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 HULL 16/01/1895. SON OF ALFRED MONTAGUE ROBINSON (1871-1918) & MINNIE STEPHENSON. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED IN 1900 AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED IN 1906. HIS STEP MOTHER WAS MARY HANNAH "POLLY" ROBINSON, OF 149 CLUMBER STREET, HULL & 46 LISTER STREET, HULL. A FORMER SHOP PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL […]
2nd Lieutenant
HOP VILLA, NEWLAND PARK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
31
BORN WITHERNSEA 1887. SON OF ALDERMAN, EDWARD ROBSON (1845-1921), & ELIZABETH HOBBS (1845-1928), OF "HOP VILLA", COTTINGHAM ROAD, NEWLAND, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN ALDERMAN AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, FOR HULL CITY COUNCIL. STANLEY WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE JOINED THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS, ON 31/03/1908, AGED 21. SERVED AS A […]
5 HUMBER TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER HENRY ROSE (1854-1936) & EMMA ANN SPENCER (1869-1954), LIVED AT 2 STEPHEN'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED […]
BORN HULL 1899. AKA HAROLD ROSS. SON OF JOHN & DOROTHY ROSS, OF HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/07/1916, AGED 17. HE LEFT SISTER, ALICE. HIS FAMILY ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN. NO PENSION RECORDS FOUND. BURIED AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
BORN LANARKSHIRE 1872. ELDEST SON OF JAMES RUTHVEN (1838-1922) & AGNES RUTHVEN (1841-1901), OF 'HAZELMERE' HOUSE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS FROM EDINBURGH AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HULL STEAM TRAWLER COMPANY. HIS FATHER JAMES WAS AN OIL MERCHANT. HE MARRIED FLORENCE OLGA TULLEY IN 1896, WHO […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD SANDERSON & ANNIE HARPER, OF 9 VERMONT STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD AND 41 , BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS NELLIE AND EVELYN WHO LIVED AT ST JAMES STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HIS FATHER DIED ON 16/11/1904. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR CRAN […]
1st Lieutenant
2 THE PARK COTTAGE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/05/1915
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF HENRY (1848-1910) & CLARA SAXELBYE (1849-1931), OF THIS ADDRESS & 5 PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. WORKED AS A CLERK AT THE BRITISH OIL COMPANY AND LEEDS CORN EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED INTO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1914. SERVED AS FIRST LIEUTENANT, IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIE […]
Corporal
14 FERN AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ARTHUR SCOTT (1873-1958) AND JANE LILLEY SCOTT (1872-1927), OF 6 FLORENCE TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND RULLYMAN FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE MARRIED IRENE DAUNNEY (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1910. HIS WIFE IRENE & CHILDREN HARRY, MURIAL & […]
10 GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
26/02/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOSEPH SEDGEWICK (1868-1940) & THE LATE MARGARET JONES (1857-1918), OF 10 GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. SISTERS MABEL & HILDA. AND BROTHER, HARRY. SON OF A POULTRY DRESSER. BEFORE THE WAR WAS A CRANE DRIVER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND […]
Sergeant
1 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/12/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM AND HANNAH MAY SELLERS, OF 89 WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL. HUSBAND OF MRS B SELLERS OF 1 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, SPRING BANK, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). A FORMER PAINTER. HE ENLISTED AS A BOY SOLDIER IN HULL ON 16/11/1908. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, 696, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS QUALIFIED TO COOK FOR T […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1896. (SCULCOATES). SON OF GEORGE LAWRENCE SHACKLES (1851-1926) & GERTRUDE MARY HOLMES (1862-1941), OF HESSLE (1901 CENSUS), ELIN LODGE, HORNSEA AND BRANTINGHAM, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR HIS SOLICITOR FATHER AS AN ARTICLED CLERK. HE WAS EDUCATED AT WINDERMERE AND SHREWSBURY SCHOOLS. HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVAT […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WILLIAM SHANN & ELIZABETH SADLER. MARRIED IN 1900. HIS WIFE ELSIE HARLAND SHANN AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 3 ISABELLA TERRACE, YORK STREET, HULL & AT 70 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 24/10/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST […]
Lieutenant Colonel
BRIAR GARTH, NORTH FERRIBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/04/1915
Aged
50
George Herbert Shaw was born in Hull on 12/04/1865. He was the son of John Shaw (1833-1910) and Eliza Joyce (1834-1912), and was educated at Hull College, and in France, Denmark and Germany. John Shaw was a European Corn Merchant. He married Clara Ann Ingleby at Hull in 1890. They had four boys named, Arthur, Edward, Philip and Frank, […]
40 EDGAR STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN AND MARY ANN SHAW, OF 40 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PAGE BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 20. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN SHAW. HIS NAM […]
4 MOUNT PLEASANT, SUTTON ON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/02/1915
Aged
19
BORN SUTTON ON HULL, 1896. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD AND HANNAH MARY SHEARSMITH. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER IN A STEEL FORGE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND DIED AT NEWCASTLE, ON 19/02/1915, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN NEWCASTLE AND COMMEMORATED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MINNIE, ARTHUR AND WILLIAM.AT HOME.
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARY AND WALTER SLEIGHT, OF 22 SOUTHCOATES LANE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A HEAVY MOTOR CAR DRIVER. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE BRASS MOULDER, FOR MESSRS, STONE,& WILKINSON, HULL MARKET PLACE. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, O […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS & ANNIE ELIZABETH LOFT OF 99 HODGSON STREET AND 12 JAMES STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SUGAR HOUSE LABOURER. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 10/09/1916, AGED 19. HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE HODGSON STREET MEMORIAL SHRINE (HDM 20/10/1916) HE IS BURIED AT BAZENTIN- […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN DURHAM, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM (1848-1913) & CHARLOTTE SNOWDEN (1849-1912), OF 4 BURTON ROAD, HORNSEA. HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HORNSEA PARISH CHOIR. HE WAS BRANCH CASHIER OF THE HULL SAVINGS BANK AND LIVED AT 182 PARK AVENUE, HULL. MEMBER OF THE HORNSEA PARISH CHOIR. HE ENLISTED AT HULL SEPT 1914. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKS […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN CAISTOR, LINCOLNSHIRE, 26/06/1889. SON OF PHILIP HENRY GLANVILLE SOUTHWELL (1861-1909) AND BEATRICE HELEN NOVELLI (1856-1923), OF 93 QUEEN STREET, FILEY, YORKS. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL'S HYMER COLLEGE, WHERE HE PLAYED CRICKET, RUGBY AND HOCKEY. HE WAS A FINE FOOTBALLER AND CRICKETER. BEFORE THE WAR HE STUDIED LAW AND WAS A SOLICI […]
BORN ROTHERHAM 1895. JOINED HULL. SON OF HARRY & MARIA E. HULL. EX TAXI DRIVER FOR ELLYARDS, JAMESON STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS & GAS POISONING, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/07/1916. * HIS BROTHER SERVED IN THE […]
