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.
Lance Corporal
CEMETERY LODGE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/04/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 30/09/1892. ONLY SON OF MICHAEL KELLY (1864- 1949) & THE LATE SUSANNA KELLY (1867-1896). HIS FATHER WAS SUPERINTENDENT AT HULL'S GENERAL CEMETERY. HE VOLUNTEERED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, WITH COLONELSHAWS "FIGHTING FOURTHS". SURVIVED THE FIERCE BATTLE AT ST […]
9, Cave Terrace, Carr Street, Hull
Died on
15/05/1923
Aged
38
Born Matlock, Derbyshire, 1885. Son of Thomas and Mary E. Kidd. He married Margaret Moody at Matlock, Derbyshire, on 26 Sep 1909. They lived at 9, Cave Terrace, Carr Street, Hull (War Pension address) He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment, on 18/10/1915, aged 30. Discharged on 10/06/1916. Died on 15/05/1923, aged 38.
9, ELLIS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/02/1918
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1879. ONLY SON OF JOHN ROBERT KIDINGHAM (1833-1865) & HANNAH MARY KIDINGHAM (1857-1941), OF 7, JOHNSON BUILDINGS, TREVOR STREET, GREEN LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SECOND OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD NINE SISTERS. WORKED AS A COAL HEAVER. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, SOPHIA ANN WHITEHEAD, LIVED AT 9, ELLIS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN TANKERSLEY, YORKS, 06/11/1887. SON OF WILLIAM KIRK (1859-1932) & BETSY HELEN BENNETT (1862-1945), OF CHESTNUT VILLA, NORTH CAVE, BROUGH (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 3, FARNLEY SQUARE, ELLA STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A COLLIERY CLERK, LIVING AT 2 VERMONT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMME […]
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE & HANNAH KNAGGS AT THIS ADDRESS. FRED & HENRY KNAGGS, ALSO SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. HE WAS A RAILWAY TELEGRAPH WIREMAN. ENLISTED IN HULL. DIED AT ST OMER, ON 14/04/1918, AGED 34. NB: FRED WILLIAM KNAGGS, 7TH DUBLIN FUSILIERS - 2 BOTANIC AVENUE, CAVE STREET; AND WILLIAM KNAGGS, RFA, AT11 HEELEY GROVE, DIVISION ROAD
6 GROSVENOR AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/09/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 10/12/1896. SON OF TOM LARKMAN (1863-1936) & MAY ANN HIGGINS (1861-1937), OF 6 GROSVENOR AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. ONE OF 14 CHILDREN OF WHICH ONLY SIX SURVIVED INTO ADULTHOOD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS GROCERY RULLY BOY AT THE HULL CO-OP SOCIETY. H […]
6 , SHORT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
27/08/1917
Aged
23
BORN BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1894. SON OF ARTHUR LAWRENCE, OF 6 SHORT STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/08/1917, AGED 33. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. NOTE: SOLDIER DIED RECORDS STATE HE WAS BORN IN HULL.
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF MR ROBERT SAMUEL LEWIS (1864-1942) & ELLEN AMELIA STANIFORTH (1865-1919), OF 57 SUBWAY STREET, 11, ST ANDREWS STREET, AND 43 HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS TRAINING TO BE A BAKER, IN HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4 […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN & CHARLOTTE LOWSLEY, OF 124 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. AN OIL PRESSMAN BY TRADE. HE RESIDED AT 191 MERSEY STREET, HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/04/1915, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE MERSEY STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. (Hull Daily Mail 30 December 1916) 1/4th B […]
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF SARAH & LATE TW MAJOR, OF 18 MARSHALL STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE REJOINING THE TERRITORIALS HE WORKED FOR MESSRS HOLMES & MOORES, UPHOLSTERERS, TERRY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 16/04/1916, AGED 24. HE WAS K […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF FREDERICK MARTIN (1851-1934)& EMILY ANN MARTIN (1850-1940), OF 172, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A GARDENER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/02/1917, AGED 25. (near Crete Trench Vermandoviller […]
28 , LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
13/10/1915
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS MILLER (1866-1941) & SARAH JANE MILLER, (1868-1941), OF 28, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE JOINED THE ARMY IN HULL, ON 11/08/1910. SERVED WITH THE 1/4 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE LEFT FOR FRANCE WHEN WAR BEGAN, ON 05/08/1914. WOUNDED IN THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO U […]
2nd Lieutenant
ARAGON HOUSE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
16/06/1917
Aged
21
Born Beverley, 23/01/1896. Son of David and Grace Morley, of Aragon House, North Bar Without, Beverley, Yorks. His father ran the Beverley Arms Hotel. Educated at Beverley Grammar School; was studying Law and passed the intermediate exam in November 1914. He enlisted in the 12th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, the following month […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1876. ELDEST SON OF JOHN NESS (1856-1909) AND SARAH ELIZABETH HARTLEY (1859-1900). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS JULIE ANN REASON, OF 14 BOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS DURING THE BOER WAR. ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PR […]
14 CLARENDON TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
01/03/1919
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES BILSBY (1864-1915) & ADA (LEAF) OSBOURNE (1869-1950), OF 16 GUYS TERRACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, FRANL OSBOURNE (1899-1967). EMPLOYED AS A CAR DRIVER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 08/04/1916. HIS WIFE ROSE MAY ARNELL, AND DAUGHTER RITA, LIVED […]
4 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/06/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF EDWIN PETRIE (1874-1943) and MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON (1874-1946). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A SAWMILL LABOURER. CENSUS PHOTO. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 17/06/1916, AGED 20. BURIED IN BELGIUM. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, EDWIN. H […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN SHERBURN IN ELMET, YORKS, 1897. ONLY SON OF REV. WALTER & HARRIET PHILLIPS, of SKIRLAUGH VICARAGE. LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE TO TAKE HOLY ORDER. HE OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION INTO THE EYR ON 22ND AUGUST 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS RE […]
BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3427, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL MEMORIAL. Hull Daily Mail 03 November 1917 BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY PORTER (1869-1954) & SARAH ELIZABETH PORTER (1872-1904), OF 85 CLARENDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 430 HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 5 KLONDMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL CARRIER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, UNDER AGE. SERVED WI […]
8 CLOVELLY AVENUE, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/03/1917
Aged
21
BORN GLOUCESTER 1896. SON OF GEORGE PROWLIN. WAS A BUTCHER FOR MR W NEWTON, OF NICHOLSON STREET. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 14/04/1913, AND SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. HE RE-ENLISTED ON 5/08/1914 WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED, AGED 17 AND 7 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DIED OF […]
