6th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
27.08.1914 Formed at Beverley, Yorkshire as part of the First New Army (K1) in the 32nd Brigade of the 11th Division, then moved to Grantham.
Dec 1914 Became a Pioneer Battalion.
April 1915 Moved to Witley Camp Godalming.
01.07.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Gallipoli from Avonmouth via Mudros.
07.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay and engaged in various actions against the Ottoman Empire.
17.12.1915 Evacuated to Mudros due to heavy casualties from combat, disease and severe weather.
04.02.1916 Moved to Alexandria to defend the Suez Canal.
10.07.1916 Moved to France landing at Marseilles and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
During 1918
The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Hergies north of Bavai.
Regiment: 6th East Yorkshire Regiment Pioneers A Company
12, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
20
BORN HULL 06/05/1894. FOURTH SON OF HENRY HUTCHINSON (1856-1925) & ESTHER BIRCH (1856-1934), AT 12, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE SONS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MACHINE ATTENDANT IN A PAPER MILL (1911) AND AT THE HULL RADIATOR WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 6TH EAST […]
6 Richmond Terrace, Grange Street, Hull
Died on
22/08/1915
Aged
40
Born Scarborough 1876. Son of Robert Judd (1854-1927) and Margaret Hunter (1850-1883). He had three sisters. A former soldier. Served in the South African War. He married at Scarborough, in 1907. Husband of Rebecca Tufnell. They had one son, Robert James Judd, born 14/08/1909. In civilian life he worked as A goods Porter. His family l […]
