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.
4 FERNDALE AVENUE, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/10/1915
Aged
17
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS STATHAM & JANE PINDER. BROTHERS ROBERT, EDWARD , WILLIAM & LEONARD. HE ENLISTED WITH WILLIAM IN NOVEMBER 1914 UNDERAGE. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 26/10/1915, AGED 17 BURIED AT CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD FRANCE. "AT REST"
22 , MORPETH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
10/09/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOHN M & ELLEN STORRY, LIVING AT 249 WINCOLMLEE (1901 CENSUS), 8 DALES TERRACE, PELHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 22 MORPETH STREET, HULL. A SHIPBUILDING LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE H […]
BORN CAISTOR 1891. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE CECIL STORRY (1859-1926) & LUCY DIXON STORRY (1862-1950), OF 8, LINDUM PARADE, HEDON ROAD HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 36, COLTMAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A CARGO SUPINTENDENT. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE SISTER ETHEL MARY STORRY AND ONE BROTHER, HERBERT. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. […]
84 , REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/03/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF LUKE BATEMAN & MARY ELLEN STORY, LIVING AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. DIED AT HOME, ON 25/03/1917, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER MARY. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. LEFT SISTERS CAROLINE, MINNIE, AND EDEN AND BROTHERS, LEONARD AND WALTER STORY. HIS OTHER, BROTHER SGT, ARTHUR STORY, […]
BORN HULL 1893. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM & BETSY SUTTON, TRANBY LANE, ANLABY, HULL. HE WAS AN EX SHIPYARD WORKER AT SEARS IN HESSLE AND JOINED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1916, AGED 23. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, BETSY SUTTON (BORN 1860), AT TRANBY LANE, ANLA […]
90 , WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
24/04/1915
Aged
41
BORN SURREY 1874. LIVED IN LONDON AND HULL. HIS FATHER HAD FOUGHT THE GERMANS IN THE 1848 SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR AND WAS DECORATED . HE CAME TO HULL FROM DENMARK 36 YEARS AGO AND ALSO A PROMINENT CORN MERCHANT, ON HULL'S HIGH STREET. MAJOR THEILMANN WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE 4TH EYR TERRITORIAL BATTALION, KNOWN AS THE "HULL RIFLES" AN […]
Sergeant
Sergeant Herbert William Thom, 4905, (1888 - 1916), 1st /4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment Herbert William Thom was born in Hull in 1888, the son of William Edmund Thom (1855-1934) and Fanny Thom Dorsey (1860-1949), who lived in New Road, Hornsea. William Edmund was a self-employed carver and gilder and Fanny was a school mistres […]
17 , SOUTH PARADE, HULL, ANLABY ROAD, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDWIN THOMPSON (1847-1929) & CAROLINE ROGERSON (1865-1940), OF 17 SOUTH PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, TPRES, BELGIUM. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE SOUTH PARADE STREE […]
Walter's photograph is in the Green's Almanac and listed in the Roll of Honour as being wounded on 22nd January, 1916. He was the nephew of Mrs. H. Finch of Beaver Road Beverley. On his return after being wounded he would have been allocated another regiment: the 14th Leicestershire. Walter received the Silver Badge: known as the " […]
3, RICHMOND COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/06/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HENRY EDWARD TODD (1865-1933) & MAUD MARY PINDER (1871-1963), OF 3, RICHMOND COURT, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN ACTOR & COMEDIEN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A NEWSBOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/10/1915. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/06/19 […]
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD TRIPP (1873-1956) & HANNAH ELIZA ATKINSON (1876-1931), OF 14 LILLIES AVENUE, KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. SON OF AN ENGINE FITTER. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. A SAW MILL LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/06/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER EDWARD. HIS WAR […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF PIER VAN OPPEN (1857-1922) & ANNIE HEBBLETHWAITE (1862-1923), OF 83 PEEL STREET, HULL (1901), 16 DOVER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DUTCH WHOLESALE FRUIT MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A COAL TRAVELLER AND CASHIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENA […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL AUGUST 1893. THIRD SON OF JOSEPH VIVIAN (1864-1928) & CLARA SMITH (1865-1932), OF 95, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. SON OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY OF THE RED CROSS FISHING FLEET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR MESSRS, PICKERING & HALDANE, AT […]
27, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/11/1918
Aged
22
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1896. SON OF GEORGE WALKINGTON (1851-1928) & MARY ANN BINNINGTON (1853-1941), AT 27, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND THREE ELDER BROTHERS WERE BRICKLAYERS, BUILDING GARDEN VILLAGE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A OUTFITTING SHOP ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH TH […]
14 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/01/1920
Aged
39
BORN SCARBOROUGH, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM WATSON & EMILY BRAITHWAITE, 2 HERBERT'S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET AND 14 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS AND CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]
14 RICHMOND AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/04/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM (1870-1941) & ANNIE ELIZABETH WHELDALE (1869-1933), OF 3 ETTYS GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WORKED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, LAWRENCE, ERNEST, KENNETH AND ERIC. HE MARRIED ANNIE (WILSON) WHELDALE, AT HULL, IN 1914. HE WAS A FORMER NEEDLER'S EMPLOYEE & WORK […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES WHITTLE (1861-1937) & SARAH ANN DRESSER (1863-1927) WHITTLE, OF 54, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER SOLDIER AND MAURICE WAS ONE OF FIVE SONS SERVING. (ONE IN THE 4TH EYR, TWO SONS IN THE ROYAL ENGINEER'S, AND THE OTHER LATER DISCHARGED TO WORK IN MUNITIONS). THEY ARE […]
Corporal
BORN BEVERLEY 1872. SON OF AUGUSTUS WILGEROTH (1837-1883) AND MARY JANE SULLIVAN (1842-1902). A FORMER SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. (HDM 04/09/1916) AND IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WORKED AS A COOK AT THE LOCAL GAS WORKS. HE ALSO HAD SERVED PREVIOUSLY AS ABLE SEAMAN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS OWEN WILGEROTH, ROYAL NAVY. HE MARRIED ESTHER ANN H […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON (1867-1951) & ANNIE ELIZABETH WILKINSON (1870-1944), OF 144 NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. SON OF A SHIPWRIGHT. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. AN APPRENTICE BOOK BINDER, WITH WITH MESSRS, HARLAND, MANOR STREET, HULL. HE WAS A REGULAR ATTENDER OF QUEENS HALL CHURCH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. S […]
BORN MANCHESTER, 1876. FOURTH SON OF MR T.P WILLIAMS, INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. HIS FATHER WAS HEADMASTER OF THE WHEELER STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE WORKER. HUSBAND OF ADA ETHEL GRANT, LIVED AT 3 MILTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION A […]
