Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
7th (Service) Battalion
16.09.1914 Formed at Beverley, Yorkshire as part of the Second New Army (K2) in the 50th Brigade of the 17th Division, then moved to Wareham.
May 1915 Moved to Romsey.
14.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Aulnoye.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN & SARAH SWABY – 72 ST MARKS STREET. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN INCLUDING FOUR SISTER. SAW MILL WORKER. MARRIED 1917. WIFE FRANCES JANE (DANBY). ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/06/1918, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES. LISTED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & LATE MARY SKELTON, OF 6 SHORT STREET, SPENCER STREET, HULL AND 1 MELROSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF FIVE SONS. ALBERT WORKED AS AN OIL MILL MOULDER AND LIVED AT 12 RIPON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), LIVING WITH HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND HARRY … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM THOMAS & ELIZA HEWSON, at 13 COBDEN TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). PRIOR TO WAR HE WA EMPLOYED AS A PACKER AT THOMPSONS, OF GROVESNOR STREET, HULL. HE WAS POPULAR WITH ALL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/09/1917, … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE JOHN FRANCIS FOXTON (1848-1886) AND SARAH DAVY (1860-1941) ABOVE 50 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL & THIS ADDRESS. A LAW CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EASTYORKSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT, SOMME, FRANCE. Background – … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. AKA ‘DICKY’ FARR. ONLY SON OF CHARLES HENRY FARR (1869-1901) & FRANCES JANE JESNEY (1865-1943), OF 15, CLARENDON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SURVIVING SISTER, EDITH. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 134 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARGARET HANNAH BLANCHARD, OF 10 WINDSOR TERRACE AND 5 CITY GROVE, HARROW STREET, HULL. FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, SANDERSON’S PAINT WORKS AS A LABOURER. HIS WIFE ELLEN (COOK) LIVED AT 3 OLIVE GROVE, HARROW STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT WITH THE … Read more
