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.
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ABSALOM STEELS & MOTHER JANE ANN (RAFTON), OF 8 LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GAS FITTER, BY THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916. REPORTED MISSING IN HULL DAILY MAIL, 05/1/1916. * HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BRI […]
Private
1 EBENEEZER'S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/04/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM SUDDABY (1856-1910) & THIRZA SMITH (1858-1931), AT 4 WALTERS TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL & 17 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A CEMENT WORKER. HE MARRIED ELSIE ALLISON HUDSON (1896-1990), AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, IN HULL, ON 14/07/1914. THEY LIVED AR AT 15 BOXWOOD AVENUE, LEE SMITH […]
Private
2 CORNWALL GARDENS, RAGLAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
32
BORN KIRTON LINDSEY, LINCS, 1886 BUT RESIDENT IN HULL. SON OF LATE JAMES & HARRIET. WIFE KATE EVA LIVED ABOVE.
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ANNIE (LIDDLE) & HAROLD SUTCLIFFE, OF THISCWGC ADDRESS. YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER HAROLD LIVED AT 67 BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE HAD SHORTLY RETURNED FROM HOME LEAVE WHEN HE WAS SHOT ATTENDING A WOUNDED MAN, ON 16/02/1916, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE […]
Private
BORN HULL SEPT 1895. SON OF THOMAS TAYLOR (1855-1915) & THE LATE REBECCA SARAH TAYLOR (1868-1910) AT 28 GIBSON STREET , HULL. ONE OF 13 CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. AN APPRENTICE IRON MOULDER. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE AT PRIESTMAN'S FOUNDRY, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINE MONTH […]
Private
15 , HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
27
BORN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND 1889. SON OF CHARLES INKERMAN TAYLOR & MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR, OF 29 ANN'S PLACE, SYKES STREET, 27 SEAWARD STREET AND 15 HODGSON STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AT AN ENGINEER WORKS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 27. COMME […]
Sergeant
BORN PRESTON 1888, NEAR HULL. SON OF GEORGE TAYLOR (1853-1928) & MARGARET FRANCES CRAWSHAW (1852-1917), AT 47 , ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). A SAWMILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR AND WESLEYAN RELIGION. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE EMILY LONGHORN (1892-1976), […]
Private
8 WILKINSON TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/04/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR (1867-1927) AND ROSA FAITH PEEPS (1870-1908), AT 2, CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. WORKED AS A LABOURER. MARRIED AT ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, IN HULL, ON 28/08/1915. HIS WIFE, MARGARET ELLEN BUTTON, AND DAUGHTER ANNA, LIVED AT 20 WARWICK STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL AND 8 WI […]
Lance Corporal
10 STAIDS BUILDINGS, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY DAVID TAYLOR & SARAH ANNE TAYLOR, OF 8 ALEXANDRIA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HIS OLDER BROTHER GEORGE LIVED AT 1 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL AND SISTERS MARY ELLEN STEEL LIVED AT 3 HADDON COURT, PEASE STREET AND ROSE SM […]
Private
10 ROWLAND TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF MARK TAYLOR (1854-1922) & CATHERINE MATSON TAYLOR (1856-1915), AT 3 ELM TERACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A PRINTER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE MARRIED LO […]
Private
23 , UPPER UNION STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN & FLORENCE TAYLOR, OF 9 ETTS GROVE, STRICKLAND STREET . HIS WIFE RESIDED AT 23 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER AND EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/07/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO H […]
Private
BORN ALDBOROUGH, YORKS, 1896. SON OF JOSEPH SHILITO (JOSSI) TEASDALE (1852-1929) AND ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) CANHAM (1852-1940), OF 4, EPWORTH STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A STONEMASON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/04/1917, AGED 2 […]
Lance Corporal
2 ALBION PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/09/1918
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS & CATHERINE THOMPSON, OF 2 ALBION PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT, MRS KILROY, AT 36 WEST STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS SERVING IN THE ARMY, IN INDIA WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN EGYPT AND THE DARDENELLES. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/09 […]
Private
155, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull
Died on
30/03/1918
Aged
38
Born Cawood, Yorkshire, 1880. Son of Edward and Oretta Thompson, of the Market Place, Cawood, Selby. he had three brothers and eight sisters. Married on 3rd Jan, 1905. Husband of Annie Thompson at 155, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull (War Pension address). They had four children. Employed as Elementary School, Assistant Teacher. described as […]
Private
1 POPLAR CRESCENT, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
29/07/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895.ON OF JOHN WILLIAM TINDALL (1872-1948) AND EUNICE TINDALL (1871-1958), OF 10, WALTERS CRESCENT, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, POPLAR CRESCENT, WESTBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200911, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]
Sergeant
BIRMINGHAM BUILDINGS, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TODD (1860-1916) AND ADA ROBINSON (1857-1901), OF 2 JANE STREET, HULL AND BIRMINGHAM BUILDINGS, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH STRIKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST. "FRESH" COMPLEXION. BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH O […]
Private
180 , BELVOIR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/02/1917
Aged
20
Born Castleford, 1898. Son of John Henry Tomlinson and Jane Ann Armitage, of 180 Blevoir Street and later Top End Cottage, Cliffe, Selby, Yorks. One of seven children. employed as a Clerk, by the Hull Co-Operative Society. Enlisted Hull, on 08/05/1915. Described as 5 foot 8.5 inches tall, 135 lbs, 35 inch chest and of 'good' physical d […]
Private
102 , GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/03/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. A HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT HENRY TOMLINSON & ANNIE TOMLINSON, OF 102 , GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A RULLYMAN. 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 165 LBS WEIGHT, 38.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, AND BROWN HAIR, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25 […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE TOMLINSON (1855-1917) & HARRIET BRADSHAW (1864-1927). OF 1. RAGLAN TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS A DRAPERS ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS) AND LABOURER. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 123 LBS WEIGHT, FAIR PHYS […]
Private
BORN HULL 1883. HULL PAL. SON OF Z. GEORGE & MARY JANE TOWNEND. KIA. HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
