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 1873. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN MICHAEL & BRIDGET HESTER. MARRIED EMMA HARRISON - 1903 HULL.
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & SUSANNAH ABOVE & 4 CHEAPSIDE GROVES. BROTHER GEORGE WAS KIA 25/5/18. OIL CAKE MILLER.
8 EDWIN TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF HENRY FENTON HILDYARD (1857-1925) & SUSAN TANSEY (1865-1910), AT 8 EDWIN TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER, AND BOARDED AT ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED MARY JANE BRINT (1894-1969), KNOWN AS "POLLY", ON 21/09/1913. THEY LIVED AT […]
BORN HULL 31/07/1889. SON OF JOSEPH ELI HUNTER (1847-1902) & RACHAEL A. SONLEY (1857-1934), OF 7 , KNGSTON PLACE, AIR STREET, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS WORKED IN THE OIL MILLS A GENERAL LABOURER, EMPLOYED BY HULL'S PREMIER OIL MILL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 121 L […]
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM IRWIN (1852-1903) AND JANE SMITH (1853-1918), OF 54 DALTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HUSBAND OF ANN ELLEN IRWIN & THREE CHILDREN, OF 17 BEACONSFIELD AVENUE, CORNWALL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 40 CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL (HDM ADDRESS, 16/08/1916). A STATION F […]
15 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF BENJAMIN JARVIS (1850-1914) & ELIZA BROWN (1850-1919), OF 15 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL & LATER 9 WATERLOO TERRACE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). MARRIED IN 1912. HIS WIFE ADA LIVED - 2 SELKIRK STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 6TH EAS […]
10, RIBBLE AVENUE, RIBBLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
11/09/1917
Aged
30
BORN GROSMONT, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & LUCY WELFORD JEFFERSON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/09/1917, AGED 30. HE LEFT £213 TO WIFE HARRIET (FOSS) & TWO CHILDREN, WINIFRED AND HARRY, AT THIS HESSLE ROAD ADDRESS. BE IS BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BEL […]
6, JOHN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM JORDAN (1863-1929) & CLARA ANN RANDS, OF 6, JOHN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND AT 5, PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH STRIKER, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE LILY, AT 1, MOUNT TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY HAD FOUR CH […]
Lance Corporal
3 PATTIE'S VILLAS, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/08/1915
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF CHARLES JOYCE & ELIZABETH ROBBINS, OF 6 EAST DOCK TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A CRANE DRIVER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY LINE, AT ALEXANDRA DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED IN BEVERLEY. PROMOTED T […]
10 CRYSTAL TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1891 SON OF AGNES JOYCE (1867-1929) & EDWIN JOSEPH JOYCE (1864-1946), OF 14 HANNAH'S TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS) AND 17 CRYSTAL TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). ONE OF 8 CHILDREN. THREE BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AT HARGREAVES, BLACK LEAD MILL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOO […]
3 MORRELL'S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/08/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN LANE (1864-1917) & SOPHIA WILSON (1868-1944), OF 3 MORRELL'S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL, WHO LOST 3 SONS DURING THE WAR. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. NORMAN LANE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 11/08/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
16 ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/09/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FRANK ERNEST ION (1870-1913) AND MARY JANE LANGDALE (1865-1926), AT 16 ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO EDITH, HARRY AND FRANK. A SHIP CHANDLERS ASSISTANT. HIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN AS 32 SOUTH PARADE, HULL WHERE HE BOARDED BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORK […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF THOMAS LARVIN (1859-1908) AND MARY ELIZABETH SMITH (1863-1935), OF 4, EBENEEZER TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 3, MARSH STREET, (OFF SCOTT STREET), HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A BUILDER FOR LEVITT'S CONTRACTORS. EDUCATED AT ST PAUL'S SCHOOL, HULL. HE WORKED FOR CROS […]
10 BAINTON TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1892. . SON OF ARTHUR LEEDHAM (1863-1951) & MARTHA SOPHIA MARKHAM (1859-1913), of 10 BAINTON TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT FOR THE DARDANELLES, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED I […]
Sergeant Drummer
15 NORWOOD GROVE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/08/1915
Aged
35
BORN IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, 22/11/1879. SECOND SON OF SPENCER STEPHEN LEEK (1848-1886) AND ANNIE GREEN. SON OF AN IRON MOULDER. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED AS A DRUMMERBOY, IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN OCTOBER 1894. REMAINED FOR 12 YEARS IN THIS REGIMENT, SERVING IN INDIA AND CHINA. RETIRED IN 1906. RECEIVED A SILVER WATC […]
9, CLAREMONT AVENUE, DAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/09/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY WEATHERILL LOCKHAM & ELIZA ELLEN BROWN, OF 3 PERSERVERENCE TERRACE, COGAN STREET, HULL.(HDM ADDRESS 21/10/1916) AND 17 ALBERT TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BAKER FOR JACKSONS & SONS. HE RESIDED WITH HIS BROTHER, AT 2 COLUMBINE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTE […]
27, CHRISTOPHER STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/03/1918
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1888. ONLY SON OF MICHAEL LYDON (1848-1922) AND ANN PRENDAGAST (1856-1931), OF 7, UNION SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HIS ONLY SISTER, MARY RHODES LIVED AT 12 MARVEL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED CLARA ELLERINGTON (1889-1957), AT ST PAULS CHURCH, HULL, ON 18/05/1918. HIS WIFE MRS CLARA LYDON LIVED AT 8, ALIC […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JAMES & ANN LYONS, OF 93 GREEK STREET, HAWTHORN AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). IN CIVILIAN LIFE, HE WAS LABOURER ON HULL DOCKS. HE HAD BEEN A SOLDIER FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE WAR SERVING AS PRIVATE, 71316, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS RECALLED ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE P […]
BORN HULL 1881. WIFE MARTHA & 2 DAUGHTERS ABOVE 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. LISTED ON WILMINGTON ROH WITH ANTHONY MARR.
10 MYRTLE AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/10/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF EMILY S. MATTHEWS OF WELLSTED STREET, HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/10/1917, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL, HALLGATE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917, BY HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS
