Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/4th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Hull as part of the York & Durham Brigade of the Northumbrian Division and then moved to South Holderness and then on to Darlington and then Newcastle.
07.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne where the formation became the 150th Brigade of the 50th Division which engaged in various action on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
15.07.1918 Reduced to cadre and moved to defend the Lines of Communication in Dieppe.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division.
07.11.1918 Demobilised at Cucq.
BORN WALLSALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, 1889. KNOWN AS “ARCHIE”. SON OF THOMAS PAGNET SENIOR AND KATE HALSTEAD. EDUCATED AT BOULEVARD, SECONDARY SCHOOL, HULL. HE LIVED IN HULL. MARRIED EVA QUEST (BORN 10/4/1877 -1941) AT HULL, IN 1910. WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, FOR MESSRS, PARRISH & BERRY, 3 WALTHAM STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 9 NELSON AVENUE, WELLINGTON … Read more
BORN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, 27/12/1899. SON OF TOM KENT & ANN STAVELEY, GOSPORT, HANTS AND 34 DERBY STREET, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT THE ROYAL MARINES SCHOOL, GOSPORT AND THEN MIDDLETON STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND EMPLOYED AT A SLATE WORKS. ENLISTED HULL, OCTOBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE BEF IN FRANCE FROM … Read more
BORN HULL 15/08/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF CHARLES HELLYER, JP (1846-1930), MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HELLYERS’ STEAM FISHING COMPANY. & HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH JANE HANNAFORD (1858-1943). LATE OF SUTTON AND AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WORKED AS A DIRECTOR AND PARTNER IN THE SAME FIRM. EDUCATED AT MALVERN COLLEGE. GAZETTED AS 2ND LIEUT, TO THE 4TH EYR ON … Read more
BORN MEADOW, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1896. SON OF GEORGE RAGSDALE (1856-1941) & ELIZABETH RAGSDALE (1859-1926), AT 79 GIBSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINE FITTER. HE WORKED AS A BRASS FINISHER. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/08/1915. SERVED IN “A” COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOHN PINDER, OF 33 SILVESTER STREET, HULL. WIFE FLORENCE & ONE CHILD. A FORMER BLACKSMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN “A” COMPANY. 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 26/02/1916, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH MAY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH MOWATT (1852-1917) & ANNIE ELIZABETH COATES (1855-1917), OF 5 BOHEMIA TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK FOR A PAINT MANUFACTURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/07/1916, … Read more
