Regiment: 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment

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.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
CAR TERMINUS 'M', MARFLEET LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
12/04/1918
       
Aged
29
BORN BEVERLEY 1889.  SON OF THOMAS & ELLEN WILSON, OF BESWICK, YORKSHIRE.. A RAILWAY PORTER. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. LIVED  AT CAR TERMINUS 'M', MARFLEET LANE, HULL, 43 ALBERT AVENUE, HULL AND LATER, LAW STREET, CARLTON, GOOLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, O […]
81 , WITHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
       
Died on
18/04/1918
       
Aged
27
BORN DEVONPORT, DEVON, 1890. SON OF FRANK COURTNEY & TABITHA WOOD - 172 SPRINGBANK. HIS WIFE ELSIE LIVED AT 81 WITHAM. HE WAS A SHORTHAND TEACHER.  COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE 7TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 18/04/1918, AGED 27. HE RECEIVED THE WOUNDS JUST 90 MIN […]
6 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
16/09/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. FIRST SON OF JOHN WORSNOP (1867-1923) & ELIZA HARRIET BRIDGES (1866-1921, OF 14 RICHMOND TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 6 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE RANK FLOUR MILL, CLARENCE STREET, HULL. HE EN […]