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
BORN BEVERLEY 1889. SON OF THOMAS & ANN ALLEN, OF HULL. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL OIL COMPANY, STONEFERRY. ENLISTED IN HULL.SERVED WITHTHE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT LOOS, ON 28/09/1915, AGED 27. HE LEFT A WIDOW, AT 27 BARMSTON STREET, HULL AND HIIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE BARMSTON STREET ROH. LISTED ALSO ON THE WALLER STREET […]
Private
1 BARMSTON HOUSE, BARMSTON STREET, HULL
Died on
28/09/1915
Aged
26
Born Stonferry, Hull, 1889. An orphan. He had no parents or siblings. He married in 1911. Husband of Lily May Bateman, of 3 Florence Grove, Lorraine Street, Stoneferry, Hull (Army Records Address) and 1 Barmston House, Barmston Street, Hull (War Pension address). They had a son William Allen, born 17/08/1915, who died, 30/08/1915. Willi […]
Private
11 , WILLIAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
04/10/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ANNIE ANDERSON, AT 11, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 10/02/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE. HI […]
Private
PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
21/04/1915
Aged
21
BORN STIRLINGFLEET, YORKSHIRE, ON 13/09/1893. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM ANDERSON AND MAUD HARDY, OF DRIFFIELD. HE RESIDED IN DRIFFIELD AND ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 21/04/1915. REPORTED AS DIED OF WOUNDS TO THE HEAD & ARM IN BOULOGNE, (THE HULL TIMES, ON 21/04/1915) HE WAS AGED […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS JAMES ASHTON & MARTHA (DRY), OF 9 ANN'S PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. HE HAD SERVED YEARS IN THE ARMY INCLUDING FIVE YEARS IN INDIA. HE WAS KILLED AT ST JULLIEN BATTLE, ON 23RD APRIL 1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 20TH JULY & 21ST JULY 19 […]
Private
2 BARNSLEY VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/03/1915
Aged
27
BORN BRADFORD 1888. ELDEST SON OF HARRIET ANN & THE LATE THOMAS BAKER, OF 28 SHAKESPEARE STREET, BRADFORD. HIS WIFE EMILY & 3 CHILDREN LIVED AT 2 BARNSLEY VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A JOINER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 11/03/1915, AGED 27. (H […]
Private
Thornton St., Barrow-on-Humber, Lincs
Died on
04/10/1915
Son of Charles W. Barker, of Thornton St., Barrow-on-Humber, Lincs. he lived South Ferriby. A regular soldier serving in India. He was drafted home at the outbreak of war. He was shot dead while conveying bandages to stretcher bearers, for which he had volunteered when they were needed. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 2 […]
Private
13 PLEASANT PLACE, MARVEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/07/1915
Aged
17
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & JANE ELIZABETH BARRETT AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. (MARVEL STREET, IN DRYPOOL. STREET NOW DEMOLISHED). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR SISSONS BROTHER'S SAWMILLS, HEDON ROAD. HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO ENLIST IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANC […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. AKA 'JACK'. SON OF JAMES WOLFE (JACK) BARTON (1867-1903) AND CAROLINE MARY WOODLIFF, OF 74, DIVISON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, DANSOM LANE HULL. A FORMER ERRAND LAD AND RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/02/1915. SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 05/05 […]
Private
2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/04/1915
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1891. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE BELL (1865-1933) & MARY ELIZABETH BELL (1865-1938), OF 2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A STONEMASON'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/02/1915. KILLED BY SHELL FIRE IN THE SUPPORT TRENCHES, […]
Lance Corporal.
16, Emma's Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull
Died on
24/12/1925
Aged
33
Born Newcastle, 1892. Son of James and Jane Black at 16, Emma's Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Professional Soldier before war began. Enlisted 18th June 1910. Served in the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 15/1/1915. Transferred to the Labour Corps. Discharged on 25/04/1916. Awarded the Silver […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE FRANCIS BLACKBURN (1868-1929) & ARABELLA ROWAN (1866-1915). ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL. RESIDED IN HORNSEA. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 17/02/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL.HE LEFT A SISTER MATILDA JANE, AND BROTHER, GEORGE F […]
Private
6 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
30
BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JOHN HENRY BLAYDON (1856-1929) & MARY HANNAH SHARP (1862-1904) OF HESSLE AND HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MRS SMITH AT THIS ADDRESS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED TEN YEARS IN INDIA. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 29. […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF EDWARD AND ELIZABETH BOGG, OF 32 CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A COACHMAN. WORKED AS A CEMENT WORKS LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE JOINED THE 2ND EYR AS PRIVATE, 641 AND WAS A SERVING SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. PROMOTED CORPORAL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/1 […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN HENRY BOND (1861-1923) & JULIA TOFT (1863-1926), OF 82, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1884. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS & PARISH MAGAZINE). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOUR BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR, AND THREE DIED WITHIN TWO YEARS. HAROLD & GEORGE BOURNER, WERE ALSO KILLED IN ACTION. […]
Private
BORN YORK 1885. SON OF JAMES & CATHERINE BROADLEY, of 62 CLARENDON STREET, HULLl. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER AND HAD SERVED SEVEN YEARS IN INDIA WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, YPRES. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WER […]
Private
1, CLARENDON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1915
Aged
38
BORN HULL 05/09/1876. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT BROADWELL AND ANNIE ELIZABETH PETERSON. SON OF A BLACKSMITH. BROTHERS, WALTER AND JAMES BROADWELL. EDUCATED AT BLUNDELL STREET BOARD SCHOOL. SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. THEN WORKED FOR 21 YEARS FOR CHARLES HATFIELD COAL MERCHANTS, PRIOR TO THE WAR. HE MARRIED, LI […]
Private
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS & MARIA BURNS, OF 37 ALDBRO STREET, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1915, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/10/1916. HE LEFT BROTHER THOMAS BURN. HE IS RECORDE […]
Private
1 PROVIDENCE ROW, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/05/1915
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE JOHN & MARY CALLAGHAN. HE RESIDED WITH HIS SISTER MRS STRATFORD, AT 1 PROVIDENCE ROW, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER SERVING IN INDIA, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 15TH JANUARY 1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF SHRAPNEL WOUNDS, "T […]
