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 B Company
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHN PAGE GASCOIGNE (1855-1912) & ANNIE LOUISA STUBBINS, OF 14 BLENHEIM TERRACE, WORSLEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS BROTHERS FRED, SID & SAM ALSO SERVED. SISTERS ELSIE PENROSE AND ELEANOR HARROP. HE MARRIED FRANCES EMILY MACE IN 1904 AND HAD A DAUGHTER, CLARA. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, AND […]
BORN SHEFFIELD 1879. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE AMELIA (ADAMS) & 2 CHILDREN, JOHN AND HARRIET MAY, LIVED 34 , GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & 5 WELL LANE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS). A SHIP PLATER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/191 […]