854-1928). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.  A CASUAL LABOURER. MARRIED IN 1905. HIS WIFE ALICE LOWTHORPE (1885-1974) & THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT SOUTHGATE, HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE RE […]