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.
BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF THOMAS ALFRED EMERY (1863-1924) & ADA CRACROFT (1865-1938), OF 4 EDGAR STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ANNIE WHO WORKED AS A FISH CLEANER. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1913. HUSBAND OF LILY GILBERT, AT 5 MECHANIC LANE, EDGAR STREET, HULL AND 58 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRE […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MR SAMUEL JOSEPH EVERATT (1870-1937) & LILY GILL (1869-1894). HIS FATHER REMARRIED IN 1899. HIS STEP MOTHER WAS MARY JANE SYRETT, AT 23 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TRAM SHED FOREMAN. HE WORKED AS A CLOTHIERS ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST […]
6 PEEL'S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SAMUEL & ANNIE FAIRBURN, OF 3 MARINE PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1911) & 6 PEELS TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. SON OF A BLACKSMITH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. A FORMER FISH CLEANER AND FISH DOCK WORKER (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED WITH MR J PERRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6T […]
5, MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/08/1915
Aged
28
BORN GRIMSBY 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN FERNS (1854-1913) & ANNIE PAYTON, OF 5, MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT, CHARLES STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, MARY SIZER (1884-1970). MARRIED AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE LYDIA (1886-1952), LIVED AT 10, ST THOMAS PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, JOH […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF GEORGE FISHER (1844-1918) AND ELIZABETH JONES FISHER (1855-1918), OF 10 CLARENCE AVENUE, EXHANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A GAS STOKER. HE MARRIED FLORRIE HOWIE WILKES, ON 11/08/1900. AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, SOUTH LAMBETH, LONDON. THEY LIVED AT 93, STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), WITH THE […]
2 ALBERT TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS TAYLOR FISHER AND ELIZABETH BLYTH (1856-1937), OF 2 ALBERT TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. SON OF A SHIPYARD LABOURER. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY IN THE HULL PORT. HIS BROTHERS WERE BOILER MAKERS AND BLACKSMITHS. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL, WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07 […]
BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF ROBERT SCOTT FOX (1870-1934) & ADA JOHNSON (1876-1914), OF 32, BEECROFT COURT, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 15, WALLIKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE EDWIN FOX (1897-1975) WHO SERVED AT SEA DURING THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS B […]
BORN NEW WORTLEY, YORKS, 15/10/1879. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY MOYSER FRANKS (1848-1909) & HARRIET ANN BELL (1857-1923), OF 6, ALBERT TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL AND 6, SYDNEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35=37.5 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, BLUE EYE […]
Lance Corporal
SKELTON, CLEVELAND, TEESIDE, NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/08/1915
Aged
42
BORN COTTINGHAM, YORKSHIRE, 1873. SON OF WILLIAM FREEMAN (1834-1924) AND TERESSA HODSON (1839-1920). HE LIVED AT SKELTON, CLEVELAND. ENLISTED RICHMOND, YORK, IN 1891 AND SERVED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH FREEMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT SKELTON, CLEVELAND, TEESIDE, NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HE WAS AN IRON WOR […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE & ANN GARTON, OF 14 CLARK SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 9 WILLIAM PLACE, MASON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH ADA GARTON, LIVED AT MASON STREET. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A COAL FITTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1915 […]
BORN MANCHESTER 1875. SON OF WILLIAM & BRIDGET GARVEY. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI, ON 21/08/1915, AGED 40. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. 21st August 1915 – […]
67 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/09/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOHN PAGE GASCOIGNE (1855-1912) & ANNIE LOUISA STUBBINS, OF 14 BLENHEIM TERRACE, WORSLEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EX BLUNDELLS PAINT WORKER, WHERE HE HAD WORK SING AGED 14. HE MARRIED LILY RAMSDEN, AT HULL, IN 1905. HIS WIFE, LILY AND DAUGHTER, NORA LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVIN […]
11 ARTHUR'S TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1880. ELEANOR ABOVE. ELDEST SON OF FRED & HARRIET GIBSON - 8 SAXBY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A WELL KNOWN COAL CARRIER FOR MESSRS. WADE & SONS. HE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. HE WAS A KNOWN AS A LOCAL ATHLETE AND FOOTBALLER. HE ENLISTED 6TH AUGUST 1914. HE WAS REPORTED […]
, BARTON UPON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/08/1917
Aged
21
BORN BARTON 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & MARY J GLOVER, BARTON. KILLED IN ACTION,
5 WILLIAM TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
22/08/1915
Aged
37
BORN ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, ON 05/01/1878. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES GRAHAM AND ELIZABETH DALEY. A FORMER BRASS MOULDER. HE WAS KNOWN AS "BERT". HE MARRIED IN GLASGOW, ON 8/08/1899. HIS WIFE ALICE FERRIE & TEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 5 WILLIAM TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE WAS WORKING […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MARY AND STEPHEN GRIFFIN - 32 DOCK STREET - ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL 14/07/1915. SERVED IN THE BALKANS. KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON 27/09/1918. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET.
Lance Corporal
12 LIZZIE'S AVENUE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL. SON OF REBECCA WELBOURNE (1847-1918) AND WILLIAM HALDENBY (1843-1915), OF LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL AND 5 VILLAGE PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS LOST AT SEA DURING THE WAR. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS SISTER MRS POSKITT LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A BOTTLE CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN HU […]
BORN KIRSTALL, LEEDS 1895. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM HALKON (1865-1946) & ELIZABETH HALKON, OF 6, FILEY GROVE, RHODES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. A FORMER ERRAND BOY (1911 CESNUS) AND ENGINE CLEANER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/10/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, […]
20, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
17/07/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WALTER JOHN HARDY & ALICE MAUD HARDY, OF 20, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER. HE JOINED RECKITT'S, ON 05/09/1913. HE ALSO PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE OLD CLIFTONIANS. HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. ORIGINALLY SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN FRANCE IN 1915, WOUNDED AND SENT HOME […]
6, EDWARDS TERRACE, MASSEY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/07/1917
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HATCH, of 5 CEDAR GROVE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE ROCKETT PEEL (1884-1969), AT NEWINGTON CHURCH ON 04/10/1903. HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE HATCH, LIVED AT 6 EDWARDS TERRACE, MASSEY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). WHEN HE ENLISTED. THEY HAD SIX SONS & TWO DAUGHTERS. IN 1911, […]
