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.
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15 RANDOLPH TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/07/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF ADA BLANCHE DIXON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1915. DRAFTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/02/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 08/07/1916, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 309 DAYS. HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 3 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE FOR THE LOSS OF HER SON. COMMEMORATED ON […]
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16 FERNDALE TERRACE, REDCAR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. SCULCOATES. SON OF MR & MRS SHAW, OF 59 PULMAN STREET, HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER IN 1917. DIED ON 04/11/1918, "BADLY OFF FOR FOOD AND KEPT AT HARD WORK" HULL DAILY MAIL, 31/07/1917. HE LEFT £161 IN HIS WILL TO EDWIN CLARKE. BAKER ,AT 16 FERNDALE TERRACE, REDC […]
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330 Holderness Road, Hull
Died on
25/03/1918
Aged
19
borm 1899, Pte Ernest Shepperson was the youngest son. His parents lived at 330 Holderness Road, Hull. He enlisted in the 11th East Yorkshire regiment at the age of 16. Trained at Ripon and Salisbury Plain. Served in Egypt and France, seeing much hard fightin Spent four months in Birkenhead Hospital with Trench fever. Transferred to the […]
Private
14, Dryden Street, Westcott Street, Hull
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
24
Born Holbeck, Leeds, 1893. Son of John Edwin and Adelaide Shevill, of Leeds and 14, Dryden Street, Westcott Street, Hull (War pension address). A bootmaker. Unmarried. He ad one brother, Walton and one sister, Kate Allen. Described as 5 foot, 7.5 " tall, 126 lbs weight, 34-37 " chest, blue eyes, brown hair. He enlisted in Hull, on 9th S […]
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BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS COLLINSON SILLIS (1869-1939) & ROSE ANN ACEY (1867-1953) SILLIS, OF 13 CHURCH ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER AND CATTLE DEED MOULDER AND LIVED AT 101. LIME STREET, HULL (AR,Y AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, O […]
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1 JOHN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/03/1916
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM SIMMONDS (1844- ) & SARAH ELIZABETH JAGGER (1845-1899). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX SISTERS. HE MARRIED, JANE ELIZABETH HARTLEY (1885- ), IN JUNE 1905. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 5, CAVE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GENER […]
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BORN SOUTH SHIELDS, 1894. ELDEST SON OF DAVID & MARY ANN ELIZABETH SIMPSON, OF 64 HADDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/07/1917, AGED 23. DURING A SUCCESSFUL, N […]
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1 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/10/1918
Aged
24
BORN HULL JULY 1894. SON OF EDWARD & NANCY SIRRS AT THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AT MESSRS. CRAFT & CO, BEVERLEY ROAD. A PORTER AT DRAPERY. HE LIVED AT 12 QUEEN'S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS WOUNDED ON 3/05/1915. WOUNDED AGAIN ON 25/9/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/10/1918, AGED 24. BURIED MONTAY-NEUV […]
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BORN HULL 1898. SON OF VICTOR SLIMMER (1861-1949) AND ELLEN SLIMMER (1871-1953) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A JUNIOR OFFICE CLERK (1911 CENSUS) AND THEN EMPLOYED AS A TAILOR. HIS BROTHER, HARRY, JOINED UP IN 1914. LOUIS ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/05/1916, AGED 18 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. JOINED THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARMY RECORDS DE […]
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BORN HULL 1898. SON OF SUSAN (STAMBRIDGE) SMITH, OF 11 CHAPEL LANE. LOWGATE. HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A COOK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 25/02/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/03/1917. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/03/1918, AT ARRAS, AGED 20. HE LEFT A BROTHER, REGINALD & SISTER DOROTHY. HIS WAR PENSION, WENT TO HIS MOTH […]
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BORN HULL 1893. Eldest son of Robert William & Sarah Sophie Smith, of 136, Fountain Road, Hull (War Pension Address) Enlisted Hull. Served with the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment. Died on 08/07/1916, aged 23. His army effects were left to his father, Robert W. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing at the Somme. Remembe […]
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23 SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/05/1917
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1888. YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL & BETSY SMITH, OF 218 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, BLENHEIM STREET, HULL AND 123 SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A FORMER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 29. […]
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BORN HOLME 1876. SON OF GEORGE SMITH. A FARMER. LIVED HOLM, NEAR HULL. ENLISTED HOWDEN EX 130918 RFA. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 12/08/1918, AGED 42. COMMEMORATED AT VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
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67 Bentinck Street, Ashton under Lyme, Manchester, UK
Died on
12/11/1916
Aged
24
Born Manchester, 1892. Only Son of Mrs Eliza Andrew, of 67 Bentinck Street, Ashton under Lyme. He had one married sister, Alice Ann Booth. Worked as a Labourer. Resided at 8 , Church Street, Hull (Army Enlistment address). Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 38-40" chest, 152 lbs weight He enlisted in Hull, on 24th May 1916. Posted to […]
Private
14 , UPPER UNION STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/11/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS SNELL (1869-1944) & MARY ANN SPENCER (1870-1934), OF 6 LEES COURT, GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 1, GLOUCESTER PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 11, CAVILL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THOMAS SNELL WAS A N […]
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BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK SPENCE (1866-1966) & EMMA SPENCE, OF 11, WASHINGTON STREET, HULL AND 21, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER FRANK AND HAROLD. SISTER FLORENCE. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE PAINTER, LIVING AT 11 WASHINGTON STREET. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, CHURCH O […]
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BORN OUT NEWTON, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF JOHN SPRAY & ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF 26, AIR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1911 AND HIS SIBLINGS ARTHUR AND EVA DIED IN INFANCY. HIS BROTHERS, GNR. TOM SPRAY, LIVED AT 5, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL & BERNARD SPRAY, LIVED AT 21, AIR STREET. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN AND WO […]
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BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MARY E STANIFORTH ABOVE AND GRIMSBY LANE, MARKET PLACE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN FIRST MONTHS OF THE WAR. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER CHARLES STANIFORTH, KNOWN AS 'WAGG', WAS A EYR RESERVIST AND WAS CALLED UP AGAIN AT THE START OF THE WAR. AFTER BEING IN FRANCE FOR NINE MONTHS 'WAGG' WAS RETURNED TO ENGLAN […]
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BORN HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM STANTON (1850-1934) AND SARAH PROCTOR (1849-1911). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. MARRIED AT THE WESLEYAN CHURCH CHAPEL, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL, ON 13TH JULY 1902. HUSBAND OF MARY ANN VERA BRYANT (1881- ), AT 30, PARROTT STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN, MINNIE […]
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BORN YORK 20/11/1882. SON OF WALTER STEAD (1853-1921) & MARY JANE STEVENSON. LISTED AS LIVING AT 80 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 05/11/1919), BUT NUMBER 89 IN CWGC RECORDS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. UNMARRIED. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 137 LNS WEIGHT, […]
